SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, Mar 1. 1957
Britain To Begin Armed Forces Cutback
En Germany Next Fall, Sources Declare
FOItor't nnt: Great Britain hx
announced a rut nf 2S0 million In its
military trending this war and a
alah in th itze nf the British Armv
from 313.A0 to 325,000 men. The hulk
of the rum will he in the Rhine
Army. In the followinir dispatch a
senior officer who cannot he identic
lie because of nervlce regulation
t'll how Britain hopes to maintain
its fighting strength in Germany.
BY JOSEPH W. GRICG
United Press Correspondent
Moenchen-Gladbach, Germany
.UP.) Britain will begin the
first 13,000-man economy cut
back in her forces in Germany
only next autumn, authoritative
sources at British Army of the
Rhine (BAOR) Headquarters
here has disclosed.
But a guided missile regiment
already is being trained in Brit
am in use of America's Corp
oral surface-to-surf a c t a c ti c al
atomic weapon. It will be ship
ped to Germany as soon as pos
sible, the sources said, to main
tain the punching force of Brit
ain's crack Rhine army.
Second Regiment Planned
Formation of a second Corp
ral regiment in Britain this year
was announced in London Mon
day. The 13,0C0-men slash is sched
uled to be carried out between
autumn this year and April,
1958.
The cutback, it was learned,
will be carried out in such a
manner as to maintain the fight
ing strength of Britain's Rhine
Army unimpaired as far as pos
sible. The heaviest cuts will be in
the army's administrative "tail."
Year-Round Public School
Use Said Drawing Interest
Washington (U.Ri Two plans
for year-round use of public
schools are stirring interest
among parents and educators.
The "four-quarter system" is
designed to relieve the classroom
shortage and ease requirements
for costly new buildings.
The "summer enrichment"
program is aimed at combating
juvenile delinquency by keeping
youngsters off the streets during
the long summer holiday.
Behind both schemes is a
growing conviction that the na
tion cannot afford the "waste"
of scarce schoolrooms and teach
ers which results from the cus
tom of closing schools for three
months out of each year.
This custom was established
more than a century ago when
America was predominantly an
agricultural nation, and farmers
needed their children to help
with the crops during the sum
mer. It has been perpetuated by
the national habit of taking va
cations during the hot months.
Except for this deeply-ingrained
habit, many educators
believe, there is no good reason
why schools should not remain
open, teaching their regular cur
riculum, for a full 12 months
-each year.
Three Tried It
This is the concept of the
vfour-quarter" system, which
has been tried in Ambridge and
Aliquippa, Pa., and in El Paso,
. Tex., and which is now being
r urged by Gov. Thomas B. Stan
ley for all Virginia schools.
Under this system, the school
year is divided into four equal
terms. Each child attends classes
; for three quarters and is on va-
: cation during the fourth quarter.
Schedules are so arranged that a
child starting his school year in
any quarter will get a full nine
month course of study.
The effect is to reduce a com-
i munity's need for classroom
space by one-fourth. Overcrowd
ing and double shifts can be
' eliminated if the four-quarter
system is installed temporarily;
the need for new buildings may
be trimmed if tne system is
' adopted permanently.
A further advantage cited by
supporters of the plan is that it
enable tearchers to work year
round at the profession for which
they, are trained, rather than
having to find "summer jobs."
Because each teacher is handling
a larger total group of students
in the course of a year, a com
munity can afford to pay higher
teacher salaries. So runs the pro
argument.
Those Opposed
The anti's, who have been
quite vocal in Virginia since
i Stanley advanced his four-quar-
ter proposal, point out that it
would be impossible for a family
; to plan a vacation if Dad got his
time off in July while Junior got
his three months in mid-winter.
And what about the family with
several children, all out of school
at different times?
Dr. L. M. Wilson, who was
superintendent of schools at Ali
quippa, Pa., when it conducted
a pioneering experiment with
the four-quarter system during
the 1930's. told the United Press
that the "vacation problem" was
the chief stumbling block.
"Most of the people of . the
community accepted the plan as
an emergency measure because
they realized that it was the only
way that we could provide a
full educational program for our
children during the depression,"
he said. "Opposition came from
two groups of parents those
whose children were assigned to
winter vacations, and those
whose children had to attend
during the summer quarter."
Wilson, now professor of edu
cation at Geneva College, said
the four-quarter plan "worked
well" educationally during the
10 years it was in effect at Ali
quippa. It was dropped because
school authorities had "prom
ised" parents to return to the
traditional nine - month term
when funds were available to
construct additional classrooms.
Enrichment Plan
Ambridge, which tried the
four-quarter system for six years
in the 1930s, and El Paso, which
adopted it as a temporary ex
pedient during World War II, had
a similar experience good re
: suits educationally and finan
cially, but parent opposition to
staggered vacations. No other
American community has tried
Anti-aircraft units also will be
sharply slashed on the theory
that the Soviets would use atom
loaded rockets themselves rather
than planes if war should break
out.
Under present plans the
United States will supply the in
itial tactical A-weapons for Brit
ain's Rhine army. But authorita
tive sources here pointed out
that Britain herself is working
continuously on these and they
hope that British-built A-weapons
later will supplement or
Special Showing
Of Film Scheduled
In Courthouse
Special showing of the film,
"A Family Affair," is planned
for 8 p.m. Friday in the court
house auditorium under sponsor
ship of the Jackson County Men
tal Health committee.
Showing of the film is in ob
servance of National Mental
Health Week.
The film will also be avail-
the plan. Los Angeles studied it
and rejected it without a trial.
The "summer enrichment"
plan is much more popular with
parents. It is tiow in effect in
severar communities.
Under this plan, each school
offers a complete summer recre
ation program, which may range
from camps stnrv-tfllini and
movies at elementary schools to j able to grouPs wanting to see it
a lull competitive sports sched
ule in high schools. Lessons in
swimming, tennis and golf are
included, and some schools spon
sor camping trips.
Academic classes also are of
fered. Some are "remedial"
courses for students who want to
catch up on reading, math or
some other subject in which they
are deficient.
even take the place of the Amer
ican Corporal.
Washington ;U.R) The Unit
ed States has informed its Euro
pean Allies it plans to maintain
its present military strength in
Germany but only if this consti
tutes a "fair share" of allied
might.
The word to the Allies con
tains an implicit warning that
any drastic cut in European
troop strength might cause this
country to re-examine its troop
commitments on the continent.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles may spell out this policy
in more detail at the North At
lantic Treaty Organizat ion
(NATO) council meeting in
Bonn, Germany, May 2-4.
The Bonn meeting of 15
NATO allies will review the
smoldering Middle East situa
tion and particularly the Jor
dan crisis. The Mid-East flanks
the southern end of the NATO
shield and the Atlantic partners
are anxious to keep the region
out of Communist hands.
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Plywood Producers
Tell Price Advance
Portland 'OJ.R) Major ply
wood producer in Oregon today
revealed price advances of $1 to
$2 on 5-16th-inch sheathing and
$3 on 5-8-inch sheathing as an
improved demand filled order
files.
Basing price on sanded stock
was generally listed at $72.
The industry reported that de
mand reflected the seasonal up
turn in home and commercial
building and most of the indus
try was able to return to a full
time basis. Virtually every ply
wood plant in the region had
been on a four-day week' to
avoid surpluses arA their de
pressing effect on prices.
In the Douglas fir region,
however, the green lumber mar
ket was still slack and produc
tion was generally ahead of or
ders and shipments.
at other times. It may be ob
tained by calling Mrs. John
S:hroeder, SP 2-4765. The film
is being lent to the committee
until May 12.
Work of the local Mental
Health committee recently has
concentrated on study of plans
looking toward the establish
ment of some type of family
counselling service in the
county. Recent surveys made by
the committee have shown sub
stantial need for such service.
Panel ot Speakers
The committee has also made
arrangements to provide a pan
el of speakers to present the
need and plans for a family
counselling service to any group
which would be interested. The
speakers also can be arranged
through Mrs. John Schroeder.
The Mental Health committee
is an informal group made up
of representatives from various
interested organizations , and
agencies and meeting ' about
once a month. It is not formally
associated with the - Mental
Health Association of Oregon
but cooperates with it in ' pro
grams working toward better
mental health and is actively
interested in the state mental
hospitals.
Present chairman of the com
mittee is the Rev. Thomas Mc
Camant and the next meeting of
the committee is scheduled for
May 17.
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