The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-03

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the commission, working with the En-
ployment Service Division, set up COM
munity research centers in those four
city areas. The commission had
staff Of twenty office workers and 124
trained Investigators working for
eighteen months.
The first step was thorough sur
vey of the area, carried on mainly
through questionnaires sent to house
holds and to business and industrial
establishments The purpose was
learning the nature Of the areas popu-
lation, particularly the job needs of
it's youth, and the number and kind
of jobs available in the area. 1t is
pointed out that this survey work must
be a continuous process in any COM
munity. The population and industries
Of any employment center are con-
tinually changing. TO keep its pro-
gram up to date, the school and it's
cooperating agencies must keep fingers
continually on these two community
pulses.
The next step was to make those
facts known-to enlist general adult
interest and backing and arm the
prospective job-holders with knowledge
of their job chances and how they
must prepare to take advantage of
them. Personal interviewing, news
paper publicity and public meetings
accomplish the former. For the lat
ter purpose, booklets or leaflets were
printed, giving pupils information on
available jobs and their requirements
This part of the program is elastic,
and can be varied according to the
funds available.
Howard NJ. Bell, author Of the COM
missions report, believes 800 is a
reasonable number of pupils for one
counsellor to handle during a school
year. At present, for the country as
a whole, there is only one counsellor
for every 1920 pupils. As for a junior
placement service, Bell believes four
workers to every 5000 applicants a
year is reasonable figure.
To promote and try this program, a
community council was formed in each
region. The ideal council is pictured
as made up Of representatives from
the schools, the local employment Of
fee, industry, organized labor social
workers, service clubs, the church and
groups Of young people. This coun
ell should work toward interesting the
general public and promoting appro-
priation of funds for guidance in the
school budget.
But the start Of the movement, the
commission finds, must be made by
professional leader, from the schools
or employment office or other public
or private agencies. These leaders
should be able to draw upon state
departments of education and labor
for aid, Help should be obtained, too,
from the Occupational Outlook Ser
vice Of the United States Bureau of
Labor Statistics, the Occupational
Information and Guidance Service Of
the United States Office of Education,
and the Employment Service Division.
AS an example of how the survey is
carried on in a typical community, the
report to the commission will devote
much space to the work done in Fred
erick, Md, in 1888. In this town, much
of the field work was performed by
twenty-five college recruits, and they
proved most satisfactory. The COM
mission believes any community can
duplicate at least a substantial part of
this Frederick experiment.
Junior job placement work may or
may not center in the schools. In Pro
vidence it is centralized in the admin
istraton building Of the local school
system. The state employment ser
vice contributes part of the cost. In
ST. Louis it is in the public employment
office, and has been recently expanded
by the support Of the ST. Louis De-
partment of Education and the Natl
onal Youth Administration. Both
schools and the public employment Of
flee do placement in Baltimore. Dallas
schools, however, do not cooperate in
the COMMUNICATIVE placement pro-
gram, except in individual cases. The
commission believes the two-agency
plan inefficient, but holds that close
cooperation between schools and en-
ployment offices is important.