1941-05-14 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 14, 1941.

BILL TO SOLVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS' WAR PROBLEMS

(By A Political Correspondent)

Parliament is shortly to debate the war-time VATICAN

problem of the public schools. A Government bill

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to help them overcome war difficulties has been R presented to the House of Lords by the Lord Chan-

cellor, Viscount Simon. Framed in consultation JAMMED

with the schools, it gives greater freedom in the use of trust funds.

Meanwhile the governing bodies Order in Council to apply during BROADCASTING AT SLOW of the public schools are discuss the war the income or capital of DICTATION SPEED A MES- ing the post-war situation and any endowments for purpose other | SAGE ADDRESSED TO A MAN whether application should be, than those for which they may made to the Board of Education now be applied and to reduce or

IN FRANCE WHOSE PARENTS for inclusion in the Government's suspend payments in sinking ARE IN PORTUGAL, THE VATI- general scheme to remodel sec-, funds.

CAN RADIO ANNOUNCER SAID): ondary education after the wa

The Government are The Joint Standing Comuniter power by Order in Council upon given

"We beg our listeners to excuse of the Headmasters' Conference, application from a governing body us for speaking so slowly and con- representing governois and head to make such provision as appears masters, will meet at the end of to be necessary to secure economy tinually repeating words, but for the present term to discuss the or efficiency

in the carrying on several weeks now Vatican Radio of the work of the school under has been jammed by an unknown war conditions. |

whole matter.

Under the new bill governing bodies would

be empowered by

CUTTING ARMY

RED TAPE

Experts Given A Free Hand

Reforms in Army ad- ministration, designed to cut down the red tape of which Major R. H. Turton, M.P. for Thirsk and Mal- ton, complained to the House of Commons are al- ready on the way.

These are mainly reformis of office procedure, Others on the fines of decentralisation will probe ably follow from an experiment now being carried oul iti the Northern Command.

Major Turton said in his speech "The amount of paper, of time and i of man-power that are wasted flls me with tremendous alarin " He tabel that correspondence had gone on for seven months about at pustal order for £1 11, and that a furry-driver's elam, following in July, had still not been settled

"Every bit of financial admuun as Tration bas to go up to the Wor nice," heard. 1 18d to 114.1 more funeral poblety

in peaceshime to my farm balfT than could be entry ted to any. Banty for than a cop commander

The British Army*

Six Months At Work

For six months a committee [ experts his been wa, king | * smooth out those entanglement Army bu news methods whi give rise to sach cumplenult.

Their work has taken them inb departments of the War Office att out in the Command.. They have a fire hand to carry out any investigations they tak neve.

sary.

They have studied the Army's complex usages of forms and re turns and the system which re-i quires

much "reference to higher authority." Certain

in- ternal changes have already been made on their recommendations, ; and others will follow shortly.

The Northern Command experi- ment is meant to go farther and to give greater independence the command in administration matters.

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An authority said "The com- mittee has been very busy, and I has made a number of recom- mendations, several of which have been put into effect.

"It is trying to cut down the paper work and the reference of matters from one person to ari- other. In doing so it has, of course, to think of the timing of any changes, because they must not be allowed to cause dislocation or in- terruption of the Army's work."

The committee was appointed. by Mr. Anthony Eden, when he was War Secretary. It has seven members, thrée of them business men. They are Sir James Grigg, Permanent Under-Secretary for War, who is chairman, Sir Percy Bates, Mr. G. W. Dunkley, 'Lt.- Gen. Sir Robert Haining. Mr., R J. Sinclair, Gen; Sir Walter Ven- hing and Lt Gen Wemyss..

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The bill, which is retrospective, is called The Public and Other Schools (War Conditions) Bill. If affeels any school to which the! Public Schools Acts of 1868 and 1873 apply, any administered by a body incorporated under Royal"

source.

thing not in accordance with the We have never broadcast any- laws of nature and of God, and no reports of which we had not pre- viously obtained irrefutable prouf, Charter or any over which the: "We conclude that this is at Board of Education has powers manoeuvre by certain people who under the Endowed Schools Act are alrad of the truth being or the Charitable Trusts Act it heard the work of Powers of a reso applies to certain Scottish lying propaganda, that shun the public schools.

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