The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-03-25
MONTANA VETS TO
RETURN TO. STATE
WHEN VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Is COMPLETE WILL WORK
OUT FUTURE HERE
Several of NIontana's Disabled Vet.
Grams Taking Course in Watch.
making at Peoria, Illinois,; Ask
that Employers be Ready to Take
Them on Trial.
BY stanley p. Kerr

ny Stanley II. Kerr
Montana's disabled veterans of
the world war, taking training in
other states, under the federal
board for vocational education.
have practically without exception
signified their intention to return
to Montana upon completion of
their training.
However, owing to the lack of un-
Outstanding of the situation. a great
many of the employers of Montana
are not taking men from the federal
board for placement training in their
stores, factories and shops.
Montana's disabled veterans are
being trained in the best schools in
the country. A private citizen can
not at this time send his son to any
school, private or state institution.
from business college to Yale or
Harvard, without having his son
study beside. and from the same
course as men undergoing training
under the federal board of vocational
education.
iron leaving school. the disabled
veteran is still under the federal
board. and is sent to some store, or
factory. in which he works until. in
the judgment of the employer, the
man is fully competent to earn full
wages or salary paid in that line.
The employer. upon receiving a
man from the federal board. takes
the man fresh from the best schools
in his line Of work in the country,
and pays the man a small salary.
In some cases the salary is eight or
ten dollars per week, other cases as
high as $25 or $50, depending upon
the employers sense of fairness.
During the months the disabled vet
eran is in placement training, he re-
ceives full pay from the federal
board as we'll as his salary from the
employer. The employer, of course,
is not bound to keep a man for any
length of time, but can exert his
right of letting poor or dilatory
workman go at any time. or can in
crease the pay of good workman
at his discretion.
High Percentage of Competency
Should a man prove unworthy OF
unfit. the employer has but to notify
the federal board of the cause and
the, date the man was let go. That
should cause no worry. however, d
the records show that over IS pei
cent make good while on placement
training. and that a great many OF
the men. upon completion of their
placement training, remain with
their employers.
y Employers wishing to take men
into their employ for placement
training, and especially those who
will provide steady employment fol
these veterans, are requested to ap.
ply to the Federal Board for Voca-
tional Education. Plaza Hotel. Min.
neapolis. Mimi. for men or further
information.
In Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Peoria. ILL.,. several of Montana's dis
abled veterans are taking watchmak.
ing, engraving and jewelry repairing
Upon completion of their studies. II
Is their intention to return to Mon.
tana to take placement training and
to work out their futures. When
they come. they will be prepared to
give satisfaction and a full days
work. and there is no doubt Mon.
tana employers will be ready to give
them chance to make good.