Milford chronicle., 1958-09-26
Statewide Observance Of
Physically Handicapped
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Wilmington is chairman. Otis w.
Swain. also of Wilmington, heads
the committee for observance of
the special week.
Members of the Governors Com
mittee, in addition to Messrs.
Sears and Swain, are:
Edward A. Mulrooney, Delaware
State Employment Service, Will
mington, secretary; James w.
Brown, Chrysler Corporation, New
ark; James Cresson, L. ID. Caulk
Company, Milford; DR.. Francis ].
Cummings, Delaware Commission
for the Blind, Wilmington; Frank
P. Delliquanti, Veterans Admins
tration Hospital, Elsmere; Thomas
Egan, state service officer, Ameri-
can Legion, Wilmington; Leon
Fields, manager, v. A. Regional
Office, Wilmington; E. Dean Flint,
General Motors Corporation, Will
low Run; Miles l.. Frederick, Del
ment, Dover; Gerrish Gassaway,
Delaware State Chamber of Com
merce, Wilmington; and Leo Green,
AFL-CIO, Wilmington.
DIR. Arthur j. Heather, repre-
senting State physicians, Whining
ton; Dr. r. w. Helm, State Depart
ment of Education, Dover; Harry
r. Jackson, International Latex
Corporation, Dover; John G. King,
director, Vocation Rehabilitation
Division, Wilmington; NJ dupont
Lee, president, Wilmington Board
of Park Commissioners; William
H. McFadden, Dover Air Force
Base; Joseph Micker, service Off
Ger, Disabled American Veterans,
Wilmington; and Midsummer Null
lin, Jas. T. Mullin & Sons, Inc,
Wilmington.
F. G.. Singer, president, Mental
Health Association of Delaware,
Wilmington; Albert Stetser, I'm
employment Compensation Commits
sion, Wilmington; Mrs. David
Stockwell, a director Of Opportuni-
ty Center, Inc, Wilmington; Rev.
Richard M. Trelease, Jr., Whining
ton, representing state clergymen:
Mason e. Turner, JOS. Bancroft
& Sons Company, Wilmington;
Brig. Gen. Harry B. Van Solver,
Director of Selective Service, Will
mIngton; Herbert Willis, state SER
vice officer, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Wilmington; and P. Otis
Zwissler, Colorado Fuel & Iron
Company, Claymont.
The proclamation follows:
WHEREAS, the continued devel-
orment of the United States of
america and the State of Delaware
requires an ever-larger number of
skilled and qualified workers; and
WHEREAS, to meet the demands
of business and industry it is nee
essary to train and educate all citi-
zens who want to make a worth
while contribution to our work
force; and
WHEREAS, many of our men
and women who have physical han
dicaps want to do their part in
this ever expanding Industrial
area; and
WHEREAS, the President of the
United States has taken cognizance
of this desire on the national level
and has honored the request of
Congress to proclaim the first
week of October in each year as
National Employ the Physically
Handicapped Week; now
THEREFORE, I, j. CALEB
BOGGS, Governor of the State of
Delaware, to hereby set aside and
proclaim the week of October
through IL, 1858, as
NATIONAL EMPLOY THE
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
WEEK
4 call upon the members of the
Governors Committee, our mayors
of municipalities and all public
officials to assist in the important
task of informing employers that
Delaware does have a reservoir of
physically handicapped manpower
available for immediate employ
ment.