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pacted areas today faced Senat
as disagreement over a House
two years.
A measure continuing such
one year will come up in the
Senate on Monday. instead OF
today as originally planned,
Democratic Leader Mansfield
said. Although he predicted
passage without prolonged de-
bate, colleagues noted that the
Senate bill differs greatly from
a two-part measure approved
by the House yeSterday387-32.
Continues 2 Programs
The House bill, passed under
rules barring amendments, au-
thorized 1902, 992 900 during the
next two years for continuation
of two existing Federal aid to
education programs.
About $402 million would be
in Federal assistance for public
school construction or teachers
salaries in more than 300 areas,
such as several in nearby Mary
land and Virginia, where school
enrollmentS and costs are heavi-
ly affected by concentrations OF
Federal workers and installa-
lions. That aid program ex-
pired on June 80.
The other part Of the bill
would continue for two years
the National Defense Educa-
ton Act provisions for Federal
aid to higher education stu
dents, particularly for
strengthening science. mathe-
mates and modern foreign Ian
guage instruction and related
educational programs. Those
NDEA programs do not expire
until next June 80. The House
bill would continue them for
two years beyond that date for
a total outlay of approximate
ly $500 million.
Senators Plan Amendments
The Senate bill providing
only for a one-year extension
of the impacted areas aid pro-
gram will not be subject to
time or amendment limitations
when it comes up Monday.
Several Senators indicated they
will try to add on the NDEA
provisions. Others might offer
amendments authorizing Fed
eral funds for elementary and
secondary school construction
and teachers salaries or for
building of college academic
facilities.
The size Of the House vote
yesterday for a two-year extern
sion bill and the obvious OPP
position of a majority of House
members against general Fed
eral aid could delay. If not
prevent. congressional enact
ment of any bill before ad-
journment if the Senate insist
ed on that feature.
Extension Period Disputed
Another bone Of contention
between Senate and House
might be the length of the |
extension. Several House DEM
ocrats who reluctantly sup
ported the two-year extension |
bill yesterday charged it was
politically slanted, discrimina-
tory and inadequate to cope |
with the Nations educational
problems.
They contended also that a
two-year freeze of the present
impacted areas program with
all it's imperfections" would
prevent the kind of compre-
hensive study which President
Kennedy and former President
Eisenhower said should be GEN.
tered on that program.
The roll call vote, neverthe-
less, indicated that the House
might refuse to accept a one
year extension or. in fact, any,
thing except the two-year
extensions of the impacted
areas and NDEA programs
without change. Only nine Re-
publicans and % Democrats
voted against the extension bill.
A week ago practically all
Republicans and most South
ern Democrats teamed UP on a
242-170 vote that refused even
to consider a whitfield down
administration bill for one-year
extensions of impacted areas
and NDEA loan provisions and
a one-year 1925 million author
ization for Federal aid for
public school construction in
especially needy communities.
Want to Dispose Of It
The prevailing mood Of the
House yesterday seemed to be
eagerneSs to dispose Of the
school aid issue at least for
two years. Debate was far less
bitter than the week before and
the religious issue was men
toned only once.
Representative Edith Green,
Democrat of Oregon, sponsor
of a college construction aid
bill, told her colleagues they
could not avoid the religious
issue merely by passing the two
year extension bill. She des-
cribed as unfair an NDEA pro-
vision whereby loan recipients
need not repay If they teach in
public schools. She said this
was unfair to such recipients
who teach in non-public
schools.
Other critics said continu-
ance Of impacted areas aid,
while justified in many in
stances, was unfair to many
"unimpacted" com munities