The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 4, 1948, Page 7

FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1948 EMPLOYMENT OF MALE VETERANS 1S AT HIGH POINT Employment, of World War II male veterans reached a new post- war peak of 12,262,000 in _ April, Perry Faulkner, Chief of the Vet-|rates charged by many private 2 ¥ erans Employment Service, an-‘svhcols for training veterans under| 6:30—Sports on Spot. nounces. the G. I. Bill. | 6:45—Boys of North. Faulkner said the latest Bureau of the Census employment esti- mates showed that six out of every seven male veterans were gain- fully employed. “Of 14,272,000 male veterans of World War II accounted ior, the Bureau of the Census lists 12,- 262,000 as employed, 621,000 as un- empioyed, and 1,389,000 outside the labor force,” Faulkner said. those outside the civilian labor force, about 1,100,000 are enrolled in colleges and universities.” “Student veterans are leaving colleges and universities in increas- ing numbers as they comple their educational courses. It is es- timated a minimum of 100,000 vet- erans will graduate or leave college in June,” said Faulkner. “Over the next few years jobs will have to be found for more than a million student veterans. “Because of high employment, many of the veterans who are to be graduated this year will find jobs rapidly. A substantial number | ® | higher had to justify their charges VA WILL REVISE CONTRACTS WITH VETERAN SCHOOLS Veterans Administration today re- vised its contract requirements to provide a firmer control over tuition | KINY — JUNEAU Alaska Broadcasting Co. C, R. 8. FRipAY EVENING 5:00—WINNER TAKE ALL-CBS 5:30—Totem Talk —Forecasts. 5:45—Viking Varieties. 6:00—Juneau-Young News. 6:15—Waltz at Dinner. | 7:00—Bing Crosby. 7:30—ARTHUR GODFREY—CBS 8:00—Standard News—Forecasts. 8:15—American Lej The changes, effective July 1, 11948, are being made in an attempt |to correct and eliminate abuses in | tuition cha that were uncovered in recent months. With the new con~ tract standards, VA hopes to make {certain that federal government is not payi more than the vet- | eran actually receives during his training. Previously, VA’s policy 9:00—Fishing 1 9:15—Remember. 9:30—PEOPLE'S PLATFORM- CBS 10:00—Alaska Line News. 10:15—Words with Music, | was to pay the private profit schools{ 10:30—Forecasts. me—Forecasts. |the customary charges made to ali ‘smdrms. These payments could not | exceed the rate of $500 for a full- |time course for an ordinary school |year. Scheools whose rates were First newscast of the day at 7:30 e it |as fair and reasonable and negoti- AE COMMISSION VA Lased this policy on the assump- | OF AF[ DISPUTE established on a competitive market | before passage of the G. I. Bill, were air and reasonable. Since the beginning of the G. L, |education and, training program on June 22, 1944, a large number of WASHINGTON, June 4.- ~ The Atcmic Energy Commission today rejected an AFL demand that the commission step into the criti- cal labor dispute at the Oak Ridge GAVE ME TH . PILLS FOR ELMER TO TAKE ':,_\‘ E THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA BLONDIE e PAGE SEVEN T wonoer I g ( WHAT THEY &b > o PEOPLE / HAMbL LR BECAR HAS A MERMAID FOR ) you, Miss oYL — \7 oH— HE HAS SEVERAL \ GOOPY !') 1 R . "NOBODY EVER SAW ONE THAT WASNT PRETT'Y!! JLL ASK THEM | WHAT KIND OF ( “qu‘tml / >/, 4 C e e Copr. 1018, King Features Syndicate, Ine, World rights raive I WAS VERY NERVOUS ... THAT NOQO...I FELT FOR A HE'S A FRIEND...YOU HOW DO YOU DO... ONY, MAY I SEE YOU ) ALONE A MOMENT ¢ - of veterans, however, will need job €W profit schools were established . counseling and placement assist- | Enroliments in many of these schools ance in finding employment where CODsisted ‘mnmly of veterlns.l s they can utilize their training and|Ing the same period, other longer: experience. This will be especially |CStablished s h“°’5'““"“‘t p."ed"e';‘:: 4 v true in the case of students whu.‘m"”y veteran ollments, increas- | William Green and leaders of the have., taken - general subjects or|°d their charges. | AFL union which represents the | have: specialized in. fields which do| - VA had_liftle control cover the|workers in the atomic laboratory. not have large numbers of job op-|tuition rates charged by these rhvfl arbide and Carbon Chemi- enings.” schools. No customary charges s Corporation operates the gov- Faulkner said that while good |€Xisted on which fair and reason- ed plant. The plant's results had been achieved in pro-|able tuition could be determined. As members of the AFL grams for assisting disabled veter- |8 result, some of the schools set ex- | Atomic Trades and Lakor Council | ans to find employment, much re- | c€ssive rates for the instruction| turned down 771 to 26 a 10-cents an | mained to be done in this field. |offered the veterans. | hour a wage increase offered “At the present time, slightly| 15 many ca the rates were| the “,,m!”“i more thfm 95,000 disabled veterans|geveral times higher than charges| are seeking jobs through local em-|made for . similar /instruction ployment offices,” said Faulkner.|gjder, well-established private KNEW HIM ... HERE TAKE ' THIS, DEAR . § MOMENT THAT I...I MET HIM ONCE ... BUT I...DON'T ... KNOW ... TONY... I HAVE MAN. KEPT STARING ... HE SEEMED STRANGE .., WHY DID HE SAY ANN ... HE MUST HAVE THOUGHT I WAS SOMEONE HE KNEW. (Tenn.) Naticnal Laboratory. Chairman David E. Lilienthal explained the commission’s position at a meeting with AFL President The revenue system of the U. .| igovernment is primarily “According to the Veterans Admin- |schools in the same area. Rates oft- | 1% taxes: per sonal income, c istration, about a quarter of a mil- en were set as high as possible \vflh-‘w”“” income, liquo,r tobacco, estates, 7 . lion other disabled veterans Wwill|gyut the need of justifying the char- and employment. | 15EE! THEN WE BOTH HAVE A 6CORE TO SETTLE WITH HER, HAVEN'T WE, DARLING .., I, FOR THE DUCKING 5HE GAVE ME — AND YOU, BECAUSE SHE SAW THROUGH YOUR FEEBLE ATTIEMPT TO THROW ALL THE BLAME ON ME. enter the job market over the next|ges in a contract with VA. 7 st few years as they complete voca-| VA's new regulations require all| FEDERAL POWER COMMIS- tional rehabilitation or training|these schools to show that their {SION, Washington 25, D. C. Public | courses. It is vitally important|charges are not excessive for the|notice her given pursuant to | that unemployed disabled veterans|services they are offering the vet- |the provisions of the Federal Power | obtain jobs promptly when they|r they enroll. Act (16 U.S.C. 791-825r), that Cliff enter the labor market, so they hange was made in VA’s pol- | Richmond Lumber Company, of can build up job experience and icy of accepting charges made by!Oakland, California, has made ap- seniority during this period of high !other private schools not affected |nlication for a new license for con- employment.” 'by the new ruling. | structed Project No. 1502 (license — - = | for which exbired recently), located |on an unnamed stream flowing be: tween Hidden Falls Lake and Kas. i nyku Bay on Baranof Island in the | First_Judicial Divisjon, Alaska, and consisting principally of a low mas- onry dam about 52 feet long, a flume, a penstock, two pipe lines, and four | water whes=ls with capacity of abouf, of about 440 horsepower in the ap- SATURDAY NEIGHT at TEN Hear the Rollicking Rhythmic i ainst the approval of this appli- Dazzling Dancable Tunes as neemimilien i YOu Hea]_’ Oflly When on, with the reasons for such pro- test or request and the name and ! : z address of the party or partiss so LILLIAN UGGEN presides at the piano protesting or requesting, should be submitted ,before June 25, 1948, ‘o Sponsored by Juneau Lodge 700 LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE T GATHER YOUVE MET THIS ) VERY INFORMALLY. .. 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