The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-24
Longwood President Appeals
1858 90 State Budget Cuts;
NO Little Rock Bill Up
GcncraLAscmbIy
Week Features
MOre-Fund Hunt

Hearings on the States first bill
Hon dollar budget, a search for
even more funds and Introduction
Of proposed legislation TO prevent
q Virginia Little Rock highlighted
the week IN the General Assembly
Public hearings on the budget.
allowing state agency and inStitu-
tional heads opportunity to suggest
changes over the recommendations
are held before the Legislature final
ly adopts the biennial budget In this
case they cover the 1880 period
Among those appearing before the
House Appropriations and Senate
Finance committees was DR.. II G.
Landlord. Jr. of LongWood College
He appeared TO appeal for restora
ton Of funds he had requested but
which were not provided for.
Landlord Seeks Funds
DR. Landlord asked for an adj
dtional s57 900 for faculty and staff
salaries and restitution Of 1851 $50
Of 1868 $50 cut from his capital out
lay requests for the biennium
The LongWood president had re-
qnested 81 494 $50 for the 1880
period in capital OUTLAWS. Governor
Stanley put $685. 600 for such ex-
penditures into his budget recon-
mendations.
i In his appeal at the public hear
ing this week, Dr. Landlord asked
capital outlay funds for a library
addition additional land and more
equipment All he believes neces-
sary for the development OF the
college particularly in its efforts
ID meet lis share Of the enrolment
challenge
Altogether requests al the public
hearings Will total millions. against
which the Stanley budget offers
only buffer of 81 millions of I'M
appropriated monies in the state
general fund
To seek Funds
To help resolve this dilemma.
Governor Almond has set in mo-
ton studies seeking TO revanlp the
proposed budget by way of finding
more funds That study group Of
legislators is TO report by January
n
Among other things. tho group
was charged particularly with find
ing more funds the new governor
wants for teacher salary increases
greater then tho 500 for the bien-
MUM recommended by the former
governor. Also. to uncover an ad-
ditional S. 900 900 for the Literary
Fund. Il is oil this fund that To-
caliues make loans for school con
i: struction The budget places $40
millions in this fund
No Little Rock
A bill providing for the closing
Of public schools when violence is
threatened OF when troops under
federal control are present was in
PRODUCED Wednesday.
! II was dramatic inserlude in
the process Of bill introduction.
which SO far has found more than
$50 placed IN the hopper in 10 days.
There also have been SO joint resolu-
tons.
A two per cent sales tax bill. in
troduccd by Delegate Sam Pope.
Of Southampton. was tied to a pro
posal TO aid localities and counties
with the cost of public education.
The bill. however, has no admins
iratiye support.
The school bill was requested by
Governor Almond in his inaugural
address II would require the chief
executive to close a school while
troops under federal command were
present and would require school
board or tho governor to close a
school if they felt violence. which
could not be controlled without the
use Of troops. was threatened.
Salaries Protected
Tho bill also provides for con-
tnuing teachers salaries and also
for efforts to operate 'out-of- school
classes for affected students while
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