New England bulletin., 1949-05-21
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AVG SCRAPPING AGAIN
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American Veterans Committee men are lusty scrappers for what they believe is right.
 The organizations Hartford Chapter, represented by John P. Chandler, Chairman of the Civil Rights Committee, got into the bat tie last week in defense of pending legislation which would eliminate d1scrlmlnation in Connecticut ed,1- cational institutions.
 Taking issue with statements, is- sued by presidents of Yale, Trim lty, Wesleyan and Connecticut Col- lege,. ln which the existence of dis. crlmlnatlon in their schools was denied, Chandler retorted that dec larations the learned gentlemen have served to confuse the is- sue."
 ''ln the report (of the Connecti- cut lnter-racial Commission which found discrimination did exist i'm Connecticut higher institutions of learning) -. the identity of the ] schools where discrimination was found to exist is concealed" the AVG official wrote.
 "If these four presidents are so confident that their practices ara above suspicion, why do they not demand that the Commission make public it's findings with respect to their institutions 2" he continued
 Perhaps an indication of their reasons for not doing so can be found in a glaring inconsistency contained in their joint statement. Although they insist that their ap- pl1catlons do not request informa- ton as to the race or religion of applicants, they proceed to give very specific statistics with regard to the very facts which they claim not to possess.
 Because we doubt their willing ness to have these facts made pub- lic," Chandler concluded, I've Sug- gest that the Inter-racial Com
 mission should release the names of the Connecticut schools which discriminate. We also suggest that the Committee on Education of the General Assembly require Dr. present specific facts concerning specific schools to the Committee so s that they can judge the need for this legislation. The facts will speak for themse1ves''
 regardless of what side of this controversy you happen to take, it IS lrrefutlble that AVG. thl 0nlv major vet organization which con, ssciEy ass15tG,t1y fR2s, fsxRoundg the ideal of no special privileges for veterans simply because they are veterans. demonstrates it's wideawaIanass, 1a r1.S, and alertness to the issues of the day This is another examn1e of that fact
 Disabled Vets Suffer Disabled veterans who hold ofa1n1ng jobs in the New Haven area are suffering intensely from the rising trend of unemployment, 01TlClQlg Of the Veterans Admin. . 1strat1on there have announced.
 Local v. A. offices are making oetermlned effort to obtain full time jobs for more than 80 dis abled veterans qualified for on-the- Job training, but are having a diff f1cult time finding openings.
 Analysis of the situation leads to the belief that the condition is part and parcel of the general job cutback conditions now in force, plus the shortening of working hours affecting major industries, factories and construc- tiio ton fields.
 An appeal is being made to To- cal businesses e<to think first of the disabled veteran, when a train ing opening comes up."
 V. A. is also receiving a grow ing number of referrals from men who had formerly been in train ing, then found other jobs and who now want to be requalified for training under Public Law 16. Edu- cation and training sections now handle about 115O veterans in on- the-job and institutional training.
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