Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-09-10
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As the plans which received their
final approval at the Quebec confer
ence start turning from ink and pa
per to moving men and machines,
the thoughts of other planners turn
toward another zero hour-"D" day.
The war is not over by any means
but hard-headed people who realize
that you can't wait until it rains to
prepare for rainy day know that
you can't wait until the sun comes
out to buy your summer clothes.
ID" day is as important as "M"
day. Decentralization is as big a
problem as mobilization. Various
plans have been worked on, none
has been perfected. The President
has offered one. The Republican
party will offer another. Industry
will present its program. The adj
ministration, whoever is at the helm
when peace comes, will have a
heavy responsibility. The National
Resources Planning board has al
ready made report expressing its
opinions on plan drawn up by a
special committee on postwar re-
adjustment which, at least, gives US
point of departure.
Plan Needed New
The board points out that victims
Of the war are already coming back
and the time is ripe. Only the other
day, went through Walter Reed
hospital here and saw some of those
victims. Saw photographs of the
conditions in which they come back
and others showing what medical
skill has done for them. I also saw
the workshops where wounded men
are being rehabilitated, fitted to take
up work which, in spite of their
handicaps, they could learn to do.
This plan emphasizes the need for
an orderly rehabilitation. 1t is i'm
portant to get every man who can
be spared from the armed forces,
the moment he can be spared with
out threatening the nations security,
back into civilian life. I know how
glad I was when got out of uni
form into civvies after the last war.
But the report emphasizes that
still more important than speed is
order in rehabilitation. eve not
only want the men out of the armed
services; we want to get them into
peace services where skills and abil-
tiles can be fully recognized, uti-
ized and rewarded" That is the
thesis of the planning board.
Responsibility for the placement
of veterans in industry is acknowl-
edged by the unemployment divi-
sion of the selective service system
under the seiective service act. The
selective service system is not per-
feet but considering the job it had to
do, it has worked out in a manner
that is a triumph of the democratic
method. Draft boards are groups
of "neighbors" who pass upon each
registrant, and on that basis, select
or reject him. The same system will
put the soldier back into his old job
if his old job is there, and if he can
fill it. But many had no jobs. Others
for one reason or another will be I'M
able to fill the ones they had before
the war. These cases must be taken
care of.
Boards Principles
Business has been shuffled and
shifted about just as the men them
selves have. 1t may be difficult to
get man and job together. The
problem is intricate but the COM
mittee has tried to lay down certain
principles. Here they are:
!. Three months furlough at the
end of the war at regular base pay
not to exceed 500 a month, plus
family allowances.
2. Beyond that time, if necessary,
unemployment insurance for 26
weeks for those who register with
the government employment serv.
ice.
8. Special aid and counsel regard
ing readjustment and compensation.
4. Special provision, including tut
ton and allowance, for the continu.
alton of education interrupted by the
war or to follow special course OF
training.