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Statement by the President Upon Signing the Library Services Bill.

June 19, 1956

THE LIBRARY SERVICES BILL, which I have today signed into law, represents an effort to stimulate the States and local communities to increase library services available to rural Americans. It shows promise of leading to a significant enrichment of the lives of millions of Americans, which, I am confident, will be continued by the States when this limited Federal program comes to an end.

Note: As enacted, the Library Services Bill (H. R. 2840) is Public Law 597, 84th Congress (70 Stat. 293).

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Statement by the President Upon Signing the Library Services Bill. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/232933

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