The Redemption of the Disabled: A Study of Programmes of Rehabilitation for the Disabled of War and of Industry |
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Page vii
... employment contributing to the general community welfare . Europe had been in the maelstrom of war many months before the United States was drawn into the vortex . The problem of the disabled man was in fair way of being solved by ...
... employment contributing to the general community welfare . Europe had been in the maelstrom of war many months before the United States was drawn into the vortex . The problem of the disabled man was in fair way of being solved by ...
Page xi
... employment depends upon the efficiency with which the Federal Board for Vocational Education is able to discharge the re- sponsibility for that work as committed to it by the Congress . A large part of this book is devoted to a most ex ...
... employment depends upon the efficiency with which the Federal Board for Vocational Education is able to discharge the re- sponsibility for that work as committed to it by the Congress . A large part of this book is devoted to a most ex ...
Page xii
... employment , disabled soldiers and sailors would go to the waste pile as social dependents as so many have done in other wars . As Mr. Harris points out , however , the victims of our modern industrial life greatly out- number those ...
... employment , disabled soldiers and sailors would go to the waste pile as social dependents as so many have done in other wars . As Mr. Harris points out , however , the victims of our modern industrial life greatly out- number those ...
Page xiii
... employment is a wise busi- ness investment certain to yield large deferred divi- dends in industrial peace , happy homes , self- dependent workers , and national prosperity . Most important and fundamental of all , the restora- tion of ...
... employment is a wise busi- ness investment certain to yield large deferred divi- dends in industrial peace , happy homes , self- dependent workers , and national prosperity . Most important and fundamental of all , the restora- tion of ...
Page xix
... employment and placement of returned soldiers — Vocational retraining not popular - Facilities for agricultural , clerical and technical training - Re- education in South Africa left to private initiative -The Johannesburg Relief ...
... employment and placement of returned soldiers — Vocational retraining not popular - Facilities for agricultural , clerical and technical training - Re- education in South Africa left to private initiative -The Johannesburg Relief ...
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Page 293 - Act and designate or .create a State Board, consisting of not less than three members, and having all necessary power to co-operate, as herein provided, with the Federal Board for Vocational Education in the administration of the provisions of this Act.
Page 296 - Education the sum of $200,000 annually for the purpose of making studies, investigations, and reports regarding the vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons and their placements in suitable or gainful occupations...
Page 198 - All moneys received as gifts or donations shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, and shall constitute a permanent fund, to be called the " Special fund for vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons...
Page 295 - Education, and if the Federal Board finds the same to be in conformity with the provisions and purposes of this Act, the same shall be approved.
Page 293 - June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, the sum of $900,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and annually thereafter, the sum of $1,000,000. Said sums shall be allotted to the States in the proportion which their population bears to the total population of the United States...
Page 294 - ... shall be applied, directly or indirectly, to the purchase, preservation, erection, or repair of any building or buildings or equipment, or for the purchase or rental of any lands; (5) that all...
Page 295 - That whenever any portion of the fund annually allotted to any State has not been expended for the purpose provided for in this Act, a sum equal to such portion shall be deducted by the Federal board from the next succeeding annual allotment from such fund to such State.
Page 293 - June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, nor less than $10,000 for any fiscal year thereafter, and there is hereby appropriated the following sums, or so much thereof as may be needed, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the minimum allotment to the States provided for in this section...
Page 293 - State shall, through the legislative authority thereof, appoint as custodian for said appropriations its State treasurer, who shall receive and provide for the proper custody and disbursements of all money paid to the State from said appropriations.
Page 295 - Education shall annually ascertain whether the several States are using, or are prepared to use, the money received by them in accordance with the provisions of this Act.