The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
SENTIMENT SOUGHT
AS TO FEDERAL AID

California commission on industrial
welfare; Maurice Fels, manufacturer
OF Philadelphia, Fels and Company; A.
Lincoln Filers. of Boston, treasurer
and general manager of William Filet
Sons Company; Charles Mccarthy, OF
Madison, Wis. director of the legisla-
tive reference library; c. A. Prosser.
president of Dunwoodie Institute, and
director OF the Minneapolis vocational
education survey; G. L. Swiggett, pro-
lessor in the University Of Tennessee;
and Frank V. Thompson, assistant SUI
perintendent OF the Boston schools
recommends that federal appropria-
tons should be allotted among the
states upon uniform basis and
should bear uniform relation to ap-
preparations made by the states for
like purposes.
Creation 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
fundamentally for consideration of
the peculiar interest of the nation in
vocational education in all it's forms
and applications. a suitable federal
agency should be created. For this
purpose the committee recommends
the creation OF federal board to ad-
minister the national functions in vo-
cational education which are proposed,
this board to be representative in its
personnel to the interests which are
vitality concerned. and to be given
compensation sufficient to command in
its membership the great ability ap-
propriate for the task which is to be
performed.
The committee believes, however,
that the board should be so constituted
as really to represent employers en-
gagged in manufacturing. employers
engaged in commercial pursuits, Ia
Dor. agriculture and education, wheth-
er general education or vocational.
Advisory Committees.
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
in practical vocational education. the
federal board should be required by
law to seek advice from persons &C.
tually engaged in the industries and
occupations 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 advisory
committees of five members each, rep-
resenting industry, commerce, labor,
agriculture. homemaking and general
or vocational education.
These committees should be appoint
cd only for such periods of service as
the federal board may determine. They
should receive reimbursement for
their travelling expenses and compen-
sation for the time they actually spend
in the active discharge of their duties.
The members Of each advisory COM
mittee should in all cases be so Sc
lected that they will represent as many
different parts OF the country as the
geographical distribution OF the In
dustry in question will permit.
Aggregate Expenditures, $4,000.
The purpose OF the committee Is 10
ou66SoL ouSh q pau 4OL COlH-
mittees as will permit and guarantee
the appointment of committee rep
resenting particular industry 10
serve only for such length of time
as will be actually necessary for It's
duties Of advice regarding the situa-
ton in the industry in question.
Thus, an advisory committee repre-
senting one industry should speedily
give way to committee representing
another industry. In order to prevent
undue expenditures for committees OF
this kind, the aggregate amount to be
spent for all advisory committees in
any one year might be limited, per-
haps to $4,000.
The committee concludes that i'm
mediate adoption by Congress OF such
proposals as are made in this respect
would go far toward advancing the
interests of the nation in ways which
cannot otherwise be provided.