Association, the American Taxicab Association, the American Trucking Associations, the Association of Casualty & Surety Companies, the Automobile Manufacturers Association, the Automotive Safety Foundation, the Center for Safety Education at New York University, Markel Insurance Service, the National Association of Automotive Mutual Insurance Companies, the National Association of Motor Bus Operators, the National Automobile Transportation Association, the National Highway Users Conference, the National Safety Council, Nationwide Insurance, the Private Truck Council of America, and others.

In all, the industry committee represents 21 organizations working in cooperation with over 50 of the Nation's leading colleges and universities.

The objectives of the National Committee for Motor Fleet Supervisory Training are

1. To promote motor fleet supervisor training courses at colleges and universities for adults;

2. To establish minimum standards for motor fleet supervisor training courses, and to upgrade the performance of those responsible for safety programs in motor vehicle fleets.

3. To furnish direction and teaching staff for parts of certain

courses;

4. To develop new materials and improve old materials in cooperation with university representatives;

5. To serve as a clearinghouse for promotional and instruction materials, and encourage through our organizations, registrations in these courses;

6. To encourage research and study in this field.

From a single course, organized prior to the formation of this committee, the program has grown to seven courses ranging from top management conferences, through middle management training classes, to courses for driver trainers.

These courses reached up to 1959 over 16,400 persons of management and supervisory level status, who in turn are responsible for over 2,327,000 employees.

The national committee has shaped up the following courses in consultation with staff members from universities:

One in fundamentals for motor fleet supervisors;

A course in maintenance for safe and efficient operation; A conference on advanced techniques in motor fleet management;

A short course for the top management;

A short course for trainers of commercial drivers; and
Finally, a course in efficient terminal management.

These courses are offered not only on university campuses for those engaged in the trucking industry, but elsewhere by extension as desired by the group being served.

The committee has established subcommittees, drawing on a hundred or more experienced transportation and insurance industry leaders, to consider such aspects of the project as program and standards, subject matter for the various courses, research, long-range planning, finance, membership, and promotion.

The real operation of the program, however, is in the hands of the cooperating universities.

In closing, let me emphasize for you, these features of this

program:

1. It is an adult education program carried on by 50 of our largest colleges and universities, with the guidance of our industry committee.

2. Its objective is to give instruction to motor vehicle fleet owners, operators, and supervisors of fleets, large and small, including those operated by local, State, and Federal agencies, in safe and efficient trucking operations.

3. This nationwide program has the merit of placing responsibility for the fleet supervisor training with educational institutions where the responsibility rightfully belongs.

4. The program depends for its continuance on annual grants to the national committee as well as on registration fees paid to the participating universities.

In the past, however, expansion and continuation of the program has at times been quite uncertain because of the questions each year of getting grants for the following year. Much time and effort have gone into this important matter of obtaining financial support.

5. You will recognize that the entire program is one of greatest merit, since its objective is to help solve one of our great national problems, traffic safety.

It is important, too, I think, for you to know that education provided under this program is not available to students or adults in any other way than under continuing education. It is not available as regular subjects offered for credit even though the students may be fitting themselves for careers in highway transportation.

What I have endeavored to show you is an example, in my opinion, of the need to make the resources of our large institutions of higher learning, our land-grant colleges and State universities, available to solve some of the serious problems which face our Nation today.

I firmly believe that we need a continuing education service from our universities to meet the educational needs of groups of adults such as those of our association.

This service needs to be changed from one of marginal status, to that of being firmly rooted in our educational system.

Passage of H.R. 357 will assure the change to permanent status. Thank you very much.

Mr. ELIOTT. Thank you, Mr. Sontheimer.

Are there any questions?

Mr. DANIELS. No questions.

Mr. ELLIOTT. Thank you for your statement.

This brings the hearings today to a close. The witnesses for tomorrow that I have listed here are-The gentlelady from West Virginia, Mrs. Kee;

The gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Van Zandt;

Howard Levy, president of the Demford Knitting Mills of Lebanon, Pa.;

R. J. Dauphinais, of the American Pharmaceutical Association; Herbert J. Bingham, executive secretary of the Tennessee Municipal League of Nashville, Tenn.;

Margaret C. Schweinhaut, chairman of the Governors' Commission on Aging and member of the Maryland State Legislature;

L. Č. Thelleman, executive vice president of Pennsylvania Association of Plumbing Contractors; and Kenneth L. Waters, of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Dean of the School of Pharmacy, University of Georgia.

These witnesses we will start hearing at 10 o'clock in the morning in this room. I thank you all for being with us today.

(Thereupon, at 11:50 a.m., the subcommittee was recessed, to reconvene at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 17, 1960.)

PROGRAM OF GENERAL UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

EDUCATION

THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1960

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPECIAL EDUCATION OF THE
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR,
Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to recess, in room 318, House Office Building, Hon. Carl Elliott (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Representatives Elliott, Green, Daniels, Giaimo, and Wainwright.

Also present: Dr. Harry V. Barnard, subcommittee clerk.

Mr. ELLIOTT. The subcommittee will be in order.

We will proceed with our testimony.

The Honorable Elizabeth Kee, a Member of Congress from West Virginia's Fifth District, has forwarded me a statement which, without objection, will be made a part of the record at this point. Her statement is in support of this bill.

(Representative Kee's statement follows:)

HON. ELIZABETH KEE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF

WEST VIRGINIA

Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to have this opportunity to express my full and complete support of the "General Extension Act of 1959." The purposes of this bill to assist the States in the further development of their programs of general university extension education--are highly laudable and deserve the support of all of us.

I sincerely trust that the committee will approve this proposed measure and send it to the floor of the House for favorable consideration. A program of this type would mean a tremendous step forward to West Virginia and all the other States.

Mr. E. B. McCue, director of the Extension Service of the University of West Virginia, has advised me our State university plans to use the program, if it is approved, as a means of expanding adult education.

There is a great need for expanded adult education work in our State. Mr. McCue states the problem clearly when he says, and I quote:

"Much of our adult education efforts have been kind of a hit or miss affair, and so often we have not been financially able to follow through and provide a regular flow of information about our people, our economy and our potential of this State."

There is no escaping the fact that West Virginia faces problems which other more fortunate States do not have. But despite a rash of unfavorable publicity in recent months, the people of West Virginia are not discouraged about the future. Our people believe we can meet and overcome any problems.

We realize that making educational opportunities available to adults and out of school youths by means of an expanded extension service would be of great help to the future of our State and to the future of our Nation.

I would like to remind the committee just what joint Federal-State activities in the broad educational field can accomplish. The library extension bill has accomplished wonders. It has brought good books to thousands of rural families. It has led to the construction of regional libraries serving vast new areas throughout the Nation.

The benefits from expanded library service will be reflected for years to come in a better informed, more intelligent population.

Although this proposed program is not analogous, it does fit into the same broad general category. I am confident that if Congress will pass this legislation the same beneficial results can be achieved as with the library extension program.

Mr. ELLIOTT. Our first witness for today is Hon. James E. Van Zandt, a Member of Congress from the 20th District of Pennsylvania, a Member of the House who has been interested in this subject matter. He is the author of one of the bills before us.

May I say to you, Congressman Van Zandt, we are very happy to have you and look forward to your testimony. You may proceed. STATEMENT OF JAMES E. VAN ZANDT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA; ACCOMPANIED BY E. L. KELLER, DIRECTOR, CONTINUING EDUCATION; AND HUGH G. PYLE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR INFORMAL INSTRUCTION, CONTINUING EDUCATION, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Mr. VAN ZANDT. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

The opportunity to appear before this subcommittee in support of legislation to promote the further development of programs of general university extension is greatly appreciated.

Mr. Chairman, may I have the record show that I have with me this morning Mr. E. L. Keller and Mr. Hugh C. Pyle, both of the staff of the Pennsylvania State University, the State college in my district.

Mr. Chairman, my interest in extension education began early in my congressional careeer when I became aware of the splendid results attained in that particular field by the Pennsylvania State University, which is located in my congressional district.

It was because of my keen interest in the extension educational program that I responded to the request of Dr. Eric A. Walker, president of the Pennsylvania State University, and introduced H.R. 6208 on April 8, 1959, which is identical to the Elliott bill, H.R. 357, now under consideration.

In appealing for support of the pending legislation, I have no pride of authorship and, therefore, urge favorable consideration of the Elliott bill, or H.R. 357.

At this point I should like to emphasize the significance of two steps taken in the history of education in our country. In 1862, President Lincoln signed the Land Grant College Act, thereby establishing institutions in every State of the Union which are essentially "people's colleges."

The Morrill Land Grant Act offered each State free public land which it could sell to endow institutions of higher learning, where— the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts *** in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.