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3. YOUR (C). POSSIBLE GENERAL LINES OF ACTION ARE VERY FEW, AND THE FOLLOWING ARE THE ONLY ONES UNDER CONSIDERATION AT PRESENT1-
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(1) ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS. AS MY TELEGRAM NO. 1032, PARA. 5 INDICATED, WE ARE NOW CONSIDERING HOW TO FILL GAPS WHICH COULD BE EXPLOITED BY NEW COMMUNIST SCHOOLS SEMICOLON BUT THIS IS A LONG-TERM POLICY. (1) TIGHTENING UP OF THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE WITH DEFICIENCIES, ARISING FROM THE FACT THAT COMPROMISES HAD TO BE ACCEPTED WHEN IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCEPTANCE FOR THE LEGISLATION AT ALL. IT IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW WITH A VIEW TO AMENDMENT AND STRENGTH EN ING. A DIFFICULTY IS THAT IMPROVED POWERS UNDER THE ORDINANCE MIGHT LEAD TO PUBLIC DEMANDS THAT IT BE ENFORCED AGAINST COMMUNIST SCHOOLS TO AN EXTENT THAT WAS IMPOLITIC. (111) NIGHT SCHOOLS. MANY COMMUNIST SCHOOLS OPERATE IN THREE SESSIONS SEMICOLON MORNING, AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION TO REFUSE ALL FURTHER APPLICATIONS FOR NIGHT PRIMARY SCHOOLS (ATTENDED IN THE MAIN BY YOUNG ADULTS), ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION CAN NOW MEET THE NEED FOR HIS KIND OF EDUCATION - WHICH IT COULD, WITH NO VERY GREAT EXPAN- SION.
(IV) SCHOOL PREMISES. WE ARE CONSIDERING TIGHTENING UP THE CRITERIA APPLIED TO SCHOOL PREMISES BEFORE REGISTRATION IS PERMITTED BY, FOR EXAMPLE, REQUIRING THAT ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SHOULD BE SO HOUSED AS TO BE ABLE TO OFFER A FULL AND BALANCED EDUCATION. THIS COULD BE DONE ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE TIME HAD NOW PASSED WHERE THE NEED FOR
ALMOST ANY SCHOOLS WAS SO URGENT THAT GREAT LATITUDE WAS ACCEPTABLE.
4. ALL THESE MEASURES, IF ON EXAMINATION THEY PROVE PRACTICABLE AND DESIRABLE, WOULD APPLY TO SCHOOLS GENERALLY SEMICOLON WOULD BE ARGUABLY BENEFICIAL IN THEMSELVES SEMICOLON AND WOULD TEND TO HIT
COMMUNIST SCHOOLS HARDER THAN OTHERS.
5. OTHERWISE ANY ACTION THAT CAN BE TAKEN HAS TO BE BASED ON INDIVIDUAL CICUMSTANCES IN EACH CASE, WHICH CIRCUMSTANCES VARY VERY GREATLY AND ARE OFTEN OF CONSIDERABLE COMPLEXITY. WE CAN SOMETIMES REFUSE REGISTRATION BECAUSE OF THE UNSUITABILITY OF THE
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