Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-22
Educa ton for
Soldiers Widows
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~ Ffetieric J llaskin

Washington, March ~ 2--Educatisn
| FOR work, at government expense nnd
with government support, ~ promised
| for about $4,000 Americans. including
| 10000 women. by measure which has
already passed tho Senate and IL said
to have excellent prospects in tho
/ House
This IL the Kenyon FeEH bill which
passed the senate on January ~ of The
current year and now lies awaiting
action by the House of Representative.
! Representative Simeon = FosH of ohio.
/ whose special profege ~ this biii, a.
I tempted Ia vain 10 get quorum to
/ Rether to diHcuas II during tho last few
/ days IF the closing fosaion ~ Mr. VIII
i sons administration,
This bin offers vocation training
under tho supervision vf the Federal
/ Board ~ Vocational Education - the
+ widows and orphsnh ~ Americans who
/ lost their lives during the period that
/ tho United gtateH Was actively engaged
/ in the World War ANA q alao ~ American
! citizens whu served In Allied armies.
| that ig, with The Canadian. British.
| French. italian or belgian forces. In
! other worlds the IHited States govern
/ foent is planning to help the wives and
| children of heroes Of Themselves Tor
! Jobs whereby they "A earn their bread
+ and butter and our men who dld their
! duty under foreign but allied flags will.
4 Ia this way, not be deprived ~ their
/ privileges an Americans.
/ II ls 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 f2.000 widows and 5000 orphans.
/ These figures are conservative aEfi-
Z n
/ and It is possible that further investi-
/ CATION now being made ~ Inc vari-
GUS district offices ~ the Fedora board
VIII increase this number Among
prominent individuals especially inter
ested in the compiling - these ststis
+ tics, is Miss Helen = MrCorrnick ~
New York city. who IL assistant dis
trict attorney If Kings county. y T.
+ and chairman ~ the Catholic Hig Sis
ters ~ that locality Miss McCormick
+ is personally scare hing the re, ords ~
the local war heroes In order r. find
especially how many women and IN
dren IN Americas greatest city will -
entitled tn such training.
what Women Arc Eligible.
{ IN order for q wido-v ~ an orphan -
f he eligible for this training, Il viii ho
I necessary to prove that the husband. or
i father. haa died since April z. iai7 as
result ~ injury ~ disability Incurred
j Increased. or aggravated while in
service. Or tracaable. IN the opinion ~
+ the board to origin during his period
/ Of sarvics No widow ran receive these
! benefits unless she commences 2 course
/ ~ training under the supervision ~ the
! Federal hoard prior - January 4. 1926,
nor IN the even of her re-mnvriaga
-.a.r 80
r4uet ha made ~ the district Office IN
the Federal board within ls months
after the date that the biH passes end
/ has become a law.
In the rsse ~ an orphan vocational
training shall only be Furnished ha-
f tween the ages of is snd tR years ~
4 coIrRa at this time. r4ost ~ the orphans
n Soldiers killed during this ara
from two - I've years ~ aga. The
provision allows. however. thzt provided
application is made by the chiid's guard
ian before the ls months have elapsed.
the child viii receive tho training vheu
j years of age. The reason that tbe
age limit is set IN this manner has
been explained By Mr. Monroe. > mem
ber Of the House COMMITTEES on Educa-
ton. 10 be based on the ground that The
public schools take care of these Hu-
dran up To the age Of fourteen. IL is
expected that IN these cases an arrange
meut will have been made by the Fed-
erai hoard # Vocational Education and
the educational authorities of the var
ious states for carrying On the sduca-
ton of The children IN accordance with
tha ruling Of this hil
In the cases If me men who served
with Allied Forces. the 5iu states that
Every person Ia the military or naval
forces Of any ally Of he United states
in the lats war. if a citizen of the United
states immediately prior thereto. and
having resumed citize nship i lost oy
reason Of any oath ur obligation faken
for the purpose II entering such allied
service who. since April :. 1917. mas
resigned or mas been discharged or FUR
Ioughed therefrom under honorable con-
ditions. having a disability. In ne
Judgment Of the board. constituting
! vocational handicap. or OF a degree II ten
percentum or more. incurred. Increased.
or aggravated while a member OF suCh
forces. or later developing such a dis
ability traceabie. IN the opinion ot the
board. TO service with suCn forces
shall be furnished by such board. where
feasible such course OF vocational re-
habllitatiou or vocational and general
AAjkL as ttAE IbtAA a 1AAe%a4 ~ @o'i tA''.
Includes Medical Treatment
It Will be especially noted that By he
above-quoted passage in the Kenyon
Fess Bill. a new latitude Of eligibility IL
given in that 10 be eligible man may
have eth 10 per cent disability 0r a
vocational handicap. Formerly the pro
vision was for the voca ati0ualIy handi-
capped. only In another section of the
/ bill. this expression also includes men
who served with the Y , military and
/ naval forces.
Another very interesting feature nt
the bin is the provision stating that all
medical treatment which any widow
orphan or ex-service man may require