he sponsored other important legislation, including the rural telephone act, the rural housing act, the vocational education act, and the national defense education act of 1958. "hill also used his position and his persistence in improving conditions in rural areas to allot federal funds for rural libraries. for a decade, he worked to provide library service to those with no or inadequate facilities" and was instrumental in passing the library services act which ensured federal funding to support development of libraries in rural areas and dramatically changed the landscape of libraries in terms of viability, sustainability, and quality.