Arizona republican., 1921-03-26
Education For
 Work Is Promised
 To Many Soldiers
By FREDERIC J. HAskIN

-RtS os FtAoNtM
 WASHINGTON, March 26-Educa- VI TOT work, at government expense .nu With government support, is prom .seo TOT about 2s,o00 Americans includ- ms lz,o00 women, by a measure which
 ss. aIready passed the senate and is said to have excellent prospects in the
 use- ,. This is the Kenyon Fess bill whicn passed the senate on Jan. 31 of sne current year and now lies awaiting zction by the house of representatives representative Simeon P F'ess of Ohio wnose special protege is this bilh at ecnPteo In vain to get quorum to- xetner to discuss it during the last few oays or the closing session of Mir. Will sons administration.
 This bill offers vocational training under the supervision of the federal board Of vocational education to the Widows and orphans of Americans who iost their lives during the period that tne United States was actively engaged m the World war and also to American citizens who served in allied armies, that Is, with the Canadian. British, French, Italian or Belgian forces. In other words, the United States govern ment Is planning to help the wives and children of heroes fit themselves for jobs whereby they can earn their bread and butter and our men who did their duty under foreign but allied flags
 
 their privileges as Americans.
 It is estimated by the federal board that at least 10000 Americans who had enlisted in allied forces will thus be- come eligible for vocational training !. and 12,QOo widows and 5000 orphans These figures arc a conservative esti- l. mate compiled by the var department. and it Is possible that further inyesti- gation now being made by the various district offices of the federal board will : increase this number Among promi- nent individuals especially interested in : the compiling of these statistics is : Miss Helen F. Mccormick of New York z City, who is assistant district attorney [ of Kings county. N. Y., and chairman of the Catholic Big Sisters of that To-
 calfty. Miss Mccormick is personally
 searching the records of the local war { heroes in order to find especially hc \ {. many women and children in Americas 4 greatest city will be entitled to such
 training.
 What Women Are Eligible In order for widow or orphan to b.
 eligible for this training it will be nee I essary to prove that the husband, o1
 father, has died since April ', 1917 as ' a result of injury or disability incurred !. increased, or aggravated while in ser
 vice. or traceabIe, in the opinion of the board, to origin during his period of ser.
 vice. No widow can receive thess s benefits unless she commences cours' of training under the supervision of til, v federal board prior to Jan. l, 1925. no N ia the event of her remarriage. More over, application for such train 'ns mus 1 hc made to .hc l-ttr.it office of tn ' federal board within IS months afte T, the date that the bill passes and ha- ss become law.
 i. In the case of An orphan, vocationa .. training shall only be furnished be s, tween the ages of IA and IS years. o I,' course, at this time. most of the or ~ phans of soldiers killed during this wa l. are from two to five years of age. Tn is provision allows, however. that provid ~ ed application is made by the child | guardian before the IS months hay VI elapsed, the child will receive the train [ ing when IA years of age. The reaso T, that the age limit is set in this planne its has been explained by Mir Monroe, t,, member of the house committee o M education. to be based on the groun tu that the public schools take care ( ,. these children up to the age of 14. ,s. is expected that in these cases an ar v. rangement will have been made by tn lss federal board of vocational educatio <, and the educational authorities of tf ., various states for carrying on the edt - cation of the children in accordant , with the ruling of this bill.
 . In the cases of the men who serve f with allied forces, the bill states tha T Every person in the military of nav;
 forces of any ally of the United Stat. :. in the late war, if citizen of u
 United States immediately prior tfaer,
 to and having resumed citizenship
 lost by reason of any oath or obligatiC
 taken for the purposes of entering sue
 allied service, who. since April [, 191
 has resigned or has been discharged
 furloughed therefrom under honorab
 conditions, having disability. Tn u
 judgment of the board. constituting
 vocational handicap, or of degree 10 percentum or more, incurred, il
 creased. or aggravated while memb
 of such forces, or later developing su, & disability traceable, in the opinion E the board, to service with such fore 3s ~. shall be furnished by such boar
 where feasible, such course of voc
 tional rehabilitation Or vocational al general education as the board sh;
 prescribe.''
 ns Includes Medical Treatment
 IL will be especially noted that by |
 above quoted passage in the Kenyo
 Fy@ pli, new latitude of eligibili