The Washington times., 1921-06-19
TOGET
! new OFFICE FOR
AIDING VETERANS
Baltimore Regional Board Work
Will Be Moved Here to
Facilitate Settlements.

Disabled former service men and
women Of the District, Virginia,
West Virginia, ard Maryland, seek
ing rehabilitation, will look to
Washington for relief within the
next two weeks.
TO MOVIE BALTIMORE OFFICE
The Federal. Board for Vocational
Education, which has In charge the
education Of the discharged mAn in
some vocation in which he can sue
cossfully carry on despite his handf-
cap. has just received word that space
has been allotted In Building c. of the
group At Seventh and B stroets and
that the district Office, covering three
States and this city win be moved
thsre by the first of the month from
Baltimore. where It has been since the
work was started In 1o1s 1t is pro-
poeed to bring the whole Baltimore
force to this city. close the branch
Office at 14lo Pennsylvania avenue,
and give every applicant O final
anSwor to his claim at the new loca-
tion-
R. =. Fisher. assistant director Of
the board in charge OF rehabilitation.
has Just returned from the Pacific
Coast, having visited all the district
cisco. He found that at last all are
keeping abreast of the current work
and old cases that have been hanging
fro for an indefni.e time are being
packed up and finally disposed Of The
Lcsrd has so 900 men In training and
Is adding hundreds to the rolls every
week. 3f,
Anticipating favorable action of the
Bwcet bill to merge all relief agen-
Il IT. II -
of War Risk Insurance and. the
Public Health Service have already
begxn to function as a unit in sew
eral sections While this amalgama-
tion is thus far unofficial IL was
found that matters could be cxpe-
dited by such an arrangement and
the plan has already been put into
operation in the St Louis district.
While the time IL has been on trial is
not sufficiently long to justify final
Judgment, the opinion of Mr.. Fisher Is
that it is feasible and the plan will be
extended to all other sections as fast
as arrangements can be made
7, DOES AWAY WITH RED TAPH.
( The system now being inaugurxted
doos away with trio of files for
each man and results in one file for
each man containing the essential
P3pcTH III cdSAh Cdscs HEOfu
dividual folder the Health Service
can decide upon what medical treat
mont is necessary. the Bureau upon
tho amount of compensation to which
the man Is entitled and the Board
can decide upon the training In some
trade or profession.
An added advantage win be cur
tatlment of expense for all three
agencies The stenographic help can
be saashed to a marked degree while
only about ono third of the file clerks
VIII now be necessary for the master
nIe system
The cry for Decentralization of the
wsr Risk Bureau continues to be
heard and Colonel Forbes, director,
now has hts aids at work planning
q scheme whereby officials will be
placed In $50 centers throughout the
country to pass final judgement on
each case without referring ii to
Washington, as is being done. at
present The Federad Board adopted
this plan more than year ago
when IL was being severely flayed
for sfowness and IL is expected the
Boards general plan win be follow
ed by the Bureau and the three SEQ
tions win be operating from the same
ofncA in each city selected for
district office before many weeks
have passed
To receive training without pay an