Show one third of Us S population has no access to libraries e washington two solons have stated that almost one third of the people of the united states or more than persons nearly all of them in rural areas have no access to libraries because ol of that situation the lawmakers sen lister hill of alabama and rep emily tatt taft douglas of illinois have introduced identical bills simultaneously in the house and senate calling for or annual federal grants of 0 to each state tor for use of 0 state library associations ciati clat ions ons in rural areas the bill also empowers states to P provide lovide additional funds up to a maximum of annually for or such work which the federal government would match while no federal control or administration is involved annual reports would be called tor for and states would qualify for funds by preparing plans and submitting them to the united states commissioner of education the statistics show there are counties without any public library service the greatest number counties are in texas kentucky is second with 63 counties with no library and louisiana and mississippi are third with 35 counties each in only 11 states does every county have a public library they ney are connecticut delaware iowa maine massachusetts new hampshire new jersey new york oregon rhode island and vermont |