The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-13
HEY THERE BUDDY!

Can You Get and Keep Good Job
 When You Are Discharged?
 Yes, you can, according to the plan described below.
 If You Are to be Discharged from
 the Hospital, Why Are You Dis
 charged?
 Because you can not be used in the Army or Navy.
 Does it Follow That You Are of No
 Use in Civil Life?
 No! You may be of great use in civil life. Every man, who is man, wants to earn his own living, to do his bit, in industry as well as in war. Some discharged men are so badly disabled that they can not go back to their old jobs. Suppose you are one of these?
 What Can You Do to Earn Decent
 Living?
 You can be trained for a new job Or maybe you have been sick or been hurt in such a way that you can do the same work or nearly the same work as before, but still you need some help in finding and keeping new job. You, too, can be help ed.
 Can a Disabled Man Learn New
 Trade?
 Yes. he can, if he will take train ing Hundreds Of thousands Of wounded and otherwise disabled men have been trained for new occupa- tions in Europe and Canada. What Europe has done, America can dp
 
 cided by 8 unanimous vote that dis abled American soldiers and sailors shall have a chance to be retrained for civil life and voted $2,000,000 for this purpose. This money, and more if necessary, is to be spent in re- training disabled soldiers and sailors for civil life. It is to pay for travel, for tuition, for board, for lodging, and for other necessary expenses of those who take the courses provid ed.
 This training is provided for those who have been awarded compensa- tion..
 What is Compensation? Congress has done more than provide for retraining. It has also
 
 sailors who have been honorably discharged can get compehsation. This compensation may be total or may be partial, according to the ex- tent of a mans disability. This IS measured by the disabled mans present earning power compared , with his previous earning power. This means that if on account of your disablement you can not earn now what you did before, it is possi- ble that you may receive an allow ance until you recover. It may be 1 that you can get an allowance even if 1 you were disabled before you enter ! ed the service, provided you were held to be in sound condition when you entered.
 ] Compensation is not the same thing as insurance. You have been payin g for insurance so that if you were to- tally disabled you might receive the , allowance, or if you were killed your ; dependents might receive it. Com pensation is another matter and Is , given whether you are insured or not. ! Moreover, 1t is given for partial as i well as for total disability. If you ! do not understand about this, ask the Bureau of War-Risk Insurance, Washington, D. C., to send you Off, : cial Bulletin No. 2, ''What the United i States Government Does for Its Men and Their Families. How to Get Compensation. l To get compensation you must ap- ply for it. Blanks will be furnished { for the asking by the War-Risk In- 1 surance Bureau. Make your appli- 1 cation as soon as or before you leave | the hospital. If you do not under stand about applying for compensa- ton, the adviser will help you. Talk ! to him freely. Suppose that the Bureau of War-Risk Insurance de- cides that you are entitled to com pensation. If you are so badly dis abled that you can not go back tC
 your old occupation, the Federal Board will provide a course of train
 ing to fit you for some new and suit
 able occupation. The Board vii
 kelp you to decide what this course
 shall be.
 How Can @ Disabled Man Get Train. l ing for 8 New Job?
 
 you are awarded compensation. St attend to your compensation at once If you are entitled to compensation it is possible that you may receive training for some occupation free O z expense. The Government pays fo it through the Federal Board for Vo l cational Education.
 Who Arranges for Training for Occu paions?
 This matter is In the hands of tn ; Federal Board for Vocational Educa S toni. The principal office is at 60 E street NV, Washington, D. C., ant < regional or district offices in variou parts of the country. S What Does the Federal Board fo 5 Vocational Education Do? } It sends it's agents or advisers tt the various hospitals throughout tn g country, and these agents have per , sonal interviews with each disabIet { man who is about to be discharged q When you meet this adviser, he vii ; want to find out what kind of worl you have done, how much school ing you have had, what you want t ] do when you go home, and what ' with your disability, you can do. Helping Disabled Men Find Jobs. Whether you are allowed compen ; sation for disability or not, whethe { you receive re-education or not, tn q Federal Board is ready to help yo ' get a good job. If you are not en ], titled to receive compensation tn [ Board will do what it can to find yo s' a place In your old occupation.