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Show Men Maimed in Industry to Be Treated Here9.Belieir CARE URGED 7 1 PEACE IIP Bill Urges Training for Workers Crippled in Factories; Post Hospital Hos-pital Here Suggested UTAH and Salt Lake City will be rehabilitation centers for men crippled and- maimed in industry in peace times as well as in war. According to the opinion of Cyrus V. Williams, federal sgent for agricultural education, temporarily a signed to this region in place of A. Hummel, who has gune to Washington. Kt Douglas Is to be one of the hospital for the reclamation of soldiers sol-diers maimed so as to preclude them from working at their former employment. em-ployment. These soldiers will be trained In the work for which their condition best fits them. Com, e tent true hers from men of draft age will Instruct the maimed news. Holdiers from the entire Hocky mountain region re-gion will be rehabilitated at Kt. Douglas, It la believed. URGE BILL PASSAGE. The federal board of vocational education edu-cation Is interested in. the extension of rehabilitation to men injured in in-X in-X 'Uuatries, according to Mr. Williams, Lsnrt ! pushing ths Smith-Banlchesd frilL providing lor that work. Ths natural conclusion Is that when ths military authorities finish with the t. Douglas hospital it will be turned ever to ths governor of Utah for the rehabilitation of men crippled and maimed In Industries. Air. Williams asserts. To securs ths benefits of the Smlth-Bankhead Smlth-Bankhead act, ths stats must pass by legislatlvs enactment a bill accepting ths provisions of ths act; placing ths administration of the fund appropriated appro-priated for ths purpose under the direction di-rection of ths stats board of vocational education; providing for cooperation between that board and ths Industrial commission under a plan to be approved ap-proved by the governor; provWing for the supervision and support of courses of vocational rehabilitation and naming nam-ing ths state treasurer custodian of ths funds provided for this purpose, STATE MUST AID. Tha Bmlth-Bankhead bill appropriates appro-priates for the use of the states for ths rehabilitation of persons disabled fc In Industry, subject to ths provisions of ths act for ths fiscal year ending Juns 80, 1919, $500,000; for ths following follow-ing fiscal year, $760,000, and for each' Succeeding fiscal year, beginning with (July 1, 1920, $1,000,000. These sums will bs allotted states in proportion to i their population, but no state will re- celva lesa than $(.000 for any one fiscal year. The stats must match ths i federal appropriation dollar for dollar. |