| Show BLIND MAKE SURVEY OF JOBS BLIND wider Econ economic ornic opportunities to be brov provided ded washington for the first time in history the civil service commission commiss fori kwil will hold an examination for blind persons person sto to supervise in part a a survey of employment opportunities for the blind for which congress made provision in legislation passed last session the same act aati authorized the establishment offending stands in federal buildings country to be operated operate dby by the blind under the law half of attiq persons periods ernpao employed y ed in ghesu the survey rv ey must be blind for purposes of the examination nati on a blind person is defined as one having not more than 10 per cen cent t visual acuity in the better eye when corrected by glass glasses bs T the he commission plans later to hold another examination jo to select several blind di dictaphone f acta operators in this legislation congress sought to to widen I 1 for thelnore th the more lnore than blind persons throughout the united states administration of the program will be in the hands of the united states office of education in addi addition the office will designate the state commission for the blind in each state as the agency for issuing licenses for operating the per and cigar stands in public buildings in states that have n no 0 com mission for the blind the office of education will designate another public age agency ncy to handle the licenses each state commission must agree to operate cooperate co with the commissioner missioner r of education and with the division of vocational rehabilitation of the state in training placing and supervising blind persons and also to provide by loan gift or other means an adequate initial stock of suitable articles for each blind stand operator A special staff will be set up in the rehabilitation division of the office of education to guide the work |
