Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-02-21
HAS PLAN TO AID
RETURNING YANKS
Senator Nye's Bill Patterned Aft
er S. A. 7. C. System.
OFFERS EDUCATION TO MEN
Soldiers Who Were Unable to Finish
Their Studies Could ATTEND a
Sehoet ~ University and Be
Paid SEQ a Month.

/
Paid SEQ Month.
| Madison.-A bill To aid the re-
| turning soldiers in completing their
educational courses, broken off by en-
trance Of the war, and to help others
secure an education which will assist
| them in life will be offered in the SEN
ate this week by Senator r. j. Nye of
| Superior.
The idea of the bill offered is taken
from the educational feature of the S.
A. t. G. system. Under that plan sol
/ diers We're sent to the university and
normal schools, given special training
along certain lines and paid salary
| of $50 month While attending. The
/ Nye bill contains the same feature. To
| Wisconsin soldiers returning who de-
| sire an education in university and
normal schools he proposes to send
them to school and pay them $50 a
| month. as was done under the S. A. T.
G. system.
/ Il think the state of Wisconsin
| wants TO do something of real service
for it's soldiers who are returning :"
| said State Senator II. J. Nye. Many
of these boys who entered the service
| were students in fhe university, In the
normal schools, and some were seniors
in the high schools of this state Their
! educational program of life was brok-
en- ii ], This bill win give them as
sistance in completing their educa-
tional program and will fit them to be-
| come better citizens"
Several bills have been introduced
in both houses of the Legislature to aid
| returning soldiers. Senator Oscar l..
| Olson of Blanchardville has offered a
| measure to have the state pay the in
| surance of soldiers for period of two
| years. Senator L. f. Cunningham of
| Beloit has offered a bill to have the
state advance three months pay TO
nonorably discharged soldiers. Cover
Tor Philips message TO the legisla-
| ture showed that 11S,000 soldiers have
| gone direct into the service from Wis
| c5nsin. He declares, however, that a
| conservative estimate shows that To-
| coo additional men from Wisconsin
| went into the service in the states of
/ Illinois, Minnesota and Michigan, and
perhaps from other commemorative.
This gives grand total of 12S,OO0
| Wisconsin men in the service. Assum-
ing an average three months pay of
/ 800, which milirary men estimate to
be conservative, the expenditure would
| amount to $12,S00.000. Senator Cum
| bingham points out. however, that con-
gress is moving slow and would reim-
burse the state for the amount expend7
ed.
Both houses OF the legislature have
| adopted a resolution asking congress
to pass law giving three months pay
TO returning soldiers upon their honor
able discharge. Another bill has been
| offered which provides that returning
soldiers shall be given educational in
struction in the higher institutions of
wisconsin Sithout tuition. Another
| bill which is pending before the SEN
ate provides that soldiers in the world
war shall be given preference in the
making of appointments from civil SER
4
IRE which seeks to have the state,
county and municipality furnish en-
p.oyment to soldiers who are unable
/ to find employment otherwise.
Several measures have been offered
| upon the subject of the erection of me-
| MORALS TO soldiers of the world war.
| Senator A. ]. Pullen of Fond du Lac
| has a bin which permits counties and
| municipalities to appropriate money
| for the erection of a memorial. Sen
| ator Roy Z. Wilcox of Eau Claire is
the author of bill appropriating $780,
| 600 for the erection of armories in the
| state. and that such armorieS shall
| contain roll cali of the soldiers VINO
| entered the service from that locality.
Senator Claire B. Bird of Wausau has
/ bill for the erection of social center
/ community houses which shall be dedi-
| Gated to the Ronor of the soldiers from
that community in the world war One
assembly bin provides that dentists
! and nurses who did service In the
world war shall be permitted 70 return
TO this state and continue 10 practice
/ their profession without the formality
of required examination to obtain a
| license.
/ Governor Phillip will receive this
week the Donnelly bill, which has al
| ready passed both houses OF the legis-
lature providing that municipalities
shall furnish free the use of auditori-
ums to welcome returning soldiers,
The governor win approve the meas
ure.
New Bills offered in Assembly.