Evening star., 1924-06-22
PLEA FOR GRADUATE
DISABLED VETERANS
D. C. Heads and Loyal Legion
Speak for 267 Now Qualified
for Employment.
GIVEN COURSE OF TRAINING
Claims Urged Upon Those in Need
of Workers.

The District Commissioners and the
District of Columbia Department OF
the American Legion have united in
an appeal to employers to place 267
veterans of the world war who COM
plete vocational rehabilitation under
the Veterans Bureau at the end OF
this month
At the request of Department Com
mander Paul ]. McGahan the District
commissioners. Rudolph. oyster and
Bell, issued the following proclama-
ton
The United States Veterans Blu
reau is about to graduate disabled
veterans who have been given a
course of vocational training. These
men by their faithful performance Of
service during the world war showed
capacity for achievement which
renders their return to appropriate
places in the industrial and social
orders of more than passing interest
Duty of Citizens Cited.
TT is undoubtedly the duty of all
citizens of the District of Columbia
to show their appreciation of the
service rendered by these men and to
see that they are given employment
in the vocation for which they have
been fitted by their education under
the direction of the Veterans Bureau.
The bureau does not ask an employer
to accept a man for employment in
any occupation for which his dis
ability will constitute vocational
handicap and not until he has been
trained to such a degree of employ
ment that he is able to compete with
normal WOrkmen. The return OF
these men TO employment is HltaIlN
linked with the economic interests
of all classes of our people.
"In the interest of the general
public good. therefore. the Commis-
sioners urge upon every employer IN
the District of Columbia who may
need workers in any capacity to con.
slider the possibility of using some OF
these men who have demonstrated
their merit by their service to the
country The employment of these
men is not a matter of charity. as
they have been trained under condl-
tiOns where every requisite OF EN-
ployment must be met.
Well Trained for Service.
The men for whom positions are
being asked, it was pointed out by
Department Commander McGahan,
have been trained in vocations and
s-eofessions that will make them ex-
N1%edingly useful cltIZenS IN aSrl-
cultural, commercial. professional
and trade and industrial fields. and
cover about ninety SpecialtieS.
Commander MCGahan in d state
ment last night declared the men for
whom employment is being sought
represent the finest type of Anne rican
citizenship" and of American quail
ties of character and determination.
Prevented by the disabilities incurred
in the war from following the voca-
tion they had been engaged in and
aided by the government. they have
fitted themselves for new efforts in
life.
Their training has been thorough
and actual" said Commander McGahan.
mot merely theoretical, for they have
had school and practical experience
we'll The request is made that those
who desire to employ any Of these men
communicate with A. J. Dalton, manager
of the fourth district of the Veterans
Bureau or John NJ MacCammon. man
ager of the subdistrict office. who can
be reached in the Arlington building"
Class to Graduate in July.
In addition to the 267 veterans who
will complete their rehabilitation in
June there will be an additional thirty
four who will finish in July. The total
of the June and July graduates, show
ing the variety of vocations and profes-
sions represented, follows