Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-02-11

papers,
While there is so much criticism
Of the government going on, and now
that the war is over nobody seems
to have a kind word for Uncle Sam.
would like to call attention to one
really good and first class thing he
is doing.
The government has appropriated
$50, 100000 to help all those who
have been incapacitated by the war
to fit themselves for jobs.
That is quite a tidy sum. Do you
know about it? Are you a disabled
soldier, or do you know of one? 1t
so, here is the chance to find out
that the country that asked men to
fight for it is not altogether migrate
full
Every week hundreds of service
men are discharged as cured from
the government hospitals, and at the
same time returned to civilian status,
but these young men in many cases
are not physically and mentally able
to take up their former vocations
The federal board for vocational ed
ucation has $90,000,000 at it's dis
pOsal and is prepared to give train
ing to any disabled ex-service man
honorably discharged since April 7,
1917, who is unable to carry on at
his former work without a real han
Cheap and whose condition makes
such training feasible. In this way
the government has provided a COM
paratively happy and independent
future for such men.
The government now pays men
from $50 to $40 per month, ac-
cording to a mans dependents and
the cost of living in the locality in
which he is trained. These men are
trained at many of the best profess
sjonal and trade schools in the coun-
try; others are trained on the job
with some practical firm; still 9th
ers prefer to keep their present posi-
lions and study in night courses
without training pay in order to adj
vance themselves.
IF mans eligibility can be estab-
lished, he can be almost Immediate
ly enrolled in a school or placed in
training for trade with some firm.
Men from out of town will be fur
nished' free railroad transportation
upon request and given meals and
lodging where necessary.
Lack of schooling does not make
a man ineligible. The board will en-
deavor to train the most illiterate
foreigners, Many men think it is
necessary for them to leave home
towns in order to get training of any
sort. AS the board places a great
many men in placement training on
the job" it is quite possible that a
man can live at home while taking
training.
If any man has a reason why he
cannot accept vocational training at
the hands of the federal board, he
is urged to bring that reason to the
attention of the board. If he Is
right, his case will be retired to the
boards inactive files until he wishes
to open it again. If he has been
misinformed, the board will set him
right The board states it is CON
tinually running into men who do
not know that they may be entitled.
for instance, to compensation from
the war risk insurance bureau, and
also to training under the federal
board.
You may have heard eX-soldiers
or others say that the government
drafted them to fight. and now that
it's oil over, it casts them aside, and
cares nothing for them.
If you have read what have writ
ten here you know that is not so.
All you have to do is to write to
the federal board Tor vocational edu-
cation, Pullman, Wash, and you will
receive full information.
II you are in any way disabled why
not receive this help? You are en-
titled to it, and the board is anxious
TO find you.