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'We cannot endorse the criticism of Mr. Atmore on the. Education Law Amendment Bill that "you cannot expect anything more from a Government that increases expenditure on defence and decreases it on education." Defence expenditure was cut to the bone, and deeper, and the Government is now tardily recognising that something must be restored. At the same time it must be -admitted that the education reform of the Amendment Bill is the smallest possible instalment. There were great promises and much investigation,* followed by ambitious proposals in the Atmore report., Now it is proposed to extend the term of school committees to two years! The Government has reversed the gift of Jael: "He asked water and she gave him milk;, she brought forth butter in a lordly dish." The hopes for milk and butter in a lordly dish have been answered with the offer of a little water. Of course, many of the projected reforms of three years ago are necessarily postponed until more money is available; but would it not have been possible to consider administrative reorganisation which would have saved money?
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 142, 13 December 1933, Page 8
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186HASTENING VERY SLOWLY Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 142, 13 December 1933, Page 8
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