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Show 'Strike Funds 4 For Vets Gain Support Veterans and organized labor had joined hands this week in New York state to give the nation na-tion a further key to the problem of unemployment compensation for ex-servicemen participating in industrial strikes. With the backing of the Congress Con-gress of Industrial Organizations, legislators had moved to a successful suc-cessful vote in the Assembly a bill which extends to veterans the same rights to compensation as non-veteran strikers. Under its provisions, veterans would be entitled to $21 a week 1 maximum insurance benefits after seven weeks on strike. Ultimate ' fate of the measures was not in-1 dicated, but it was said to have strong backing generally to give it a chance in the state's upper house. The GI Bill of Rights prohibits pro-hibits benefits unless unemployment unemploy-ment is distinct from strikes. A highlight in veterans' interest during the week was announcement announce-ment out of Washington that survey sur-vey had shown the average age of 15,000 disabled veterans taking vocational training to be 26.5 years. Average service was 20.6 months. In Massachusetts disabled veterans vet-erans learned from a Supreme Court ruling that their preference in civil service employment does not extend to promotions. The court defined preference as applying apply-ing only to initial examinations and employment, not to subsequent subse-quent examinations for promotion. Two cities were seeking improved im-proved guidance for veterans through consolidated approaches. St. Louis had heard that increased increas-ed vocational guidance was essential essen-tial for its new combined service center and was considering addition addi-tion of 15 more vocational counselors. coun-selors. Hartford, Conn., had set up a new Veterans Service Commission Commis-sion with 15 members designed to administer its center and had indicated choice of veterans themselves them-selves for control. |