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with the girls they went to school with
So far, the women leaving the service
have gone through the same rehabilita.
ton and separation process as the men.
At the separation centers now being set
up for woman veterans, however, they
will be counseled by other women, espe-
cially trained for the centers. While
awaiting shipment back to this country
and demobilization, they are given the
same opportunities as the men to study
at foreign colleges and take special CT
training courses. For the women, how
ever, the courses include home econom-
les if they want it.
Once they are discharged they can
seek help in getting their old jobs backs
by visiting the nearest draft board,
although they are not required to re-
port to a draft board as the man must
Go.
They are also entitled to the same
benefits as the men under the GI Bill
of Rights and other veterans laws. 1t
will be Col. Browns job to see if they
require any different consideration
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from the CT bill AS veterans, they also
rate preference on Government jobs
and special assistance from the United
States Employment Service in finding
new jobs in private industry.
Releases Increasing
So far, only few thousand have been
released but the number is stepping up
daily as they are discharged as over
age or to join demobilized husbands or
because they have earned enough points.
Most of them, according to their
service advisers, haven't planned very
far beyond coming home. Most of them
worked before they went into the serv-
ice and are expected to go back to work
if they don't get married.
After counting noses to find out how
many of them want more schooling, the
Army reported that IS per cent of the
WACs would like to go back to school
but only Is per cent of them say def
nitely that they will return to school.
The question asked most often by WACs
at the separation centers is how much
time they have to make up their minds
about returning to school.
CT Benefits
Here's what some of them have done
with their CT benefits:
Half a dozen have taken the national
service officers course at American Uni
versity in Washington to train them to
help other veterans--both men and
women-with their problems.
Several have bought beauty parlors
with the business loan they got under
the CT. Bill. One bought florist shop,
another nursing home.
A number of them have taken advan-
tage of the home loan provision to buy
homes and, in at least three cases, hus-
bands and wives-both veterans-have
pooled their CT benefits to buy homes
together.
OF those who have gone back to school,
the majority are taking professional
courses to fit them as doctors, lawyers
and teachers. Almost as many are TAX
ing clerical and sales courses. A scat
tering of them are taking farm courses
or learning skilled trades.
With the new skills they learned in
the armed forces-most of which can be
used readily on civilian jobs-their Job
prospects are believed to be good.
And the women officers who have
worked with them believe they will be
assets on any job. As Maj Weatherby
put it:
They are healthy-they had to be to
stay in the service. They had to re-
port for work every day and they really
worked. They have developed good
work habits and they won't forget
them"
All in all, the women who will deal
with their problems believe the vast
majority OF them won't have many
problems to deal with-either as work.
ers or as wives.