| Show weekly washington letter special correspondence washington july 27 in round numbers in abers the federal board tor for vocational cat ional training and rehabilitation of 0 disabled ex service men have enrolled 2 08 men inen to date harry I 1 M fidler member of the board testifying before the senate cittee in charge of the sweet bill states the enrollments are increasing at the rate ot of 1500 per month according to mr air fidler the cost of 0 the work tor for july will approximate and the cost tor for the current fiscal year beginning july will approximate are over of 0 these ex service men who are training with pay at a maximum monthly cost of 06 00 paid by the government there are over training without pay but at a minimum cost to the government lor for tuition and supa supplies of 0 a month the value of 0 this thie work is abundantly proved by the records of 0 dis disabled ablen men who have comple completed tet their training and are engaged in en employment these men earned an average of 1051 a tear fear before entering the army today in spite ol of their physical disabilities their average annual wage is 1550 the work of 0 this board has been the object of bitter denunciation by several members ot of congress particularly ticul arly senator walsh ot of adassa massachusetts chu a democratic loader leader it should be kept in mind that all of 0 this criticism applies to the board under the wilson administration the board was recognized by president harding in the latter part ot of march and since that time there has been no complaint from ex service men regarding the treatment they have received at the hands ot of the board an example ot of how the board Is fun functioning dioning since its reorganization is furnished by its work in districts 2 and 3 comaris comprising ing tile the states ot of new york new jersey connecticut pennsylvania and deleware since june 15 pending cases in these theae states haie ahne been reduced irom from to or a reduction ot of cases indifference to ap applications P I 1 ca of ex service men and in interminable t er delay in handling them was as oue one of 0 the chief complaints against the board as it was organized and managed under the democratic administration W aw 0 cur CLIP YOUR COUPONS 1 incredible as it may sound there are several thousand people scattered throughout the united states slates who have money coming to them from the united states slates government dut but attlio ho are so indifferent that they will hot go to the trouble ot of calling tor for it at their local banks also unlike many debtors uncle sam has tried and still is trying to pay these people their money which in the aggregate Is considerably over this huge amount represents ac interest on outstanding liberty bonds and victory notes which the owners have tucked away in trunks bureau drawers and sato safe deposit boxes and have apparently forgotten that they boar interest coupons which are payable at intervals of 0 six months all they have to do is to clip the coupons and take them to any bank and the money will be paid over without even the trouble of identification the exact amount of oe this accumulated interest on april 30 1921 the last date of which there aye are official figures was 10 06 2 90 00 since I 1 that date the total has probably increased by several millions since interest on the second loan matured may 15 and on june 15 interest on the first and victory loans tell fell due WORDS OF PRAISE S S Fori fontine tine financial editor ot of the new york world in discussing the business outlook in a recent article says in conclusion and everybody with an open mind and a clear eye knows that the forces of order and progress are to fo all the news that is coming out of 0 washington is constructive tive and reassuring the shackles of business are shortly to be stricken oft off and it is to be given a tree free hand to set its house in order tax revision rev islon that will revive the tired sinews of burden bowed enterprise I 1 is s coming as sure as the harvest much moon the railways are going I 1 to get the cash they need to buy new equipment and to put themselves 1 back into the same physical shape they were before b etore government sponsorship laid its withering hand on their vitals labor Is coming back to I 1 a common sense ol of view oi of what it ow esthe public and its employer is beginning to understand and appreciate e he owes labor and when I 1 the whole country Tea realizes lizes that an honest ho nest days work is worth an honest I 1 days pay and an hone honest st days pay is entitled to an honest days work the almighty dollar will come coma back into its own 4 BIEN FAVORED equal status tor for all former service men employed by the government Is i being sought by theodore roosevelt jr assistant secretary of the navy 1 in conjunction with john W weeks week a secretary of war tho the matter has been brought to a head through the necessity of 0 reduction in forces ta in all depart departments menis ot of the government some departments haxe have given no preference to men who haa seen service others have made provisions to a certain extent the war and na navy vy departments have set forth definite rules to govern the ease case of former soldiers sailors and marines the plan followed by them Is that a former service man whose rating Is above a certain grade shall be entitled to preference conferences are to be held in the near future between the cabinet heads to determine upon some uniform policy GETTING RACK TO WORK TC that railroads entering chicago are preparing for EL a resumption pi of big business in the near future was learned with the announcement that the chicago Dur burlington lington and quin cy had added 2300 men to its forces of the new employees 1300 will be used in n the repair of cars and the continued on page seven our weekly washington letter continued from page one others on the maintenance of way similar action is is contemplated byl by the chicago milwaukee and st paul railroad an official of that line sai said d while the chicago and northwestern railroad hald haid they were very optimistic on the whole situation the first break in the system ot of reduced forces under which the santa fe railroad has been operating for several months will be the return of employed emp loyes of 0 the car shops here at once 0 40 40 between 1500 and 1600 mechanics have returned to work in the local shops of the B 0 railroad after a layoff of several weeks it Is announced at the B 0 offices here bore that mechanics have returned 1 to work at shops at cumberland mr and a smaller number in shops at keyser va and glenwood pa BUSINESS IMPROVING marshall field co in their weekly review df 0 t the wholesale dry goods trade say bay merchants Aler chants continue to place orders for merchandise for fall delivery and the volume of business from our road salesmen will be consequently tar far ahead of the corresponding period of last year there nere ft ere about the same number of customers in market and the number of mail orders was much larger than during the same week of 1920 collections continue satisfactory 40 I 1 CUTTING DOWN A survey is now being made in all government departments to ascertain what materials supplies and equipment Is on hand and usable director dawes of 0 the buteau bureau of 0 the budget on direction of president harding has issued an order to all departments and bureaus forbidding the requisitioning of any new supplies where it Is at all possible to use those on hand this applies to all kinds of office supplies and furniture it is estimated it will result in the saving of many hundreds ot of thousands of dollars 41 4 0 APTER alter THE EVADERS special agents of the revenue service have been organized into flying squads to locate revenue tax ev aders according to information in III possession of 0 the internal revenue bureau at least in ill revenue taxes have been evaded by dealers in soft drinks toilet articles and drugs and b by Y dealers in luxuries it is said there is if likely pr prospect ot of many arrests I 1 commissioner blair head of the internal bureau who has ordered the roundup ot of tax ev aders announce that prosecutions of offenders will be started and that the policy of the government will be to ask tor for the extreme penalties under th the e law the bureau has been informed that in the majority of 0 cases the dealers have bave collected the taxes from the public and then pocketed it instead of turning it over to the government 0 0 TRAINING SPEEDING vr UP A reduction of in the eases cases pending for action in new york new jersey connecticut pennsylvania and deleware during the period from june 15 to july I 1 was announced by the federal board of 0 vocational 1 education cases pending in the I 1 first three named states we were r e red reduced uc from to 2215 it N was ira stated and those in the other two states from to by august 1 I 11 said the boards announcement it is expected the number of cases pending action will be very small |
