Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 12, 1962, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextMedford Tribune SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1962 PAGES 1 to 8 NEA Brings 'Disadvantaged American' Out in New Report By HARRY W. SHARPE United Pres International Washington-fUPI-Who is the "d i s advantaged American"? And why? And what must be done about him? The National Education as sociation (NEA) brought this individual into sharp focus re cently in a report which fore saw the nation's cities teem ing with the maladjusted by 1970 unless giant strides are taken now to educate and as similate them. The report was prepared by the Educational Policy com mission (EPC), an agency formed jointly by the NEA and the American Association of School Administrators. It listed the "disadvan taged" as Puerto Ricans, Ne groes from the rural south, hill whites from the Appala chian uplands, Mexican-Amer icans in the southwest and reservation Indians. Miqrate to Cities These citizens, the report said, are migrating1 to cities in huee numbers, drawn by what they think are better op portunities, or forced to move by changes at home. For the most part, It said, they are ignorant, incompe tent or maladjusted, most liv ing by old customs and reject ing the modern world as a deadly enemy. If the trend continues, it prophesied, half the people in the large citie? will be disad vantaged Americans eight years hence and become "mal adjusted charges on the com munity." In addition, the cit ies will decay. Tragic Inadeauacies "In this migration," the re port said, "the tragic inade quacies of old cultures for new needs continues to exact Its toll. In the cities, as on the farms, jobs for the un skilled are decreasing. Thev the disadvantaged-have little of the understanding required to be wise consumers. "Often they and their chil dren reject schooling. Inferior and overpriced housing fur ther handicaps them. Racial discrimination compounds the difficulties of many. Poverty and disease continue to plague them. Delinquency and crime rates rise; and society at large appears remote and uninter ested." The commission said the federal, state and city govern ments must get together at once and find ways through the schools to deal with these people. It doubted the ability of the cities to dn it alone. Appear Undesirab'- "Ironically," it said, "the services designed to help them most-education, public health, police and fire protection, sanitation, and public welfare -often apnear arbitrary and undesirable. "Thus, local government seems foreign to the disad vantaged. It is operated by persons with whom they have no ?nse of identity. Their past exDerience offers no ex planation of its ooeration. They mistrust its purnoses . and look on it as essentially hostile or oppressive, and it sometimes is." The commission cited the higher horizons program in New York City and the Ford financed "gray areas" pro grams in 10 of the nation's largest cities as experiments which "offer hope the schools can meet this challenge." New York School Superin tendent John Theobald, testi fying before a House subcom mittee investigating use of Steel Price Hike Cuts Chance of Tax Reform Bill Washington -0JPD- Sen. Paul Douglas (D-Ill.), a member of the committee considering the administration's tax reform bill, said today the steel price increase had reduced the chances of approval for one key feature of the measure. Douglas referred to a $1.5 million tax break to spur plant modernization. Busi nesses would be permitted to deduct up to $8 of every $100 invested in new machinery and equipment. Douglas, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, said that the steel price in crease will "certainly reduce the chances that the invest ment credit will be passed." Provision Unpopular The investment provision has been unpopular with the committee because of the rev enue losses to the Treasury that would result from it. The steel development may kill its chances when the committee starts voting on the bill after the first week in May. Another committee mem ber, Sen. Albert Gore (D Tenn.), said he did not see how a price boost for steel "could generate much support for big business." Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R rT.Y.), said the investment credit feature might be knock ed out of the bill. "Certainly it is a discouragement," he said. Other congressional news: Talkathon: A group of Re publicans planned today to wind up their marathon ora torical assault on the Kennedy administration program. The GOP congressmen began their effort Wednesday night and ended at 12:07 a.m. (EST) to day. Testing: Rep. Frank Kowal ski (D-Conn.), called on Presi dent Kennedy to postpone U.S. resumption of nuclear testing in the atmosphere while there was still a chance for a "progress toward a test ban and disarmament." Savings Associations: A spokesman for savings and loan associations said today that subjecting these institu tions to the same taxation as commercial banks would re sult in "substantial increases in the rates of interest paid by the average American fam ily to acquire a home." Oscar R. Kreutz of the National League of Insured Savings As sociations asked the Senate Finance Committee to reject the "demands" of commercial banks. federal funds in segregated schools, said i. would cost $50 million to bring New York's 400,000 Negro and Puerto Ri- can students up to the achieve ment level of their fellow pu pils. Involve 200 Schools He said the higher horizons program was now operating in 63 schools with 50,000 to 60,000 students. A full attack on the problem, . it said, would involve 200 schools. Theoba'd said that about $4.5 million was now being spent on special programs for minority and underprivileged children; that the basic aim of higher horizons was to stimulate the interest of the students and their families in getting an education and then to offer some remedial train ing in such subjects as Eng lish and arithmetic. The commission outlined a program which include? : -Ability to read. Basic to the success of all education, and notably a weakness in school dropouts. Reading and visual aids should take into account the backgrounds of the children. Respect for Pupil -Respect for the pupil. This is characteristic of all good teachers but is particularly important for the teachers of the disadvantaged. -Discrimination. Since the person has a sense of self-respect, society must eliminate practices such as racial dis crimination which give to many disadvantaged "ample evidence that they do not en joy the society's respect." Employment. Society must take all necessary steps to employ disadvantaged youths and adults, fir many children cannot be motivated to stay in school when they believe schooling is not relevant to getting jobs. Mental Horisons Horizons. The mental and physical horizons of these children, many of whom feel insecure outside their imme diate neighborhoods, should be expanded by visits to fac tories, farms, zoos, movies, plays and concerts. Secondary benefits may come from invit ing the parents to accompany the class. -Vocations. Strong pro grams of vocational education and part-time work-study pro grams can help children who are likely to benefit little from a strictly classroom-orig inated education. In conclusion, the commis sion said: Facing the Problem "The need to face the prob lem is generally accepted, for the disadvantaged return so ciety's indifference in a form to which society cannot re main indifferent. Their lack of opportunity is expressed in incompetence and in misdeeds for which the rest of society must-and does-pay "American cities today sDend more for indigence, de linquency and crime than for education. But society has not yet demonstrated a willing ness to deal with the problem thoroughly enough at the roots to avoid a continuing narAccilv nf Hpnlino with its 'manifestations.' Modern Man Said To Be Slowly Breaking Long-Standing Sleep Habit London-tUPD-Hups what's cninff mif nt Thn ram th HUvaru i ; j i . . The Following Floorcover Shops Will Be CLOSEP at Noon Saturday from Now on S-W Floor Covering Jim's Floor Covering Shop Modern Tile Co. Floor Covering Dyke s Laurine's Carpet House London-.U7D-Guess what's going out of style. Sleep. Dr. Mangalore Pal said today after 37 years of research, that modern man is slowly breaking the habit of sleep imposed on him by his ancient ancestors. "By the year 2,000 most of us may only need about three hours," said Dr. Pai, who is consulting psychiatrist at Belmont Hos pital Neurosis Center. "As it is we have been cutting down the length of time spent in bed even within this century. Eight hours a night is now Just an old wives tale. There are many people around the world who make do with three or four or five hours without any ill effects." Back in the days of the saber tooth tigers, primitive man slept through the hours of darkness. He had to - it wasn't safe to leave the cave. "Then came the discovery of fire," said Dr. Pai, "and prehistoric man found he could do some work in the cave at nights. Right then we began to cut down on our hours of sleep. The candle, the oil lamp and the electric light accelerated the process. Then came radio and the movie and tele vision." "There is now so much to do at night that we are not as anxious as we used to be to go to sleep. In fact our brains are more active, our bodies-better fed and as we keep pace with modern times we need and want less and less sleep." Dr. Pai did some of his research in air raid shelters during the war and he found that people who had only four or five hours sleep a night for weeks on end during the German bombings of London were no worse for it. "Most wartime leaders like Sir Winston Churchill also slept only a few hours i nignt, he said. Dr. Pai says that people who "can't get up in the morning" ought to try an after lunch siesta of half or three quarters of an hour, such as Churchill takes. "This sleeping by installments prevents the accumulation of fatigue," he said. Dr. Pai believes anyone can throw away his sleeping pills and doze off within 15 min. utes if he will learn this one word lesson) Relax. Lakeview Man Named Grand High Priest Portland - HIPP - Simeon H. 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