Baxter Springs news., 1919-07-18

1918, and the same hereby is re-
pealed.'
'T believe the repeal Of the act re-
ferred to would be Of very great in
convenience to the country. It would
involve n serious economic loss. The
act Of March 10, 1918, to save day
light resulted not only from n careful
study of industrial conditions but also
from observation Of the happy and
beneficial consequences Of similar
legislation in other countries"
Need Money for Soldiers
In regard TO the sundry civil bill,
the president, in another communion
ton to the house, said:
"Under the vocations rehabilitation
bill, which became law June q, 1918,
the congress has sought to fulfill the
expectations Of the country that the
soldier, sailor or marine disabled in
the recent war should be given an op-
portunity to secure, ut the expense OF
the federal government, such training
as he needs to overcome the handicap
Of his disability.
"The work of rehabilitation under
this admirable law Is now at its height
and was to have been given greater
speed and certainty by the amendment
in section 2 Of the vocational rehabili-
tation bill, which / have today signed
and which places the whole RESPONSE
bility for vocational training in sin
gle agency, virtually transferring
from the war risk insurance bureau
to the federal board for vocational
education $6,00O,OO0 with which to
support disabled men in training at
the generous figure of $50 a month
for a single man and 500 a month
for q man and his wife.
Matter Of Grave Concern
ut is a matter Of very grave con-
cern, therefore, that at the very mo-
ment when these disabled men are
coming in constantly increasing num-
bers to the government to avail them
selves Of this general plan, there
should appear in the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill, which now return,
limiting clauses which will do much
more than seriously cripple and retard
the beneficial work Of restoring these
men to useful and cOntented lives.
|, ~The section Of the hill which ]
now return which governs the appro-
priation for this work provides the
sum Of $6,0OO,OO0 for all the expenses
of rehabilitation, including the sup
port Of the disabled men in training.
And this sum is stated to be in lieu
of the appropriations contained in the
act approved July =, 1919, amending
section two of the act approved June
27, 1918.' Inasmuch as there are al
ready over 1000 disabled soldiers,
sailors and marines in training and
inasmuch as another 1000 will be put
into training now that the amendment
to section two has become law, it is
clear that even at the rate Of only $50
a month sum approximating $8,OOO,-
900 will be required for the mere sup
port Of these men, and that under the
present appropriation nothing will be
available for their tuition and travel
or for placing them where they can
earn a living.
Urge Larger Appropriation
Furthermore, the same section Of
the sundry civil bill places such limi-
tations upon the salaries which the
federal board for vocational educa-
ton is permitted to pay that it will
inevitably result in the loss by the vo-
cational board of a very large num-
ber Of men who have made themselves
especially valuable and indeed indis-
pensable in this new work by reason
of their native ability, their proven
general experience and their special
training, and to whose advice the dis
abled men must look as well as for
superintendence in the matter of the
training and employment.
"These serious limitations upon the
amount available, and the uses to
which It is to be put, involved, there
fore, an actual disruption Of a care
fully built up service at the very mo-
ment when the disabled soldiers, sail
ors and marines now in the country,
or returning to It are most immediate
ly in need Of help. This is a matter
Of gravest consequence.
'I, therefore, return the bill, with
the hope that the congress will recon-
slider this section Of the law, restore
the $4,000, 900 appropriated under the
act amending section two, and most
literally revise the salary limitations
50 that this benehcient work may go