President. the essential part played by voluntary agencies in programs of assistance to the developing nations is often lost sight of in the discussion on the much larger Government program. Some of them have a long history of many decades in this work. and they help to reflect a wellrounded picture of the American people and their concern for other peoples. The American Organization for Rehabilitation Through TrainingORTwhich pioneered in vocational training and economic reconstruction more than 80 years ago. when it devoted its efforts to immigrant Jews. today is conducting a number of technical assistance projects in west Africa in cooperation with the AID program. The experience and techniques of instruction developed in ORT schools for training unskilled persons to become artisans and craftsmen are now being applied as part of the American aid program in African countries. These projects are discussed in an address by Herbert J.
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