FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1958
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAdE FIVE
State Official Unruffled
By Criticism Of Schools
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM Wl Dr. Rex Putnam,
Oregon's superintendent of public
instruction for the past 20 years,
isn't bothered by the - current
wave of criticism of the public
schools.
He has just completed a re
search project which, he says.
proves that ever since 1845, there
have been waves of criticism of
how the schools are run". These
waves occur about once each generation.
And, he adds, the same things
are being said now that were said
100 years ago.
Dr. Putnam feels that definite
the school boards of each district.
His department can guide and
suggest, but that's all. And he
doesn't favor having more author
ity for his department.
Vt e must keen local autonomy
British, German Showdown Looms Over Support Funds
By K. C. THALER
LONDON (UP) Britain appears
headed for a showdown with West
Germany over her demand that
the Bonn government under write
part of the maintenance costs tor
the Army of the lihine.
A German compromise offer to
deposit 103 million sterling 2;i0
million dollars) in London for fu
ture arms purchases, instead of
loutngnt suppurt 'cost payment
Failing this Britain intends to
withdraw more forces from Ger
many, at least another 5,000, in
addition to 8,500 whose withdraw
al this year was sanctioned by
the seven-member West European
union Council last week.
the same time under pressure at ing that an 'alliance can stand
home (or economies and (or cut- without damage" the Times cau
ting down defense commitments: tioned.
there have been strong demands r- -
(or cuts in Britain's overseas """""""""""""""
f0cus - , , , , N. J. Rosenbaum
uie unponmu nines oi Luinon ?
he says, "in order to maintain thewas termed unacceptable by au-
sancmy oi ine inumouai. 11 weiuiuiiiic gmamuciu Humtvia.
lose it, we'll be like Russia, and! The government summoned its
will be sunk. ambassador in Bonn. Sir Chnsto-
"We get many letters from peo-'lher Steel, (or urgent consulta
ple asking us to come in and, I ions.
straighten out their school dis- The quarrel threatened srrious
tricts. We can't do that, and evenly to disturb the harmony in the
North Atlantic Alliance wliicli nas
been called upon to deal wilh the
emergency.
The British covernment re
mained insistent that West Ger
many pay part of the support
the governor or the President of
the United States couldn't. And
it's a good thing.
"Some people say our schools
Improvements can be made. He, ,.,.. ,,. ,.,u.. : ,u .
... , , . 1 11 uiai a uuc, nil is uicic a lull-
specifically cites a need lor better jstant stream of European educat.
cooperation between the parents L... frnm .h .nntin.
fir hil .,r.Lfn.. t6r guldance ents, coming here to study. Ore-
for high school pupils.
Hundreds of teachers have been
gon's school system? Right now,
eight of them are here.
t . ;8Z I, , TJ ' without reflecting upon those
r LZm i , ' Z Z K.i teachers who have emergency cer-
. , i . j Tk- . . . V-titicates because they don t hav
reevaluated. This project will be
completed in about a year.
But, Dr. Putnam says, some
people in every adult generation
believe their children are receiv
ing an education which is inferior
to that given to the adults. Dr.
Putnam disagrees sharply.
Since the start of the Sputnik
era, the schools have been blamed
for America's apparent failure to
keep up with the Russians.
While most high schools offer
science and mathematics courses,
the problem is getting the pupils
to take them.
Dr. Putnam says high schools
have pretty good guidance pro
grams under which teachers try
to influence the brighter pupils to
take these courses. But, he adds,
such guidance is almost worthless
unless the parents support the
teachers.
Dr: Putnam's department does
not have much real authority over
.the schools. The real bosses are
costs of the British forces sta
tioned on the latter's territory.
The amount sought by Britain
from Germans is in the neighbor-
NATO planners were seriouslv warned editorially that the inter- : , MIU!Y1E I MA
worried alwut this prospect, be-csts uf lhc alliance as a whole ij rnuuitTANT
cause of the adverse eflect H , nffed by the dispute and J J wiiwuliar i
would have on other members ofiCallt'd on NAT0 10 'lnd urgently, ii Commie lldf.
the alliance with forces in Europe a Wi,-V of meeting Britain's claim ' 1111 Walnut St.
and because it would f u r t h e r ,or financial help.
U'f'nkrn NATO' rhinnnrt . mil Hn.
ail iitua, iui iiii-itr ale iiuuta m ii
the amount of financial bargain-
tense shield along the trip - wire
on the lion Curtain borders.
Latest Bonn reports stated that
Germany was rt-otermined not tu
pay outrisht support costs. The
latest compromise offer was in
stead for an interest-free 100 mil
lion sterling deposit in Britain as
an advance payment for future
arms purchases.
While withholding formal offi
cial comment government quar
ters let it be clearly understood
the o(fcr is not acceptable.
The British line of argument is
ii., n iiui tu i
"The situation is now becoming,!!. . ,7. r.H. W. '4
hood of 50 million sterling (140 llla' "e maintenance of forces in
,,. i r.ftrmnttf thrmt'c a hitrlnn nn iha
million dollars) this year.
Gunman Hits
Bronx Bank
the educational requirements, Dr.
Putnam thinks teachers could be
improved.
"We can get better teachers it
we pay them better." he says.
"They should be paid enough so
that promising college graduates
will choose teaching as a career,
"Teachers don't have enough
prestige. The public attitude to
ward them often is not good. Yet
the job they do is extremely im
portant." He admires the school princi
pals and administrators, saying
"I'll match them against execu
tives in any field as to downright
ability and efficiency.
He thinks the program to speed
up the education of gifted chil
dren should be expanded greatly.
it s just getting started.
Education, he says, is a co
operative situation between the
parents and teachers. If the par
ents aren't much interested in
what their child takes or does in
school, chances are that the child
won't care, either. Almost all
teachers encourage parents to vis
it school. But not many parents
do."
Germany throws a burden on the
budget as well as on the balance
of payments and the foreign cur
rency position. Neither would be
H
WORDS PROVOKE ANGER
TOKYO (IIP) Victims of the
atom bomb in Hiroshima and i lessened by the German compro-
Nagasaki today sent telegrams to
former President Harry Truman
demanding that he retract his
statement that he had "no
qualms" in ordering the A-bomb
drops on the two cities in World
War II. The message said Tru
man's statement on an American
television program was a "great
shock to us who went through
the disaster." It demanded he re
tract his "wild statement" in def
erence to the 200.000 victims.
mise olfer. the sources said.
They said a German deposit1
would temporarily ease the for-;
eign currency strain, but the
money would in effect be ear-i
marked for normal commercial
transactions with the firms who
make the arms.
Moreover, Britain fears that
Germany will not make large i
scale arms purchases in the end.
basing her fears on recent rejec-,!
lions oy tionn ot various British,
arms offers.
The British government is all
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NEW YORK Wl-A goateed gun
man, using a lame girl as a hos
tage, held up a Bronx bank
branch yesterday and escaped
with two shopping bags full of
$12,440 in bills.
The bandit, a Negro, strode into
the crowded Manufacturers Trust
Co. branch, seized the lame girl
about 12 years old and ordered
bank employes and customers to
obey his orders or "I'll shoot the
kid if you don't."
He shoved a shopping bag into
the hands of a woman customer
and forced her to collect bank
notes at the windows of four
tellers. The bank manager him
self was compelled to put money
into another bag.
Then, taking the child, another
youngster and a woman believed
to be their mother with him, the
man left the bank and disap
peared. The mother and children
were not identified.
But the woman who had been
pressed into service as a collec
tor was quoted as saying: "I
thought this only happened in the
movies. The man said, 'Hey, miss,
take this bag and get all the
money.' I saw his gun-and I lis
tened to him." She was not
identified.
Police said they learned the
woman and the two children
forced to accompany the bandit
were released outside the bank
and that they boarded a bus.
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