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h it ill 5 : MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Thursday, Oct. 8, 1959 . Federal Agencies HiraKandicapped In Many Positions (Editors note: This is an-. ether in ih series of arti cles being published in con nection with Employ the Physically Hindi capped Week. They are written by John W. Sinders, chairman of the Jackson county com mittee for the employment of the physically handicap ped and cyrdinaior f of the selective placement of the physically handicapped at Camp While3 ; : - - By JOHN W. SNIDER Many federal agencies have found during past years that utilizing the skills and abili ties of the handicapped and disabled is good business and are taking every opportunity to do something about it. Look at the employment records of the hundreds of federal installations and field stations throughout the Unit ed States, and one will find from 200 to 500 new handi capped employed each month. The placements are in va cancies for dictating machine transcriber, clerk-typist-sten-ographerj tabulating machine operators, legal positions in cluding attorneys, machinists, physicians, guards, in the var ious therapeutic fields, such as manual arts therapy, phys ical therapy occupational therapy, x-ray0technician, me dical laboratory technicians, management cf ields, adminis trative and executive a&is ant fields, personn.fi techav cian fields, in the fiell ef food senQce sXJpply! aaVsji on throughout the nitre are of emplojonent. Record of PlacesaesM . Each month aorecord ef the placement of the . handicap-' ped for the month is released, stating participating agencies The followilng are some ef the figurespKke at random. September, 1958. Twenty two agencies employed 4W handicapped. - Air Force, first with 100, Army0 and VAJied for second with 81 eaqh, and department o4c om merce third with 73? o October, 1958. Twenty-two agencies employed 376 handi capped. VA0 first with 129, Air Force second with 97, ..and Navy third with 54. February,. 1959. Sixteen agencies Employed 212 handicapped- VA first witj 65, Air Force second with 53, and Kaw third with 34. Aprii,S959. Nitm agen cies employed 361 handicap ped. Navy fffst with 8 Air Force second with 85, and VA third with 79. May, 1959. Fifteen agencies employed 275 handicapped. VA first with 65, Army sec ond with 63, and Air Force third with 62. 0 Reflect Prom The fJgures reflect just how profitable the federal service has found the hiring of the handicapped to be. At the same time, federal agencies have gone far in giv ing first-class citizenship to a group often looked upon as vniu&lass citfzens. W are ssistine them in gaining their rightful place in a free -J-,-.,,, OTithmit having to lnrtir unfto anyone. '"" vh handicaDDed is no one person's or agency's concern, but it is the conedrn of every man, woman, business and in dustry in the United States. YES BUTTON , Newark, N. 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