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Show ilijiliif IS 31 Congress Investigating Vocational Voca-tional Education Plan for Disabled Soldiers INDIANAPOLIS, April 10. Recommendation Recom-mendation that congressional investigation investi-gation of the federal board for vocational voca-tional education now in progress in Washington be continued and extended extend-ed were made by a special committee jot the American Legion. Members of the committee, which was appointed by National Commander Franklin !P'01ier, arc Lemuel Bolles, of Seattle, Wash., national adjutant; Marquis-(James Marquis-(James of Now York, associate editor of Tho American Legion Weekly, and Gerald J. Murphy, of Vermont, chief of the service division of tho Legion. The committee sent a letter to Congressman Con-gressman Simon D. Fess, of Ohio, chairman of the house committee on education, which Is now investigating tho board, -suggesting that a subcommittee subcom-mittee be sent to New York City to make a special inquiry on the ground as to the administration of tho board's affairs in district No. 2, the headquarters headquar-ters of which are in New York. Chairman Chair-man Bolles explained the action of the legion committee. Constructive Performance Proposed. "The prime object of this committee commit-tee is not criticism, but constructive performance," said Mr. Bolles. "Official "Offi-cial figures reveal that more than 209,-000 209,-000 applications have been made to the board by ex-soldiers and sailors who have been disabled, by battle wounds or other causes. In addition there are about 1S.000 seriously wounded wound-ed or afflicted men still in hospitals. We estimate the total of men who will require vocational ni-education to fit them anew for gainful occupations in life to be about 120.000. Work Has Been Slow. "Twenty months ago the federal board for vocational education Avas charged with this task. Twenty-one million dollars has been appropriated for Its exclusive use. The board has in that timo placed in training only 24,500 men, of which number not 300 have completed train Ing and begun their new start in life." oo |