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I shall go directly to updating the aid for dependent childrens data used in title I. Mr. President. that amendment is a relic of the iniquitous immigration law which for years persisted in setting a quota based upon a count which was 40 years old. and now we propose to perpetuate the same artificiality in respect of aid to dependent children. instead of facing it frankly and saying. "We will cut it. but we will cut the funds for whatever reason is good and sufficient." We adopt the arbitrary practice of stopping the clock and forgetting that time Is moving on. The next cut is with respect to libraries. title II of the law. Every Senator knows that the libraries of the countrys schools are woefully Inadequate.