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Show Washington, O. C. The proposals for action were given as follows: 1 Increase the federal appropriations appropria-tions for educational research and information s '' ice by the Offic-' of Education, by the Federal Hoard of Vocational Education, and by the I '. vt (osion Service and the Office of K prriment. Stations in the Department Depart-ment of Agriculture; ami provid" ample means to these offices for supplying sup-plying to all concerned the result.:, of research and statistical studies through publications ami conference.;. 2. Create an adequate Federal Headquarters for educational r search and information, so organized as to serve both as a cooperating center for all federal agencies with respect to the educational aspects of their work, and as a reliable source (of comprehensive, correlated, and accurate ac-curate data on education for all con corned. , 3. rrevide one unallotted annual grant to the states of $2.50 per child under 21 years of age, with the sole restriction that these federal funds he used for support of educational operations, making each state res ponsible for budgeting the grant within the state school budget in such manner as, in the judgment of the state itself, will best develop all the talents of all the people. 4. Repeal all laws that give an nual federal grants in any form to the states for special phases of edu cation of interest to particular groups of the people, or that authorize of ficers to supervise state educational or research activities, approve state plans, or withhold funds in order to compel state compliance with federal feder-al requirements. 5. Provide that for the next five years each state must allot to each specific purpose for which it now receives re-ceives federal funds as much of the new federal grant as is now received from the Federal Government for that purpose; and that after five years the state may allocate all federal fed-eral monies received for support of educational operations as it decides will best promote its own educational education-al program. 6. Require that each state submit sub-mit each year to the appropriate federal office a financial audit and that it publish a report describing specifically how the federal monies have been used; and that the Fed eral Government publish all forty-eight forty-eight reports in one volume for com parative study by all interested. 7. Readjust the', amount of the flat per' capita federal grant to tin states for support of education at the cud of each ten year period as the new census figures, the past experience, ex-perience, and the then existing situation situ-ation may indicate to be appropriate. PROPOSALS FOR ACTION. The Steering Committe of the National Na-tional Advisory Committee on Education Educa-tion drafted several definite proposals propos-als for federal action that would be consistent with ;its adopted principles. princi-ples. Exception was not taken to all of them but several objections and alternatives were offered. It is proposed pro-posed to discuss them further at the. meeting of the Steering Committee on September 11. Constructive criticism criti-cism and suggestions on the part of interested educators and laymen are welcomed. They may be addressed to the committee at 26 Jackson Place, |