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Show WASHINGTON NgWS fi5T FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER Vocational Education Legislation Legis-lation We are confronted with many postwar problems, and one of the most important jobs before us is to promote the readjustment of those who have been demobilized demo-bilized from the armed services or from essential war work. In either instance, these men and women, at least in many cases, must find new fields of endeavor. There is little hope for a stable society until these people have found some degree of security in our economic function. There is now before the House of Representatives, having passed the Senate, a bill designed de-signed to further develop vocational voca-tional education. The bill authorizes au-thorizes .annual appropriations beginning July 1, 1946 as follows: fol-lows: $10 million for vocational education edu-cation in agriculture; $8 million for home economics. The allocation allo-cation of this money will be based upon rural population of the several states, according to the last census. Further, S8 million mil-lion for vocational education in trades and industry; S15 for vocational vo-cational guidance, and S2'i million mil-lion for vocational education in distributive occupations. The state must match fifty per cent of the allocation and will have complete supervision of the total expenditure. This provision will accumulate an annual an-nual expenditure of S45 million for vocational education. It must be remembered that this educational program is distinctly dis-tinctly separate from the GI program. pro-gram. If opportunity for training train-ing and education will aid our readjustment problem, then certainly cer-tainly we are making progress in that direction. Latest Demobiliaiion Figures The total of men and women discharged from the service has reached the number of 10,726788, divided as follows: Army, 7,o00,-000; 7,o00,-000; Navv, 2.689.454; Marine Corps. 382.867; and Coast Guard, 154.487. The Medical Corps has announced an-nounced new provisions for the release of medical officers, so that doctors will become eligible for separation after two years of service; dental officers may be released after 30 months, and nurses after 14 months. These requirements for service will be lowered by the Army, depending on the availability of replacements. |