The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-07-12

Executive Director.
public service. Concerning the latter,
the NYA said:
'The opportunity afforded by this
type Of work should be used to develop
new type of trained public servant,
rather than to merely add to the i'm
mense groups of men and women who
now clamor to get into government
service"
It has been called possible that this
may foreshadow permanent civil
service organization, like that Of Eng
| land.
Job training and job placement are
to be accomplished by:
GAY Utilizing available school shop
| facilities for initial or basic trade
training, through special late after
noon or evening classes, taught as
work relief projects by needy unem-
| ployed persons qualified to teach the
special field.
(b) Utilizing available private fac
| tories, Industries, or plants, at times
when they are not in regular opera.
| ton, as places to hold training classes,
taught by needy unemployed.
(c) Using public libraries for train
| ing youths to function as librarians
and enabling the libraries to be kept
open for the public greater number
of hours a day.
Cooperation Needed.
'sThis undertaking will need the Wig
orous cooperation of the citizens of
the several states" said the President.
at is recognized that the final so.
luton of this whole problem of unem.
ployed youth will not be attained I'M
til there Is a resumption of normal
business activities and opportunities
| for private employment on wide
| scale. believe that the national
| youth program will serve the most
pressing and immediate needs of that
portion of unemployed youth most Sc
riously affected at the present time"
The NYA is a definite step toward
solving the problem of unemployed
youth in America. What will be done
about the remainder of the six or
seven million unemployed youths in
| other parts of the world is being con-
sidered by Geneva's International La
Dor office, with the object of doing
away with the discomfort that often
results in serious social dangers. 1t Is
particularly worried about the method
which is being used to wide extent
by many European nations-military
CONSUMPTION. Forced labor camps and
Incorporation of young men in other
organizations more or less Of mill
tary character it deplores:
| Attendance at such unemployment
centers should be strictly voluntary,
should exclude any idea of military
training, and these centers should only
undertake work which under prevail
ing economic conditions would not be
carried out by workers in normal en-
| ployment."
Serious Problem.
In the lilo, subjects usually re-
| ceive two discussions, one when they
| are first called to attention, and an
other the following year, after all the
available information has been gath
cred. This question is considered too
urgent to hold over.
| The real seriousness Of the problem,
according to the lilo, sis to be found
in the particularly unfortunate con-
sequences of continued idleness for
young people, more than older persons.
If adults, after long years of work,
are unable to face the difficulties Of
life, on the other hand how can young
people on their own resources success
fully resist the demoralizing effects of
prolonged unemployment"
The remedies for the situation, as
held up by the lilo, are pretty much
the same as the plan which the Presi-
dent has outlined for this country.
They include work-relief, job place
ment and apprenticeship, and vo-
cational training and retraining.
The LILO suggests that the minimum
age for leaving school and being
admitted to employment should be set
at fifteen years; that there should be
more technical schools, and that its
plan, similar to the Presidents, should
be carried out.
It will be interesting to see what
effect the Presidents NYA will have
on the youth of our nation. Says he:
'srhe yield on this investment should
be high"
o Western Newspaper Union.