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Where will it stop?  I thought he was suppose to be the compassionate guy
who cared about education.  What could be more important to education then
libraries and archives?

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From: Sharon <centans@TAMPABAY.RR.COM>
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> Are Archives next???
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> Sharon Centanne
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> Subject: [alis] Bush slashes Library Funds
> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 12:19:54 -0400
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> Associated Press Texas Wire News
> http://www.express-news.net/auth/ennews/ap/texas/d0655.html
>
>
>                  Bush proposes slashing federal
>                  spending on libraries by $39 million
>
>                  Eds: New for PMs
>
>                  DALLAS (AP) - President Bush's recent proposal to
>                  slash federal spending on libraries by $39 million has
>                  irked a national library group, which promises to
> return
>                  to Congress for more funding.
>
>                  Bush's plan seems to clash with statements made by
>                  first lady and former librarian Laura Bush, who kicked
>                  off a national campaign for America's libraries last
>                  week.
>
>                  Laura Bush called libraries ``community treasure
>                  chests, loaded with a wealth of information available
> to
>                  everyone, equally.''
>
>                  Emily Sheketoff, executive director of the Washington
>                  office of the American Library Association, said the
>                  president's $168 million budget request - about $5
>                  million less than President Clinton's request for
> fiscal
>                  2001 - is insufficient.
>
>                  ``Mrs. Bush understands very well how libraries are
>                  serving this nation's communities,'' Sheketoff told The
>                  Dallas Morning News for its Friday editions.
> ``Certainly,
>                  the budget doesn't reflect that.''
>
>                  Bush's cuts aim to eliminate initiatives specifically
>                  inserted by members of Congress, said White House
>                  spokeswoman Jeanie Mamo.
>
>                  The cuts would include a $461,000 grant to Texas
>                  Tech.
>
>                  ``It's not a reflection of his commitment to
> libraries,''
>                  Mamo said. ``The president has said repeatedly that
> he's
>                  committed to education and the reading initiative,
> which
>                  is a very large chunk of the budget.''
>
>                  Of the $149 million distributed this fiscal year to
>                  states based on population, Texas will receive nearly
> $10
>                  million to create programs or distribute to local
>                  libraries.
>
>                  The library association, which represents 61,000
>                  librarians, requested $350 million in federal funds
>                  under the Library Services and Technology Act.
>
>                  The money is used to improve technology at libraries
> and
>                  provides outreach to certain groups, such as people
> with
>                  disabilities.
>
>                  Library representatives say the $39 million cut is a
>                  substantial portion of its federal funding.
>
>                  They point out that the money could fund nearly 1.1
>                  million hardcover books, 161,463 magazine
>                  subscriptions or underwrite the cost of 867 librarians
> at
>                  an average salary of $46,000.
>
>                  ``We really thought if they were serious about
>                  education, they would give us somewhere close to the
>                  resources that are needed,'' Sheketoff said.
>
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