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! 12 A education Bill NearsAproval WASHINGTON (UPI) - For the second time this week, Con gress was expected to approve a large federal aid to education bill. The Senate was to vote on legislation providing $1.5 billion to expand federal aid to voca tional schools, increase govern ment loans to college students and continue assistance to schools crowded by children of federal workers and servicemen. The House earlier this week approved compromise vocation al aid bill, and finished work on a group of education and train- . ing measures that included ap proval of a 527 million bill to expand and extend the life of the 1962 manpower training program. The House retraining bill would have to be meshed with differing Senate legislation on the same subject. The Senate vocational meas ure carried authority to in crease federal aid for job train' ing schools from the present yearly level of $58 million to nearly $300 million in four years. , It would provide $304 million In new money to continue oper ation of the 1958 National De fense Education Act for an ex tra year through June 30, 1965. The third provision would ex tend, until June 30, 1965, at a cost of $527 million, expiring portions ol the so-called "im pacted areas" elementary and secondary school aid program lor areas with big federal in-stallations. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1363 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Dennis the Menoce Foreign Language Classes ip Grade Schools Proposed 'JsrfAro we suy.Dao! He ow sive sa A GIANT Government Ends Cuban Relief Aid "Oil To Burn"' 54 H Green Stamps MEDFORD FUEL CO. Phone 772-2111 MIAMI (UPI) If the fed eral government ends its $2.5 million monthly relief aid pro gram to some 53,000 Cuban ref ugees here next year, "the re sult will be chaos in Miami," some exiles predicted today. Others, acknowledging the Johnson administ ration's "right" to economize, said they are asking for "arms and the right to fight Fidel Castro, not relief checks. There was mixed reaction to apparent plans for an end to the relief navments in 1964. Physically handicapped exiles, and those who are sick or aged would be exempted. But John F. Thomas, director In Washington of the U.S. Cu ban relief program, told a news conference that all eligible ref ugees who refuse to accept set tlement to other cities will be dropped from the Miami relief rolls. He did not specify an exact date for the cutoff but said all job resettlement inverviews are expected to De completed ny next March 31. Thomas said the move is "not connected" with President Johnson's economy drive. Although more than 71,000 re fuges have been resettled from Miami since 1961, this city con tinues to be the hub of exile ac tivity with perhaps as many as 150,000 Cubans residing here. Bv DAVID NVDICK UPI Education Specialist There is an increasing de mand for 'the teaching of for eign languages in the elemen tary school. This is due in part to the increasing ease of trav el and international asmosphere of recent years. During World War II great success was achieved in the leaching of foreign languages by the armed forces. Within a matter of months personnel Child Beaters Conference Topic PORTLAND (UPI) - Three doctors and a deputy district at torney told of difficulties in bringing child beaters to justice Wednesday in the closing ses sion of a three-day conference of state health officers. Desmond C. Connall, a Mult nomah County chief deputy dis trict attorney, urged doctors to keep better records of injures, to be more suspicious of child injury reports and to take color slides of any suspicious injuries. He said there are seldom wit nesses to child beatings and the injuries often are similar to those suffered in falls down Dr. Richard W. Olmstead, chiarman of the department of pediatrics at the University of Oregon Medical School, said most child-beating cases occur where t h e parents are im mature, and he suggested that doctors consider the background of the parents when evaluating injury reports. REFUND APPROVED WASHINGTON (UPI) - The House Ways and Means Com mittee has approved a bill au thorizing a refund of the federal excise tax on gasoline to air craft operators engaged in crop dusting, Rep. Al Ullman, D Ore., said today. GIANT 1 i 1 fig In 71 12-LB. !M Mil TUB! 0 MT DDA-64, electric WDA-64 ACTION ZONE FRIGIDAIRE WASHER! 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The public schools used a reading and grammar ap proach. Identifies Sounds The logic of the conversation al approach is based on the way a child in the United States learns English. He learned to imitate sound which he hears and then identifies these sounds with objects and meaning. He is later taught reading and grammar. It is also true that a real master of a language must learn to think in that language. He cannot understand its real meaning if he must constantly translate it into his mother tongue. In line with these facts, it is difficult to master a language when a student is only exposed to it during a single period in the school day. He really needs additional exposure and prac tice. What are the implications of teaching a foreign language in the elementary school? There is no doubt that young children can learn a second language. It has been accomplished in many other nations. As an example, Canada teaches both French and English in the elementary schools. 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