The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-06-01

lion would be provided for each
subsequent year No student would
be eligible for more than one
thousand dollars in assistance. A
qualified student would be eligible
for these grants during his first
two years in college. The admins
trative costs of this program will
be entirely assumed by the par
ticipating colleges and universe
/ ties.
This program is designed to
: supplement and extend the stu
dent-ioan program under the Ma
tional Defense Education Act
National Interest Shown For
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Ma
tionaI Historical Park
! For 30 years the historic as
: sociations and natural beauty of
the Potomac Valley and the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Canal have been
recognized as worthy of preserva-
ton At one time, this recognition
was purely local, but it is
now widespread | am glad to note
i the nationwide interest which ex-
lists in the Potomac Valley and the
I Chesapeak & Ohio Canal National
Park Evidence of this interest is
found in an editorial in the New
York Times published on May %,
1861. Since this editorial deals di-
rectly with the subject matter of
H. r. 1884 and S. II, | thought it
worthy of passing on to you.
The valley of the Potomac
River is still largely unspoiled For
1870 miles, from Cumberland, Mary
land, to the Nations Capital, it
cuts through historic land-a sur
prising amount of il still wilder
| ness-accOmpanied by the famous
old Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. A
rarity among rivers, the Potomac
has not been used heavily by in
dustry; it traverses the fringe of
the excessively urban, highly COM
mercialized eastern seaboard.
This fringe position has pro-
tected the Potomac in many ways,
but each year encroachments
threaten. They are worse this year
than last, and were worse than
that the year before. The bull
dozers come closer, the unspoilcd
areas shrink. Each session recently
Congress has considered legisla-
ton to ward off that encroachmcnt
by converting the long c & O
Canal, with some adjacent acreage,
into national historical park.
I'VE submit that there is no
more time for delay Protecting
the Nations natural resources,
providing areas for recreation, and
appreciation of the very land
which gives us strength, is increas-
ingly urgent The Chesapeake &
Ohio Canal National Historical
Park may well prove to be the
central park for The eastern sea
( boards coming megalopolis It's
need has been strongly endorsed
by the Kennedy administration
Congress should assure its pres
/ ervation now
| The Presidents Message On
urgent National Needs"
Last week President Kennedy
I addressed a joint session of Con-
| gress on high priority legislative
requests. AS he had stated in his
inaugural address, on January
goth, and in public statements
since that time, the President re-
peated call on the people of
America to make additional sacri-
fees in order to secure our ma
tional needs. The President asked
Congress to appropriate large
sums of money to meet what he
described as an extraordinary
challenge"
The President stated that the
sacrifices would not include adj
ditional taxes. He did not, how
ever specify what sacrifices he
was asking to be made. We have
learned from the past that it is
not wise to rely on an anticipated
increase in revenue from a stimu-
lated economy. If the funds are
not available to meet the cost of
this program as the expenditures
are made the resulting deficit in
the budget and increase in the