Texas Democratic Senator Yarborough cites the fact that we are spending $21.666 per American for ammunition to fight the Vietnam waragainst 250 per American for libraries and teaching materials. As another. while our national education budget is threatened with mutilation to the $3 billion a year range. interest going to owners of the U.S. debt is soaring above an annual $17 billion. These cutbacks would wipe out libraries in areas where the need is greatest. for instance. many bookmobiles would disappear in regions of New Mexico where the Indian pueblos and SpanishAmerican migrants live. Thousands of children would suffer. the key cause of failure in school is inability to read. In the words of New York GOP Senator Javits: "Guillotining the education budget is not responsible fiscal belt tightening." Or even more to the point. as Yarborough asks In obvious disgust: "What kind of priorities do we have in this country?"
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