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...prepared to take part in still another round of U.N. disarmament talks, a new version of the Soviet proposal -turned down by President Eisenhower last month-for a summit meeting to discuss arms reduction. Gist of the new proposal: foreign ministers and top-ranking military chiefs should attend the U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee when it reconvenes in London next month. Initial Washington reaction was cool. Reasons: the Russian proposal, coming two days after Moscow announced a cut in defense spending, seemed designed to 1) dramatize recent Soviet calls for uninspected arms reductions and 2) act as an entering wedge for what...
Stephen R. Graubard, Executive Secretary to the Committee on General Education, said that the Indians will arrive at the University in early March. "They will keep in close touch with the faculty, attend classes, and be shown exactly what we are doing in general education." he added...
These appointments, which earned for the majority of the Committee the enmity of many civic-minded citizens, were made at a special meeting on last December 11 called ostensibly to consider the budget. The Superintendent of Schools, John M. Tobin, was ill on that evening and could not attend the session, as he is legally required to do. Acting as chairman of the Committee, Mayor Edward J. Sullivan seized upon this opportunity to move for suspension of the rules, which require the examination of merit qualifications and the approval of the Superintendent of Schools. The opposition of Shaplin...
...formerly been employed by the Committee, but even these had been dropped several years ago. Sub-masters were considered necessary 50 years ago when the school enrollment far exceeded its present size, and were accordingly discontinued when the number of students decreased. Now the principals need secretaries to attend to increased paperwork, and even assistant superintendents are not really necessary, according to Shaplin. The City of Newton, for instance, has a population of 15,000 and employs only one assistant, while Cambridge has a smaller population of 10,000 and employs two assistants...
...letter was distributed to children at the Peabody School as part of a monthly PTA newsletter urging parents to attend the next meeting of the School Committee, and reviewing the events of the December 11 meeting. The letter was duly approved for distribution by the principal of the school, who now faces definite disciplinary action and possible removal from office as a result of his allowing the letter to be circulated. On December 18, at a committee meeting hearing of the appointments, Mayor Sullivan queried all parents who spoke on their knowledge of the Peabody letter, and as one parent...