Arizona republican., 1919-12-09
VOCATIONAL WORK
MEANS HAPPINESS
To HEART BROKEN

On the industrial vocational re-
Mobilization in the house Congressman
M. NJ. Garland from Pennsylvania
spoke in favor of the bill, emphasizing
work already being done by separate
states in vocational lines for soldiers
and by the Loyal Order of Moose upon
its own initiative. Mr.. Garland said:
Mr.. Chairman, l am for the bill and
for the amendment now before the
house.
The rehabilitation of human be-
ing who has met with an accident and
who has lost limb or limbs or an eye
in the occupation in which he may be
engaged and thereby is unable to en-
ter into the occupation which means
existence to him and those dependent
upon his earning power for living il
virtually the lifting from the depth of
utter dependency to happiness, in the
fact of again acquiring the ability to
earn living and to feel he Is live
being Of consequence and able to for
get the handicap endured from acci.
dent
That men terribly MANNED do lose
heart In contemplation Of the future
| can testify from personal experience,
and that men can be rehabilitated /
know from observation. Several nota-
Die cases have occurred recently at
Mooseheart. H. The Loyal Order of
Moose of the World, fraternal order
consisting Of nearly 100000 members
IN the United States and Canada, six
years ago bought LOLA acres of SPLEEN
did land on the Fox river, 80 miles
west of Chicago, for the purpose of
taking orphan children Of members of
any age up to Is years for the purpose
OF giving to each good common
school education and at the same time
teaching them a vocation. Thirty-fi five
different trades are taught there and
there are in this institution 765 child
ren-orphans. There were necessarily
some crippled children among them.
one boy with the right arm lost, taken
OIL at the shoulder socket, and face
and body horribly burned became heaa
OF the saving corps, is the most
expert swimmer and diver in that part
or the country, owns and runs and re-
pairs his own automobile, and can do
about anything that anyone with a
whole body can do; has become a fin
ished photographer and is the official
photographer at that institution.
Now Superintendent
Another with a deformed leg. of
Which he had no use, studied gas en-
glnes and is now the superintendent of
a large garage in Indiana at a good
salary. Another with withered arm
is an athlete and has taken most OF
Inc honors in running, jumping, and
shot putting in the meets with neigh
Dorly nigh schools, and has finished
as mechanical engineer. These are
some instances.
When the world war was at its
height the government wanted to fl;
soldiers to go TO the front who under
! stood concrete and cement construc.
ton; several hundred soldiers We're
stationed at Mooseheart TO take thres
|, months training in that work an6
were sent from there finished work.
men, and since the endeavor to rehab.
illtate manned soldiers and sailors s;
OF them have been placed there ant
soon 100 will be located there to b,
taught trades, and the federal boarc
has offered large inducements to tn
q chlef engineer at Mooseheart to TAX
I, charge of environments and camp
: "here rehabilitation is being carried
l on for soldiers and sailors.
5 1 simply make these statements a
TO what is being done at Moosehear
n work of rehabilitation. The Moose
I heart schools are not connected wit,
|. the state but are supported entirel
py small contribution by each mem
= Der of the Order of the Loyal Order @
Moose.
The state of Pennsylvania has gon
INTO the work of rehabilitation of in
dustrial employees on a large scale.
report on which for the state Will in
sert in the Record, IL permitted. nm
derstand other states are also dom
this work.
The last several congresses hav
appropriated large sums of money fo
the building of highways under prac
tlcally this same plan. They have an
proprlated sums of money in ever
congress that I have been a membe
OF for the experimental eradication c
diseases among animals, tuberculosis
OF animals, killing of the boil weeyi
and other like work, and to nv min
It is high time and the necessity
much greater to take care of huma
beings and their happiness. than son,
OF these other enterprises. Applause