Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-09-15
LENROOT PROPOSES
FREE SCHOOLS FOR
VETERANS OF WAR
Will Introduce Bill in Congress
This Week Proposing Uncle
Sam Pay Bills for Elk Ser
vice Men.

A new bill of vital interest to ex-
service men which offers nine months
educational and apprenticeship train
ing at government expense to any vet
eran Of the war with Germany viii be
introduced in congress by Senator r.
vine l.. Lenroot of Wisconsin, with the
support Of the American Legion. Under
this proposed legislation which is
known as the war service educational
act, broad educational facilities here
tofore available only for disabled SOL
diers, sailors and marines are extended
to all veterans honorably discharged
after at least 60 days actual service in
the military and naval forces of the
United States in the war against Ger
many Legion members in Boise were
given this notification Saturday.
The essential features of the bill are
these:
FEATURES OF BILL.
The creation of federal board for
war service educational facilities COM
posed of the secretary of war, the sec
rotary of the navy and four citizen
members, all eX-service men, appointed
by the president with the advice and
consent Of the senate. No more than
two of the citizen members can belong |
to the same political party. This fed
eral board of war service educational
facilities, with central headquarters in
the District of Columbia, and such |
branch offices in states and cities as
may be required to carry out the pro-
visions of this act, is to function |,
through institutions which, in it's opin-
ion, maintain satisfactory courses in
instruction
institutions, in this connection, mean
any public or private university, col
lege, or academy or any public or pri-
vate high, elementary, business, trade |
or night school or any regular course Of |
instruction or apprenticeship conducted |
In connection with any factory, mill, |
bank, store or other industrial or mer-
camille establishment.
GETS $50 MONTH.
Each veteran who elects to take ad-
vantage of this act shall be entitled to
receive $50 a month for such time. not
exceeding nine months, as he may be
actually under instruction at an an
proved institution and to receive his
necessary travelling expenses to and
from such institution.
Only those veterans who are obliged
while receiving instruction to work
at least 40 hours a week at q trade
vocation or profession in order to sup
port persons actually dependent on
them, are permitted to attend any
night, evening, afternoon or other part
time course of instruction or to attend
courses requiring less than IL hours
classroom, laboratory, or similar work
a week.
MAY CHOSE SCHOOL.
Veterans must file applications for
this training within one year from the
date Of passage of the proposed act.
Any veteran whose application has
been approved by the board shall be
entitled to elect to attend any APP
proved institution within the state,
territory or possession Of which he is
resident. If there be no approved in
stitution of the kind which he desires
to attend in his state, then the veteran
is permitted to attend the nearest
available approved institution of such
kind in another state.
The veteran is entitled to elect the
he desires to take provided that ne
elects no courses for which his pre-
vious education, training and expe-
rience are not sufficient to enable
him to meet entrance requirements.
ADVANCE FIRST MONTHS PAY.
The initial payment of $50 for the
first month will be paid in advance
on treasury department voucher when
the veteran reports at the institution
Tor which his application has been ap-
proved. No further payments will be
made until responsible officer in that
institution certifies to the local man.
ager for the federal board for war
service educational facilities that the
veteran has maintained satisfactory
attendance in the course of instruc-
ton prescribed for the previous month
Then the next months payment also
will be made In advance.
No payments shall be made to vet
Grams who fail to report for instruc-
ton within three years from the date
OF passage OF the act and no payments
are authorized for instruction received
more than five years after the date
when this act becomes effective, which
Is, thirty days after passage of the
bill.
The sum of 81, 100000 is appropriated
to be used by the proposed board for
wages, rent and other admin
lstrative expenses. /,
Veterans receiving similar benefits i
under other laws are not eligible TO /
receive payments under Senator Len s
roots bill. c