Excerpt from Reauthorization of the National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session Today, we will hear from a wide range of individuals, some who will speak on the merits of the Endowment, others who will pro pose change, and some who advocate elimination of the Endow ments entirely. The subject of Government sponsorship of the arts evokes a great deal of disagreement and spirited debate from thoughtful people. I realize that. Therefore, I want each of us to have an opportunity to listen to a variety of perspectives on the strengths and the short comings of the nea as well as the other agencies that we will hear evidence on. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.