HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 289

A BILL TO AMEND PUBLIC LAWS 815 AND 874, EIGHTY-
FIRST CONGRESS, TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF PUBLIC
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AREAS
AFFECTED BY A MAJOR DISASTER

CONTENTS

Text of S. 289.

Departmental reports—

Bureau of the Budget---.

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare..

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Hon. Francis Keppel, U.S. Commissioner of Education; accompanied by

B. A. Lillywhite, Assistant Commissioner, Director, Division of School

Assistance in Federally Affected Areas; Dr. Samuel Halperin, Director,

Office of Legislation; and Richard Johnson, legislative specialist, Office

of Education

Franklin B. Dryden, Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Planning;

accompanied by Robert Y. Phillips, Director, Government Readiness

Office; and Mordecai Merker, legal adviser, Office of Emergency

Planning

STATEMENTS

Bartlett. Hon. E. L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska.

Be Hon. Birch, a U.S. Senator from the State of Indiana....

Franklin B., Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Planning;

companied by Robert Y. Phillips, Director, Government Readiness

and Mordecai Merker, legal adviser, Office of Emergency

Panning.

Franklin B., Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Planning,

Tared statement..

natement.

, Dr. Lois, president, National Education Association, prepared

Epe Hon. Francis, U.S. Commissioner of Education; accompanied by

A Llywhite, Assistant Commissioner, Director, Division of School

Astance in Federally Affected Areas; Dr. Samuel Halperin, Director,

of Legislation; and Richard Johnson, legislative specialist, Office

f Ecreation..-

Be Hon. Francis, Commissioner of Education, prepared statement...

Be Hon. Thomas H., a U.S. Senator from the State of California..

At Hoa Edward V., a U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri..........

2. Hon. Warren G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Washington.

Hon. Gaylord, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin...

* Oscar V., superintendent of schools, Midwest City, Okla., prepared

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Five Dead, Damage in Millions in Pacific Northwest Quake," from

the Washington (D.C.) Evening Star of April 30, 1965.

* Exppened in Alaska-But It Could Happen to You," from Con-

cal Record of April 9, 1965--

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Sze of Hearings on S. 289," from Congressional Record of April 30,

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