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Show m p m When The War Is Ended J vJt Is not too early to consider post helium plans and a movement started start-ed In Now York Is worth tho serious nttentlon of communities all over ll.o country. Several hundred thousand menal-ready menal-ready havo been drawn from civil walks to enter tho army, leaving their employments to bo filled bv others. The question of their rca3-slmllatlon rca3-slmllatlon Into civil llfo when they return from tho war is a vital ono. It cannot wait for solution until pcaco Is restored. Recognlxlng this fact Now York Is setting on foot plans for tho establishment estab-lishment of a bureau to secure M far as It Is possible to do so, employment em-ployment for all New York soldiers on their return. Tho fundamental idea Is to obtain tho pledge of employers em-ployers to glvo preference to tho soldiers and sailors when they are mustered out. The plan Is an excellent one. Sooner or later all cities ought to follow It. If the war la prolonged many of those who "go broad will not return 'and some returning will be unfitted to till the positions from which they were taken. But there will be hundreds of thousands e?m-ing e?m-ing back who will be fit to resume their trades or occupations and their service will entitle them to preference prefer-ence in all cases where employers are seeking help. New Orleans States. |