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Show . .ll ll . lWLIiIr 1 1Strive Strive rOf for EmploymentOf Employment r-- r : - . r d dOf Of Disabled Veterans VeteransAct : / Act to Furnish Furmsh Handicapped With Chance ChanceFor ChanceFor ChanceFor For Gainful Gamful Occupation ; Industry IndustryPledges IndustryPledges IndustryPledges Pledges Full Co-Operation Co Operation - . By BAUKHAGENews BAUKHAGENews BAUKHAGE BAUKHAGENnvs Nnvs News Analyst and Commentator WNU Service , , 161G 1616 Eye Street N W , , ' Washington D C CWhen CWhen CWhen When a lot more workers than thanjobs thanjobs thanjobs jobs begin to plague the employ employment employment employment ment offices of the country some some21h some2V some2 21h 2V % million men stand litand to have a allttle alittle alittle llttle little tougher sledding sleddmg than their theirfellows theirfellows theirfellows fellows tha that t is unless the pro program program program gram that will be getting getbng under way wayas wayas wayas as these lines appear achieves achlevcs the theworthy theworthy theworthy worthy purpose that its designers designershave designershave designershave have for itThe itThe it itThe The potential workers who are go goIng gohag goIng Ing hag to get this sp special clal help are arethe arethe arethe the men who have made the second secondgreatest secondgreatest , greatest sacrifice in World War 11- 11 II- II 11I 11the IIthe II IIthe - I the ones who gave all never came cameback cameback cameback back I m going gomg to talk about the thedlsobled thedisabled thedisabled dlsobled disabled American veterars veterar veterarsIn s sI sIn I In times of great unemployment unemploymenta unemploymentI I a person with a disability has two twoI twostrikes twostrikes twostrikes I strikes on him when pitted for a aI ajob ajob I Job against agamst a perfectly able bodied bodiedI bodiedworker bodiedworker bodiedworker I worker Therefore the Disabled DisabledAmerican DisabledAmerican : American Veterans a veterans or orI organization organlzation I ganlzatIon ganization whose membership is isI isconfined isconfined isconfined I confined solely to the war disabled disabledlis disabledIs lis is sett ng up the machinery to go goI goto goto I to bat for him so that he from whom whom'much whommuch whommuch goI I 'much much ' has been taken to keep the therest therest , , rest of us secure within the wide widebounds widebounds widebounds bounds of these United Umted States will willhave willhave : have at least as good a chance as asI'lus ashis ashis I'lus Ilus ' his able bodied colleague in m getting gettinga gettingI a job where he can earn a hvlng living hvlngfor livingfor livingfor I for himself hunseU and his familyFor familyFor family familyFor For the first time In its history historyDAV historyDAV historyDAV DAV the Disabled American Vet Veterans Veterans Veterans erans has set up a highly integrat integraled integrated ed national network of employment employmentofficers employmentofficers employmentofficers officers headed in Washington Washmgton by byDr byDr byDr Dr Gilbert S Macvaugh a d sabled sabledveteran sabledveteran sabledveteran veteran of this war and a former formerl1eutenant formerlieutenant formerlieutenant l1eutenant lieutenant commander with wide expenence experience ex penence perience : > enence m in personnel and employ employment employment employment ment counsell counsel ng These employ employment employment employment ment officers have their hands handsreactung handsreaching reaching reactung out in two dlrectlons-one dlrectlons one directions-one directions dlrectlonsonetoward directionsonetoward directions - - onetoward toward the disabled veteran and one onetoward onetoward onetoward toward the employer in an endeavor endeavorto to bring the two together so that thatthe thatthe thatthe the employer and the veteran may maymeet maymeet maymeet meet and reach an agreement on a ajob ajob ajob ajobLet ' job jobLet Let me give you two small exam exampIes exampies examplei pIes of the type of thing thmg the DA DAV DAVis DAVis V Vis is gettmg getting ready to do in m a big way wayTake wayTake I Take the case of the man who whohad whohad whohad had been wounded in the invasIOn invasionof of Normandy An injury to hIs hisspinal hisspinal I Ispmal spmal spinal column paralyzed him from fromI fromthe fromthe fromthe I the waist down so that he is 1s bed bedrldden bedridden bedridden rldden ridden On directions from the theWashmgton theWashington theWashington Washmgton Washington DA DAV V office the local localemployment localemployment localemployment employment officer of the DA DAV V con contacted contacted contacted tacted the man to see what kind ot of otwork ofwork ofwork work he might do while in bed and andyet andyet andyet yet receive some Income In the theman theman theman man s community there was a asmall asmall asmall small plant tor for making hooked rugs rugsThe rugsThe rugsThe The DA DAV V representative representabve arranged arrangedto to have the bed ridden veteran veteranmake veteranmake veteranmake make hooked rugs and market them themWI themwith themwith WI with th this concernThen concernThen concern concernThen Then there is an entirely different differenttype differenttype differenttype type of case-seemg case seemg case - - seeing that justice Is Isdone isdone isdone done the disabled veteran after he hedoes hedoes hedoes does get a job A guard was em employed employed , ployed in a certain public publtc bwld build bwldIng building buildIng Ing He had a slight nervous dls dis dlsorder disorder disorder order tor for which a psychiatrist was wastreatmg wastreating wastreating dlsI I treatmg treating him prescribing prescnblng a lIttle lIttlemedication littlemedication littlemedication medication to be taken while wlule on onduty onduty onduty duty One day the medicine made madethe madethe madethe the veteran feel drowsy and he heasked heasked heasked asked to be relieved relleved from duty for fora fora tora a few hours unt tint 1 1 he could overcome overcomeIt It That was refused him Subse Subsequently Subsequently Subsequently quently charges were preterred preferred preferredagainst preferredagainst I Iagamst agamst against him and he was given a ai aletter aletter aletter i letter of 01 suspension The DA DAV V Na Nattonal Nalional ' Uonal ttonal Employment officer went to tothe tothe tothe the mat tor for him and had the whole wholecase wholecase wholecase case uncoveredFend uncovered uncoveredFmd Fmd Fend Boys Can CanDo CanDo Do Job Well WellBack WellBack WellBack Back of the helping hand offered offeredto offeredto offeredto to the disabled veterans to get them themInto theminto themInto Into jobs lobs a lot of spade work has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been going gomg on - the ground has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been prepared with great care so sothat sothat sothat that when the crisis cnsls comes- comes comesmany comesmany comes comesmany - - many workers and few ' jobs-the jobs the jobstheformer jobstheformer jobs - theformer former G I who literally gave part partof partof partof of himself hlmse1f for the rest of us will willhav willhavre willhave hav havre ' an opportunity opportumty to work The TheDAV TheDAV TheDAV DAV asserts that he can do a job jobwell jobwell jobwell well in spite of his handicap It Itpomts Itpoints Itpoints pomts points to records it is accumulating accumulatingwhich accumulatingwhich accumulatingwhich which show that when a disabled disabledveteran disabledveteran disabledveteran veteran is hired he shows great greatcare greatcare greatcare care and conscientiousness In per performmg performing performing formmg forming his task It s something somethinglike somethinglike somethinglike like the story of the old WashJnglon Washington WashJnglonI WashJnglonairportIt Washingtonairportit Washingtonairport airport-It airport It - it wu wis wi * one of the most dan dangerous dangerous dangerou I gerous * In the United States but butthere butthere butI there were no major accidents on it The answer was that pilots pilotsknowmg pilotsknowing pilotsknowing knowmg knowing the hazards took extra extraprecautions extraprecautions extraprecautions precautions in using the field So a adisabled adisabled adisabled disabled veteran already knowmg knowing knowmgwhat knowingwhat knowingwhat what it is to be handicapped handicappeduses uses considerable extra careI caresaid careI caresaid care careI I said the DA DAV V had set up a na naional national natlonal ional tional ! employment program for the thefirst thefirst thefirst first time in its existence headed headedup headedup headedup up in Washington Waslungton by a National NationalEmployment NationalEmployment NationalEmployment Employment officer Then each eachstate eachstate eachstate state has a Chief Employment Bmployment of officer offlcer offleer ficer flcer The DAV In each state Is IsdiVided isdivided isdivided diVided into chapters or local units unitsand unitsand unitsand and each has an employment of officer offlcer offleer ficer flcer also thus bnnging bnngmg bringing the contact contactof contactof contactof of this helping hand right down Into Intothe intothe intothe the community commuruty where the veteran veteranlives veteranlives veteranlives lives or Is bospltallzedBefore hospitalizedBefore hospitalized bospltallzed hospitalizedBefore Before the program can begm begin begmoperating beginoperating beginoperating operating in the complete way en envIsioned envisioned envisloned vIsioned by its planners the men menwho menwho menwho who can offer the jobs lobs have to be becontacted becontacted becontacted contacted personally and the chal challenge challenge challenge lenge of their opportunity opportumty to make makework makework makework work available to handicapped handleapped vet vet- veterans veterans veterans - - erans has to be put squarely be before before before fore them This has been the first firsttask firsttask firsttask task of Dr Macvaugh and his corp corps corpsof corpof , of employment officersDAV officers officersDAV DA DAV V Gets 011 Off OffTo OffTo To Good StartA Start StartA A strong beginning beglnnmg was made madewhen madewhen madewhen when at a conference in th Atlantic AtlanticCity AtlanticCity AtlanticCity City the following representative representatlve or organizatlOns organizations organlzations ganizatlOns ganizations among others were werecontacted werecontacted werecontacted contacted personally by the DA DAV DAVNational DAVNational V VNatIOnal NatIOnal Employment officer and andasked andasked andasked asked to Influence the businesses busmesses for forwh forwh forwh wh ch they are spokesmen to put putdisabled putdisabled putdisabled disabled veterans on their work workrolls workrolls workrolls rolls the National Association of ofManufacturers ofManufacturers olManufacturers Manufacturers the American Bank Bankers Bankers Bankers ers association assoc18t1on the Chamber of ofCommerce ofCommerce olCommerce Commerce the National Council of ofFarmer ofFarmer ofFarmer Farmer Co operatives the th Amen Amen1 Amencan Amen1can Amencan can Farm Bureau federation federalton the theAmerican theAmerican theAmerican American Retail federation the Air AirTransport AirTransport AirTransport Transport association Aircraft In Industrles Industries Induttnes dustrles dustries association Investment InvestmentBankers InvestmentBankers InvestmentBankers Bankers association Committee 01 of 01Economic ofEconomic olEconomic Economic Development American AmericanTruclung AmericanTrucking AmencanTrucking Truclung Trucking association Amencan American AmencanWaterways AmericanWaterways AmericanWaterways Waterways Operators Association Associationof of American Railroads Nattonal National NattonalForeign NationalForeign NationalForeign Foreign Trade Council National Re Retall Retail Retail tall tail Dry Goods association , , , Interna Internabonal Internataonal Intemational bonal taonal Association of Lions Clubs ClubsNatIonal ClubsNational ClubsNational NatIonal Grange National Naltonal Assocla Associa AssoclaI AssoclatIon Associalion Associatlon tIon lion of Motor Bus Operators and so soon soon soon I on But this gives you an nn mdlcaJon indacation mdica mdlca indaca | tlon Jon tion ! of the scope of the cultIvation cultivationof of the soil tor for jobs lobs tor for disabled vet veterans veterans veterans veteransAvailable erans eransAvailable Available jobs are made known to tothe tothe tothe the Veterans Employment Repre Representatlve Representative Representative sentatlve sentative of the United Ul1lted States Em Employment Employment Employment ployment service which has agreed agreedto to designate d"slgnate dslgnate dgsignate " an assistant in an each eachstate eachstate eachstate state who will specialize in the em employment employment employment ployment of war disabled GIs GIsThe G I sThe s sThe The DA DAV V has developed a system systemwhereby systemwhereby systemwhereby whereby its chapter employment of offlcer offlcer offleer flcer knows as soon as a man who whohas whohas whohas has a disability is released froman froman from | an institution Inshtuuon and is available aV81lable for forwork forwork forwork work in his community commul1lty He also alsoknows alsoknows alsoknows knows the disabled veterans living Uving livingthere Uvingthere livingthere there who need jobs It is his task taskto taskto taskto to bring brmg the men and the jobs to together together together togetherIt gether getherIt It is the DA DAV V chapter employ employment employment employment ment officer who takes the man to tothe tothe tothe the veterans employment repre repres representative repretentative s sentative ntatlve of the USES where the Jobs lobs Jobsare lobsare jobsare are registered rellStered : and on to the pro prospectIve prospective prospective spectIve employer if necessary to toclinch toclinch toclinch clinch the employment of the ex exGI exGI exGI exGIThere GI GIThere There are five planks m lD in the em employment employment employment ployment platform of th the DAVFirst DAVFirst DAV DAVFirst First to eonTlnce eonvince convince employers employerstbat employersthat employersthat tbat that they should sbould employ dis dIs- dIsabled dls- dls dlsabied disabled - - abled abied American veterans some some- somewhere somewhere somewhere - where IMMEDIATELYSecond IMMEDIATELYSecond IMMEDIATELY IMMEDIATELYSecond Second to support the th train trainIng trainbig trainluff Ing big of disabled veterans yeurans ror for rormore formore ( ormore more than one key kcy Job In an anIndustry anindustry anindustry Industry go 80 so that th t when heavy heavyunemployment heavyunemployment heavyunemployment unemployment develops tbe the tbedisabled thedisabled thedisabled disabled man will win not be the first firstdlscharred firstdischarged firstdischareod dlscharred discharged : for he will wall be able ableto ableto ableto to do more than one jobThird jobThird job jobThird Third to advocate Increased Increasedwages increasedwages increasedwages wages for disabled veterans be- be because because be because - cause they have become more morevaluable morevaluable morevaluable valuable as a re result u1t of the mul multlplo multiple multipio tlplo tiple traIningFourth trainingFourth training trainingFourth Fourth to try to Improve Improveworking Improveworking Improveworking working conditions eondltions for the tbe dis dIs- - dIsabled disabled disabled - | abled ex G 1 I so that hia his Job Isa Is Isa Isa a pleaaant pleasant oneFifth oneFifth one oneFifth Fifth to see e * that preference preferenceIs Is given the disabled veteran In Inlitaylng instaying instaying litaylng staying on the tb Job when people peoplehave peoplehave peoplehave have to be released releascd |
