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Show joying more of the good things of life. So successful did this plan prove early in the war that the Peoria Manufacturers Association borrowed bor-rowed it for use by the more than 200 industrial and commercial firms in that city. COMPANY OFFERS PLAN FOR DISABLED VETS How can physically or mentally handicapped veterans best be aided aid-ed in bridging the gap back to civilian work? The Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peroria, 11., believes it has the answer in a plan which is now working with high degree of success. With 800 handicapped employees employ-ees in gainful work, the company knows it will require time for the veteran to become readjusted. Therefore, as a spokesman explains ex-plains it, "The veteran is placed in a training shop where he will be permitted to work for as long or as short a time each day as he wishes. Every Consideration . . . "If he becomes jittery, he is privileged pri-vileged to go into the library to read or study. He may also attend regular training classes or can punch out and go home. "Only when the veteran feels up to it is he placed again upon his old job." How successfully the plan has worked and can be expected to work when the larger influx of veterans begins, is revealed in a group of case histories released to Industrial Press Service. A Typical Case . . . Typical is Sergeant Z, who came back with thumb and two fingers missing. Returning to Catepillar, he had lost confidence in his ability. abil-ity. After a period in the training shop he made a remarkable comeback come-back was placed on his old job in the factory. The sergeant is now spending part time at an approved technical school, under the industry-approved GI Bill of Rights. He'll come out a full-fledged engineer, capable of earning more and en- |