New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
tuberculosis
W Orst Foe to
" ar's Manned
Munroe, of Federal Voca.
tionaI Board, Says Disease
Is Rehabilitation Problem

Speaking before the American Ins.i-
tute of Mining Engineers which opened
its 1874 meeting in the Engineering
Societies Building here yesterday.
James P. Munroc, vice chairman Of w.
Federal 8oard for Vocational Traininr
made these statements:
There are now $4,000 men in this
country, disabled as a result Of the
war
"Abouf $4,000 additional disabled
men probably Will return from Furone
during March and April.
"korty-one per cent of the disabled
men have tuberculosis.
The men suffering from tuberculosis
and othe} diseases form the real problem
the government faces in rehabilitatinc
returned soldiers, rather than the sol,
diers who have lost an arm or leg. the
number OF the latter eases totallinr
onl5 between five and ten per cent of
the disabled Americans
Employers OF labor can help solye
this problem by providing positions for
these men which viii not bring abouf
a recurrence of the disease after its
progress has been arrested"
"Appalling as has been the loss of life
in the last fifty-ore months, there is
ore slight compensation. said Mr. Mum
roe. "No longer viii there be in the
world a cripple, in the old meaning OF
the term. Men handicapped by wounds
and disease are to be specially trained.
Experience has shown that, in MANY
instances. the disabled man is. after
training and despite his handicap a
much more effective man than he was
before the war; continued Mr.. Munroe
outlining plans the United States gov
ernment has developed for caring for
disabled soldiers.
'While recovering the disabled man
is melted to believe in his future eff
cheney, to want to be normal worker.
Many of these men will have been
started on the road to earning before
they are discharged from the army
surgeons care.
Every endeavor viii be made to
train the disabled man to a plane of
efficiency, which. without this oppor-
tunity, he might never have reached.
The Federal board has established. or
is establishing. headquarters in Wash
ington and thirteen Of the other lead
ing cities in The country. As far as
possible the disabled man will be
placed and trained in his own state
and locality
MAJOR Robert NJ Yerkes, chief Of the
Division of Psychology. Medical De
partment, L. $. A, read paper de-
scribing the various mental tests used
IN dcterm ming relative intelligence Of
soldiers in the army. His paper showed
ufat only or per cent Of the draft
quotas qualified for the classification
very superior intelligence: eight to
ten soldiers out Of a hundred could be
oharacterized as having Superior in
telilgenco'; the group high average
intelligence" included , to g per cent
81 all soldiers; about 20 per cent fitted
hto the classification average intelli-
gence"; 20 per cent in low average
intelligence" and about Is per cent
delegated to the "inferior intelligence
division.
Discussing Mental Factors in Indus.
trial Organization" Dr. Thomas T.
Read. chairman Of the Institutes Com
mittee en- Industrial Organization, de-
clared that the committee hoped to de-
scme pioneer work in ascertaining the
prevalence Of mentally abnormal in in
Custry. determine the actual effects and
the means which should be taken to
minimize these effects.
|. W. Litchfcid chief Of the profes
sional and special section of the United
States Employment Service. said that
labor can be best conserved by Sc
curing ln1t rnlatlOn IN washington
which viii give accurately the condi-
tions of employment and non-1aplOy
ment throughout the United States.
Nothing but a well organized
state and rational system can ever ac-
complish this result. and it must be
far NOR complete than our present
facilities allow, # it is to fully accom-
plish its purpose"
Other papers were read by Herbert
NJ. Wilson director of the department
of inspection and safety of the Asso-
ciated Mining Companies; DR.. A. J.
LAMA, of the United States Public
Health Service; J. {. Wright, of the
Federal Board for Vocational Train
ing; Zay Jeffries, K ". McComas, Lii
Liam Erskne. Dorsey Hager 6. ". Nc
Pherson and Jerome Alexander
The meetings VIII continue until
Wednesday night. The various sessions
are being attended by about 500 min
ing engineers, representing companies
all over the United States.