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Association of College & Research Libraries

Inside Washington

Christopher Wright Assistant Director ALA Washington Office

Despite caustic observations from White House staff about congressional schedules, the House and Senate are in fact working at breakneck speed this spring.

ALA and the administration have already told the two appropriations subcommittees their conflicting stories about the need for federal library money, and action on a bill appropriating FY 1976 funds for education programs is imminent. Indeed, events are moving so quickly the congressional staff predict that money may get appropriated even before the fiscal year begins!

However, with library funding the topic of the hour in the ALA Washington Office, anything said in print today is likely to be changed by a conversation tomorrow. Therefore we ask your indulgence for one month while we wrestle with our numbers. ■■