New Britain herald., 1916-04-04

CT and general manager of William 1 Filene Sons company; Charles Me 1 Carthy, of Madison, Wisconsin, direc- | tor of the legislative reference library; 1 C. A. Prosser, president of Dunwoodio | institute and director of the Minneapo. ] lis vocational education survey: G. l.. | Swiggett professor in the university ! of Tennessee; and Frank " Thomp | son, assistant superintendent of the Boston schools, recommends that 1 federal appropriations should be al l lotted among the states upon a uni form basis and should bear a uni form relation to appropriations made by the states for like purposes. Creations of Federal Board. In order that the federal govern |. ment may have administrative means 'of giving. effect to any federal laws which may make appropriations for vocational education, and may have an nstrumentality for consideration of the peculiar interest of the nation in vocational education in all it's
 forms and applications, a suitable fed
 eral agency should be created. For
 this purpose the committee recom-
 mends the creation of a federal board
 to. administer the national functions in vocational education which are
 proposed, this board to be represented in its personnel of the interests which
 are vitally concerned. and to be giv- en compensation sufficient to com mand in it's mem berShip the great ability appropriate for the task which is to be performed.
 The committee believes, however, that the board should be so consti- tuted as really to represent employ CTS engaged in manufacturing, em- ployers engaged in commercial pur- suits, labor, agriculture, and education, whether general education or voca- tional.
 Advisory Committees of Five Members
 In order that such a body as the committee has in mind may proceed with the highly intimate information regarding industries and occupations that is essential for continued success Tn practical vocational education the Federal board should be required by law to seek advice from persons actll- ally engaged in the industries and oc- equations for which vocational edu- cation is proposed. To meet this need the committee recommends that the Federal board, however constituted should be required to appoint advis- ory committees of five members each representing industry, commerce. la DOT, agriculture, homebreaking, and general or vocational education
 These committees should be ap- pointed only for such periods of ser vice as the Federal board may deter. mine. They should receive reim- oursement for their travelling expenses and compensation for the time thev actually spend in the active dischargu of their duties. The members of each advisory committee should in all cases be so selected that they will represent as many diff ferent parts of the country as the geo, graphical distribution of the industryl in question will permit.
 Committee Expenditures $5O.OOO.
 The purpose of the committee is to suggest such a plan for advisory committees as will permit and guar ahtee the appointment. of 8 commit tee representing a particular industry 10 serve only for such a length of ume as will be actually necessary for US dutleS Of advice regarding the sit uation in the industry in question
 Thus, aQ advisory committee rep resentlng one industry should speed- fly give way to a committee repre- sentlng another industry. In order1 to prevent undue expenditures for eommlttees of this kind, the aggre- gate amount to be~spent for all ad- Vlsory committees in any one year might be limited, perhaps to s50.00o.
 The committee concludes that inn mediate adoption by Congress of such proposals as arc made in this report would go far toward advancing the interests of the nation in ways which cannot otherwise be .DroNitled