The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-19
LEGION WEEKLY
 MAKES ATTACK
 ON VOCATION BD.
Official Publication Says Its History is 0 Black Record
 of Broken Promises,
ASSERTS MUCH
 MONEY WASTED
Quotes Figures of Cost and Work Accomplished Prove
 "Complete Failure"

Tho American Legion, through lta offict0l paper, tho American Lesion Weekly makes au NttncI today on Tho Federal Board of Vocational Ed ucation, charvirs that it has uso5 mp largo sums of money, 1-out TCG1 DOT sons in salaricd jaDs and ua5c a complete failure of its purpose Co train crippled so'3lors and sailors Co earn good livinrs in splto of their handicap,
 ''Tbo history of this cIab1~a teIv constituted orra0izatFoD." tho Week. lv says, "vhsrh. with millions at its disposal has hc'o charged with tho task uf rehari1lta ting disabled Snl- d}ors and by yrotuip- and rc-~luca- ton enabling them ro resume ~slf- supporting stations iu society, is n black record of broken promises and betrayal of trust,
 ''Tlle men who gave most h1vc re- Cc5vcd least from a grateful nation. Certainly no ono should appreciate better than tNC ravn who served that tns hearts ue cha people arc ri-nt, but tho pco1s1cszs and iob2cSs C~ip- pie, who caShoG 5n sho visor of his manhood oa tho Eis-htznE front sometimes may Find 1t dirf1cult to d5ffcrcntIato between the Sentimrn. vF tA0r people and crass and 5ueE- crsahre ESco9NloorCpca oH its uu6n. s-e~vants Tho public servants iu this vaso arc tho members oe t'1e Sixty Gsth Congress, v7,5.A urouu1-ate1 q 1aw providing for tho rvhabilIto tiou Of u9at0red mon, that asuired sr high and achieved sN l-rrIo and the Totl- S~at BoGri which has presented ar even more lnnentan1o spectacle ir It's ruu~lsgsE vr6cavo~s t0 function under thae stature.
 "Up to June 2S, tho board, with 1t. 16S5 Salarfed eu7u1Oves. had pIacet in training only S.o2& of tho c2o-00t Americans disabled during Inc war n 5s nos to 'oo expected, of course -hat Inc board will ultimately. hay go provide training for all of -heE 1S0, 0Oo disabled veterans On Juns 21 only eleven mon, on graduation from t2zVsr tra1rfnS, had been Situat eH Tn ga5nful OccuD9 tlOus by tHt board. On July 1T, tho amended acs with tho principal defects of thc ol, law vIIl1fuaeeG, Dc~1nlc effective since that tiuc tho board has beer able to show an au0~nrfa h1a iucrcss. 5a men actually srartod iu ;Toinin- r-l only a gain of tE---u7o r0- tra5ncd men at v-or25- On AuVust 2 the number 5la t1zai1sllr was 5,5l2 and thc nu-arcC e7~aslez-tcS and at worR had rE1-ea ta ssx-eeu- NFasaTuEtoD of flee rrr7rres of Sov-- a gave sho mum lyer in training at 6,G9o, and train ed men in Jobs thirty--threc. Dis a1,red men r5arc3 lu employment with no training or i1compleu tra is7ing, numbered l6,#lo.
 ~InU5iry revealed however, that O tals number l2.S2o were 'sclf-plao
 f4 4s..F q, zavsnr thcy wcnt out and got thel own johs-
 svrn1e thes0 arures vc1l their owl story. tha policies of the board unae which tnpaa rvsg1ss were obtained arr mono er1alru1 indications of th 7r.--7-a faE-u~a Go provide adeuuate4l for tho nations disabled Prom tn raIcv pursucH under The old law which was oucof generous prorliso and qcru- perfoTn0ncc, under m new law tho board proceeds on 1r1eram of scant promises an' scantcr parfo-uaureS- la many In stances II has placed so narrow cansaruuttou on the law as Co irdi cate a conscious effort co diuiuLs' rhe number Of disabled men to whom fl slau be obliged to E5vo trainlu and subsequent employment Vase rr crippled men ore C1ntl71alet Only The -ma5or handlraps-' euhrac fn- the -ota1ly disabled, -he blind ana 1he seriously rllimed. are con sidarad az preza-- The others ar told to find worl-, with lhe only prom tza that thal- cases wll receive al tcn-Ion 1n -due course II appear GO be a 1as-y effort to build mp more Iapressiye total of needy me benefited
 'In ron sqnEncp thpusands Of Vount ed men are nbrulH- some Of -hem es.prv couuun1-E 1n The land abar dunad by the EoFoTnrnant they s=rvei They stand on tho threshold Of rhec-lcss flHtEug- often tho prey Of aE tua1 want always or the bitter Fl fil-szH11aE of rrpE1-=75 u1lredscnled ar hopes GAferreE- In every large Cti you may fund them They freluu1 tta Red CruEs and other charitab gAlId1p1-=' mid ans=tu-lCs- They wal food Hhc1-p-- or money and a cl1a1r 10 ca1n 1hrm by Eoma light lab- they can nrgDr1at~ under Jhe hand S-nn Of their 1u-1--u1t--
 ~CD-E1pss provided that men