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    "title": "Statement by Commissioner of Education Earl McGrath, International Education and U.S. Foreign Policy, Submitted to the Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee",
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    "ocrText": "10.\nIn other words, neither the Commission nor the Board truly\nrepresents the profession of education as a whole in the United\nStates, and in my opinion neither is sufficiently representative\nin its composition to supervise the broad educational programs\nthat need to be designed to meet the educational needs of our\nfriends overseas at all educational levels.\nThe membership of the Board of Foreign Scholarships, and\nof the United States Advisory Commission on Educational Exchange,\nis appointed by the President on the recommendation of the\nDepartment of State. Recognizing the consistently high profes-\nsional and personal qualities of the present membership of these\ntwo statutory groups, it is noted that they consist almost\nentirely of representatives of higher education. On the other\nhand, I believe we should be reaching the masses overseas, as\nwell as those who have an interest in and concern for higher\neducation activities. In fact, I believe we should concentrate\non helping and making friends of the common people, and I don't\nthink we can do it effectively by continuing the present emphasis\non higher education. The teacher exchange and teacher train-\ning programs, for example, reach into the small communities and\nindividual homes, touching the children of thousands of families\nand thousands of plain citizens. Teachers go into the smaller\ntowns and rural areas much more than do college students or\nprofessors. In this way other peoples get to know the United\nStates and our people firsthand."
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