The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-05

TIE shift key is connected with a
the boys against being fooled by the
lure of present high wages into jobs
that will not last. 1t wants the boys
to go into Erowing-not waning EN-
plOyment. 1t wants to fit them to
compete with the able bodied. In the
majority of cases 1t intends to fit the
men for better jobs and more pay than
they got before the war. II plans to
make the men worth more "ahove the
neck"-to make brains take the place
of lost limb. 1t doesn't want ever
to see one OF its men sitting on the
street corner selling pencils-a profess
SIGNAL beggar.
Supported While Training.
The United States government in
tends to put every disabled soldier
and sailor in q good job" declares
DR.. Charles PrOSser, director of the
bureau. THE handicapped man who
goes into employment will be given
such education and retaining at the
expense OF the Government as may
be necessary to make him fully ef-
! icient. While he is in training he
will BE- supported by the Government
and allowances paid to his dependents
just as when he was at the front.
We Will put him back into his old
work II that seems best and he is
! capable or doing It, or We will train
him for a new and more suitable one.
We will give him trial employment.
then a definite job and finally we
will do follow-up work to safeguard
his interests and prevent exploita-
| ton"
AS an example OF the work already
done the case OF a former printer is
cited This man lost both legs. Be-
, fore the war he was floor man."
, Without his legs, obviously he could
not resume his old work. He Is now
being taught to run linotype ma
chine and will soon be earning more
money than he ever did. Another. a
, farm laboref before his enlistment,
now. a sufferer from shell shock. Is
being taught bee keeping, and when
his cotfrse. OF training is completed.
will be set up with an apiary by
which he can earn a good living.
Still another young man. who had
just completed his first year at Har-
ward Law school. is being put through
the entire course by the Government
His tuition Is being paid and he is al
lO"Gu FOO iOE HIS llNln6 CA
penses.
To Suit Work 10 Physique.
And the United States hopes 10 do
even better than other countries
Statistics show that many chronic
bronchial cases. the result OF severe
gnssing. have been trained as teleg
raphers in England. The American
to take up indoor work. Instead he
would be advised to work in the open,
as, for instance, an inspector OF oil
fields in Texas. One young officer
who had completed two OF a four-year
course in a technical school has re
stunned his studies and will eventually
become a chemical engineer.
DIR. Charles Il. winslow, head Of the
research division of the bureau.
makes a particularly urgent appeal
to the public and the relatives of re-
turning soldiers. He asks that the
women of the country carry on"
during this period OF rehabilitation
OF their men with the same high
courage they exhibited while The
boyS were at camp and at the front.
THE women Of the country VIII
play the most important part in the
rrob!cm OF what viii baCome Of The
disaI led and handicapped E-en after
the war" says DIR. Winslnw. IF
the yield to their natural dcsire 10
pamper the returning men. they Will
do them a great deal Of harm. They |
will break their spirit. kill their am
bition 1t will he all right for the
first few months, but the men won't |
be happy to sit idle and be sup
ported by their Government or their |
relatives.
Women Must Aid.
at is up to the women to back up |
the men in their fight for readiu
ment. TO urge them to take training |
courses, to Mt Themselves for active |
and worth while lives. y" life |
amounts to much. whether the body |
he whole or impaired. when the mind |
Is not busy and the individual not |
self-supportinE. know that the !
American woman Is too true a sol |,
der to let her man Idle away his /
days uselessIy. ! want her to back |
I'm her man not pity him.
az would like to ask every woman |
Interested In a soldier few qurs |
lions Would she insist that her dis !
abled soldier. or sailor boy. hurry |
home from the hospital II she /
thought his coming would impair his /
physical health in the future? Would |
she ask him to stay at home under /
her loving care il she could force |
that he would become dependent and |
unhappy because of his helplessness I
after few years OF doing nothing? |
Would she advise him to take n |
Job at high wages now'whcn there Is |
n great demand for labor and cause |
him to face the time when he would |
be discharged because more physical |
Iy 1T men would take his place and J