The people's voice., 1958-08-29

is substantial expenditure whit
mites are unwilling or unable
to make"
Murray and Cong, Lee Metcalf in.
troduced the School Assistance Act
of 1858 this year. Their bills, CO.
sponsored by Senator Mike Mansfield
would authorize unmatched federal
aid to states and local communities
for classroom construction or teacher
salaries. Grants would be $25 per
school-age child the first year. The
ante would be upped $25 annually
until $100 is reached in the fourth
year. The states would decide whether
the money would be used to build
schools or increase teachers salaries,
or both. Montana's share would be
$4,388,000 the first year, $18,851,-
600 the fourth, and succeeding years.
These bills were the subject of
hearings in both House and Senate
Education Committees this year. Both
died with this Congress.
In the same speech, Murray criti-
cized the American Medical Associa-
tion for "(raising) one hand in self
righteous horror at the prospect of
federal aid to education while the
other palm is extended to obtain help
for its particular brand of education.
eff this federal money buys bricks
for needed elementary and high
it is bad," Murray continued.
eff this federal money buys bricks
for needed medical schools. it is
good. That is the position of the
ANA"
OPEN WIDE
Both houses have passed Senator
resolution authorizing the
President to proclaim Feb. 8-14, 1859,
as National Children's Dental Health
Week. Purpose is to "call to the at
bention of the people of the United
States the fundamental necessity of
4 continuous program for the pro-
5ection and development of the dem
al health of the nations Children"
IN the words of the resolution.
FLY-BOY COUNTRY CLUB
Congressman Metcalf devotes a |
major part of his current newsletter
20 blast at the Air Forces "shock-
ng inefficiency and waste of tax
lollars" at the new Air Force Acad- |
emy to open near Colorado Springs
n September, a year behind schedule.
House Appropriations Committee
Investigators, Metcalf said, found
hat hundreds of design changes,
made without the approval of Con-
,ress "could run the cost of this fly
10Y country club to more than $500
million, or almost triple the original
ost estimate.
Among other things, there will
be 100000 worth of reflection
pools following the spirit and con-
cept, perhaps, of the Spanish gar
dens in Granada in the words of
one Air Force Witness" Metcalf
continued.
He compared the cost of especially
esigned desks, at $85 each, with
hose costing SIG at the Naval Acad-
my; noted that A homes, costing
44,69O each, are being built for
-cademy professors, and that home
hasn't been built for the Academy
lperintendent because he wants
ouse that will cost $97,O00."
Metcalf recalled that, when he
'oked over the Academy last year,
is special subcommittee on coal
esearch was shown around by a. {
'lonel, "who told us proudly that 1
2 had spent more than So billion {
lilding facilities all over the world. :
"(Republican) Congressman Say +
r (Pennsylvania) wondered aud
ly how much this colonel would =
ave to spend before he made gen. /
AL" Metcalf said.
"The colonel showed us the site ]
IF the superintendent home and il
he beautiful view the superintend-
mt would have-because the Air y
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