The Unfinished Business of Returning Home
The United States Veterans' Bureau launches an urgent appeal to Washington employers to secure livelihoods for disabled veterans completing vocational training.
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An appeal to employers of the Pacific Northwest to hire rehabilitated war veterans when vacancies occur or new jobs are created is being made by the Seattle district office of the United States Veterans' bureau and branch offices at Portland, Tacoma, Spokane and Pocatello. Several hundred ex-service men taking vocational training under the direction of the government are scheduled to complete their courses this spring and an earnest effort is being made by the employment service of the bureau to line up jobs for these men to step into upon their graduation, it was announced. A. B. McCabe, district head of the employment service, stated that a special campaign has been started among lumber and logging employers to give rehabilitated veterans preference in hiring of men when lumber activities begin this spring. The bureau is in position to furnish scores of workers along office and clerical lines as well as machinists, saw filers, electricians, steam engineers, cooks, timekeepers and commissary men.
“An earnest effort is being made by the employment service of the bureau to line up jobs for these men to step into upon their graduation.”
A century later, the challenge of transitioning veterans into civilian employment remains a persistent civic issue. While the specific jobs have evolved from 'saw filers' to modern trades, the responsibility of the community to support those injured in service remains a central theme in Washington's social contract.
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