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ficials said there was no au-
thority in the proposed legisla-
ton for Withholding funds from
segregated schools.
These provisions affecting
private and parochial schools
and the segregation question
are certain to be centers oi
debate in Congress, along with
the question of the necessity
and cost Of the program and
the proper basis for allocatine
funds among the States.
The new administration pro-
gram for grants to States for
school construction and teach.
ers' salaries is similar to the
bill that passed the Senate last
year. The House in 1860 passed
| a more limited bill. restricted
to school construction aid. The
House Rules Committee pre-.
vented final action by keeping
the bills from going to a Sen.
ate. House conference.
S2.3 Billion in 3 Years
Mr.. Kennedy insisted in to.
days message that Federal
grants should be available fol
both school construction and
aid to teachers salaries.
The Kennedy plan would dis.
tribute $2.3 billion to the States
on the basis Of average daily
public school attendance. Ar
equalization formula woule
vary the grant from SIS pei
pupil in such relatively wealthy
States as New York and New
Jersey to almost $50 per pupi
in such relatively poor States
as Arkansas and Mississippi.
There would be no direct
matching fund requirement fol
the States, but those States
which are below average in the
proportion Of their income de.
voted to education would have
to improve their effort or they
would lose q portion Of theil
Federal assistance.
4 Each state would receive tn,
Federal funds and could us,
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Three-Yeur Program
is Recommended

! recommend TO the Congress
To- three-year program Of gem
eral Federal assistance for pub
lie elementary and secondary
classroom construction and
teachers salaries.
Based essentially on the bill
which passed the Senate last
year Is. 81, although beginning
at a more modest level Of ex-
|penditures, this program would
assure every State Of no less
than SIS for every public school
student in average daily attend
ance. with the total amount ap-
propriated ($666 million being
authorized in the first year,
rising to 1886 million over .
three-year period distributed
according to the equalization
formula contained in the last
years Senate bill, and already
familiar to the Congress by vir-
tue of its similarity to the for
mulas contained in the Hill
Burton hospital construction
and other acts. Ten per cent Of
the funds allocated to each
State in the first year, and
an equal amount thereafter. is
to be used to help meet the
unique problems Of each States
areas Of special educational
need"-depressed areas. slum
neighborhoods and others.
This Is a modest program
with ambitious goals. The sums
involved are relatively small
when we think in terms Of
more than 80 million public
school children. and the bill
lions Of dollars necessary to
educate them properly. Never
thelesS. q limited beginning
now-consistent with our OBJ
legations in other areas Of
responsibility-will encourage
all States to expand their
facilities to meet the increasing
demand and enrich the quality
Of education offered. and grad
ually assist our relatively low
income States in the elevation
Of their educational standards
to a national level.
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Colleges Foee
Growing Burden

The burden of increased en-
rollments - imposed upon our
elementary and secondary
schools already in the 50s-will
fall heavily upon our colleges
and universities during the COS.
BY the autumn Of 1866, an esti-
mated / million more students
will be IN attendance at insti-
tutionS of higher learning than
enrolled last fall-for q total
more than twice as high as the
total college enrolment Of 1850.
Our ollegeS. already hard
presseG W.. rising enroll
ments since so during a pc
riod Of rising costs, will be in
critical straits merely to pro-
vide the necessary facilities,
muh less the cost Of quality
eduation.
The country as q whole Is
already spending nearly 81 bill
lion a year on academic and
residential facilities for higher
education-some 20 per cent
lof the total spent for higher
education. Even with increased
contributions from State, local
and private sources, a gap oi
$2.9 billion between aggregate
needs and expenditures is an
tipicated by 1865, and q gap oi
$50 billion by 1910.
The national interest re-
quires an educational system or
the college level sufficiently
financed and equipped to pro-
vide every student with ade.
quate physical facilities TO meet
his instructional, research, and
residential needs.
I, therefore, recommend legis.
lation which will: ,r-.
i /. Extend the current college
housing loan program with {
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ask the Congress to amend and
expand the student loan and
other provisions of the Ma
tional Defense Education Act,
it is clear that even with this
program many talented but
needy students are unable to
assure further Indebtedness in
order to continue their educa-
ton.
I, therefore. recommend the
establishment Of a five-year
program with an initial ALL
thorization Of $26,250,000 Of
State administered scholar
ships for talented and needy
young people which will sup
plement but not supplant those
programs Of. financial assist
ance to students which are now
in operation.
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II eucher SoIorieS
Need to Be Raised

I'VE cannot obtain more and
better teachers-and our chill
nren should have the best-un-
less steps are taken to increase
teacherS' salaries. At present
salary levels, the classroom
cannot compete in, financial
rewards with other professional
work that requires similar
academic background.
sIt is equally clear that we do
not have enough classrooms.
In order to meet current needs
and accommodate increasing
enrollmentS, If every child is to
have the opportunity Of a full
day education in an adequate
classroom. a total of 100000
ciassrooms must be constructed
during the next 10 years.
seThese problems are common
70 all States. They are partic-
ldarly severe in those States
which lack the financial re-
kources to provide q better
education. regardless OF their
own efforts. Additional diff
ficulties, too. often overlooked
are encountered in areas OF
special educational need, where
economic or social circum-
stances impose special burdens
and opportunities on the pub
lie school.
These areas of special educa-
tional need include our de-
pressed areas Of chronic unem-
ployment and the Slum neieIe-
borhoods of our larger cities
where underprivileged children
are overcrowded into substand-
ard housing. A recent survey
pf a very large elementary
school in one of our major
cities, for example, found 81
per cent Of the children comine
to class with poor diets, 81 pei
cent in need Of dental care, 81
per cent in need Of visual cor.
Tection and 10 per cent with
speech disorders. In some de.
pressed areas roughly one -thirc
of. the children must rely or
surplus foods for their basit
glistenance. Older pupils IL
these schools lack proper recre'
ational and Job guidance. ThI
proportion Of drop-outs, delin
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college $3.50 a year for each
scholarship student to allevi-
ate the extra cost to the school
Of teaching him.
Adoption Of the full Kennedy
program would require Con-
gress to appropriate $1,242,-
250.000 the first year, with
appropriations rising to $l,534,-
125,000 in the third year. Ac-
tual expenditures would start
at $72l million the first year
and rise to almost SIS billion
in the third year.
The first-year appropriation
for education under the Ken
nedy plan would be slightly
over 81 billion higher thar
those proposed in the fiscal
1862 budget submitted by for
mer President Eisenhower.
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Schools Must Stuy
lin locuI Hands

Education must remain a
matter Of State and local con-
troll, and higher education is Q
matter Of individual choice.
But education is increasingly
expensive. Too many State and
;1ocal governments lack the re-
sources to assure an adequate
education for every child. Too
many classrooms are over
crowded. Too many teachers
are underpaid. Too many tai
ented individuals cannot afford
she benefits Of higher educa-
Hon. Too many academic in
stitutions cannot afford the
cost Of. or find room for. the
growing numbers Of students
seeking admission in the '60s.
Our twin goals must be: A
new standard Of excellence in
education-and the availability
Of such excellence to all who
are willing and able to pursue
t.
? i. ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC
ELEMENTARY AND SECOND
AIRY SCHOOLS.
"A successful educational sys-
tSm requires the proper bal
hnce. in terms Of both quality
and quantity Of three ele-
:nents: Students. teachers and
facilities. The quality Of the
etudents depends in. large
measure on both the quality ana
the relative quantity of teach
erS and facilities.
Z Throughout the 1960s there
will be no lack in the quantity
Of students. An average net
gain Of nearly / million pupils
a.year during the next 10 years
Will overburden a school sys-
tenn already strained by we'll
pyer a half-million pupils in
eurtailed or halliday sessions,
p school system financed
largely by a property tax
incapable Of bearing such an
Increased loan in most COM
niunities.
: But providing the quality and
quantity Of teachers and facil-
tiles to meet this demand will
be major problems. Even today,
there are some 10000 teachers
who fall short Of full certifica-
ton standards. Tens Of thou
sands Of others must attempt
ID cope with classes Of un-
Nieldly size because there are
insufficient teachers available.
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'SOur progress as q Nation can
be no swifter than our progress
in education. Our requirements
3oE world leadership. our hopes
Tor economic growth. and the
demands Of citizenship itself
An an era such as capacity.
The human mind is our
fundamental resource. A ball
Nnced Federal program must 60
we'll beyond incentives for in
testment in plant and equip
naent. 1t must include equally
determined measures to invest
IN human beings-both in their
basic education and training
and in their more advanced
spTeparation for professional
work. Without such measures,
the Federal Government will
bot be carrying out its RESPONSE
bilities for expanding the base
I0f our economic and military
stfength.
Our progress in education
oyer the last generation has
been substantial. We are ed
Mcating a greater proportion
of our youth to a higher degree
of competency than any other
country on earth. One-fourth
bf our total population is en-
rolled in our schools and col
leees. This year $26 billion
VII be spent on education
Alone.
& But the needs Of the next
generation-the needs Of the
next decade and the next
school year-will not be met
,Rt this level Of effort. More
Effort will be reQuired-on the
-nart Of students, teachers,
schools, colleges and all so
Gtates-and on the part of the
Federal Government.
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ECONOMIC

Continued From First Page
the lowest income groups In
the country.
Changes proposed in the 50.
cial security program would:
!. Raise the minimum bene-
fit payable to . retired or dis
abled insured workers, and to
the sole survivor Of o deceased
insured worker from $33 to
$43 a month. This would mean
payment Of an additional $255
million to about 2,455,000
people during the first IL
months.
2. Reduce from IS to SO the
age at which men are eligible
for retirement benefits, with
reduced benefits for those
claiming them before IS. This
would mean payment Of about
$5l5 million to about 500, 900
people during the first year.
3. Liberalize the requirement
that to be eligible for retire
ment benefits a person must
work one quarter under social
security for each three calendar
quarters elapsing after 1850,
to one quarter for each year.
This would bring about ITO, 900
more people onto the benefit
rolls in the first year, with
their benefits amounting to
about $65 million.
4. Increase the benefits pay
able to an aged widow Of a
deceased insured worker from
rs per cent Of the workers re-
tirement benefit to IS per cent.
This would raise benefits for
! 1855 900 people by about $140
million in the first year.
5. Liberalize requirements
for disability benefits so an in
sured worker could get benefits
after being totally disabled for
six months. even though it is
expected that he eventually
will recover. This would permit
about $4,000 people to draw
$35 million in the first year.
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No Funds Provided
For Church Schools

The bill which will follow
this message has been carefully
drawn to eliminate dispropor-
tionately large or small ineq-
uities, and to make the maxi
mum use Of a limited number
Of dollars. In accordance with
the clear prohibition Of the
Constitution, no elementary OF
secondary school funds are
allocated for constructing
church schools or paying
church school teachers salaries
and thus non-public school
children are rightfully not
counted in determining the
funds each State will receive
for its public schools. Each
| State will be expected to main.
tain its own effort or contribu.
tion; and every State whose
effort is below the national
average will be expected tt
increase that proportion Of it
income which is devoted Il
public elementary and second.
ary education.
This investment will pay rict
dividends in the years ahead
in increased economic growth
in enlightened citizens, in ma.
tional excellence. For some II
years. the Congress has wres.
tied with this problem anc
searhed for a workable Solu.
ton. I believe that we now have
such q solution; and that thi!
Congress in this year will make
~ landmark contribution tx
American education.
II. CONSTRU CTION OF
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
FACILITIES.
Our colleges and universities
represent our ultimate educa'
tional resource. In these insti
tutions are produced the lead
erS and other trained persons
whom we need to carry forwart
to our highly developed civil
ization. If the colleges and uni
versities fail to do their job
there is no substitute to fulfil
their responsibility. The threa
Of opposing military and ideo
logical forces in the world lend
urgency to their task. But tina
task would exist in any case.
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them-for school construction
or aid to teachers salaries or
both. Ten per cent Of the funds
allocated by the Federal Gov
eminent would be set aside Ito
help meet the unique problems
Of each States areas Of spe-
cial educational needs"
Second Phase Has 2 Parts
An administration spokes-
man said such funds could be
used to improve slum neighbor-
hood schools, to provide special
programs for retarded or gifted
children or to meet unusual ex-
penseS arising from the de-
segregation Of schools. They
also would be available for ex-
perimental programs aimed at
improving the quality of in
struction.
The second phase Of the
Presidents proposal, the COL
lege loan program, has two
parts.
The first calls for an in
crease from 5000 million a year
to $3.50 million q year for the
next five years in the existing
program Of long-term, low
interest loans for construction
of residential housing for stu
dents and faculties.
The second part would launch
a similar loan program Of $500
million a year for five years to
build college classrooms, lab
oratories and libraries.
Race Is No Factor
The proposed college scholar
ship program would help an
estimated 2l2,500 students at a
cost Of $578 million over the
next five years. Scholarship
funds would be granted to the
States on the basis Of college
age population. The States
would choose the recipients, the
President said. "solely on the
basis Of their ability-as deter
mined on a competitive basis
and their financial need
without regard to sex, race,
creed or color"
Stipends would range up to
1000 q year, averaging about
$700. and scholarship winners
would be permitted to attend
the college Of their choice
private or public-and select
their own program Of study
The Government would give the
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Condition Of Singer
Reported Improving

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (AP)
The condition Of Jackie VIII
son. rock n roll singer who
was shot In . struggle with q
woman fan. improved today
but he remained on the critical
list at Roosevelt Hospital.
Mr.. Wilson. 26. was wounded
in the abdomen Wednesday
while struggling with Juanita
Jones, 2S, ouside his apartment.
She had Knocked on his door
and threatened to commit
suicide. She faces o feloniouS
assault charge.
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EDUCATION
7 ask Force Plans
Are Scaled Down
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school construction or for
teachers salaries.
The Speaker declined to say
whether he agreed with the
message as a whole. He said
he wanst more time to study it.
II certainly am for some
school aid and I have been for
q long time" he commented.
my decision for a long time
has been for Federal aid for
school construction and not for
payment Of teachers salaries
But it is up to Congress and ]
wouldn't resist bringing up q
bill of that kind"
G. O. p. Substitute Ready
Senate Minority Leader Dirk
sen announced today he was
ready with a Republican SUBJ
stitute for Mr.. Kennedy's edu-
cation program.
Senator DirkSen's measure Is
q four-year, 81 billion proposal
Federal aid, to be matched by
the States, would be limited tc
construction Of classrooms.
The detailed legislation, due
to reach Congress later this
week, will contain provisions
for special aid to areas, such as
the Washington suburbs, with
many Federal employees. Off
cials today refused to discuss
reports the administration will
recommend a cut in This specia
aid.
ParOchial Schools Excepted
True to his campaign prom.
ises. Mr.. Kennedy urged thai
none Of the Federal funds bt
used for constructing private Of
parochial schools Lr payinl
their teachers salaries.
He left the way open, how.
ever, for the use Of Fedora
funds to build schools or pay
teachers in States and local
tiles with racially-segregatet
school systems. Government Of.
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ACNE WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2znd
WASHINGToN'S BIRTHDAY
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sTExT OF EDUCATION MESSAGE 81
Kennedy Offers Brood Program to Aid Schools

FOLLOWING is the tert of President Kennedys message
/ to Congress today on education: ,, -.t 3
0ur progress Nation canquency and classroom disorders
no swfter than progress in such is aarmngy
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-02-09
Is Your Name
FERGUSON?

Ferguson, an old and honored
surname. is principally of Scottish
origin. OF relatively simple deriVa-
ton. il signifies son of Fergus
The latter is an ancient personal
name which denotes a man of
hardy and energetic character. l.
should be noted that Ferguson is
the name of one of the celebrated
Scottish clans which has been
prominent in Argyllshire and Aber-
deenshire for hundreds of years.
and Fergusons are recorded as
land holders in these counties as
early as the fourteenth century.
John Ferguson 1740-1792) served
as captain of Massachusetts troops
during the Revolutionary War.
Patrick Ferguson 1744-17S0) was
British soldier who invented the
brecch-loading rifle. It is said thai
he spared General Washington
life al Brandywinc by refusing TO
fire at one on duty whose back
was turned. He was killed at the
battle of Kings Mountain South
Carolina.
The first census of the United
States. taken in 1880 has twenty
one listings of persons by the
name Of Ferguson who were resi-
dents of Maryland and heads of
families at that time.
Among the early marriage Ii
censes issued by the Clerk of Gar
rett County Circuit Court was that
to G. J. Ferguson and Mary Ann
Friend on May a, 1873.
The Ferguson family in Scot
land and America" is the title of
a genealogy published in 1905 by
the Times Press of Canandaigua,
N. Y.
Robert Gracey Ferguson 1892
1926 was president, Westminster
College, New Wilmington, Pa.
Louis Aloysius Ferguson 1857
1940), an electrical engineer Of
rote, was president, Com
monwealth Edison Company, Chi
cago and a nationally known
authority on the generation of
electric power.
James Ferguson is major gen.
eral. U. S. Air Force.
John Howard Ferguson is pro-
fessor and head of the department
of physiology, University of North
Carolina Medical School.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-02-09
MARTIN R. LEWIS

Martin Ray Lewis, aged 70, OF
near Oakland, died suddenly on
Saturday night, February 4.
Mr.. Lewis car became stuck in
he snow and he was fatally
stricken while walking to his home
Born in this county he was q
ION of the late Philip and Cathe-
line Friend Lewis. He was d
'armer and was a veteran OF
World War I. His wife, Olive
Friend Lewis, preceded him Il
leath.
Surviving are four sons, Lester
Lewis, Hutton; Carl, Junior and
Teddy Lewis, all at home; two
daughters, Mrs. Hazel Sidebottom
Of Oakland; Mrs Marie Bohon
Albright, w. Va, and nine grand
children
The body was taken the Leigh
on Funeral home in Oakland
where funeral services were con-
lucted Wednesday morning al
0:30 o'clock by Rev Eugene Mat
,hews and Rev. Donald Matthews
Burial was in the Kimmell GENE
cry near Swallow Falls.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-02-09
MRS. VIRGINIA M. cHlLDs

Mrs. Virginia Minerva Childs,
lged 83, died Saturday, February
!. at her home in Red Oak COM
nunity. She had been ill for sew
raj years.
A daughter of the late Edwin
md Harriet Root Leech, she was
BORN February IS, 1877, in Clear
,ield county, Pa Her husband
James F. Childs, died in January
$50. She was a member of the
7airview Church of the Brethren.
She is survived by two daugh-
erS, Mrs. Ray Gnegy, Oakland;
Mrs. Wesley Harvey, Dayton, Ohio;
hree sons, Edwin Childs and
James Childs, both of the Red Oak
community; and William Childs
Tallmadge, o.; Is grandchildren
81 great grandchildren and two
great great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
rom the Fairview Church on Tues
day afternoon at o'clock with
Rev. Eugene Matthews and Jonas
Sines officiating. Interment was
n the church cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-02-09
CHARLES 3. JEFFERYS

Charles Bolton Jefferys, Terra
Alta, w. Va, died last Sunday
February 5, at the Cuppett Nursing
home in Oakland where he had
been residing for the past year and
one-half.
Mr.. Jefferys was born in Terra
Alta June 6, 1879, and was aged 81
years, Z months and 20 days. He
was a retired Baltimore and Ohio
railroad engineer and was a son of
the late Enos and Martha Elsey
Jcfferys. His wife, bessie F. Mes
senger Jefferys, is deceased.
Surviving are two sons, Daley
Jefferys, Denver. Col; Vester p.
Jefferys, Jacksonville, Fla; four
daughters, Mrs Rosetta Myers
Rowlesburg, w. Va; Mrs. Maxine
Childs, Terra Alta; Mrs. Viola Free
land. Akron, o.; Mrs. Marguerite
Root, Terra Alta; one sister, Mrs
Beulah Lambert, Oakland; one
brother, Byron Jefferys, Terra AL
ia; Is grandchildren and IA great
grandchildren.
Deceased was a member of the
Methodist church. Funeral services
were conducted from the Fike-
Watson Funeral home in Terra AL
ia on Tuesday afternoon at o.
clock with Rev w. c. Dunson of
ficiating. Interment was in the Ter
"a Alta cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-02-09
To Address EIkins Rotary

Robert Wooters, manager Of
mineral and timber lands for the
Western Maryland Railway COM
pany. will address the Elkins Ro-
tary club during next Mondays
noontimc program there.
Wooters has his office at Thorn
as, w Va, but resides at Mt. Lake
Park. He has degree in geology
from New York university and re-
ceived his B. S. and Masters de-
gree in civil engineering from
West Virginia university. He is a
veteran of World War II and the
Korean conflict.
He has been with Western Mary
land railway since June, 1852, as
Stunning his present duties Feb
ruary l, 1857. He is married and
the father of two daughters.