Acker, John, secretary-treasurer, Indiana State Federation of Labor, Alexander, William D., Washington representative of Dining Car Em- Anaconda Teachers Union, M. J. Leslie, secretary, Anaconda, Mont.. Andrews, Volney, secretary-treasurer, West Virginia State Federation of Labor, Charleston, W. Va... Page 963 663 963 963 563 Benson, Carl A., president, Toledo Federation of Teachers, and Brown, R. C., recording secretary, Butte Miners Union, Butte, Mont- Cannon, Mrs. Paul, president, Butte Central Council Parent-Teachers 963 963 869 963 729 964 Cashen, Thomas C., chairman, Railway Executive Association, Wash- Child Welfare Information Service, Inc., Washington, D. C.. 959 606-661 Donnell, Senator Forest C., historical statement concerning events relating to land in the western territory. 549 798 Dickey, Mrs. Evelyn, Wilmington Federation of Teachers, Wilmington, Del.. Dubisch, Roy, secretary, University Teachers Union, local 497, American Federation of Teachers, Missoula, Mont. 967 Eby, Kermit, director of education and research, CIO... 607 Elder, Arthur, vice president, American Federation of Teachers, 662 Ellsworth, Ted, secretary, Motion Picture Labor Committee, Los 967 Evanko, John, Jr., secretary, Cascade County Trades and Labor 968 Finmark, Harold V., secretary-treasurer, Connecticut Federation of 968 Formulas for Distribution of Federal Aid: A Senate Education and 971 Fries, Maj. Gen. Amos A., U. S. A. retired, director of the southern- 892 608 Gallagher, H. Frank, president, the Central Jersey Industrial Union 960 Gardner, Charles W., recording secretary, local 10-353, IWA-CIO, 968 Goodman, Leo., Washington representative, United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Employees of America, CIO.. 703 Googe, George L., southern representative of American Federation of Labor... 483 Statement of-Continued Haggerty, C. J., secretary, California State Federation of Labor, San Page 968 Hannah, Phil, secretary-treasurer, Ohio State Federation of Labor, Harrington, Cecilla, recording secretary, Teachers Union, Butte, Havens, Mrs. Annie H., president, local 777, Mobile Federation of 968 968 599 606-649 Heffron, Edward J., executive secretary of the National Council of Hendley, Chas. J., president, Teachers Union Local 555, SCMWA, 954 Hitchen, Miss Marie, Delaware State Federation of Teachers, Wilmington, Del.. 566 Illinois State Federation of Labor, R. G. Soderstrom, president, 969 Jackson, E. Hilton, Joint Conference Committee on Public Relations, 908 Jones, Mary Mason, president of local 27 of the American Federation 612 969 960 Kovacs, Charles, national representative, USA-CIO, district No. 7, Kuenzli, Irvin R., national secretary-treasurer, American Federation Landgraf, Joseph, president, Mercer County Central Labor Union, Landis, Joseph F., president, American Federation of Teachers, 667 960 863 Lindlof, Mrs. Johanna M., member executive committee, Teachers 850 Longacre, C. S., general secretary, Religious Liberty Association of 936 McFadden, Louis, president, Illinois State Federation of Teachers, McDevitt, James L., president, Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, 969 574 McManus, Rev. William E., Department of Education, National 591 Marr, J. T., executive secretary, Oregon State Federation of Labor, 969 Marsh, Benjamin C., executive secretary, the Peoples Lobby, Inc.. Marcianti, Louis P., president, New Jersey State Federation of Labor, 903 586 960 Martel Frank X., American Federation of Labor, Detroit, Mich. 665 602 666 Murphy, Frank J., secretary, Missouri State Federation of Labor, 969 Murray, Thomas M., president, New York State Federation of Labor, 969 National Council Junior Order, United American Mechanics. 952 961 Ousley, Mrs. Natalie Fenelon, vice president, American Federation of 545 Paddock, Howland, president, Wisconsin State Federation of 546 Pellettieri, George, attorney at law, Trenton, N. J. 961 Pinto, Michael Č., United Automobile Workers of America, Trenton, 961 Statement of-Continued Reeves, Floyd W., chairman, Commission on Educational Recon- Page 460-473, 501 Robnett, George W., National Laymen's Council and Church League of America Rogers, Elmer E., aide to the Grand Commander of the Supreme Root, Margaret, president, Philadelphia Teachers Union, Philadelphia, Rueter, Edgar H., president, Cleveland Teachers Union, Ohio Russell, Mrs. Rose, Teachers' Union, New York City, local 555, Spain, John, Jr., business agent, United Electrical Radio and Machine Spalding, Dr. Willard B., superintendent of schools, Portland, Oreg- - 970 956 914 604 551 945 970 604 961 538 970 615 962 962 559 Taylor, James A., president, Washington State Federation of Labor, 970 594-684 970 470 Smith, Russell, legislative secretary, National Farmers Union_ Turley, Ira S., president, Chicago Teachers Union. Walker, Roscoe C., State council, secretary of the State Council of 927 959-962 Weber, Addie L., president, New Jersey State Federation of Teachers, Weyler Edward H., Kentucky State Federation of Labor, Louisville, 577 Woll, Mathew, vice president, American Federation of Labor.. 437-948 931 Zook, Dr. George F., president, American Council on Education. 638 FEDERAL AID FOR EDUCATION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1945 UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D. C. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a. m., in room 357, Senate Office Building, Senator David I. Walsh presiding. Present: Senators Walsh, Thomas, Hill, Fulbright, Aiken, Ball, Smith, Morse, and Donnell. Senator WALSH. The committee will come to order. In the absence of the chairman, I have been requested to preside at this meeting this morning. The committee is in session to hear witnesses on S. 717 and S. 181. (S. 717 is as follows:) [S. 717, 79th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To authorize the appropriation of funds to assist the States in more adequately financing education and in removing substandard conditions in education; to aid in establishing and maintaining education services; to eradicate illiteracy; to preserve and promote the national security in peace and in war; to raise the educational level of the Nation; and to promote the general welfare Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I-GENERAL PROVISIONS STATE CONTROL OF EDUCATION MAINTAINED SECTION 1. The funds authorized to be appropriated pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be used to help maintain the educational systems and educational programs within the several States; it being the expressed intent of the Congress that the provisions of this Act shall be so construed as to encourage local and State initiative and responsibility in the conduct of education and reserve explicitly to the States and their local subdivisions the organizations and administration of schools, the control over the processes of education, the control and determination of the curricula of the schools, the method of instruction to be emplyed in them, the selection of personnel employed by the State and its agencies, and the selection of textbooks and materials of instruction, and shall not be construed in any way to delimit a State in the definition of its educational program. ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION SEC. 2. (a) There is hereby created in the Federal Security Agency a National Board of Apportionment (hereinafter called the "National Board") to be composed of five representative citizens to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each member shall hold office for a term of five years, except that (1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was |