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    8 The Newi-Revlew, Roseburg, Ore. Tliuri., Feb. 16, 195C
Gl Education Program Full
Of Abuses; Congress Ready
For Remedial Legislation
By ROWLAND EVANS JR.
WASHINGTON, At Education of veleram hti become big busi
ness, but the Veterani adminiitration (VA) aayi neither veterans nor
taxpayer! are getting their money'i worth.
In a report to Congrei VA citea 258 easea of what it calli abuiea
of the CI education program. Here are two:
1. The board of director of a
jewelry-repair achool bought a lo
cal aupply company and aold aup-
piiei to tne acnooi at a a per cew
markup. VA paya tor all aupplise
needed by veterani in their train
ing. 2. A radio and television achool
billed VA for leaaona never given
to veterans. VA recovered $125,000
on that one.
Since passage of the GI bill in
June, 1944, tome 7,600 new schools
have been act up to train vetei
ans. About 5,700 are profit achoola.
These achoola are approved by
individual atatea, not VA. They are
turning out thouaanda of carpen
ters, brick layera, radio and tele
viiion repairmen, dressmakers,
tailors, mechanics, etc.
About 850.000 veterans are train
ing in under-college-leyel achoola
The number ia increasing. But VA
aays that while by and large the
achoola are honest the training ia
not always good. And congress
men aay there will never be
enough jobs in these trades to han
dle the huge turnout.
Rep. Wheeler (D. Ga.) tells of
a Philadelphia aehol which waa
turning out meat cuttera. It ran
a three-shift day, five houra a
ahift, using VA-purchascd meat.
It is the same story in other towns
and cities.
VA aays these schools thrive in
unemployment areas.
Any achool which can get ap
proval from Ita stale can go into
GI bill education. VA must pay
the bills until it can show that the
achool is not giving good training.
But VA aays it cannot police more
than 40,000 approved achoola all
the time. It can check attendance
recorda but says these recorda are
sometimca falsified.
Craft la Intimated
Some atates are believed to have
encouraged mushrooming achoola
for the money they bring to com
munity and atate. A achool ,of 1,
000 traineea represents about a
$100,000 a month veterans' subsis
tence payroll, not counting tuition
to owners, and supplies and equip
ment. VA has Issued a regulation which
will forbid a veteran from awitch
" ,','""e "o"1" '"
b,d . VAmk,ng any regulation, I
designed to curb a veteran h t-mi
ing. Ilia bill, passed by the Sen
ate, would al ov a ,i
awitch freely from one courae to
another. The House naa hoi yii
acted. ni
The VA says that if the Taft bi'l
should become law the cost of
GI education, now running at a
$2,500,000,000 a year clip, would
perhaps1 double.
Barken of the Taft bill aav that
if VA hai its way schools will suf
fer from too much federal inter
ference and) veterans' training will
be curtailed.
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Atomic Plant Is
Again Involved
In Labor Dispute
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 14-f.T)
Construction of a $66,000,000
atomic plant again ia involved in
a labor dispute.
An Atomic Energy commission
spokesman said 225 plumbers and
steamfittcra left their jobs three
houra before a shift was due to
end yesterday.
The workera' idleness was "no
action of the union," aaid A. E.
Galyon, business agent of A F L
Plumbers, local 102.
"The company ran them off.
It ia definitely no strike," Galyon
added. .
C. A. Budnik, project manager
for the Maxon Construction Co
of Dayton, O., aaid the company
had received no notification from
the union.
The Maxon firm Is building the
plant, known aa K-29. under a con
tract with the AEC. Maxon also is
building the K-31 plant which will
cost $162,000.00.
Construction on both projects
waa halted early in December
when a wildcat strike saw 2,200
workers leave their jobs. They re
turned four daya later upon the
ureing of their parent union, the
Knoxville Building Tradca coun
cil (AKL).
No official reason for the De
cember walkout was given.
Samuel L. Noble,
Oil Tycoon, Dies
HOUSTON, Feb. IS (TP)
Samuel Lloyd Noble, prominent oil
man. Oklahoma Republican leader
and philanthropist, died unexpect
edly Tuesday. He was 53.
Noble was chairman and Pre
sident of the J. S. Abercrombic
c, bom of Houston. In May
VJr.
ccrn and holdings for a considera
tion then reported to exceed $50,-
000,000.
Noble also was chairman nf the
Noble Drilling company of Tulsa
Noble was one of the biguest
drilling contractors in the world
Unofficial estimates of his wealth
ranged over $40,000,000. He was
chairman and president of several
oil companies.
Noble was born in Indian ter
ritory and worked up from a
school teacher.
He aerved two terms aa regent
for the University of Oklahoma,
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