The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-05
The NEA and the NYA

policies of the organization recommended abolition OF the
NYA and CCC The bulletin proudly quoted common
daon of the work of this policy committee by the head OF
the National Association of Manufacturers.
This organization of ndustriaists and capitalists cannot
concevab be considered evauang the work of fed
era agency the standpoint of service to the general pub
c only interest lies increasing profits and
opposition control of exploitation by it's membership OF
the nations and people.
When organization such the NEA uses an endorse
its policies by organization such the National
Association those policies may justly
are not primarily with education or other
service. rather indicates that the NEA is
concerned competitive way with retaining complete
control of the educational than it in the welfare
Of youth and the education and training of youth The fact
that brought about the creation OF agencies
such as the NYA the CCC without any evidence that
the NEA recognized the existence of such
that the membership of the NEA and those who deter
its policies lack social and understanding
Editorial expressions from quarters call attention
lack of consistency the part of the NEA
The Philadelphia Pa Bulletin in its issue of October 10
comments follows:
"a demand the National Youth Administration and
the Civilian Conservation Corps be ended from strange
quarter The pocymakng body of the National Education
Association wants these two youth be-
they compete with state and local educational insu
tions which have existed for long time.
The leaders of the NEA do not dispute the educational
of the federal agencies in the of the
depression Nor do they put the demand for their discontinue
the basis of in public spending The obJec
ton that there will be established in the United
States federal system of education which parallels the
that antedated the depression.
Gust the NYA and the CCC national in
they large sections of the country which too
financially to bear the cost of adequate NEA
pointed out the need for federal aid to state
local educational system meet the disparity in the dis
bution of wealth in the United States The NYA CCC
doing the job educators have long wanted done
However it we'll be stressed again for emphasis that
the educators who members of the N failed to look out
the windows of their coster of knowledge and survey the
urgent of the youth of the country in the early hres
long their cassrooms filled by the fortunately
placed youth they apparently did not whoop about
the youth of the forgotten and
safe that the NYA and the CCC should be
tomorrow the old foges of the NEA would i'm
mediatey lapse their attitude of complete indif
ference to the needs of unfortunate youth.
The NEA is doing nothing but lending support to the
country bent destroying all agencies of the
government designed to render social service.
Other government agencies have also been used in the
charged the NYA has hampered recruiting for the
army daily publications have taken occasion to remark
The Raleigh N C. observer" says: Comptroller Gen
Lindsay Warren has made serious charges against the
National Youth Administration in report to congress OIL
the NYA is entitled to refute the charges it but
reutaon would be surprise to North Caro-
nans who OF the care which Mr. Warren always
displays in such matters.
THE NYA has the valuable of the New
Deal agencies Like the CCC the NYA was organized to give
worthwhile employment needy youths unable to
poyment elsewhere The NYA has also served the added
purpose of permitting needy people to continue their
education
'"The NYA is competing agency and should at
be restricted its However, deserved criticism
sight of the useful function has performed The agency
should be curbed need be- but should not be crapped and
enemies should not be permitted to the Warren report
as for scrapping it,
The Camden j. Courier which does not discuss the
report particularly unassalable because it made by
North Carolinian, has this to say:
Before the Comptroller General L. c. Warren sounds
off again the National Youth Administration hamper
recruiting he had better get in touch with of the two
organizations invoved-NYA or the army.
comptroller general has told both house of
requested recruiting officers to stay
away NYA youths He said NYA wanted to keep the
rolls UP and so Justify further appropriations
eff this federal bureau had taken the trouble to check
federal organizations the following facts
would have come to light
The NYA in January, 1940 agreed to furnish
o1fhor poIof of
employed projects
g" The NYA agreed to meetings at which the
army could address NYA workers about recruiting.
The army in turn agreed not to recruit the prof.
ect site or elsewhere during working hours T
eve don't believe that employment NYA should pro-
vide immunity from army service +
certainly don't believe that NYA workers should
listen recruiting talks during working hours any
more than anyone else II
"That's not hampering the That's common sense
President Roosevelt has suggested combining the work of
he CCC relieving the army of the admnsra-