Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-09-20

LIE AHItIlCdu lleSIOu Illus IHdI tlle
government has failed to keep its
u promises to disabled veterans and
has submitted findings placing RESPONSE
bility for the shortcomings it describes
This is serious Indictment and if allowed
to stand, without remedy being applied
will constitute chapter in American his
tory Of which none of us will feel proud
Even now there are reports current the
premises of the federal board of vocational
education are due for an official house
cleaning and some eminent heads are 60
ing to fall.
"The history of this deliberately consti-
tuted organization, which, with millions at
it's disposal, has been charged with the task
Iof rehabilitating disabled soldiers, and by
training and re-education enable them to
resume self-supporting stations in society,
is black record of broken promises and
betrayal of trust" says the American LIE
gion Weekly in it's report just released.
"The men who gave most have received
least from grateful nation. Certainly no
one should appreciate better than the men
who served that the hearts of the people
are right, but the penniless and jobless
cripple, who cashed in the vigor of his
manhood on the fighting front, sometimes
may find it difficult to differentiate be-
tween the sentiment of that people and
cross and inexcusable incompetence Of its
public servants. The public servants in this
case are the members of the Sixty-ffth
congress, which promulgated law provid-
ing for the rehabilitation of manned men
that aspired so high and achieved so little
and the federal board which has presented
an even more lamentable spectacle in its
bungling endeavors to function under that
statute.
Cup to June %, the board, with 1886
salaried employees, had placed in training
only 1923 of the 100000 Americans dis
abled during the war. It is not to be ex-
pected, of course, that the board will ulti-
mately have to provide training for all OF
these 100000 disabled veterans On June
"a only eleven men, on graduation from
their training, had been situated in gainfu]
occupations by the board. On July II, the
amended act, with the principal defects Of
the old law eliminated, became effective
Since that time the board has been able te
show an appreciate increase in men &C.
tually started in training, but only a gain
Of twenty-five for trained men at work
On August 2, the number in training was
5,512 and the number graduated and al
work had risen to sixteen. Washington
Office figures Of September gave the mum
Der in training as $500, and trained mer
in jobs, thirty-three. Disabled men placed
in employment, with no training or in
complete training, numbered 16, 40.
Enquiry revealed, however, that of this
number 1890 were 'self-placed, which is
an euphuistic manner of saying they went
out and got their own jobs"
We repeat, this is serious Indictment
Congress will do service appreciated by
both soldiers and multitude of friends
over the country if it demands and insists
Oh rigid investigation. 1t has done little
enough for the soldier as it is, and having
failed so far, can at least put check t.
some Of more fragrant abuses.
Bulgaria Learns Fate
TT1HE Allies have laid down the terms OF