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the employer, the speaker continued
There are positions awaiting skilled
workers in certain Arizona indus
tries, it was pointed out, but the
type of men needed for the work
are not available because there are
none who have been properly train
ed in the professions where the posi-
tions are open.
Tells o. Survey
Sanders told of a recent survey
made in. the larger cities OF the
state TO determine the availability
of jobs. Many employers were con-
tacted in the program and question
ed On the unemployment situation.
With the exception of the mining
and printing industries, Sanders
stated, there is a scarcity of skilled
labor in the ma jor industries OF the
state although employers reported
big oversupply of applicants for
jobs.
Had these applicants been trained
for the type of work they are seek
ing, many would now be employed
regularly, but a large number OF
them went to college simply because
their parents held to the popular
maxim "keep them In school while
they are still young" without help
ing to guide them along definite vo-
cations, Sanders said.
The speaker said that the COM
rnittee making the statewide survey
found that because there are no in
stitutions in Arizona which train per
sons for certain vocations, many are
turning to correspondence schools
and that money is being sent out OF
the state to these schools which
would be kept within the Arizona
borders were an industrial school
established within its boundaries. /.
This committee recommended that
a state industrial evening school fer
adults be established in Arizona.
Such school, it was pointed out,
might be a stepping stone to the ap-
premiership program recently out
lined by the federal government.
Under the apprenticeship plan, en-
ployers are allowed to train employees
in certain industry and pay them
under the minimum allowed by the
NRA code authorities so that they
might learn their trade. After
certain period of apprenticeship,
the workers would then, OF course,
be entitled to higher wages.
Such an industrial school would
also be of benefit to certain types
of workers holding down regular
positions, Sanders said. He explain
ed that because of constantly chang
ing methods in various industries
and improvements to machinery,
many regular employees are threat
.ened with loss of their jobs because
thev are not trained to these new
methods. If these workers could at
tend an industrial school, they
could keep pace with these changing
conditions and hold their jobs, ne
pointed out.
Vocational Education
Turning to vocational education
in high schools, Sanders said an in
dustrial arts course in secondary
schools Is an. important one. Every
bow should be taught practical points
about electricity, carpentry, PANT
ing woodwork, and mechanics so
that he will be able to maintain ms
home when he becomes the head OF
a family, the speaker declared. II a
bow takes a course of this type,
Sanders added, he will be able TO
mend a door Or window, do minor
electrical work needed and thus
keep his home in a good state OF
repair without much expense.
The speaker urged the kiwanls
Club of Bisbee to lend its full sup
port to the apprenticeship plan out
lined by the federal administration
as well as to the proposed state IN
duStrial school.