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Show National Teacher Corps Faces Doom snafe Curtails Activities by Curb'r.g Budget be able to teach, rather than that they would not make enough money. The Teacher Corps may get another chance, however. Senator Sena-tor Nelson may assemble a Teacher Corps bill next year, an aide suggested. expenditures while the Viet Nam war continues and inflation threatens the economy. Glum Mood The mood was glum at the Teacher Corps office after the Senate vote, as officials worried about the effect of the budget cut on prospective Corpsmen. For the past few weeks, Corps-men, Corps-men, who were expecting regular regu-lar school salaries and an opportunity oppor-tunity to put three months' training train-ing into practice, have been volunteering vol-unteering for community proj-, ects. Out of 1,270 interns scheduled for this school year, 1,012 remained re-mained with the program despite the uncertain prospects of the budget request and the availability availabil-ity of other jobs. "A year ago, you might have told me some of these people just wanted degrees," a Teacher Corps official said, "but almost everybody stayed on." Corpsmen Worried She added that the Corpsmen were worried that they would not fVASIHNGTON, D.C. (CPS) y?. National Teacher Corps will w. est aa untimely death on June i, 1S67 a victim of Congres-rv-al apathy and Congresswom-l Congresswom-l Edith Green's hospitality. This outcome was almost as-n-ed Thursday (September 22) hen the Senate Appropriations "committee cut the Corp's budget Stquest to $7.5 million just triough to carry it through the 166 fiscal year. Earlier this year, in April, the 23to::,?e Appropriations Commit-'.e Commit-'.e denied the Corps' entire bud- Dt request for its activities. Setback to Johnson The Senate move was a set-sck set-sck for the Johnson Adminis-ation's Adminis-ation's efforts to combat teach-; teach-; shortages and sub-standard Vacation in slum areas. The p has h.-i.-l rough going in caiongress since its establishment lender the 19G5 Higher Educa-on Educa-on Act and has operated under lIipIomentary budget funds !cuce its founding. r The Corps provides for the training of college graduates in special teaching techniques to serve in slum areas. The program pro-gram was designed by the Administration Ad-ministration to attract the youthful youth-ful idealism often claimed for Peace Corps and Vista recruits. Supplement Curriculum After receiving their training, Corpsmen teach in slum areas and supplement the regular school curriculum by offering students remedial reading, language lan-guage ("proper English") laboratories, labor-atories, and cultural tours. For their efforts, Corpsmen receive re-ceive the same salaries as local teachers and pursue government-paid Master's degree programs pro-grams to earn teacher certificates. certifi-cates. Travel funds are given to Corpsmen for the expenses of attending training centers, and they are paid $75 a week during summer training. Strong Opposition The compensation the Corps-men Corps-men receive has brought strong opposition from Representative Edith Green, a key figure in shaping most educational legislature. legis-lature. The Oregon Congress-woman Congress-woman has argued that the financial fi-nancial benefits received by Corpsmen, combined with the special attention and reduced teaching loads they receive, discriminates dis-criminates against local school teachers and lowers morale at their schools. The inexperienced Corpsmen, she adds, might lower teaching standards at the schools where they are assigned. Strong Support "Ridiculous," according to an aide to Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.), a strong supporter of the Corps. The teachers in the program are all college graduates, gradu-ates, undergo extensive training, and are well-prepared to teach, he said. But the opposition of Edith Green did not in itself kill the funds for the Corps. The program pro-gram has met with little enthusiasm enthu-siasm among voters and Congressmen, Con-gressmen, and legislators have been unwilling to raise domestic |