Evening star., 1945-07-31
Veterans Job Policy
Decisions Awaiting
Return Of McNutt

Important decisions affecting vet
erans job policies are awaiting the
return of War Manpower Chairman
McNutt from the Philippines.
AS a member Of the Veterans
Placement Service Board. which is
authorized to set employment policy
for veterans under the CT Bill of
Rights, Mr.. McNutt, with Selective
Service Director Hershey and the
Veterans administrator will have to
decide these questions:
Should veterans have priority on
referral to jobs above nonveteranS?
Should special facilities be set up
within United States Employment
! Service Offices for the exclusive use
of veterans?
Should veterans be counselled only
by fellow veterans?
Chief Opponent Resigning.
The Veterans Employment Serv-
ice. with veterans employment rep
resentatives in every State, says
yes to all three questions. The
United States Employment Service
has been opposed, but John K. Col
lins. chief of the VINO Bureau of
Placement who spearheaded the op-
position, is resigning next month.
Asked if there were any possibility
that the veterans placement and
counSeling stats now on the pay
roll of the USTS will go to the Vet
erans' Employment Service. Perry
Faulkner, chief of the Veterans
Employment Service and executive
secretary of the Veterans Placement
Service Board, pointed out that
transfer would require congressional
action.
In answer to another question
whether Gen. Omar N. Bradley
when he takes Office as veterans ad-
miniStrator next month will have
any more control over jobs for vet
Grams than the present veterans
administrator, Mr.. Faulkner pointed
out that Gen. Bradley will succeed
Gen. Hines as chairman of the
Veterans Placement Service Board,
but that is as far as the control will
go.
VFW Hits Institutions.
Meanwhile, the Veterans of For
eign Wars entered the discussion of
Jobs for veterans today with a call
for immediate revision of instruc-
tionS to veterans counsellors OF
VINO that tend to place the vet
eran with combat service at dis
advantage in obtaining employment
upon his return to civilian life
Omar B. Ketchum. VFW national
legislative representative, said VINO
had drawn an unfair distinction
between service in line combat units
as compared to technical service in
behind-t -the-line units.
Neither rank. duty or training
can be the rule by which veterans
ability is determined he said. and
the War Manpower Commission is
derelict in its duty when it evades
its responsibility to aid the return
ing fighting men in finding a job"
Ldbtl. MI dulhIiCI JOlllCU "mS
in denying that officers were being
favored over enlisted men or nom
combat veterans over combat men.
Deny Rank Is Factor.
when a man comes into the en-
ployment service" said Mr.. Faux
ner." he's just a veteran. His military
status has nothing to do with the
service rendered him by the United
States Employment Service or the
Veterans Employment Service. He
gets the best possible service be-
cause he's veteran not because Of
where he served or in what rank"
In another development in job
finding for veterans. DR.. Verne K.
Harvey. medical director of the
Civil Service Commission, said last
night that disabled veterans of this
war will have a much better chance
of securing Federal Government
jobs than did the veterans of World
War /"
He gave as causes for the i'm
proved chances on Government jobs
better understanding of the cap
abilities of the physically handi-
capped a changed attitude on the
part of Federal appointing officers
toward handicapped persons and in
creased skills acquired by many