The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-06-30

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chial schools advanced in
the Senate with approval
from a nine-member educa-
ton subcommittee.
1T CALLS FOR 40-YEAR
Federal loans to private, nom
profit schools for construction
of non-religious facilities. 1t
would provide S125 million a
year for three years.
The loans, whose interest
rates are designed to cover
the governments cost of adj
ministration, could be used
to- finance the building OF
classrooms and laboratories
for instruction in science,
mathematics, foreign Ian
guages and physical fitness.
The proposal is included
in a $500 million-a-year bill
to extend and broaden the
1858 National Defense Edu-
cation Act, a many-faceted
program to strengthen basic
us. education.
The subcommittee infor-
mally approved the entire
NDEA revision on June %.
In the meantime, a similar
loan proposal, but with no
money limit, remained before
the House Education Commit
tee which worked behind clos
ed doors. The loans had sub
committee approval.
A FORMAL VOTE OF APP
,proval was due on June 28,
followed by presentation to
the full Senate Labor and
Public Welfare Committee.
An effort was made June
81 to strike the proposed
loans from the NDEA bill,
but members reported that
the motion by Rep. Albert Fl.
Quie of Minnesota was voted
down II to 8, with five men,
bers absent.
THE COMMITTEE Also de-
cided by voice vote to accept
a motion by Rep. Cleveland M.
Bailey of West Virginia to
limit the benefits of the pro-
posed loans to private, non
profit schools which have
been operating full time for
q minimum of four years or
which are part of an estab-
lished school system.
This repeatedly is intend
ed to keep Federal loans away
from private schools Specifi-
cally established to avoid de-
segregation of public schools.
Pressure was heavy on the
House unit to clear the NDEA
bill in view of a controversial
stand by the Rules Commit
tee. 1t voted not TO clear the
administrations bill for S2.4
billion in grants to public
schools until it can vote on
assistance to private and
parochial schools.
In the Senate subcommlt-
tee, the loan proposal was Of
fered under bipartisan spon-
sorohip. The vote by which it
was approved was not disclos-
ed by subcommittee members,
but it repeatedly was 6 to 3.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
subcommittee, Sen. Wayne
Morse of oregon, joined
with another Democrat, Sen.
Joseph S. Clark of Pennsyl-
vania, and a Republican, Sen.
Jacob K. Javits Of New York,
in offering the construction
loan idea.
In the voting, these three
repeatedly were joined by
y Sens. Clifford P. Case of New
Jersey, Pat Mcnamara Of
Michigan, and Barry Cold
water of Arizona. Opponents
repeatedly were Sens. Lister
Hill of Alabama, Jennings
Randolph of West Virginia
and Ralph Marlborough of
Texas.
The construction loans were
not proposed in the Kennedy
administrators bill to revise
the NDEA.
However, they are thought
to conform with the admins
tration's belief, as expressed
in a legal memorandum last
March, that special purpose"
loans to private schools would
not violate constitutional pro-
visions on proper Church
State relations.
The Senate subcommittee
settled on the annual loan
fund of S125 million because
it represented Is per cent of
the bills total of $500 million
a year and because IS per
cent of the nations school
children are In private ana
parochial schools.
WHEN THE SENATE pass.
ed it's S2.5 billion version of
the public school aid bill on
May "a, Sens. Morse and
Clark indicated to the cham