The sun., 1919-08-07
WAR WOUNDED SAY
U. 5. IS NEGLIGENT
Vocational Education Board
Unequal to Task, Organi-
cation Charges.
ONLY IL JOBS OBTAINED
Not a Single Soldier Among
1000 Employees Of Fed
eral Department.

PH1LApELpH1A, August 6.-Hundreds
of war cripples throughout the country
are registering serious complaints
against the Intellectual results obtained
by the Federal Board for vocational
Education, the Government agency
charged by Congress with the response
biiity of retaining disabled soldiers for
lives of usefulness. according to state
ment issued to-day by the Association
for Disabled Soldiers, Sailors ana Ma
rines
Cases of wounded soldiers VINO
have been made to suffer untold delay
Injustice and actual hardship because
Of the faulty administration OF the feo
eral Board are said to have come 10
the attention of the association, whlcn
IA an organization of over 5000 dis
abled ex-service men bent on getting
SQUARE deal for themselves and Tor the
thousands of their fellows who are
badly in need OF encouragement ana
constructive assistance.
The Federal Board for Vocational Ed
ucation, with headquarters at Washlng-
ton, is under the Craftsmanship OF sec
rotary of Agriculture Houston. Secretary
| of Commerce Redfleld, Secretary OF
Labor Wilson and Commissioner OF Ea-
| ucation Claxton are members OF TIC
board. while James p. Munroe Is vice.
chairman.
The director of the board Is Charlie.
A. Prosser. The Association OF Disabled
| Soldiers, Sailors and Marines. with head.
quarters in Philadelphia. was ORGANIZED
ma tionaIly in June OF this year. Kay
mond L, Cuneff is chairman. John j
Ridgway is secretary, Harry Remes u
treas and Robert r. Browning IL
field secretary.
What the Men Charge
The st.tsment Of the association fol-
| lows in part:
AFTER waiting patiently for many
months for the Federal board to make
adequate provision for the scores oil
cripples who were barred from return
! ing to their old Jobs because OF dis
abilities incurred in service and aitei
Iurging President Wilson TO veto the sun
dry Civil Appropriation Bill so that me
Federal Board might receive l4.OOO'oo'
| to carry on its work unimpedeu' tht
association has reached the POM
where 1t feels that the public oueht t'
| be informed of the situation regarding
\ the disabled soldier.
| Investigation OF the work of the FED
eral Board and actual contact witt
thousands of war cripples have revealed
to the association the following start
ling instances Of injustice to the dis
abled soldier:
| "G) According to a report or TIM
Federal board under date OF June Il
l191s. only eleven men have been placed
In remunerative employment after com
pleting courses Of training. TIL!
would Indicate an alarmingly low hgur'
considering the number of disabled sol
diers who have completed training
courses.
| "(2) Hundreds OF men have com
planned that they were compelled to wal
from six weeks to six months without
pay and forced to depend on the hell
Of friends or charity before their cases
were finally acted upon by the board.
"3. A number of men have compliance
that in spite of President Wilson's ordel
that physical examinations be waived
in the cases of men certified by the Fed
eral board for civil service Jobs, thu
board refused to give the required data
and that consequently they were unable
to obtain the positions under the civil
service.