Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-11-18

The new step provides for vocational
training for disabled persons in indus
try, including agriculture, trade, COM
merce. manufacturing, mining, trans
portation and the mechanical arts. In
this new legislation. as in the original
vocational training legislation. the fed
eral government and the states are to
cooperate. Of course the federal gov
eminent cannot compel the states to
cooperate. 1t viii be optional with
any state whether it shall enter into
an arrangement with the federal gov
eminent to look out for persons dis
abled in any of the industries emu
merated. In case a state desires to co
operate in the work it will pay half
the expense.
Many Disabled in Industry.
The military records show that
there were in round numbers 264,00O
casualties in the United States army
during the recent war. The federal
bureau of statistics finds that there
are in this country at the present time
some $4,000 persons who were dis
abled while employed in industry.
This number does not include persons
who suffer disabilities from street ac-
cidents, train accidents, accidents on
farms, in homes and in sundry other
places. 1t is estimated that the total
number of disabled persons in this
country at any one time is much larger
from civil life than from the military
casualties in Europe during the recent
war.
The administration of the new voca-
ti0nal act is to be lodged in the exist
ing federal board of vocational educa-
ton. The bill as it has passed the
house apbropriates 100000 for the ifs
cal year ending June 80. 1920; $750,O00
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1921. and S1000.000 for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1922. The legislation
contemplates an annual appropriation
of 100000 after June 80, 1923. There
is a provision which authorizes the fed
eral vocational board to receive gifts
and donations from either public or
private sources. This provision was
put in because some wealthy persons
had expressed a desire to contribute
to a fund for rehabilitation work of
this character
The senate last June passed a bin
somewhat similar to the bill which has
Just passed the house and it is rea-
fn fE0 cinRn both
branches of the legislative body have
expressed themselves in favor of this
new kind of vocational legislation, it
will not be difficult to reconcile the
conflicting provisions of the two bills.
Final Action on Treaty Near.
Ratification of the treaty of peace
with Germany by the United States
senate seems to be near at hand.
TIE recent test votes in the SEN
ate have indicated clearly that
body's desire to embody what it deems
appropriate reservations in the reso-
luton of ratification. 1t may take sew
eral weeks to bring about an agree
ment on the number of reservations
and their phraseolOgy, but it seems to
be settled as wen as anything can be
settled in advance of formal action
that the treaty will be ratified with
reservations.
Many of the senators are expressing
a DESIRE that the final vote shall be
reached not later than November 10.
1t will be the policy Of the senate so
TO frame the reservations as not to re-
quire the return of the treaty to the
peace conference. 1t will be necessary
for the government Of the United
States, acting through its state de-
partment, to submit the reservations
to the various signatOries to the treaty
for their approval. 1t is very general
ly believed that, since the reserva-
tions will in no sense change the Ian
guage of the treaty, the other sigma
tories will agree TO them.
OF course the senate may choose to
debate The proposed reservations for
several weeks, but every effort is be-
ing made by the more influential Of
the senators to obtain a gentleman's
agreement to the effect that debate
shall be limited. The senate as whole.
for the first time since the treaty was
submitted to it on the tenth of last
July is showing keen interest to
finish with it. This is due in part, SEN
ators say, to tie fact that the senate
itself has tired of the subject and in
part to a somewhat widespread de-
mand from out over the country that
the treaty be disposed of.
Might Be At a Disadvantage.
There is yet another reason that is
having some influence on the senate,
and it is the knowledge that Great
Britain. France and Italy have ratified
the treaty and can put it into effect
as to themselves any day by filing
their notices OF ratification in Paris.
1t is asserted that the United States,
since it intends to accept the treaty
would be placed at some disadvantage
if the treaty should go into effect as
to those three major nations in Europe
before it became effective as 10 this
country.
Congress as a whole is more de-
termined than ever to retain a cOnsid-
cradle authority in connection with the
administration Of the peace treaty and
the work of the League of Nations. 1t
will take this authority through legis-
lation which is now being prepared
1t has been finally decided that leg
islation shall provide that no appoint
ments under the treaty are to be made
without the approval of the senate.
This rule will even be made tn apply
TO the United States members of the
League of Nations.