A plan calling for the establishment of urban and rural vocational training schools for Jews in Rumania which would enable two-thirds of the Jews in this country now receiving J. D. C. relief to become self-supporting has been completed, it was learned he today.
The program, which is expected to involve some 40,000 persons over a five-year period, was worked out by the Jewish Democratic Committee, the J.D.C. and other Jewish organization with the active support of the Rumanian Government.
The plan provides for the establishment of vocational training schools in eight cities, including Bucharest. Graduates of the schools would be entitled to employment after a short-term training period, with the government supplying the necessary premises for the schools, as well as part of the faculty. It is contemplated that 15,000 skilled workers could be turned out by these schools during the first year of operation.
Agricultural training schools in scattered sections of Rumania, which would be set up on government owned land, are also contemplated in the plan. It is expected that about 2,000 persons could be graduated from those #### schools in the first year, with the ########## to 6,000 in the third year.
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