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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-12
STANLEY PROPOSES
THAT VIRGINIA KEEP
ITS PARK SYSTEM

RICHMOND up. - Coy.
Stanley recommended today
that Virginia retain its State
park system and pro-
posed $486,975 be spent for
operating the system over
the next two years.
There have been sugges-
tons Virginia might aban-
don or lease the parks be-
cause of court suits attack
ing the segregation policy
that is maintained in the
system.
Virginia has nine State
parks, all but one for whites.
Seashore, near Virginia
Beach is closed pending
settlement Of a suit brought
by Negroes seeking admis-
sion there. Other parks are
to continue operating on a
segregated basis in 1856.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-12

tagging behind their ability to
support their public schools.
This feature should act as an
incentive for the tagging States
to increase their effort.
Another fundamental prin-
ciple is that Federal funds, under
this type of program, should be
distributed according to relative
need. We must recognize that
some States have more financial
resources than others. We must
recognize that a weakness in
education anywhere is a weak
ness in the Nation as a whole.
Federal appropriations will most
quickly accomplish the most good
II a relatively larger share of
Federal funds is distributed
where local and State resources
are least adequate to meet class
room needs.
propose that this principle
be fulfilled in three ways. First,
in distributing Federal funds,
larger amounts per school-age
child should be allotted to States
with lower income per child.
Second, in fixing matching re-
quirements, States with lower
income should not be required to
put up as large a proportion of
funds as higher income States.
For the Nation as a whole, the
total of State matching funds
would approximately equal the
total Federal funds. Third, as
the States DISTRIBUTE these funds,
the highest priority should be
81 nth the
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Administrations Proposals

A year ago, I proposed a Fed
eral program designed to aid
the States and communities in
overcoming the classroom short
age. The Congress has not yet
enacted legislation. In the light
Of full year of further expert
ence and study, in the light of
Congressional hearings and the
White House Conference on Ed
ucation, now submit revised
and broadened program to meet
our pressing classroom needs.
propose:
"A program of Federal grants
amounting to 81 ,250,000, 900, at a
rate of $3.50 million annually for
five years. matched with State
funds. to supplement local con-
struction efforts in the neediest
school districts.
"A program to authorize $3.50
million over five years for Fed
eral purchase of local school con-
struction bonds when school dis
tricts cannot sell them in private
markets at reasonable interest
rates.
"A f1ve-year program of adj
vances to help provide reserves
for bonds issued by State school
financing agencies. These bonds
would finance local construction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-12
Essential Principles
In Federal Grants

I strongly urge the Congress,
In providing grants for school
construction, to follow certain
principles, which are indispens-
able If Federal aid is to serve the
cause of American education
most effectively.
The first broad principle is
that Federal grants must not
reduce the incentive for State
and local efforts-but rather
should stimulate an increase in
such efforts. If Federal funds
are used merely to replace funds
which otherwise would or could
be provided at State and local
levels, there is no net gain of
schools for our children. pro-
pose, Therefore, that Federal
grants be matched by State APP
preparations. Because many of
the State legislatures will not
have a session this year, rec
ommend. in order to speed the
program at the outset, that dur
ing the first year of the five year
period the matching of Federal
funds may be by either the
States or by local districts. The
requirement for State matching
will result in larger. total pro-
gram of school construction,
and will assure active participa-
ton of the State in improving
laws relating to financing OF
school construction, as well as
sound administration Of the pro-
gram.
Furthermore, I proposed a
formula to reduce 49,
ton of ~
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Credit Support for
School Construction

of knowledge which require
education beyond the level of
the secondary school. Changing
times and conditions create new
opportunities, and challenges.
There are new possibilities for
Older persons-properly trained
to lead more productive and
rewarding lives. The tide of in
creaSing school enrolment will
soon reach higher educational
institutions. Within 10 years,
we may expect three students In
our colleges and universities for
every two who are there now.
Higher education is and must
remain the responsibility of
the States. localities. and private
groups and institutions. But to
lay before us all the problems of
education beyond high school.
and to encourage active and
systematic attack on them, /
shall appoint a distinguished
group of educators and citizens
to develop this year. through
studies and conferences. pro-
posals in this educational field.
Through the leadership and
counsel of this group, beneficial
results can be expected to flow
to education and to the Nation
in the years ahead.
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LEGISLATURE

Continued From First Page
approved by voters in a referen-
dunn Monday.
Gov. Stanley told reporters he
had not anticipated payment Of
private school tuition grants.
He said he worked UP his budget
with the idea that public schools
would operate as they do now.
In answer to further questions,
he said he had no idea of how
much the tuition grants might
cost the State In the event some
localities choose to close their
public school systems
I'VE have no experience on
which to base an estimate" he
said.
Funds For Capital Outlay
One Of the major items In the
budget is $50 million set aside
for capital outlays. This is to
take care Of the first two-year
portion Of q $109 million pro-
gram for the next six years
recommended by his Capital
Outlay Study Commission.
For buildings alone, Gov.
Stanley proposed that $2l.3 mil
lion be spent on mental institu-
tons. The overall total for man.
tai care amounts to $31.5 mil
lion. He said this would result
in the States raising Its pay.
ment for the care of mental pa
tients from $3.50 to $2.85 per
day.
The Governor in his speech
to the Legislature yesterday, APP
proved the report of the Virginia
Advisory Legislative Council
which recommended that
branch Of the University of Vir-
GINA be established in North
ern Virginia.
But his budget made no speci-
fic appropriations for that
branch.
Asks Early Convention
Gov. Stanley also called for an
early convention to amend the
State Constitution to permit
public funds to be used for
private education in an effort
to avoid compulsory school in
tegration. The constitutional
convention was authorized by
Virginians in a State wide ref
erendum Monday.
Meanwhile, State Senator Gar
land Gray of Waverly said he
expected to have a bill ready by
Monday to carry out the Gov
ernor's call for prompt author
ization" of the constitutional
convention. He is chairman of
the school segregation study
commission that devised Viz
ginia's plans for trying to avoid
compulsory indignation.
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The White House
Conference on Education

Two years ago, the Congress
approved my recommendation of
a program to direct Nationwide
attention and action to our edu-
cational problems and opportu-
mites. AS a consequence, more
than 1000 State and local con-
ferenceS were held throughout
1855. The White House Confer
ence on Education. the first such
conference in our history, was
held last November. The work
of the conferences has aroused
the Nation. The final report of
the White House Conference
Committee should receive wide
and serious attention.
Benefits already are apparent.
About half million people across
the Nation. representing all seq
ments of life, came to grips with
the problems of education. The
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I66 Die in Fire
On Korean Ship

SEOUL, Jan. IL (P).-Sixty-six
passengers, trapped in a third
class cabin. were burned to death
today as flames roared through a
small coastal ship, Korean ma
tional police reported.
Police said a cabin boy dropped
a kerosene lamp setting afire the
below-deck cabin which was clut-
tered with straw mats and
bedding.
The cabin boy, Park Crong
Chul. 20. and the captain. Kim
Han Suk, were arrested on a
charge of negligence.
The 130-ton ship was docked
at Samchonpo. about so miles
west of Pusan on Korea's south
ern coast.
Eighteen persons were reported
injured. The dead included
seven small children.
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status of American education
where it is; the future of Amer
lean education--where 1t should
and can go-have been illumi-
mated as perhaps never before,
Most important of all, there has
been a reawakening of broad
public interest in our schools,
The conferences helped to erase
the corroding notion that schools
were the other persons respon-
sibility.
In our society no firmer
foundation for action can be laid
than common understanding of
a problem; no more potent force
can be devised for asSailing a
problem than the common will to
do the job. For the improvement
of our educational system. the
people themselves have laid the
foundation in understanding and
willingness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-12

/ Some school districts find diff
Guilty in marketing bonds to
finance needed school construc-
ton. To meet this situation. ]
again recommend that the Con-
gresS authorize Federal purchase
iof local school construction bonds
lunmarketable except at excessive
interest rates.
Some school districts. however
are unable to raise capital funds
needed for school construction
because of bonding limits. To
encourage school construction in
these districts, as well as in dis
ltricts where construction would
be speeded by the lease-purchase
method. / propose again that
Congress authorize advances to
the States as a reserve for bonds
Eof State school financing agencies.
Several States have made
marked progress in building
schools through State agencies
which issue long term bonds to
finance schools construction in
the districts. The school district
leases the new building. Revenue
from rents is used by the agen-
cies to retire their bonds. After
the bonds have been paid. title
to the school is transferred to the
local district. The program Of
Federal support is aimed at help
ing more States start such school
financing agencies. and thus at
helping local districts overcome
barriers to building more schools.
The credit support for bonds
of communities and State agen-
cies taken together with the
planning grants, should help the
States and communities continue
their present annual rate of SUBJ
stantial increase in school con-
struction over the next FIVE years.
The partnership program of Fed
eral grants, matched by the
States. should complete the task
of building the classrooms that
are CRITICALLY needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-12
Boys Club Stoff
Holds Institute

Fifty-five Boys Club staff
workers met in the Boys Club
Eastern Branch at 271 Seventh
street Sc. yesterday for a one
day in-service training institute
Besides workers in this area,
representatives of clubs in Bal
timore, Hagerstown. Frederick,
Newport News, Norfolk, Rich
mond and Winchester were on
hand.
The institute. an annual affair,
and one of several held through
out the country during the year,
was conducted by William j
Lavery. assistant director OF
program and personnel service
Of the Boys Clubs of America.
Charles Reynolds. director of
the Eastern Branch Club, con-
Quoted a program workshop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-12
Teaching

In all our efforts for education
in providing adequate schools,
research and study-we. must
never lose sight of the very heart
of education; good teaching it
self.
Good teachers do not just
happen. They are the product
of the highest personal motiva-
ton, encouraged and helped in
their work by adequate salaries
and the respect, support. good
will Of their neighbors. The
quality of American teaching
has never been better. But the
rewards for too many teachers
are not commensurate with
their work and, their role in
life.
1t is my earnest hope that,
along with progress in other as
poets Of education. the States
and communities will give in
creasing attention to this tap
root of all education - good
teachers, and hence good teach
inn
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.FederoIIy
Affected Areas

In considering the school con-
struction problem, there is spe-
cial, related area which should
have the attention Of the Con-
gress at this time. The Congress
has for some years recognized
the responsibility Of the, Federal
Government to aid communities
where Federal activities result in
excessive burdens on the local
school system. Authority to pro-
vide Federal funds for school
construction in Federally affected
school districts will expire next
June and should be extended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-12
IKubitschek to See
Luxembourg Ruler

LUXEMBOURG, Jan. 10 (P).-
Brazil's President-elect, Juscelino
Kubitschek. arrived in Luxem-
bourg by plane today for a
luncheon with Grand Duchess
Charlotte.
DR.. Kubitschek was to fly on
to Brussels later today for an
other stop on his European tour.
Yesterday he saw Queen Eliza
beth at Buckingham Palace in
London and earlier was received
by Queen Juliana Of The Neither
lands at The Hague.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-12
Congress Gets
Broad Plan
To Aid Schools
Continued From First Page

/ Continued From First Page
It would distribute such funds
on the basis Of the number Of
school age children in the re-
lspective States.
Another probable obstacle
which the President did not
mention in his message today
lis an intended move by Repre-
sentative Powell. Democrat Of
New York, to offer an amend
ment banning payment Of Fed
eral school-aid funds to any
State maintaining racial segre-
cation.
| Must Provide Stimulus
! Besides outlining the principal
financial aid provisions Of the
administration program, Mr.,
Eisenhower's 2,500-word mes
sage stresses matters of general
policy.
i It said the fundamental prin-
ciple guiding the entire program
was that Federal assistance must
supplement present local school
building efforts and stimulate
an increase in such efforts. It
declared that Federal grants
must not reduce the initiative
Iof State and local communities
Tor give even an entering wedge
for Federal interference with in
dependence of those school sys-
TENS.
The message insisted that the
program of Federal grants "can
and must terminate" when the
current critical classroom short
age is overcome. 1t declared that
this could be achieved within
five years if the proposed pro-
gram is speedily and fully uti-
lized."
AS a further incentive" the
programs formula could reduce
the proportion of Federal grants
I"for those few States which are
noticeably tagging behind their
ability to support their public
schools.
Huge Task Remains
| The President reported heart
Iening progress" in attempts to
provide more schools. But the
recent White House Conference
on Education and other studies,
he said, proved that a huge and
increasing task remains not only
lin construction but in short
range and long-range research
Unto the core of the educational
problem" s.
! He urged that special thought
be given also to the problems Of
education beyond the high school
level. He announced he would
appoint a special commission Of
educators and citizens to look
into that field. He likewise urged
intensified study of the problem
Iof obtaining and keeping good
teachers.
While prime responsibility
Icenters on State and communi-
ties, the President said. there is
ample justification and a press
ing need for Federal help. He
noted that some communities
simply do not have adequate re-
sources to cope with "the legacy
of shortages" of clasSrooms from
past years and future needs.
| On the opening day of the
congressional session last week,
Speaker Rayburn said school
Legislation would be the first ma
jor order of business in the
House. He added that he hoped
a bill would be brought to the
House floor within two weeks.
| According to most Democratic
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amount Of Federal grants on a
matched basis.
Explains Financing
In connection with the pro-
posed arrangement under which
the Federal Government could
buy local school bonds In especi-
ally hard-pressed communities,
Mr.. Folsom disclosed that the
bonds would be purchased as
Treasury obligations at an in
Iterest rate Of three-eighths Of !
per cent. In the administra-
Ition's 1855 program the sug-
gested interest rate was one-half
of / per cent. All bonds under
the revised program would ma
ture in 80 years or less.
fundamentally" Mr.. Folsom
added this proposal would work
Ito set a ceiling on school bond
Interest rates. The Federal
Government, however, would not
displace the normal channels for
investment in school bonds"
AS part Of the general policy
of stimulating States and COM
munities to go considerably be-
yond their present school con-
struction efforts, Mr.. Folsom ex-
planned how the matching
method could contribute to that
objective.
Explains Sliding Scale
Matching would be on a slid
ing SCALE" he said. 1.-THE State
with the lowest income per child
would put up 81 for every 50 of
Federal grants received. The
State with the highest income
per child would put up 50 for
every 81 received. The combined
Federal-State payment would
supplement such local funds as
may be available for new schools.
Distribution will be according
to need. Funds will be distrib-
uted according to relative State
income per school-age child. The
State with the least income per
child would receive approximate
ly three times as much per child
as the State with the highest in
come per child. The purpose of
allotting Federal funds in this
way is to give the greatest help
where there are the least re-
sources for classroom needs"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-12
Education Beyond
7iqh School

Our vision would be limited If
we failed at this time to give
special thought to education be-
yond the high school. Certain
problems exist now in this field,
and already we can foresee other
needs and problems shaping up
in the future.
Shortages now exist in medi-
-" teaching. nursing, science,
''"~ and In other fields
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-12

EUItOWtHy u Ite Tell VI -
message to Congress today:
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE
UNITED STATES:
For several years now. our
educational system has been the
object of intensified appraisal.
Signs of heartening progress
have come to light. Among
these are: classroom construc-
ton at a higher rate than ever
before; teachers salaries in
creased in many communities;
the number of small, uneco-
nomical school districts reduced;
substantially more young people
preparing for the teaching pro-
fession: private gifts to higher
education at new heights; sup
port of education at all levels
greater than ever before.
ENCOURAGING as these adj
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1UI COIloIk 0ItAo1A VA bAAC &4VpOUN
new rooms, needed to meet ex-
pected enrolment increases, he
said today.
At q news conference after
President Eisenhower's special
message was presented, Secre-
tary Folsom said a legislative
bill embodying the plan will be
introduced perhaps late today
in the House and Senate. He
refused to speculate on the fate
Of the administrations bill but
declared that the program "goes
a pretty long way in meeting
views expressed at the recent
White House Conference on Edu-
cation"
Might Penalize at First
In emphasizing that the pro-
gram is designed primarily to en-
courage States to increase Their
present construction of public
school buildings, Mr.. Folsom said
eight or 10 States might be
penalized to some extent at the
outset.
He noted that the plan would
require States and communities
Ito show initiative" by doing
everything within their financial
and administrative power to meet
school construction needs before
receiving Federal funds.
Reporters asked numerous
questions about the course that
might be followed in the case
of States maintaining racial seq
regation or in moving to abolish
public schools. Mr.. Folsom was
asked specifically wheather Vir-
ginia, for instance. would qualify
under the Federal grant and bond
purchasing procedure If the Gray
plan provisions ultimately, go
into effect.
The Secretary replied that
those were "iffy" questions. He
described them as essentially
matters which would require legal
Interpretation and probably
specific court rulings.
He conceded. however. that If
a State reduced its expenditures
for schools 1t would be eligible
for proportionately smaller
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ly involving intermediate credit
for farmers"
A conference of House Repub-
licanS agreed yesterday that
farmers need immediate "shot
in the arm" help. while waiting
for the long-range effects of the
Eisenhower program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-12

eStdent EtSenhotDeT'S educdEton
vances are. they are not enough
to meet our expanding educa-
tional needs. Action on a
broader scale and at a more
rapid rate is clearly imperative.
We still do not have enough
good classrooms for our chill
dren. There is insufficient
emphasis on both short-range
and. long-term research into the
core of educational problems.
We need examination and study,
from a board viewpoint, of the
increasing needs of higher edu-
cation. These lacks are magni-
fed by an ever-increasing
stream of student enrolment
and the increasing complexity
of modern society.
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u. S. Plan Offers Aid
For 100000 CIossrooms

administrations school aid presented to
would help States and communities build 100000
within the next five Welfare Secretary Folsom
estimates
only would possible the replacement
obsolete classooms during that provide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-12

predictions. such q bill would
not be the administrators. It
would be the Democratic bill still
before the Rules Committee.
The Rules Committee, headed
by Representative Smith, DEM
ocrat Of Virginia. scheduled o
meeting today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-12
Presidents Message
On Aid to Education

FOLLOWING the teri of President EisenhoDers education
MESSAGE to Conoress todav.
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