Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-01

tho government. MOST onces VI VI"
sort etart out In business with hs, vi
elluring positions and invite )opie~
men 20 apply for them. Inc govern
Ynent ia beginning nt the other "n' ,
II hag n group of well trained men vi
its handa, and It's employment hssnsy
will try TO at thom INTO tpe lops
which are no doubt avniiaplf ANU
Tho country but which are luat now
singularly elusive.
,rho pcy agency ia in the Veterans |
Bureau, and It's efforts are 10 w ~
forth I'm behalf Of the disabled war
,,o,erona who are being rehabii-
tatod under tho direction OF the bu-
reau.
Although n le more than three years
since the war ended the peak OF re-
habi1ltaiion has not been reacnod'
IIoreei,, because 80 many of tho veter-
Z ans have been taking three and four
year courses. This June several tnou-
r eand will he graduated from uniVer-
: sitiea and technical schools, ana Wlb
! ne back in the competitive struggle
e Of finding employment Next June
there viii be a still greater number on
e men releassd from the Governments /
|. supervision.
10 To date l6,4s5 men have completed |
e their trainin and are employed. More
n than 100, 900 are In training now, ana
= ultimately $4,000 will have been re-
q hablitated Many Of the disabled men /
4 haye not begun training. They are I
not yet physically able, their cases
n are pending, or for some other reason /
, training has been deferred.
q The new agency. which calls itself
by tho mouth filing fitle Of The
:, Trainee Employment Section Of the
Rehabilitation Division Of the Veter-
= ans Bureau, has just begun its task.
:, II haa men of practically every voca
tion on It's hands. from dentists and
farmers 10 stenographers and shoe
re makers. TO avoid misunderstanding
IL IL announces at the outset that K
wil not be able to help any persons
IS TO find positions except the disabled
war Veterans who have been under
I'd Government training. That Is in It
n self a large undertaking.
a. The employment section has begun
IN TO establish contacts with Organza-
L. tions that are in touch with all angles
~ OF the Job market. The Civil Service
Of Commission is reporting 10 the Bu-
&c reau on available positions in the GOV
Us ernmcnt departments. Already the Dc
s. partment Of Agriculture has arranged
rt to employ one young veteran who
made a remarkable record at an agri-
at cultural college. This boy won prizes
V. for cattle Judging, he heads his class
er in his studies. and ne Ia regarded az
ia an expert IN cotton breeding.
ba Contacts are being made with In
~, surance companies. trade journals. the
American Federation of Labor, pro-
-.
n tlons such az the L. s. Shipping
w Board Standard on, Westinghouse
K Electric. and the United states Steel
Try Corporation.
for Where Men Are Needed.
ri Employment experts Of the Vet
he erans Bureau are making study
Try of the professions and trades to de-
ternine which are crowded. partial
he survey Indicates that training has beer
on provided in the past in some vocations
sht which are badly Overcrowded, while
D. other lines in which trained personne
on- is needed have been overlooked. II
of future the Bureau will consider sup
of ply and demand In starting its dis
eed abled men on new work
rth A number OF doctors are on the lis
hat Of reha bilitated men, and these. a
ew- least, should have no difficulty in es
nth tablishing connections. since sma1
vas towTis all over the country have beel
Of calling for doctors.
rod. Considering the need for farmer
tive It Is also encouraging to learn tina
$4,000 veterans are studying som
phase OF agriculture. Some OF ther
have already secured positions whic
hat xtyffI gr u~rannaftpn 4
ber ara going to teach agriculture
subjects in high schools and colleges
90 One man is going to South America a
ugh a salesman OF asrlcuIturai implement
nm The students Of farming are bein
tue urged to buy land and start in bus
his ness for themselves, and many al
0m- planning TO do SO.
The men who have been atudyin
hat trades are placed in union shops *
.iful practical experience. When they al
able 10 do a full days work they al
Of considered rehabilitated and given ?,
y. ! sitlons.
lou A man learning a trade or businei
is rehabilitated when he has p'
sition, and the governments r
uits sponsibilty toward him ends. 1t
ng." g. -o,,oLnt.o+as -
-. artist when he paints his first prom
ing picture; or when he makes b
first sale? The government has
rbs. number OF students OF the arts amor
IN its proteges. One group OF men
studying at school OF illustrating
New York with such well know
the artists as Charles Dana Gibson al
am Howard Chandler Christy as the
en-" teachers. Another veteran. a Bal
hen! more tailor. has spent two yea
tie studying sculpture. IN which he h
ram. always been greatly interested, a.
now he has gone TO work In Rome.
re All OF the men whom the COVER
hese ment has undertaken TO have train
'nce' were unable TO return 10 their {
zap positions on a competitive basis vi
my other men. These veterans have 4
oay been permitted TO take up new lin
i H. OF work IN which they would be han,
he capped.
hat" Riabt Man so~ An roh
The Bureau Is trying to impress
-,aoa the public the fact that it need r
-aso,, hesitate TO employ tho rehabilitat
- men. The Government Is not sendi
80 out any one-legged park gardene
A man who was so badly injured abe
the fact that he Is at disadvanta
in meeting people is not trained to
a travelling salesman. On the otf
hand the loss OF leg does not
feet the work. OF a craftsman and