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Several Problems Hobble Peace Corps in Africa ra .1 JIKKK1.EY I I I July 1, J9G9 By STANLEY MEISLER Timci NAIUOB1 Fourteen windows liave been broken at (he Peace be blamed entirely on others. Corps office in Addle Ababa tin: year. In the provinces of brought a good deal on them Ethiopia, some unruly students are shouting "yankce" at their volunteer teachers. In Tanzania, the government seems bent on letting all its Peace Corps volunteers go without replacing them. ii would be wrong to exaggerate the significance of a few stones or a few epithets or the decision of a single government but the Peace Corps has run into significant difficulties in Africa this year.

Considering the volatile politics of Africa, the Peace Corps has steered fairly clear of trouble in its eight years there. Since 1961, more than 6,000 volunteers have completed tours in Africa. As of last March 1, there were 2,639 volunteers in 22 African countries, teachers. mostly Before this year, the Peace Corps had found itself thrown out only by African countries that had relatively minor programs. In each case, the Peace Corps was the victim of the whim of 'others.

Programs Upset This year the Peace Corps has been upset in two of its most important programs in Africa those in Ethiopia and Tanzania. The troubles this year differed significantly from those of the past. They no longer could Peace Corps officials admit they selves. Ill 19CC, Tanzania had 394 volunteers, three-fourths of them teachers, including 199 in Ihe elementary schools. The elementary school program was considered one of the most successful in the Peace Corps.

In 1967, when President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania announced a new educational program, seemed to be stressing some of the same ideas that the Peace Corps had: an end to role learning, a move away from the traditional and irrelevant British school system, an attempt to dampen elitism. But Nyerere decided the Peace Corps did not fit into his close down when these go home at the end of Ihe year. Go It Alono Ethiopia iias always seemed a showcase for Pence Corps teaching in Africa. The first 281 volunteers who arrived in Ethiopia in 1962 doubled the number of degree-holding secondary school teachers in the country. These volunteers helped make it possible for Ethiopia to increase its number of secondary school pupils by 37 per cent in two years.

Trying to catch the rest of Africa in education, the Ethiopian govern- there was great enthusiasm ment felt it could not do the jub within the Peace Corps. He without the Peace Corps. But caught next year. So far, however, thcilhoir staffs. The Peace Corps Peace Corps has not announced I was so big and visible in the school system that the Ethiopians resented their dependence on it and used it as a scrape- goat when things went wrong.

The Peace Corps recognized this problem several years ago and tried to cope with it. But, by this school year, the Peace Corps had been able to reduce the volunteers in Ethiopia only to a quarter of the secondary school facilities. what it intends to do. Many Reasons What lias caused the new spate of troubles? In Washington in March, Jack Mood Vaughn, then retiring as director of the Peace Corps, discussed the Tanzunian government's decision to let the volunteers yo. "There were a number of reasons for the decisions," Vaughn said.

"The war in Vietnam, for example, or the militant blame. It sometimes marches radicals around President Nyer- ere. But the main reason was the Peace Corps has beenisimply numbers. The program deaf. I this year in the turmoil was too large.

We were too big The Pi Peace Corps, for example, is sending 30 volunteers back to Guinea this summer, exposing them to the same nonsensical and rash politics that pushed out the Peace Corps three years of schools to operate nonnally.JAfrican governments have so ago. In addition, the Peace One of the student demands lias'great a shortage of teachers Corps has decided to send a that has swept the Ethiopian education system. Since January, student strikes and demonstrations have disrupted the system, allowing only a handful a target. Since the Peace Corps first came to Africa, numbers have been one of its gnawing problems. 3lans.

"The Peace Corps has been the removal of the Peace changed its character," he said. 'Some of its idealism has gone out." He stopped placing volunteers in Tanzanian schools and hen decided he could do without the Peace Corps altogether, government refused to request volunteers as replacements for those who left after their two-year tours. The program has dwindled to eight vol- mteers. And. it is likely to The turmoil has spawned a succession of unpleasant incidents.

One volunteer was deported, two others were arrested and beaten before their release, one was smashed in teacher, several were stoned. These difficulties could force the Peace Corps to consider reducing the number of its vol-, that the Peace Corps will give them. Numbers are deceptive and reative. It does not take many Peace Corps teachers in Africa to become too many. Ethiopia is probably the out- the face by a bottle-wielding standing case of too many Peace Corps teachers.

In 1966, they made up a third of all secondary school faculties. Some Ethiopian headmasters foundj unteers in the Ethiopian schoolsithey had 15 to 20 volunteers on once worked in 'President Nyerere will not be comfortable 'with the Peace! Corps. Tanzanians have the fecl-i ing that the United States is not on their side--that it kills brown 1 people in Vietnam, that it supports South Africa and Portugal." Propaganda Blows III addition, Communist propaganda about the Peace Corps sometimes sways Aficans. Accusations that the volunteers are In another area of trouble, the agents of the Central Intelligence Peace Corps has only itself to into situations that resound with trouble to all but the politically that they usually will take all group of volunteers to the Congo this fall, ignoring warnings about the Congo's instability and penchant for bloodshed. While the overblown size of the Peace Corps in Africa and its political naivete are largely its own fault, there are other political troubles, as Vaughn mentioned, that are out of its control.

"So long as the United States fights the war in 1 says a Peace Corps official who Agency are swallowed in countries where the Peace Corps is big and the Africans resent their dependence on it. "Tanzanians are suspicious of the Peace Corps," says the official who once worked there. "They keep asking themselves why are they here?" In Ethiopia, rebellious slu dents, resentful of the support Of Smith And Men By JACK SMITH The Los Angelas Times In our hallway we have a French postur that 1 up i year or so ago to bring some into the house on gloomy days. It has been a blessing the last two months. May and June are overrated months in southern California.

The sky is invar- ably the color of an old army lorseblankel. The poster is a scene on the Normandy coast. Le Bar da Soleil at Deauville, as painted jy Can Dongen. Brilliant pen- rquilc sure. They were all in their places.

1 went out the patio and looked at the sky. There seemed to be a promise of blue in it. 1 put on yellow slacks and a light blue jacket and drove out to Santa Monica and parked at the pier. There is a little bar on Ihe pier, with a window for a back- bar so one can sit at the bar and look out at the sea. The bar was all but deserted.

1 sal at the end of the bar and ordered a beer and a bowl of clam chowder. The sky and the sea were Ihe same leaden IIP Ampriran government "a UUM 7" sea were 1MB same leaaen HP, i EinMro nants fl against a dal color. II was hard lo tell where in fhfi reeime of bmoeror Under a canopy of red, blue and yellow nom weather," of Emperorj Hailie Selassie," are often eager' to distribute anti-Peace Corps tracts obviously written in some communist embassy. The war in Vietnam, the tales of the CIA, propaganda, the whimsical moods of governments, the Peace Corps' inabil- ity to reduce its political innocence all are likely to stay with the Peace Corps in Africa for some time, not crippling the work of the great number of volunteers but hindering a few. Tribune Editorial Page Opinion Analysis Interpretation Pause and Ponder And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other 24:16.

Waste Reclamation The day will come when it costs more to get rid of ov." society's mountain of waste than it does lo reconvert it for useful purposes. When that day conies, society will undertake large-scale transformation of many kinds of waste from kitchen garbage to abandoned automobiles. That, at any rate, is the likely sequence of events. A if greater wisdom and foresight would be not to wait until our swiftly rising tonnage of solid waste overwhelms us, but to tackle that problem at once in a broad, systematic way. A start was made on a national scale with passage of the Solid Waste Disposal Act in 1965.

The results of this legislation thus far, however, have amounted But Some Stick Out 'CO's' Fit Smoothly Into Military Life By HARRY TRIMBORN The Los Angeles Times SAIGON On the surface, the conscientious objector serving with the U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam appears to fit smoothly into the American war effort. He is considered a pleasant, serious minded fellow who gets along well with liis comrades and his military superiors. He is generally praised for dedication to his duties. There is no question of his the wounded, not to repel attacks.

Still, combat officers prefer their medics armed, if only to give the semblance of increased firepower. As a result, Alexander said, uicjc is nu ui he and other officers suggest to courage under fire in his tradi-jlne CD's that they carry weap- tional role as a combat medicalions. He says he puts it to them corpsman. The number oflthis way: a by CO's for "I personally don't care whe mainly interested in his status as a CO. "I don't know if it was har- rassment but it was pretty intense questioning," he said.

"1 don't mind discussing my relig- ficcrs note a the combat ion with anyone, except under corpsman's role is to care for pressure like when you're go- have all your people armed if something happens. The fact that one man may not be armed can make a big difference." Be Armed Alexander and other of- lantry in action is convincing evidence of that. Jn one medical company serving with (he 9th Division in the Mekong Delta, four of the seven (her you carry a weapon. But I suggest you do for your own safety and thc safety of the people you are required to care for. CO's in the unit have beeni In the event someone gets awarded thc Silver Star for out there, you're all they've ing men hit by the enemy.

Igot. And if you're dead or to only a kind of preliminary warmup. Less than 20 million dollars a year has been appropriated to i Own Little Bag Yet beneath the surface, there are ripples of resentment over the men who refuse to bear arms for religious reasons. One officer's comment is typical: "Everybody has a job seven CO's he commanded did to day and everybody has his own little bag. This (conscientious objection) happens lo be thcir bag." one field officer who jujpraised the performance of nance the Public Health Service program and "I resent them having special status.

They are really not that different from the field. The guy out there may grants lo stales for its implementation. A far bigger investment of federal money is called for by the magnitude of the problem. One important aspect of this problem is the fact wounded, you're not good to anyone." Some CO's yield to such arguments and end up carrying weapons and using them. Alexander said that four of the so, including one who came back from a fire fight asking Alexander to teach him to operate an M-16 rifle.

ing up for promotion." Didn't Know N. also a combat medic, has a different answer. Pretty gloomy as I'll you." the bar- manikins, sit at tables under the tem el -ii's always like lis in June. You know?" 'Yes. I know.

But I never brellas, the people play. Suntanned women, lean umbrellas or in the sun in of bright cloth, tete-a-tete wi equally suntanned, equally iean! empinber, from year lo year. young men. A waiter in a I loo. And jacket is serving drinks from ai eve nil through May, I tray.

Hell myself, wail lill June. Then I have always imagined thai, we'll have some weather. But F. Scott Fitzgerald was amongiwe never do." them somewhere. The crowd would appear lo be of his era, before the bikini made a lady's navel more important than her eyes.

The talk at the sunny tables would be of that silly I could. But I won't carry weapon. If I ever started carrying one, I'd probably end up using it." As for CO's who carry weap- "You're right," the bartender said. 1 walked back along the pier and then over the beach of lhe bay. There were half a dozen surfers, playing cat and mouse prohibition in America, and with the waves.

Here and there Noel Coward, and "The Sun a clan of bathers was gathered, Also Rises." jsafely back from the water. If I open the hall door was a scattered drove of turn the light on, and then go small children, watched by jback to the living room and sit anxious mothers, and now and 'in my electric ciiair, 1 seejllien a covey of girls in bikinis, scene at Le I drove up the Malibu coast du Soleil as if from a hotel win-land over thc Santa dow. The other day, when the sky Hamilton said: 'i think was as TM oll as usua1 lhe Didn't Know ons, Hamilton said: "1 questioning, Helie, said this is just a weakness on caught my eye. As usual, it centered on a hypothetical sit- part. They probably really don't! came to I I have always cx- uation irermentlv presented to believe.

peeled to look at it suuciemy frequently presented to CO's in Vietnam by commanders and comrades: What would you do if you were attacked by the Viet Cong while caring for a wounded man? Would you fight back to save your own life and the life of the patient? Helie gayp- the answer many other CO's give. He didn't know what lie would do in such a situation. There were too many variables involved. But until he is faced with such a predicament, he would remain with his religious convictions. Another CO, Spec.

5-David B. Hamilton, 22 of Albuquerque, believe. Thomas E. Bunch, 26, a laboratory technician at the 3rd Field Hospital outside Saigon, believes there is discrimination against CO's. "The Army seem to go out of its way to place them in positions of danger by making them combat medics.

There are many other noncombatant jobs they could do," Bunch said. None of the other CO's Interviewed by the Los Angeles Times felt they were objects of discrimination. To be in the medical corps, and especially a combat medic, they maintained, is more than being merely a noncombatant. mountains and back home. It was after 4 o'clock, hut the sun was still shining at Le Bar du Soleil.

I made myself a summer drink and sat in my chair peeled lo look at it suddenly and gazed at the poster, wait- some day and find that the peo- ing for someone to move, pie have moved. 1 studied il Of course they say Deauville carefully for a while. No, I was'can he wretched in June, too. Letters to the Tribune As Boyle Sees It By HAL BOYLE The-Person Grows No Weapon Training -n i CO's undergo regular army 9 basic training at Ft. Sam HOUS-JT The Tribune: ton, except for qualifica-' lion for weapons.

i could be a more abundant life? If 'not, group therapy can help you. However, churches and schools would do well to heed NEW YORK (AP) -Items rom a space age newspaper in he year 2969: New York The insertion ol new spinal column into Roscoe J. Withers, 23rd, today his 812th birthday made him he universe's champion receiver of human transplants with a total of 56 parts. Here is a breakdown of his transplants: 9 hearts, 17 kidneys, 4 spinal columns, 16 a lot of Gl's in Alexander insisted that "coer- ra i ec i that the will to do is JV out there a i is never used" in most imnnrtnnt factor in Man is responsbile for his thu roblem The problem isjers, 8 brains and 2 ears, son. It has been fully de on to develop the wiu for a fulfilled hardly know who I a hate war and killing every bit as ing that CO's carry weapons, personal development.

suggest-: the most important factor ln it for the profit of others. person, rather than debauching a.iculated^irjhe.i. they sought special status." Hclic, 22. of the 199th Light Capt. Richard B.

Alexander Brigade, a CO from St. property. It gives one's life di- 'rection as nothing else can. Why depend on others for leadership Auburn, medical corps.Cloud, Minn, believes that his or follow the mob like stamped- that responsibility for dealing with it is scattered the CO's but they have neverfLefs get that quite The wm js personal! cim-ilir or flrlipiilntpfl said. all over the map.

Many small communities simply lack the resources to do an adequate job of waste collection and disposal on their own. In many instances the matter could be handled more cheaply and effectively if neighboring communities would join forces. Here in Weld County, the commissioners have proposed an agreement under which a private i would operate dumps in the county. C. 0.

Plumb lit. 3, Greeley Objccrs to Reduction In Education Budget medical facilities, says rear. com-jthe Army and may be a Wh be To The Tribune: i the Ni dross? the good from the i on Administrations decision to educationa i budget The British red coats march- feel that Ihis was a mistake, bat officers would prefer not tojin whether he receives a promo-; CO's in their units, how-ition. i. 'ever well thev may perform, Helie.

who was recommended! 6 acr sus countr a tight especially in regard to the edu- It would be a mistake to i of the problem say there are no scp-ifor a Silver Star for gallantry: 1 10 bayonets fixed did not cation of migrant children. Ed- security from the lone col-'ucation is a necessity far man- am anymore," joked Withers, who sal up and began taking bending exercises immediately after operation. Ihe unu heuui ironi tut: lone uoi-iuudiion jb a ncucaauy jm iitan-i onist's squirrel rifle. Security I kind in our modern society and ml iat TM 7 acrial ri in numbers does not exist if youUve must realize that money andl al a TMed confidently: are marching down the wrong'good education are twins. rps hp rn rubbish to the concept of converting it into useful "based' 1 fact! The a asksi a lnou vou ma 8 et a the children of migratoryj 5 far removed ironr out ot llvln dangerously workers are ever to raise them-' into uh others material.

Though quite a bit of experimental work a a much of the fighting been done, lhe possibilities of waste reclamation scarcely been touched. i yn are broken down in a 10-orlife. In Helie's case, the Min'-jher young board was'scratch foi 'The rest will be rounded up shortly." All of the fugitive convicts selves out of their misery, they As was noted in the first paragraph above, unit and you piefcr said, the board was; Uvo months a hen how lo hunt and education. This education must; for a living. Some of prepare them for jobs to re-j more nomic considerations are an important factor: natural tendency will be.

not to undertake reclamation on any wide scale i it pays for itself. While this may be basically sound, another point also should be considered. This is that old-fashioned waste collection and disposal have bad environmental effects; they deteriorate the finality of American i Our national aspiration should be to improve thc a ity of life. One way to tin that would be to start on an imaginative program of systematic a reclamation. SALESMEN WE CAN DO WITHOUT The Greelev Dailv Tribune and The Greefcy Republican EXECUTIVE STAFF MILDRED 1IANSEN Publisher! HOBERT i I EJitor LEO I BiwinoM A.

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Koreijrn countries Cl.Sfl per ill. C.ny carrier, fl.10 month. Congress, "In order to avoid a disastrous inflation." Boston, Mass. A convention of educators at Harvard University expressed alarm today at what they called "a growing tendency" among youths under the age of 200 to quit school. "These dropouls already constitute a threat to an ordered society," a statement they adopted unanimously said.

"In the world of the future any young man or woman who abandons the classroom before the age of 200 lo 250 will find himself as a misfil inadequately prepared to hold a responsible job." Canal City, Mars-Authorities here quietly announced settlement of the long strike by the Interplanetary Federation of Sanitation Workers that has In.ft the solar system littered with debris for the last "15 years. Although terms of the compact were not disclosed, it was believed each of the 125 million attack sanitation workers received a $57 million wage hike. Their wonk week will be cut to five hours and they they will be given seven-month vacations. Atlantic City, N.J.-A willowy had already been I lass from the planet Uranus here for 200 years orjtriumphed over other finalists tonight to become beauty queen of the solar system. "This is ail so unexpected," gasped Miss Uranus.

Her three bright blue eyes filled with tear 1 Sea of Tranquility, the Moon --The massive escape attempt by 3,869,512 convicts from this satellite's third largest prisoi was reported under control early today. Some two million had surrendered. Guards reported that another million who tried to make nad exler- youth are less qualified for i place the rapidly decreasing; i i after 20 vears mostly of jobs to be found 1 1 ul F. school. agriculture.

Therefore, McKmley Roosevelt, Mill. A responsible person has 'lion is a prime concern. hereditary ruler of the universe, learned self control He can di- We can continue to educate iTM. 0 lo da a hc 1 lar "Vf 0 rcccivcd hcr crown his thoughts and efforts children on a limited 0 uf 2 TM I bald-headed jbest results. He does not learnjget and they will receive a 8" diu c( a this by doing as he please.s.

llcjeducation. But because of the, history lo win the contest, Miss Uranus is only 75 years old. She must be disciplined to learn! nature of their parents work I st cut corncrjis IB feel tall and she has an 85- sclf control. This discipline cannot receive as manyi'? ollr bl 1 he a i i i bust, a 47-incli waisl, and loving parents leaves him, nol.licncfits from this education as a messa to lhe hips. forever struggling with his; their permanent classmates, weaknesses, hut on the strongjThis good education is not i side knowing he is acting lo raise these people out! jligenlly.

their poverty. Thus if they A person without a will is a a ever to become i i ASSOCIATED In 19,12, a Democratic conven- Today in History weak wandering soul question-j members of our society they! Today is Tuesday. July 1, thc ing the world and himself. Heimust have an education to hclp'l82nd day of I960. There are 183 beauty, filth excellent, and excellent educa- minion of Canada was crea I sexual de- lion costs money.

jhy Ihe Hrilish North Ameri days Ictt in the year. On Ihis date in 1887, the Do- reatcd American has anarchy within. He props compensate for their deficien- himself with soul-mates, sub- cics. This education must be slituting bauble for for self respect and bauchery for love, add somej If you would like lo see thclAcl. drugs and a lot of noise andjwelfare roll increase On this dale: they have a happening.

i mechanization takes away thei In 11102, thc U.S. Congress cs- Why not get together as a I migrants' jobs and sec the Inx-jlahlished the Bureau of Internal group seeking self rather than destruction of self? There is no question but group I therapy can be effective when ft'1 rn'iil be printM i rn 11-c i SCRAM-IETS ANSWERS Crotch Froze- Sundae item: Drive-in movies cnn't show nude-type i a can bo rr'ui from the road bcpau-c this constitutes a motoring HAZARD. lion in Chicago nominated New York (iov. Franklin D. Roosevelt for president.

In I9(ifi, the federal government medicare health program for elderly Americans went into Column Ten years ago: Thc United States said it would resume economic aid to Egypt. The aid had been cut off during the Suez Canal crisis three years earlier. Five years ago: A Census Bureau Estimate Hie U.S. population had increased by 12 million in four years. ing around Ihe edges of the vor.snl of Ihis nclion and givc'ran War.

() nn i it f( I problem unwilling lo admit thcyjyour educational programs thcj In 1931. Wiley I'osl and llar-Lsiatcs. iirilain, the Soviet flnion I lack Ihe will, the self money Ihcy MI desperately need, old Gaily complolpd 'fill imn'-nuclrar nations Can you set aside immediate I l.ynnc Hcincs jarnund the world in Ihe a Ircaly lo try lo prevent for what you knowj 2Ki2 2l.st. Ave. a "Winnie Mac." I the of'nuclciir weapons of Ihe United Slates porting it welfare class then In 1(163, the Civil War battle of Nixon's actions arc justified.

But, if you feel, as I do, you will Gettysburg began. In 1803, Theodore Roosevelt's people are willing. Witness lhat this is a burden we Rough Riders won a victory in jcobolics Anonymous. icannot bear. Therefore, I Battle of San Kill in I We have many groups work- you lo advocate immediate rc-jCuba during the Spnnish-Amori-.