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of them. will not nave to fearn new
trades-not more than 10 Per cent.
can be put back into the Industrial
life Of the country and must be.
Men Needed in Active Idfe.
I'VE need these nen-need them
badly. Their physical courage proves
their worth. and ought to dispal opce
and for all the notion thai they crave
pity. g..
II have been asked to suggest what
seem to be the hest nelds Of indus.
try for our handicapped soldiers and
sailors 1t would be easier to say
which field they cannot enter Tor !
do not believe that any neid Is
closed to them,
I'm my years Of experiences rs an
employer OF large groups Of men !
have rarely known man who really
used his brains to his full capacity
and failed to advance. I believe that
the emphasis of this fact will have
much to do with the recovery and
success of our disabled soldiers ana
with the spirit that impelled the stPtk-
ing successes in American industry
there should be little dificulty In
solving the problem. of EsconstFuc-
tioh. o.,
at is the duty Of the business men
Of america to take these men At tneit
intrinsic value: to snploy them not
from a sense of duty, but beceuse
trained man who has been taught to
think Is valuable asset"
Views Of Judge Mack.
Judge Julian Mack writes:
Men who GO forth to battle. though
in no sense towards, are not without
fear. But 1t is not, except in rare
cases, fear OF bodily injury that
possess them; the real source of anx-
iety is that their families may suffer
or become objects of charity.
'SThe fitness and bravery OF our
soldier or sailor are predicated on his
peace of mind. Unless he ts- free
, fr0m nsssins s'. sense ser.S OF ssapers, as tne
independence of the family he left
behind-his wife. his children, his
mother-he cannot serve with the
spirit that has always peryaded our
arms. The security of their de.
our military forces as the physical
condition of the men.
Compensation will be paid to the
disabled soldier and sailor ire
spective of his earning capacity after
the war, but it may be suspended II
lhc man Vii
himself for active civilian life through
the vocational opportunities that the
government will provide.
THE purpose of these measures 10
to stimulate the disabled man to lift
himself from the dead level OF the
governmental compensation to the
highest economic condition within his
powers; to create a healthy diScon-
tent with life that too many In
jured men sure of the bare needs OF
existence are led to accept The eoun-
try wants its heroes to develop every
latent possibility
Campaign of Education.
The surgeon generals Office has in
stituted campaign of education of
which the nuflication of magazine
is only a part SINCE the first number
was issued "a very widespread inter-
est In the question of reconstruction
has beer nBffcsable. On all sides the
hearty interest of employers in ac-
cepttng the services of disabled sol.
4dtsss 10 Being ,manifested.
. The real difHculty, 1t has been rec
ognixedt from the start, however. Is
not Hse,, much In getting the jobs for
the wounded upon their return to in
dustrial life as to make the soldier
himself see that he. need not despair
of reaching the same goal in life that
he may have set for himself before
he made his saeriacs on the battle
Held. (