The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-06-24
MANY EX-SERVICE MEN
TRAINED IN VOCATIONAL
SCHOOLS.

washington, d. c.. June 22.-The re-
turn of DR.. J. r. A. Grassland. Spec
ial Expert. charge Colored trainees.
u. S. Veterans Bureau, last Monday
from wilberforce University marked
the completion of an extended tour Of
inspection Of vocational work among
our Colored ex-service men in the
States of Virginia. North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi. Texas. Arkansas. Missouri,
Kansas. Nebraska. Illinois and Ohio.
The inspection tour included not only
the well known Negro institutions of
learning, hut many white Institutions
in which colored men are being train
ed. This itinerary was one of the most
difficult undertaking sassumed by our
representative since entering upon his
duties in Washington.
The opportunity for service and flu
ture good OF the Negro race was in
terwoven with the trip of DR.. Cross
land. AS a result the future attitude
towards our ex-servlce men is being
definitely established by means Of a
comprehensive study of all educational
facilities. schools, equipment, training
opportunities and systematized in
struction. His particular mission was
to determine whether our men have
been assigned to the right sort of
training. whether their training is
under competent instruction, and has
the training brought them definite
social and economic values.
The particular contribution that DR.
Grassland Is making to Governmental
efforts in educating the former SER
vice man is that the benefits derived
from these course when finished Will
point to a new day of civic advance
ment within the race. He wants tho
way open for the fullest expression
of all the wit, energy. genius, dexter
ity, skill, taste, technique and art Of
every man OF every city. every town
and every country place.
At this writing DR.. Grassland Is
busily engaged in submitting recon-
mendations for training centers, Neuo-
Psychiatric. tuberculosis training sta
tions. Out of these suggestions will
come the moulded expression of ed
vocational policy as 1t affects our Col
ored ex-seSvice men throughout the
United States. The greatest patience
and study Is being given this immed-
late problem by the Doctor and his
efficient staff. as ever before has
this country. or any country, for that
matter, ever embarked upon such a
plan as educating her ex-service men
in addition to the compensatory meas
ure of pensions. 1t Is his earnest de-
sire, In the midst of this particular
problem. TO see that the social and
economic life of our race Is not only
conserved entire, but that the pecu-
liar educationa- background should be
govern every consideration In estab-
fishing schools for the training of our
ms ID
standing opportunities ever offered
our group to mould the policy that
effects so many men, women and chill
dren in its national scope. DIR. cross
come to the City of Washington, alone
anG unaided. and carving out from
the rough, incongruous educational
program a position holding so much
potential good in training the menu
bers Of our race in head, heart and
hand.
In the germinaSion Of his depart
ment, he found only a few hundred
Colored men taking yocatlonai train
ing. In the eight months of his Of
fetal career he has created an Of
flee force Of 8 or 10 specially pre-
pared individuals and many ccmpe-
tent co-ordinators. counselors. and
nurses who are looking after the needs
OF ex-servlce men In training as well
as increased the number of men in
tteAAitA5 ~ - $500 - $50
the shaping Of his beneficient plans
and policies definite signs of pro-
gress and Improvement.
President Harding and Col. G. r..
Forbes, Director of tho Veterans Blu
reau are 10 be congratulated for hay
Ing appointed this efficient and able
member Of our race to such USE
full and prominent position, Y lch he
SO richly deserves. and for which he
is eminently fitted.
When Dr. Grassland was last inter-
viewed he stated very definitely that
II am supremacy happy to be engaged
in a work so vital In scope and so
large in extent that II effects the
100000 men who wore the uniform OF
their country and their dependents.
I'm the short time that I have
been engaged In this work I San give
concrete proof Of the large measure
OF benefits secured for our gallant
sons. am too busy now to tell you
definitely what / am trying to
do, but my plans are before the Bu-
reau and expect to put into opera
ton a program OF vocation training
which should meet with the approval
Of every sound thtnking citizen INF the
country