The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14

Washington, Nov. 13-Ofices are now open in 14 of the chief cities of the United States to receive the appli- cations of disabled soldiers and sailors of the American army and navy for free education to equip them for the vocation for which they are most fitted. These offices have been estab- lished by the Fe ieral Board of Voca- tions and are in the following cities: Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Atlanta, New Orleans, Cincin- natl, St. Louis, Dallas, Denver, Chi cago, Minnesota, San Francisco and Seattle.
 At each office are stationed men to advise the disabled fighters as to what they are entitled to receive, 6 medical officer and a man to obtain employ ment for them when they are ready to go to work. It Is promised by the Federal board that applications will be sympathetcally considered with the best interests of the disabled men in mind.
 Paid While Learning.
 While receiving re-education the government will pay the disabled man
  vide him with the funds necessary to pay educational fees. Each man ac- 1 cepted for re-education will be sent to an institution giving special courses in the line he has chosen or he will be ] given instruction in any industry he ! wishes to learn.
 During his training period allow ances will be made by the government i to his dependents such as wife, chil- i dren and mother. These will be fixed 1 in proportion to the amount they re- ceived while he was in active service.
 EmpIOyment for Disabled.
 When the disabled man has finished { his training the Federal board prom ises to have employment ready for ] him. After he has gone to work again his compensation from the War Risk Insurance Bureau begins and will continue unaffected by the amount of his earnings.
 In making these announcements the ! Federal Board for Vocational Educa- ton states:
 'The worst mistake a disabled man can make is to drift into a low grade, l unskilled occupation. Without any i training he must compete with the normal man in a line of work where brute strength and physical fitness alone count and there can be no doubt as to the outcome when work becomes | slack. Every consideration requires I that a disabled man should obtain i permanent employment at desirable age dn the position for which he is ! best fitted or for which he can be- NAI, 1,4, : reer will consist of alternate periods of more or less undesirable employ nent, idleness, trying to live on his ] pension and picking up an occupa- i ton. No self-respecting veteran of | this great war can afford to be placed ! in this position. There Is only one ,Vescape by which these men may make their future safe and that is if train ing is necessary to obtain it through ] the Federal Board for Vocational Ed ucation.
 ! Advised to Learn Trades. '"The temptation to take these low 1 grade, unskilled jobs is very strong while war prices prevail, especially as pay is higher because there is a lack of help and the quality of the work Is not looked at too closely; but jobs commanding war prices and employ ing large numbers of particularly skilled or unskilled hands are not al- ways going to exist. They are soon going to shrink to normal conditions. What then2 The answer Is unfor- tunately very simple. The law of sup ply and demand is not going to stop working because there have been some men who have been soldiers and who incurred disabilities in defense of the country. If there Is only paying work for so many hands, the supply of hands must be cut down. When this happens, the man who cannot turn out as much or as good work as
 a sound man Is going to lose his job
 because of his deficiency and the
 sound man is going to keep his Job
 That means the disabled man will be out of @ job and will drift about from
 one temporary employment to the
 other, meeting rebuff after rebuff anc
 becoming of less value as time zoe: i on.
 '"The antidote for such a condition
 is offered free by the United States
 government"
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