The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-25
The N. Y. A.

LIE IN. L. A
Last week the discharge of of the
outstanding liberals of the state from his employment in the
National Youth Administration We argued that was to
large degree responsibility to influence to make
program this and other agencies intended to
relieve extent the EMBELLISHMENTS OF the social ord
should be administered by understanding inte-
gent and thinking men and women
that if possible, this is doubly important in the
administration of the program of the NYA This agency is
established primarily undeprivleged YOUTH to give
them opportunities education place vocational training and
guidance and at the time provide them
small income paid them for useful labor performed
Reactionares and liberals alike, thing that
agencies these established to temporarily relieve dis
be merely sopgaps that they must be made I'M
necessary by orderly economy
However properly the popular
generic term applied those who in spite of ndputabe evil
dence contrary will admit of need for fundamental
economic changest look with atuous hope for
relief present conditions by expansion of industry They
utterly realistically from to effect In this
optimism they supported of by ALL or
all of the daily the great industrial organizations
conventional civic organizations merchants manufacturers
etc. all of them fearing change which might hamper or
restrict their various programs of exploitation.
Most vocal and digen in opposing change the
fry and industry They close their eyes to
that they themselves rapidly becoming the
the increasing rapdiy of concentration of wealth
economic in the hands of few resulting IN pro-
portionate losses to them.
We find condition marked in the smaller cities
There the business men, gather in meetings OF socaed CIVIC
organizations lunches together of general meetings of
local Chamber of Commerce Commercial Club The
programs all of these meetings. consistently and consciously
realistic appraa of actual economic conditions of the
present or their possible development in the future.
The intelligent liberal recognizes and enough
TO admit developments compel fundamental
economic changes He analyses for example the
chronological development which has
multiplied productive capacity but has created and
nsisten demands for other methods of distribution the old
and present methods being obsolete the wooden pow
pulled compared with the modern implements pulled
by powerful tractor
Rut the ones who sufficiently courageous and nte
gently honest the opinion that perhaps the economic
rules fairly well when used cannot
work as well with tractors motive
power that all economic rules must be overhaued and
modernzed; these valiant sous promptly condemned
They promptly cased radicals by the now common
term, communist"
Because friendships influence officers and
poyes the National Youth Administration all too ire
uueny the ranks of votaes of the philosophy
organizations referred to before While they must nave
been "temporariy unemployed" very remuneravey
employed take small job with government agency it
certain that they stopped anayze just why they
condition they in which made opportunity for
employment in the NYA attractive to them
That undoubtedly the cabre of of the type of Brown
and who succeeded influencing the administrator
of the peremptory discharge who had merely
discussion of economics OF NY
students and and Lun both of whom would
likely be walking the streets looking for job
they found temporary employment in OF these
agencies mildly socasic character Immediately running
true FORM labeled the discussion 'communistic.
Such men do belong in the National Youth Adminsra
administrative capacities YOUTH suffering today from
our failure to develop rules fit changing condi
ons will participate efforts to remedy them mod
them fit changing world The part that those par
cipatng program of the NYA must be able
should be to give to youth sound understanding OF
conditions forces that he must contend
from eject to Youth must
encouraged think anaytcay courageous and then
inegeny for equitable and better functonng
order a constantly progressing society IA
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