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                                                             ISSN 1069-7799
                                  ALAWON
                      ALA Washington Office Newsline
                     An electronic publication of the
              American Library Association Washington Office

                            Volume 4, Number 12
                             February 21, 1995

   In this issue: (65 lines)
     ACTION ALERT:  IMMEDIATE RESPONSE NEEDED TO FIGHT NEA, NEH RESCISSION

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                               ACTION ALERT:
          IMMEDIATE RESPONSE NEEDED TO FIGHT NEA, NEH RESCISSIONS

On Wednesday, February 22, the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee
is expected to consider a bill to rescind or de-fund FY95 NEA, NEH
programs.  It is expected that $5,000,000 will be proposed for de-funding
from each of the two agencies.  $1,000,000 may be taken from
administration, but the other $4,000,000 will come from individual grants
(in the case of NEA) and across the board deductions of four million in NEH
programs.

Cuts of this magnitude will seriously impact programs like the preservation
of library materials, humanities programs in libraries, as well as all the
important humanities programs.

The ALA Washington Office is delivering a letter to the subcommittee with
two recent resolutions of support for NEA/NEH passed by ALA Council at the
Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia.  

ACTION ALERT:  Library supporters should monitor this closely and contact
both House and Senate members about this proposal.  Updates with bill
number and subcommittee action will follow.

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