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Show Government Training For jjoifa A now bill or vital Interest tn cx-koivIco cx-koivIco men which offers nluu montliH education and apprenticeship train-! Ing ut government expense to any volernn of tho war with Goimauy, ws Introduced In Congress by Unit-' cd States Senator Iivlno I.. I.enioot of Wisconsin, with the support of the Amcrlfim Legion. Under this pio-posed pio-posed legislation which Is known as tho War Sorvlco Educational act, liiond educational facilities hcicto-foro hcicto-foro available only for disabled sol-Idleis, sol-Idleis, sailors and mnilnes aiu extend-ed extend-ed to all veterans honoialily dslchuig-! dslchuig-! oil after at least sixty duys actual 'servlco in tho military and naval Ifoices of tho United States In the war agnlnst Germany. Thccssentlnl fe.iuties of tho bill aul these: J 1 Tho essential leatuies of tho bill War Senlco Kducotlonal rncllltlos, compoced of tho becrotaiy of war, tho secietary of tho navy, nnd four citizen citi-zen inemheis, nil cx-seivlce men, appointed ap-pointed by the president with tho nd-Mce nd-Mce and consent of tho senate No inoi e than tun of thu citizen members mem-bers can belong to tho bnmo political politi-cal paity. Tills federal board of wir seivico educational facilities with central heudnuartois In tho District of Columbia, and such bi.inch olllcos tn states and cities as may be ieulreu I to carry out the prolslons of th.3 act, Is to function thiough Institutions Institu-tions which. In Its opinion, malntali satlsfnctoiy couises In Instruction. Institutions in this connection, mean any public or pi hate university, univer-sity, college, or academy or any publico pub-lico ot pihata high, elementary, business, busi-ness, trado or night bchool or any .regular com ho of lnsttuctlou or np-piontlccshlp np-piontlccshlp conducted In connection I with any factory, mill, bnnlc, store, or other Industrial or mercantile establishment. Kach vctoian who elects (o tako advantage of this act shall bo untitled unti-tled to lecelvo ?G0 a month for such time, not exceeding nine months, at he may be I'ctunlly under Institution at an appioved Institution and to to-celvo to-celvo his necessary traveling expenses expens-es to and f loin such Institution. Only thoso veterans who aro obliged, ob-liged, whllo receiving Instiuctlon, to work at least forty houis a week nt a tiade, ocutlon or piofession In older ol-der to support poisons actually dependent de-pendent on them ,aro permitted to attend any night, evening, afternoon 'or other pait tlmo course of Instruction Instruc-tion or to attend cuuihos i emitting less than twelve hours classroom, laboratory or slmllai work a week. Voteians must file applications ror this training within one ycai from the dato of assago of tho piopohcd act. Any veteran whoso application has been approved by tho board shall be entitled to elect to attend i any approved Institution within tho jHtato, tonltorj or possession of which ho is lesldent If thoio bo no ap-pioed ap-pioed Institution or the kind which ho d 03 Iron to nttond In his slate, then tho veteran Is peimlttcd to attend tho neniest aallnble approed Institution Insti-tution or such kind in another state Tho pteran la entitled lo elect the general course, of Instiuctlon which he deslies lo tako pioided that he elects no couise for which his pie-Uous pie-Uous education, tialnlng nnd epen-enco epen-enco are not sttlllclent to enablo lilni to meet entrance requirements. Tlio Initial paymont of $C0 for the fiist month will bo paid In ndvanci on treasuiy depailmcnt ouchei when tho otornn leports ni iho lnstltutiou ror which his application has baen approved, no rut (her payments will bo undo until a lesponsible olllcor In that Institution certifies to the local manager for the fedeial board Tor fai son Ice educational facilities, Urn' the veteran has nmlutnlned satisfactory satisfac-tory attendance In tho courso of !.-structlon !.-structlon picscrlbed for the previous month. Then tho next month's pay nient also will bo made1 In advance. No payments shall bo made to rot-eraiiB rot-eraiiB who fall to r ort for insti k- tlou within tin co yonrs from tho data M of nssugo of tho act and no pay- M ments aro authorized for instruction jH leceHed moro than five years after tho date when this net becomes efrrc- H tlvo, which Is, thirty days after pat- H sago fo the bill. H The Bum of J 1,000, 000 Is n'ppn.p- H rlated to bo used by the pioponed H hoard for salaries, wages, rent ntil H other ndmlnlstintlve expenses. H Vctcinnn receiving similar benefits H urder other laws aro not eligible in H receive payments under Senator J.cn- H H |