Evening star., 1945-07-16
Agencies Disagree
On Job Placement,
Advice 10 Veterans
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG

The current dispute over the us,
of non-veterans as employment
counselors for veterans Is only par
of major fight between the Unites
States Employment Service and tn,
Veterans Employment Service owe
the kind of treatment job-seekini
veterans should be given, it wa
learned today.
Chief contentious are the employ
ment counselors and whether or no
veterans should get first chance a.
job opportunities ahead of non
veterans.
The controversy has been high
lighted here by the appointment o.
seven non-veterans to counsel jot
applicants with problems.
Perry Faulkner, chief of the Vet,
erans' Employment Service and ex,
ecutive secretary of the Veterans
Placement Service Board created b,
the CT Bill of Rights, has mad,
strong representations to VINO
Chief Paul McNutt--a member o.
the three-man board-to have vet.
Grams as employment counselor.
and to give qualified veterans 6
priority on job opportunities aheae
of non-veterans with the same quail
ifications.
VINO Aide Plans to Quit.
John K. Collins, chief of the VINO
Bureau of Placement, which wrot,
the job specifications for employ.
ment counselors and did not pro-
vide that they should be veterans
is leaving VINO next month, it wa!
learned.
Mr.. Collins, who as lieutenant
colonel was chief of the labor
branch, Army Service Forces, anc
went on inactive duty last July al
the request of Mr.. McNutt to take
the bureau chiefs job, said his resig-
nation had nothing to do with the
current controversy.
Mr. Collins refused to discuss the
controversy on the ground that il
would be harmful to the United
States Employment Service anc
ultimately harmful to the veterans,
but he did say this:
Il agree with Mr.. McNutt that. al
things being equal, the counselorl
should be veterans, but Mr.. McNut
agrees with me that unqualified vet
Grams should not be appointed"
Say Total Control Sought.
There is feeling in some VINO
quarters. it was learned, that thu
Veterans Employment Service il
trying to control all veterans place
ment.
At present, State veterans employ
ment representative are on the stat
of the Veterans Employment Serv'
ice, but local representatives as wei
as job counselors and placemen
personnel are on the USES payroll
The National Employment Com
mittee of the American Legion ha
recommended that the local repre-
sentatives and veterans counselor
be put on the Veterans Employment
Service pay roll.
I'VE want all those who have t,
do with veterans to be responsible Il
the Veterans Employment Servic,
so we can actually direct then
rather than hope they do a job,
o. D. Hollenbeck, associate chic
of the Veterans Employment Serv'
ice, said.
Bill Says Veterans Get Break.
On the score of employment coun
selors, Mr.. Hollenbeck said the G,
Bill of Rights called for "effectiv'
job counseling and emplgmen
placement service for veterans" ant
maximum of job opportunity il
the field of gainful employment"
I'VE don't feel" he said, "tha
the veteran is going to get specia
consideration unless he has vet
eran as a counselor"
He disclosed that the Navy De
partment had protested because tn
USES sent woman to counsel mel
being released from a Navy dis
charge center. The USES said tina
woman employment counselor u
the Lido Beach IN. " Navy Dis
charge Center has been replaced b,
a man.