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Show 'W W ' hirv9ton Wffesti WffestiPlan , Plan for Local ocaI OfficesTo Offices OfficesTo OfficesTo To AidDemobilization AidDemobilizationriiii Aid Demobilization DemobilizationVets _ riiii riiiiVets Vets ' and Civilians ' Problems Would Be BeTackled BeTackled BeTackled Tackled in Own Communities ; Re- Re ReEmployment ReEmployment Re-Employment Re Employment - Employment Is Major Goal . By BAUKHAGE BAUKIIAGE BAUKHAGEVf'uii BAUKIIAGEVwi BAUKIIAGENf'WJ /Vf'uii Vf'uii Vfuii Nf'WJ NfWJ Vwi ! / ' ' Analyst md nd end Commentator Commenlutor Commentutor WNU cvNU ( VNU BfTTice 8t'rvlce 8trvlce Service ' Union Trust Bulldlol Building BuildingWashington BuildlBKn ' Wasblna-ton Wasblna ton Washington ' hlnefn - D 0 CTi C CTics 1'1 11 Ti ' Tics .se se cse < . * day days It Is popular to crltl criti crltlclze criticizo criticizc clze cizo D mocrnUc mocratlc mocratic method methods * for their theirIf theirli theirIt If li ck of kpeed bpeed The lexislative le/Jslatlve le Jslatlve legi8lative / ( mills ml11 millsdo milldo * do (10 10 ( grind grtnd ilowly slowly as a * we have noted notedwith notedwith notedwith with n any of the measures meacures ; dolay1 delayI delay I R J g ! . rendlmtment readjustment to the peace to tocome tocome tocome come But In the case c e of the first flrst flrststeps flrststeps firsttep steps tep toward preparing tor for de demobilization demobilization demobilization mobilization which have broutt brougtt brougt ( up- up upsuch upsuch up upuch - such uch hearty dliaireement disagreements * It so sohappens sohappens ohappeni happens that quite quit * unobserved unobflerved unoberved by bymost bymost bymost most observers the tbe machinery .nas nas .nasbf'en . 4iasbeen Eta . bf'en bfen been ' grinding trlndln < steadily ahead just justthe justthe justthe the lame same lameThl This sameThis Thl was wa achieved by executIve executIveorder executiveorder executiveorder order and on the th surface at least least leastIt . , It appear appears * that work hai has been done donewhUe donewhile donawhile whUe while congress was disagreeIng disagreeIngSInce disagreeingSince disagreeincBine SInce * February 24 . , when thtt th execu executlve executlve executlve tlve order creating It was Issued lamed the theRetralnlo theRetraining th thRetrainuic Retralnlo Retrainuic Retraining , and nd Roemployment Reemployment ad admlnistratloo administration adminlttratlon mlnistratloo ministration hai has established more morethan morethan morthan * than 8000 U 000 information InformatloD centem centera centers whlcb which whlcbwill whichwill wblcbwill will be b the contact point with dIs- dIs dIscharged discharged dis-chareed dis chareed - - - charged veterans and war workers workersIt workerIt * It also erected the framework of a as.tem astem asystem s.tem stem , . which wblch can bo be expanded CO to COtake tolake totake take lake care : ear * of ot the tbe peak p ak demands demand . when whendemobiUzaUoD whendernobllizaUon whendemobilization demobiUzaUoD dernobllizaUon . starts .tarts tarts in earnest earnestThese amest . . Theso These information centers are ar the thevttal thevIta1pothts th thvltalpolnts vltal\polnts vltal polnts vIta1pothts vttal \ olnts of contact betwen between gov gov- gov government KOV-ernment KOV ernment . - - emment ernment agencies 8genclea and the th c1t1zen citizen citizenveteran , , veteran or civilian clvlltan who wh is II Ita starling startincon starlingon tUng tUngon on the th road back to peacetime peacetimeexI.tence peacetimeexistence peacetimeexistence peacetimeexistenceTh exI.tence exItence existence . exI.tenceThe existenceThe The Th philosophy phDosopby back of ot this whole wholereadjustJi1en wholereadjustment wholereadjustment readjustJi1en readjustment * ] plan pan I Is . based ba.ed baed . on the theIdea theidea theIdea Idea that a man or woman can best bestbe bestbe bestb be served by bis bls his own friends friend . and andl1elcbbors andneighbors andneighbors l1elcbbors neighbors The government , , localor local locat or orfederal orfederal r rfedet'al fedet'al fedetal federal ' . , helps belps , but the th local com coin communlty coinmunity cornmunlty munlty munity whose wbose own prosperity de depend depends dpends * pend pends . on the prosperity prosperlty , and b hdppl hdpplness happiness ppl pplbell bell ness of ot its Ita members . , Is III the best of ofcu1de ofguides ofguides cu1de guides . , . , philosophers phUo.opher phUoopher . . and friend friendsThe friends friendsThe II IIThe The RetraWn Retralnlne Retraining , and Reemploy- Reemploy Reemployment Reemployinent Reemploy-ment Reemploy ment - ment inent Administration lldmJn1.tratlon lldmJn1tratlon Mminiatration . is the jshlld .child child phlld . , ofthe of ofthe oflb the lb . Baruch-Hancock Baruch Hancock - - report , . which I isa . a lengthy document dpcument embodylne embodyIng the theresults theresults theresults results of 01 a lone long stud study , and Jrellentedas ) presented Jrellented reaented reaentedas as s a suxxestlon lugge.tloD luggetloD suggestion . for tor appropriate appropriatelegtllatJon appropriatelegislation appropriatelegislation legtllatJon legislation . . Since the lawmakerll lawmakers lawmakerllwere lawmakerswere lawmakerswere were slow in their law-maldn law maldn law-making law making - - , the thePre thePre thePresident Pre ldent dent Issued luued bis bls his executive order orderund.er orderunder orderunder und.er under . bis his war waz powerslIe powers power powersHe . He lIe ' put the new administration un- un unlSer Under un under - der lSer the office omce of War MobWzaUon Mobilization MobilizationIts , Ita its bead head , . l Mr & . , Byrnes , , named Gen Gen- Gen General General - * . eral lUncs ifines IUno . , , bead head of ot the Veteran Veterans Veteransadministration Veteransadministration . administration . , a as . Administrator AdmWatrator of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Retralnmf Retra1n1nB Retraining and 8nd Reemployment Reemploymentletup Reemploymentsetup Reemploymentletup letup setup . _ . New Afency Agency WorkWith Work Works WorksWith * . With Other U . . S S & . . BodiesUnder Bodies Bodie BodiesUnder . Under General Wne Hinea Ilines . was createdI created I . policy poUcy board made up ot of r repro repre-icntatives repre icntatives - . - lentaUvoa sentatives of 01 the various vadoul govern govern- government governmeat government - ment meat . agencies , oocle . whose whOle functions ftmctlon . I1t Ot I1tInto OtInto fitInto Into the picture the purpose helnB being helnBto beingto beingto to make use of : existing edsUna goveflUn.ent goveflUnent goveninent goveninentagencies governmentagencies . agencies . , encles Insofar a as . possible rather ratherthan ratherthan ratherthan than to create new ones The agen agen- agencIes agen- agen agenides agencies - - cies ides represented oo on the beard board are aretabor arelabor arelabor tabor labor , federal security , war man manpower manpower manpower power selective lelecUve service , . , the war de- de do- do deparbnent dopertinent de department - - partment parbnent pertinent , , navy department deparbnent . , war warproducUon warproduction warproduction producUon production boardThis boardThis board boardThis This board has baa general super supervision supervision superrislon vision of all activities afTecting afYectlng affecting the thereturned thereturned thereturned returned veteran or 01 os ' the discharged dlichargedwar dischargedwar war worker and It consult consults * with con conress congress congross ress gress ( on matters which would pro pro- promote promote promote - - mote the processes proces e of ot readjustment reacjustmenL reacjustmenLSpec11icaUy ! . . Specifically Spec11icaUy Spectflcafly this thi * is a large order orderCor orderInc ordertor Cor Inc it Involve inYo1ves involves * getting Jobs getting gettingthe gettingthe gettingthe the right Job ob for tor the right man mantraining mantraining mantraining training tor for jobs training the right rightman rightman rightman man for tor the right Job ob and assuring assuringan assuringIn an In expert Xpert and sympathetic handling handlingat handlingof of the process , . from the human as aswell aswell aswell well all athe as " the economic standpoint It It8SO Italso Italso 8SO also ] deals with all the multiCold multifold multiColdbenetits multifoldbenefits multifoldbenefits benetits benefits and rights of the GI Gl CI Bill alII 11th of ofRights offlights ofRights Rights flights already dealt withat with at iength length iengthIn lengthLa lengthIn In La these columnsThe columnsThe columns columnsThe The man on whom most of the theresponsibility theresponsibility theresponsibility responsibility for carrying ut the theadmlmstraUon theadministration theadministration admlmstraUon administration a s work has fallen so sofar sofar sotar far is C W Bailey " executive f"xecutive fxecutive sec secretary secretary secretary retary of the policy boardFollowing boardFollowing bonrd board bonrdFollowing Following the theory of ut IIzation lization IIzationof lizationof lizatlonof of existing agencies the board 1m im 1mmediately immediately 1mmediately mediately turned to the three g v ven vart ven en art rent r ent efit agencies which were al already already nlready ready engaged In activit ts t l S similar similarto similarto to those , or tncludinc Including those which whichthe whichthe whichthe the R It ir & R has to do namely sdec stiec sdecLive stieclive s sleclive -leclive leclive - Live service with Its 6500 8 6 500 offices office'l officel otflce ' In Inall inall innil all parts part3 of the counliy countly countzy thrOl-h thrOl h throthh throthhsshich throi ! - , ihfthich , sshich \ ' > hlch virtually evervone everyone \ , uho stho ho ell cii elltered ciitered entered tered the armed ormed sen SCI-MCCS SCI MCCS sertcc - Ice " ! t ad to topass topass topass pass the United States f 1 ' n ploy ploymant ployment ploymcnt mant ment service with Its 1 I 500 t f ill III time timeoffices timeotTices timeoffices offices otTices which have been the main mainchannels mainchannels m inchannel channels * carrying carrylog the warorktrrs war \\orktrrs orktrrs sorkvrs sorkvrsto \ work orktrrsto r rto to their jobs and finally flnally the Vet erans cmos administration with Its hun hundred hundred hundred dred offices with a personnel per onnel ex cx experlenced cxperienced experienced perlenced perienced in handling ex cx soldIers soldIersclaims soldiersclaims toldlerclaims * claims since the end of World WorldWar WorldWar WorldWar War 1Committees ICommittees I 1 ICommittees Committees were appointed in the thevarious thevarious thevariou various * states stlltes competed compoed compocd , of repre representatlves representatives representatlves sentatlves sentatives of these agencies whose whosefunctJon whosefunction whosefunction functJon function was to assist In the creation creationof of the information loformatlon centers In manystates manystates many ! states these committees have been beenable beenable beenable able to report that the organization organizationof of these smaller IImaller groups Is now ade adequate adequate adequato quate to handle the present load loadin loadin 10 in other states the completion of the theorganJza theorganization theorganization organJza organization tion Is underwayMr underway underway- - Mr MrBalley MrBailey MrBailey Balley Bailey teUs tells me that he be feels that a anational anational anational national framework lias has been con constructed constructed construtted structed upon which the complete completeorganIzation completeorganization completeorganization organIzation can be raised as de- de do- do demobilization domobilization de demobilization - - mobilization begins and war Indus tndus Industries tndustries Industries tries are cut downThts downThis down downThis This Thts Is the organization which whicb has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been functioning functlonlog under the execu executlve execulive execufive tlve live order It la Is taken tor for granted grantedthat grantedthat grantedthat that it will be continued eontlnued in function functionif If not in exact form , and of course courseprovIded courseprovided courseprovided provIded with adequate funds fundi for ex ox expans oxpansioti expanslon pans pansioti Ion by current or future legis legislatlon legislatlon legislatlon latlon But Put flut the point Is II that in the theintermln theintermin theintermin intermln intermin action actton has been taken , with without without without out working workfng for the leglsla legislative legislativebodies legislativebodies tlve tlvebodies bodies to deliberate and adumbrate adumbrato adumbratewhUe adumbratowhile adumbratewhile whUe while the r readjustment adJustment program programmerely programmerely programmerely merely marked'Ume markedUme marked * ' timeAdministration time timeAdministration Administration Admini.tration Adminitration . Ealler Eager EagerTo BaserTo To Make Good Showing Sliowsng ShowingSince SliowsngSince ShowingSince Since the Democratic Ildmuustra sidmznistra Ildmuustratl sidmznistraWin adminljitraUdn , , tl Win D Is open to sharp criticism If ii Ifany iiany Ifany any phase of the adjustment pro pro- proIfam program program - - gram Ifam drags , considerable effort elTort will willbe willbe willbe be made to show results Pressure PressureappUed Pressureappfled Pressureapplied appUed appfled to congress congres to hurry the thele thelegisiaUon thelegislation le legisiaUon lslatlon was exerted too with withthe withthe withthe the Republicans perhaps in 10 the less lessadvantageou lessadvantageou lessadvantageous advantageou , position since the theoriginal theoriginal theoriginal original measure offered o1fered oiTered by the ad admfnt.tratlon administration administration mfnt.tratlon mfnttratlon ministration . was considerably al altered altered altered tered , . , first rst in the senate and later laterin laterIn laterIn in the houseWhen houseWhen house houseWhen When the President was asked for forcomment forcomment forcomment comment on Governor Dewey s a sobarge acharge acharge obarge charge that the New Deal wai was afraidof afraidof afraid of f the peace because It was uncer uncertaln uncerta.in uncertain taln ta.in tain . that the economic problems problemswould problemswould problemswould , would be satisfactorily solved the thePresIdent thePresident thePresident PresIdent merely said "we we " could say saythat saythat saythat that be he . smiled .mlled mlled broadlyMeanwhile broadlyMeanwhile broadly broadlyMeanwhile Meanwhile , some members ef of the theadminIstration theadministration theadministration adminIstration not Dot sure whether whetherImlles whethersmiles whethersmiles Imlles smiles were in 10 order have been out outIn outIn outIn In the field eld attempting to find tlnd out outjust outjust outJust just what has been accomplisbed accomplished accomplisbedtoward accomplishedtoward accomplishedtoward toward opening the way to full em employment employment cmployment ployment . , . which whlcb I la Is . 'generally generally ' ad admltted admitted admitted mltted mitted to be the one sure answer to tothe tothe tothe the danger dancer of ot a . depression The Thework Thework Thework work . of the Retralnln Retraining and Reem Reemployment Reemployment Reemployment ployment administration if It can canahow canshow canshow ahow show a . , good ood record can be an ex- ex ox- ox example oxample ex example - ample ef of one ne of the first concrete concretesteps concretesteps concretesteps concretestepsReports steps stepsReports Reports .f f of . f the informal investla investiga investlators investigators investigators , tors have bave not been made public Wedo Wedo We do o know that in some communities communitiesthe communitiesthe communitiesthe the local people have responded respondedwell respondedwell respondedwell well Many energetic |