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FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY WORK P3.0JECTS ADMINISTRATION For Release to Morning Papers Tuesd.ay, January 7, 1941 mJFEl'JSE T3.A.INING PROJECT TO $17,821,680 comrntJE IDTDE.,."'t NEW i'JPA ALLOTME1'T OF Continuation of the National De:i'ense Vocational Training Prcject fo r at lez,st two add.itional t erms of t hree months each and an increase in t:i.e number of workers enrolled are provided for in a new WPA allotjj1ent of $17 , 321 , 680 announced today by Fred R. nauch , Acting Deputy Commissioner of Work Projects . The project was initiat ed. last Suly with an original a llotment of $9 ,7 81 , 340 . Wi t h the sum r ecently approved the total of WPA funds wh ich have been made available for the train ing of unemployed men :md wo::nen in skills and. trades demanded by the defense :pr ogram now stana.s at $27 , 503 , 020 . This has be en further supp lemented by sponsor I s contriout i ons of $10,590,000 fu r nished by the Office of Ed.ucation which , with the National Defense Advisory Commission, sponsors tLe :9roject . Purpose of the p roject is to affo rd vocational training for u nemployed worker2- in fielcis where short~,ges already exist or are ~'! anticip&ted . usecl. Facilities of regular trade and vocational schools are Trainees are drmm both from WPA rolls and registers of the United States Em:;_:iloy;1ent Service . '.i.1hose selected. from WP.A cont inue to r eceive their re 6'1.1lar security war;;z;s thr ou 6 hout "'.:, he period of training and a r e assisted. in finding private employ,i'!ent upon its completion . Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-2194 2 Mr. Rauch point ed out that up to lfovemoer 27 a total of 49 , 974 WPA workers had been enrolled on the trainin 6 p1·oj0ct . Of this number , approximate ly 8 , 300 have left t he project of their own accord.. More than t wo- thirds of t hese are known defini t ely to have l eft because of employment in private industry , and it is reasonable to assume , Mr . Rauch said., t hat most of the r emai nder , alt~ough t hey did not r epor t their reasons f or leaving, also l oft because of j obs . In many instances , he ad.d.od. , workers succeeded in finding employoent "before comple ting tho full course for which t hey had enrolled. 11 It is apparent from our first six months experience with this pr ogram, 11 Nr. Rauch said, 11 t h2.t training is the key to ro-ernp l oymont fo r a great many of tho peopl e who are now u.nomplo~red.. As wor k o:pportuni ties are created. "by the defense prog-.rarn , mon and women who have been away from their usual occup[l.tions for three or four yecrs frequently ar e t oo 1 rust;f 1 to step directly "back into their old jobs . 11 For many of t hose , only a few ;•rooks of are necessn.ry to reestablish their skills . 1 r ofrosher 1 training For others , c'. longer period. of training at some joo closely r elated. to their former occupations will eq_uip them for a new type of work. 11 The new funds f or the continuation of the project will provide an average m9n thly employ::1ent of ap:'.' .roximato ly 37 , 500 tr8,inces from now through June . - -oOo- Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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