CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York PHILLIP BURTON, California WILLIAM H. AYRES, Ohio LOUISE MAXIENNE DARGANS, Chief Clerk C. SUMNER STONE, Special Assistant to the Chairman LEON ABRAMSON, Chief Counsel for Labor-Management The Congress of the United States, by virtue of default upon the part of the news media, is an educative as well as a legislative body. Not only do we pass laws, but we must explain to the public the precise manner in which they are intended to operate and affect people's lives. This document is a committee blueprint, an invaluable guideline for the interim period between enactment and active implementation. It is my hope as chairman of the committee responsible for this bill that the initial surge of enthusiastic inquiry from various groups concerned with the arts and humanities will not die out, but will see the act through to fruition. It is upon an enlightened, energetic public that the success of this bill and of Federal aid to the arts and humanities depends. ADAM C. POWELL, Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor. |