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Show RacketeeringlIChools WASHINGTONRacketeering WASHINGTON Racketeering -Racketeering --Racketeering - - - Racketeeringschoola Racketeeringchoolfl choolfl lIChools schoola and employers are reap reap- - - reaping reapIDa ing IDa rich harvest harve.t harvet . from the a . vet vet- veterans veterana veterans - - erans erana ' ' e education d u c aU 0 D program programcharges , charges Dr Francis J Brown Brownnational , DatIQnal national authority on the GI 01 bill billof billof billof of rights educational provisionsOr provisions provisiohs provisionsDr provisiohsDr Dr Brown . states .tates tates that tighter tightercontrols tightercontrols tightercontrols controls are needed Over 900 900million 900million 900million million dollars have already alreadybeen alreadybeen alreadybeen been expended in the program programBefore programBefore , Before the end of ot the year Dr DrBrown DrBrown DrBrown Brown predicts that two m million millionformer millionformer hon honformer former servicemen will be en enroned enroiled enrolled roned roiled to in iii various forms of ot school schooling schoollug schooling ing lug and training trallung His charges chargesare chargesare are contained contamed in a report to the theAmerican theAmerican theAmerican American Council on Public Pubhc AI Af AIfairs Affairs ASfairs ASfairsSome fairs fairsSome Some schools , asserts Dr DrBrown DrBrown DrBrown Brown , have increased fees feesand feesand feesand and have added'question added 4questlon- 4questlon -'question- 'question question 4questlonable - 'questionable ' ( 'questlon-able 'questlon questlon able - - able courses " to get all they theycan theycan theycan can from the government governmetat ffovernment.Employers ffovernmentEmployers . . Employers in many eases cases easeshave caseshave caseshave have look looked d upon the "on- "on on "ontheJob "onthelob "on-the-Job "on on the Job " - - the-Job the Job the-lob lob - - apprentice training trainingfor trainingfor training-for training for - for veterans as merely a way wayto Wayto wayto to get a lucrative govern.ment government govern . ment went subsidy These abuses abusescannot abusescannot abusescannot cannot be corrected cmder under cmdertbe underthe underthe tbe the present loose laws , . , Dr Dr.Brown DrBrown . . Brown commentsThe commentsThe comments commentsThe The Veterans administra admitJlstra- admitJlstra admirllstra admitJlstratlon administration , - tion tlon lion can exercise control controlover controlover controlover over the veteran , but butnot notover not notover t tover over the school which he be hechooses bechooses hechooses chooses to attend It is up upto upto upto to the states to Inspect and andsupervise andsupervise andsupervise supervise the schools that thatare thatare thatare are receiving federal pay paymenta paymeats paymenta menta meats for veterans ' tuiUon tuition tuiUonfees tuitionfees tuitionfees fees Many states atates are not notdoing notdoing notdoing doing any policing , since the theveterans theveterans theveterans veterans ' educational law lawdoes lawdoes lawdoes does not provide any funds fundsto fundsto fundsto to reimburse states for su supervisory supervisory supervisory pervisory expensesThere expensesThere expenses expensesThere There are already more than than100 100 000 training traming establishments that states have approveoLur approved.ur approved approveo . Lur .ur ur Lurveterans iurveterans .urveterans veterans You can see what a atremendous atremendous atremendous tremendous job fob it would be to toinspect toinspect toinspect inspect all of them , , " explamed explained explamedthe explainedthe explamedthe the doctorWhile doctor doctorWhile While it is ir impossible fl'possible flpossible " ' + possible to estf esti estfmate estimate estimate mate how much unscrupulousschools unscrupulous unscrupulousschools unscrupulousschools schools and employers have haveprofited haveprofited haveprofited profited through loopholes In the theeducational theeducational theeducational educational laws , the sum must mustbe mustbe mustbe be tremendous continues contnmes Dr DrBrown DrBrown DrBrown Brown He cites these tYPical tYPicalcases typicalcases typicalcases typicalcasesA cases casesA A Oying flying ylng school has dividedthe divided dividedthe dividedthe the training course into three threeparts threeparts threeparts parts so that it can collect collect$500 collect500 $500 500 $ per course for each eacb vet veteran veteran veteran eran , or a total of $1,500 1500 $ , per perman perman perman man Formerly the entire entirecourse entirecourse entirecourse course had been given for a afee afee atee fee of $500 500 $500A $500A $ $ A shoe shop that blred hired blredmen hiredmen hiredmen men under th the , rlpn-the rlpn the ! pn-the pn the .fpn-the .fpnthe .fpn fpn . - - Job Job"program Jobprogram " " program ga gave ve no btstructJon instruction Instructionand , and the veterans 'earned earned learned 'earnedonly learnedonly ' learnedonly only what they tbey could pick Jck up upby upby upby by watching other workers workersMost workersMost workersMost Most of the offenders areprivate are areprivate areprivate private trade schools . , Dr Dr.Brown DrBrown . Brown says Non profit in insUtutions Inatitutions institutions sUtutions atitutions , , including most col colleges . leges Jeges and universities , are arenot arenot arenot not guilty cnllty of these practicesThe practices . . . The senate committee that isinvestigating is isinvestIgating isinvestigating investIgating war contract scan scandaIs scandais scandais daIs is rurtnmg nanmng running out of funds fundsSenator fundsSenator fundsSenator Senator M Mead ad , , chairman has hasasked hasasked hasasked asked for more money to carry carryon carryon carryon on the committee s tasks It Itgot Itgot Itgot got $85 85 $ 000 early in m the year yearNeed yearNeed yearNeed Need for more money was ex explamed explained explained plamed plained by Senator Brewster BrewsterHe BrewsterHe BrewsterHe He said unexpectedexpenses unexpected expenses expenseshad expenseshad expenseshad had been incurred mcurred during durmg the theprobe theprobe theprobe probe into the itinois II 11 it mois mOls inois mumtlons munitions mumtlonscombme munitionscombine munitionscombine combme combine in 10 which RpPlesentatlve Repjesentative RpPlesentatlveMay RepjesentativeMay RepresentativeMay May has been called for testamony test testa testimony ! mony |