Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-01
GOVERNMENT TO
FIND WORK FOR
TRAINED VETS
BY FREDERIC j. HAsKIN,

Washington, May 31.--A new
kind Of employment agency is being
opened by the government. Most
offices of the sort start out in busi-
ness with list of alluring positions
and invite iobless men to apply for
them. The government is begin
ming at the other end. 1t has
group of well trained men on its
| hands, and its employment agency
will try to fit them into the jobs
which are no doubt available about
the country but which are just now
| singularly elusive.
The new agency is in the vete.
rams bureau, and its efforts are TO
| be put forth in behalf OF the dis
| abled war veterans who are being
rehabilitated under the direction
of the bureau.
Although it is more than three
Years since the war ended the peak
| OF rehabilitation has not been
reached, largely because so many
| of the veterans have been taxing
three and four year courses. rms
June several thousand will be grad
tuated from universities and technl-
cal schools, and will be back in the
competitive struggle of finding en-
ployment. Next June there Will We
a still greater number OF men re-
LEASED from the government su-
pervision.
To date 16.4S5 men have COM
pleted their training and are EN-
lployed More than 100000 are IN
Training now, and ultimately SlS,-
1000 will have been rehabilltatea.
Many of the disabled men have not
begun training. They are not yet
physically able, their cases are
nendjng. or for some other reason
Training has been deferred.
| THE new agency, which calls II
self bv the mouth filling title or
1.-The unemployment section OF
/ the rehabilitation division of the
veterans bureau, has just begun Its
tasl, II has men of practically
ieyerv vocation on its hands, from
dentists and farmers to stenogra--
ipbers and shoemakers. To aVolu
misunderstanding 1t announces az
the outset that 1t will not be ape "
help any persons to ina posltlol's
Iexcept the disabled war veterans
Iwho have been under government
Training. That Is in itself large
undertaking.
The employment section has be-
gun to establish contracts with or
ganizations tnar are IN touch VIII
iall angles of the job market. Inc
lcivil service commission IS report
ling to the bureau on avallaple po-
lsitions IN the government depart
ments. Already the department OF
agriculture has arranged to employ
one Young veteran who made re-
markable record at an agricultural
college. This boy won prizes Tor
cattle Judging, he heads his ciass
lin his studies, and he is regarded
} az an expert in cotton breeding,
Contracts are being made WIN
. insurance companies, trade jour :
nails. the American Federation OF
Labor, professional societies, ana
: big corporations, such as the Y. >.
: shippinr board, standard Oil, West
, linghouse electric, and the United
: states Steel corporation.
where Men Are Needed.
, Employment experts OF the VET
Grams, bureau are making a study
! of the professions and trades 10
ldetermine which are crowded. "A
martial survey indicates that tram
ing has been provided in the, past
lin some vocations which are badiy
Iovercrowded, while other lines. ID
Z which trained personnel is needed
have been overlooked. In future
the bureau will consider supply ana
demand in starting its disabled men
! lon new work.
, number OF doctors are on the
list of rehabilitated men, ana
: these. at least, should have nc
}. difficulty in establishing connec'
s tions. since small towns all over
S the country have been calling fof
doctors.
Considering the need for farm
ers il is also encouraging to leatn
S that IL 600 veterans are studying
| some phase of agriculture. Some
. of them have, already secured pc
sitions which they will enter or
3 graduation. A number are golnt
to teach agricultural subjects II
$ high schools and colleges. one
s man Is going to South America as
a salesman of agricultural imple'
8 ments. The students Of farming
are being urged to buy land and
start in business for themselves
| and many are planning to do SO
5 The men who have been study
ing trades are placed In unior
8 shops for practical experience
| When they are able to do a full
DAYS work they are considered re-
habilitated and given positions.
A man learning trade or bust
: ness is rehabilitated when he ha'
| a position, and the Eovernment''
S responsibility toward him ends. j
!. is more difficult to say when ar
| artist Is rehabilitated. Is he ?
4 full fledged artist when he paints
:. his first promising picture; OF