Their new programs have brought the library into places where its resources and dedicated personnel can strike ignorance at its roots. All the more reason why our libraries should be given more rather than less funds. Recent programs have delivered library services to the urban poor. racial minorities. migrant workers and other disadvantaged groups. I have seen personally how innovations by our own Brooklyn Public Library have opened up an entire new world to many of the deprived. The President proposes to eliminate the entire $200 million original authorization for library materials under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. to cut funding for the Library Services and Construction Act from $166 million to $23.2 million. and to pare funds for library training. research and services under the Higher Education Act from $114 million to $23 million.