New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-24

structiOn under the existing federal
aid act became available July l." said
MIR. Macdonald, the head of the fed
eral board. This is the largest ap-
portionment yet certified under the
federal aid act, amounting 10 $780,
oOo,oOo. ~three-quarterS of which is de-
rived from the appropriation Of 1919
and S21.up0,OOU from the original ap-
preparation of 1916. A deduction of
VIII be made 10 provide for the ex-
penSe of administering the federal aid
act by the department of agriculture.
The balance of S97, $4,000 will be di.
Yidel among the states Il proportion
to their population, area and mileage
of post roads"
Under the law the states are re-
quired to enter into formal agreements
with the secretary of agriculture for
The construction upon which this mon
ey is to be used before July /, 1922.
ANY money which is not taken up be-
fore that time will be reapportioned
among all the states in the same man.
ner in which the original apportiOn-
ments are made. All previous appOr-
tionments have been taken up in the
time allotted, and ii is not likely that
the states will fail to absorb this
last apportionment. TO do so. how
ever. will mean that the states must
survey, plan and let contracts for ut
least S20O,OO0,O0W worth of federal aid
road construction in the next two
years.
Means Vast Road Construction.
If the states continue to pay more
than 30 per cent Of the cost, as they
have in the past, the cost of the roads
constructed with this last ;pportion-
ment may reach So50,OOO,OOO. In 9th
er words, it will be necessary to plan
for construction at the rate of at least
Sloo,oDU.VOO, and probably more, per
year. Some appreciation of what that
means may be CLEANED from the fact
that in 1913 the expenditures for all
roads in the United States constructed
under state supervision, WAS only $50
100000.
Since 1919, however, state highway
departments have been greatly eX-
panded and efficient machinery has
been developed which will undoubted-
ly be able to handle the greater vol
ume of work.
The states have had four years in
which To prepare for the expenditure
Of the large funds which now become
available.
More Vocational Training.
The federal board for vocational
education has established Gi train
Ing centcrs at public health sery-
ice hospitals, private sanit0ria, sol
diers' homes and community cen
tiers. The men in these institutions
e%X-seryice men who suffered n re
after their discharge and have
come back TO be treated at govern
inent expense.
The community center classes are
attended 10y men living in their W
homes while they gradually regain
strength. Some have arrested cases
Of tuberculosis. There are S,T3G such
men in hospitals where the federal
has established centers. OF
3.iOI desire training and are
well enough to spend II limited amount
" time each day on training for Il
new job 2,5i3, or TO per cent of the
AVAILABLE number, are already in
in the "a ccnters.
The largest classes are those for
ire-vOcational training, often plain
'radlng. writing and arithmetic. At
same lime these men may be get
ing n start In trade and industrial or
agricultural training. In the hospital
business and commercial
'lasscs have the largest enrolment.
Trade and industrial training come
agriculture third, and profes-
iional subjects last.
For the Disabled in Industry.
Another activity of the board nov
satisfactory progress Is the :
,rOlnotiOn of vocational rehabilitation !
# persons disabled in industry under |
he act of congress approved June =. |
jel w. lamkin. former superintend- :
mt Of schOols in Missouri, has been !
lade director of the new division, !
,hicli, in cooperating with the indi y
iiual states. will eXpend $4,000 -
.urlng the present fiscal year in re-
disabled persons To civil EN-.
loyment, and. under the act, will dis :
urse S1.OO0.OO0 Il year for the three
ears following July ], 1921. Infor-
which the board has assembled
dictates that ''only n very uncertain
Stimate' can be- made of the number n
f persons disabled in industry each $
ear and that it will be most difficult o
, estimate the number of persons so r
who need training for new $
t. enable them to over p
bine the vocational handicap result o
~ from their disability. d
The difficulty In making an estimate Il
Dles from the fact that few attempts
ave been made TO follow up the dis n
bled persons and to ascertain wheth-
r they were able to return to their Al
,rner work. Some estimates have
zen put forth as to the total mum
ar of industrial accidents in M year
the United States, but these figures
We no certain clue to the permanent n,
apartments which require rehabilita- :,
on. since a large proportion in any r.
'tal Of industrial accidents are Of a,
lch a nature that the worker entire A,
RECEIVERS. a,
Perhaps the most conservative es- "a
mate made Of the number of persons
jured annually in industry and re
firing rehabilitation is that OF
harles III. verrill of the United .,
-ates employees compensation com -
ission. who based his conclusion on .I
e ratio of industrial fatalities in the ~