Evening star., 1946-07-14
Education Conference.
Ends After Asking Aid
For Veteran Program

Terming the veterans higher ed
ucation program magnificent op-
portunity" and the greatest expert
ment in the history of higher edu-
cation in the United States" the
Conference on Emergency Problems
In Higher Education closed here
yesterday.
The three-day conference, at
tended by university and college
representatives from all parts of the
country, came to an end after dele
gates had approved resolutions call
ing on the Federal Government for
legislative and financial help in
making good their obligations under
the CT Bill of Rights.
Outstanding among these was an
appeal for the exemption of in
structors and professors from the
draft. The appeal was made on two
grounds: That institutions could
not properly teach veterans if edu-
Gators are drafted. and they cannot
carry forward essential national de-
fense research projects assigned
them if the draft leaves them short
stated.
Seek Surplus at SO of Value.
Another motion adopted unani-
nously by the educators called for
sale of surplus material to institu-
tionS by the War Assets Admins
tration at nominal prices not to ex-
ceed per cent of fair value" At
present institutions must bid COM
petitively for such material except
where certain items are donated by
the armed services.
Resolutions were grouped under
five main headings: Surplus prop
erty, housing, manpower, foreign
students and foreign study and ad-
mission and curricular problems.
Under the heading of housing, the
conference called for:
l. Revision of Federal Public
Housing Authority regulations to
permit veterans already living in
apartments at universities to move
into FPHA projects, provided apart
ments remain available for other
veterans.
Surplus Barracks Wanted.
2. Use of surplus barracks without
partitions until wallboard and other
materials are available.
g. Support for President Trumans
recommendation that 500 100000 be |
appropriated to procure and install
temporary nonhousing facilities for
the veterans program.
4. Passage of legislation now be-
fore Congress giving Federal aid for
permanent educa tional facilities
5. Creation of an American Coun- .
Gil on Education committee or SUBJ I
committee to help solve operatin
problems which will arise out of .
housing projects by staying in close .
touch with Government housing and .
public works agencies. /.
6, A study tesbe made this fall of l
the adverse effect of housing short
ages for nonveteran faculty men,
oers on the progress of veteran edu-
cation.
Social Sciences Aid Urged.
While the appeal for draft exemp-
ton wasthe principal resolution on \
manpower- problems, a second was |
passed which was acclaimed as sig I
nif1cant by delegates, although its
connection with manpower is indi-
rect.
This was an appeal to Congress to
supplement the so-called Science
Foundation Bill, which would grant |
Federal aid to universities for re-
search in the physical sciences, with
legislation extending such aid for
the social sciences and humanities.
Aid to physical sciences alone was
termed dangerous" by delegates
who had in mind the tendency for
mans control and understanding of
human relationships to lag behind
his control of DhySical environment II