14 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, March 13, 1959
Congressional Promotion of
Education TV May Escape Bind
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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
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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-
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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.
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