Recently discovered in the archives of the Dirksen Congressional Center, this is the memoir Senator Dirksen was writing at the time of this death in 1969. Covering the years of his boyhood through his election to the senate in 1950, it reveals the foundation of a great public servant in the making. His gravel-voiced warmth and wisdom come through on every page.

Considers legislation to establish state and White House Conferences on Education, establish a National Advisory Committee on Education, and authorize research in education.

Considers S. 1125, and related S. 382, S. 1126, S. 1253, S. 1374, H.R. 7819, and H.R. 10943, to delay the enactment of local school tax deduction revisions, and to extend authority for allocation of funds for: the National Teachers Corps; regional resource centers to educate handicapped children; school construction programs for major disaster areas; educational programs for Indian children; the operation of DOD schools overseas; and operation of vocational education programs.