Show r VOCATIONAL PLAN GETS 0 O. K K National H Headquarters Receives Many Expressions of Approval of the Work Accomplished Remarkable tributes to the tile success of the American Legions Legion's plan of cooperation cooperation cooperation co co- operation wit with h t N the I Federal e d ern I Y J f Board for Voca Vocal k rational Education I tion to bring t. t about immediate t r W-i W a admission d m 1 s s I on to 1 St training at government gov gov- emment expense t of thousands of disabled former f. f S service e r v Ice men have taro b been bee c e n received re Je k at national nation nation- al headquarters G Q G. J. J MURPHY Region of the Uie LegIon Head i of I Service ervice since the DIvision maIon of the te thes s system stem was announced a n few weeks weeks' II ag ago I Probably the most significant Instance In J stance of efficiency un under er the new arrangement arrangement arrangement ar ar- ar- ar comes from Oshkosh WIs Oshkosh post No o 70 located SO moo me-i who oho had put In claims for training but had been unable to obtain a decision on their cases The post got these thes men together and notified the district office of the board at Chicago o which sent a n fi flying Ing squadron of trouble men to Oshkosh Everyone E of the SO cases caes was cleaned up at once It Is the intention of the llie Legion through Its national vocational officer at Indianapolis and operating co-operating Legionnaires Le Ie In en every r department and community throughout the country to see that this tills same s system Is put put- Into universal practice until the last red tape entanglement Is swept from the path of ever every crippled veteran whether er a member of the tile Legion or not who Is entitled entitle to training under the provisions pro of the vocation rehabilitation tion act Since the Le Legion lon took look up this wor work work- in Michigan a total of 2500 cases have ha been settled settle b by the tho Legion and the federal fed eral oral board boar working together Conferences Conferences Confer Confer- have been held In 15 5 districts of the state fin and Legion men accompanied b by representatives of the board met vocational officers of the local posts and ond sought out the men whose whose- ca cases es had not been acted upon In New Jerse Jersey the Legion and ond federal fed fell eral board have ha offices in the same building an and through operation co-operation the board Is brought In touch with every everyman everyman man elan who hn ling has a claim with the result that Immediate action is being obtained ob tamed In practically er e every instance Four district conferences have been held In III Ohio and arl arrangements have been made to have ha flying squadrons visit the posts as fast as men having claims can be located locote and und gotten otten to tor getter gether In Utah the Legion Is Interviewing el c every ex service ex-service man In the state with reference to any claim lie may have As soon soot as such n a a man is located his hId case is taken laken up and settled Immedi a tel S In Wisconsin arrangements have been made to hold a vocational conference conference confer confer- ence enee as a part palt of the state convention con of the Legion at nt Green na Bay as asH asa asa a H final determined effort to wind up upun un any and und all cn cases cs that may still be pending at that time Similar reports all attesting great success for the operative co plan have ha come In from California Arkansas and Alabama |