The work of the library, unlike that of many business organizations, grows rather than diminishes in times of depression.
Budget cuts are by no means universal.
A strong statement made by a library trustee of Newton, Kansas, to the city council resulted in an actual increase of the library appropriation this year, in order that the program he presented might be carried out. A recent tax hearing in Gary resolved itself into an appreciation of the library, with warm statements of its value made by public officials. Among the state library extension agencies, sixteen reported their appropriations increased at sessions last winter, while six held their own though many other departments were cut. State library extension agencies are helping local libraries present their case. The Illinois State Library Extension Division, for example, sent the resolution of the A.L.A. Council to all mayors of communities which had public libraries and to presidents and secretaries of library boards.