Evening star., 1949-06-19
Report Charges
Trade Schools
Exploit Veterans
Apprentice Council
Soys Only One in 70
Sroduotes Get Jobs

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A rwrsOFs saafEsng ts.st nanss
privately ngwEassSa trade wssasss IN
Washington aFv ssrsngtssax wrssa
rams has ee~n wni se Ire Cgsn4naa-
sseneFs By tiss nsssgzi ATsEssn,scs-
shln Coaneas.
There arr staat - tSaax sea2esas
IN tlse psxsftSi- aeecsU&ng "a ssss
Ewpoga and wass es tlssgn hare
been established s4ac~ tias passage
Q. the oi hail ei Rsgssis ~8tA ia
essh payments soE veterans uAla.
ms
nlTtng tite lAxs tasF~s ywArs, The
report SAYS, naotv than ! .nsa vsss.
rama have been graduated treEn
theae schools IN ahot, - atfsssvrt
trades hsli only osse ia % has aeen
able 10 set q lob remotely Fxiated
10 tire training
The Apprenticeship CcsaaSll ere.
saed by an act ef cussgtxss, saaE~f.
visrs apprenticeship standards n
consists al 10 members Apgosn,rd
b. the Commissioners three rm.
PLAYERS. three representatives ~
lshcs and enc representative each
from the Labor Department. nu-
reaa OF Apprenticeship. Tire HoArd
ef Education. the United States
Employment Service and the reis-
rams Administration Milton II.
Stevens IL Chairman
Only . Partial Rspert.
Commissioner GUY A4Asan kAsd
the report Ia only q partial ere
and he had no comment hecauss
he had iass begun 10 study r.
Mr., Mason asked the Apsssens
iioeship Council 10 send him .
report earlier this month Tie
request was made after the Gem
naisslonrrk received o complaint
from q veteran about one school.
The council ALREADY had started
an Investigation nf It's o~n hefafs
the Commissioners request sas
received,
In uhe rrpoft sent to Mr., Masnn.
the council recommended that the
Commissioners appoint Q commit
tee composed OF local representa-.
tises Of labor and snanaxsmtnt 10
explore" the problem. The re-
port pointed out that beth ths
Building and Construction Trades
Council and the Columbia Typo.
graphical Union No. ini have
Joined the Apprenticeship Council
In urging m lnsestieataou,
The report said that more ana
more Oh graduates nf uhsas
schools. presumably fully trained
mechanics and eraftsmen. are as-
proschtns local employers for EN-.
pioyment."
sAceofdins 10 reports from
these employers. many of them
non-union. none are auaiifed
teufneymen and fsw have had
more than elementary training
though they attended private
schoois for periods Up 70 30
monthk. the report stated.
Lsns Waiting Iists.
n added:
Though these graduates al
private trade schools. in dssu1fa-
ton. offer 10 forget their months
OF school training and accept poss.
tons ~ beginner apprentices.
local employers are unable TO ae-
commodsts them"
The report said employers In
Washington are how training all
the Oh apprentices they can pro-
perry train and absorb and most
Of them have LONG waiting iisss
OF OILS employed temporarily IN
other departments waiting 10
enter an apprenticeship.
The chances of graduates of
private trade schools sntsflns sp-
prenticeships, syen N heginnera.
are almost nonexistsnt. n de-
Ielared.
The council u not condemninE
ell such schools the report said.
There are several. particularly
those established before ths or
BIN Of RiKhts, which are making
. valuable contribution To ap-
premiership and other Industrial
training.
The councils report aaid Il doss
not have the stsfI 10 handis ross.
tine problems. much iess nn In.
vestiaation. II urged the Com
unissaoners 10 conduct such an
ir,sestsRation in the puhiie ia
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