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14 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, March 13, 1959 Congressional Promotion of Education TV May Escape Bind 1 fa,.-. r 1 Br A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington-A modest new federal program proposed in Congress to promote educa- PTW5 onal televi I' A" sion with fi- I nancial grants may escape the current political bind between the so-called Dem ocratic spend crc a n H Re- JJ publican econ- A Root Smit This legislation would offer up to $1,000,000 in grants to each state for purchase and installation of apparatus need ed to get educational televi sion stations on the air. Lead ing educators from coast to coast have urged Congress to pass the bill. Although the measure has bipartisan sponsorship in Con gress, the Eisenhower admin istration takes a dim view of it. Secretary of Health, Edu cation and Welfare Arthur Flemming states the adminis tration position this way: "We have no information indicating that a federal pro gram, such as this bill would provide, is necessary to as sure continuing development of educational television, or that there is an inability to finance the acquisition and in- s t a 1 1 a t ion of transmitting equipment." Joins Magnuson Sen. Warren G. Magnuson CD-Wash.), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and a frequent advocate of federal spending programs, has been joined by Sen. An drew Schoeppel (R-Kan.), a conservative m i d w e sterner who normally opposes federal programs, as sponsors of the bill in the Senate. Magnuson got it out of his committee favorably a week ago, with little doubt it would receive quick attention from the Sen ate which passed it last year only to see it get caught in the last minute legislative bot tleneck in the House. Since the Federal Commu nications Commission reserv ed 242 channels for educa-: tional use seven years ago, 37 stations have been acti vated. Magnuson's committee, after its hearings, reported this finding: "The failure of the educa tors to use these channels is not the result of lack of in terest, desire, planning or zeal on their part. The largest problem which faces the edu cators in using television is concerned mainly with the lack of funds to pay for the basic installation of the TV facilities and stations. Experi ence has demonstrated that once a TV station has been built, state legislatures, local educational systems and local communities have raised the funds to , produce the pro grams over these stations. The educators have shown them selves to be budget-minded people and with meager op erating funds have produced outstanding program service. The problem which faces the American educator is to se cure the basic funds to build the station in the first place." Total SI Million Under the bill, grants can be received by a number of groups or organizations for educational TV, but the total for the state cannot exceed $1 million. Operation and maintenance of the facilities must be undertaken by the state, under the control of state agencies or public edu cation officials, or a non-profit organization designed to han dle the job, or state colleges, universities or teachers col leges. The Extension Division of the Oregon State System of higher education, operating on channel 7 from studios in Cor vallis, Eugene and Salem, would qualify for financial aid. So, presumably, would Portland's Community Televi sion, Inc., a volunteer non profit organization which is now seeking financial aid to use Portland channel 10 which is reserved for educa tion. Oregon's entrance into this field last year made it one of seven states in which the state appropriated funds di rectly to support statewide or partially statewide educa tional TV operations. Others were Alabama, Florida, Geor gia, New York, North Caro lina and Oklahoma. Many other states contribute indi rectly through appropriations to their state universities. Magnuson's committee esti mated that the present college enrollment of 3,800,000 will rise to 6,400,000 by 1970, lit tle more than a decade from now. It reported that Dr. John C. Ivey, executive vice presi dent of New York University, testified that this would in evitably mean "a decline in the quality of instruction in our colleges and universities if they operate in the manner in which they have in the past." Dr. Ivey said he was forced personally to embrace television as a medium of in struction to help provide for educational opportunities both of a quality and quantitative nature that we would not otherwise be able to do." Capabilities Outstripped Dean Gordon Sabine of Michigan State was quoted as saying "the educational needs of the United States have so far outstripped the education al capabilities of the nation that we must have education al television to help us win the fight to educate a whole people. Without it, we surely are defeated." Whether the administra tion's failure to support this program would result in a presidential veto, no one knows. Total cost of the bill would be $51 million. Each BARRY TREDS THE SOFTEST THING ON TWO FEET! Dainty sweetheart roses as sweet as your dreams blossoming all over puffy quilted chintz . . . fully lined. Your feet sweet 'n low on cloud weight f o a m-rubber "intersoles." Elastic instep gripper hugs your foot Sizes S-M-L. X cozily 1.49,,. TO ORDER BY j SIZES I S-4-5V2; M-6-7V2; I L-8-9y2 I I Prs. I Color I Size NOTIONS DEPT. STREET FLOOR MAIL USE THIS COUPON MANN'S - Medford 1 Name Address I I City Zone State 1 I ChargeD CheckD CashD C.O.D.n I 1 state, Hawaii and the District of Columbia would have five years in which to take ad vantage of its allocation. That would end the program. It would not be a continuous program requiring periodic edditional appropriations. The 'administration's point of view, expressed by Secre tary Flemming, is that "fed eral assistance in the develop ment of educational television is most effectively rendered through the assignment of transmitting channels for edu cational use, the general en couragement of ultrahigh fre q u e n c y transmission, and study and research in the uti lization for educational purposes." Hatfield To Name Rail Car Committee Salem-fiJPD-Gov. Mark Hat field shortly will name an emergency transportation committee to act during an im pending rail car shortage crisis. The committee will be able to advise the governor during shortages. "T h e current situation particularly in double-d o o r types has plagued the south ern Oregon area periodically, but it threatening to become acute," Hatfield said. "While some shippers are devising means of coping with the problem of single-door cars," he explained, "consign ees presently do not have suit able equipment at hand to un load shipments." The governor said he had received information that east ern railroads, with a high per centage of cars on the repair list, were largely responsible for the double-door car supply situation "tightening up" this early in the season. GOLD HILL Card Party Scheduled By MRS. CLYDE KELL Gold Hill-Mrs. Clarence Parsley, ways and means chairman of Amethyst Re bekah lodge, announced that a card party will be held as a fund raising project for the organization. She said tenta tive ' plans are to have one once a month. The first is scheduled Wed nesday, March 25, and will being with a potluck luncheon to be served at 1 p.m. Mrs. Parsley said there will be a small charge, and the public is invited. Officials of the Gold Hill Health unit reminded all wom en of the community that a film on cancer entitled, "Time and Two Women," will be shown at the Gold Hill Com munity Methodist church at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 17. A doctor will be present for the informative discussion. Child care will be under the supervision of Mrs. Paul Mol loy, local cancer chairman for the unit, and Mrs. Ted Schoe nemenn, president of the group. Members of the health unit will serve refreshments dur ing the social hour in the din ing room. Mr. and Mrs. Les Smith and children of Yakima, Wash., are guests in the home of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Governor and family. They also will visit other relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Governor, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Governor and her fath er, Barney Governor, while they are here. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jahnke of Portland visited Mr. and Caro- Roseburg Woman Guilty of Arson Roseburg - (UPD Mrs. line Peden, 57, Winston and Roseburg restaurant operator, was found guilty by a Circuit Court jury late Wednesday of first degree arson in con nection with the burning of a house she owned in Winston last July. U We work magic to revive tired fabrics, restore colors to their natural beauty! Phone SP 2-6500 MEDFORD CLEANERS 34 North Holly MEDFORD EASTER SEWING TIME! '''' OK spring M ' WARDROBE IN THE , jf." -tftA MAKING 7 t vv " ' You sew beautifully S - fV - 'ithABCFabrics- " "Jt- Mi ' and so fashionably ! JZi For ABC Fabrics JW&? are the very stuff ilfV' - fashion is made of. , f J They not only take - , shape easily but rj'l" 1 & hold it with no care. 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