The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-14


physician because he was such {
good businessman" DR.. Morris was
also under contract at $500 per you'll
per month for approximately ISL
youth enrolled in the two residen
projects in addition to examining loca
youth on the NYA program. | was
informed that the girl at the resident
was sent home for the operation il
spite of the fact that her parents per
mission was ON file. Does not DIR
Morris contract provide for perform
ing emergency operations where
needed?
"Crack-Pot" Sociologists
About month ago | was transfer
red to the Butte area under Stanley
VIM as Area Director. Mr.. VIM in
formed me that | would now have to
forget all my crazy ideas about youth
participation and youth-government
He further stated that you had de
iiberately tiled me to one of the most
conservative men" on the NYA staff
" 1flS ul JiJ OOniot iiillJ W NlOhtdic
NYA policy. Mr.. Winn began his
campaign by embarrassing the entire
Personnel Division by announcing to
all other members of the area staff in
Butte that the Personnel Department
were either communists or half-wits
and just bunch of crack-pot sociol-
ogists. Mr.. Winn ridiculed our belief
in youth. My status in the Butte Of
flee was that of clerk. | have not
been allowed to carry out the func-
lions of the youth personnel division
or act as a representative of that
department. Assignment, transfer,
and termination of youth employees
was turned over to the project super
visors and my duties were merely to
carry out their commands by tipping
the necessary forms.
Since l have been in Butte have
worked conscientiously at trying to
establish a youth council. | was per-
mitted to carry out this phase of the
work as it was performed on my own
time after office hours and as Mr..
Winn was thoroughly convinced of the
stupidity of youth councils and was
not interested. He constantly sneered
at my enthusiasm for youth participa-
ton. We do not have any attempt
at a program for national defense in
Butte i'll the sense of training for de-
Tense industries. feel that very
important phase of training for de-
Tense rests in the morale of the youth
May | again quote from the National
Committee Minutes: 1.-THE
reason we do not have youth interest
is that we just have not given young
people anything to work on or for,
and this is true of all the local com
mittees | have seen. Local admins
traitors need to be the spark-plug of
this organization and we need people
who can inspire these young people
to try to solve their problems, and
10 find out what their problems are
and what the solution might be. They
need leadership, because they are not
going to just spontaneously sprout up
lere like mushrooms and start an Or
ganization that is going to function
I'VE must organize the young to
give them something to work with. |
t is the undermining of the moral |
qualities, the moral fibre of the youth, |
which is the downfall of many of
hese foreign countries. 1t is quite |
accepted that that is why |
hitler and the other dictators have at |
aimed their position-the young peo
pie are without leadership. They |
wanted someone to help them and |
hese men stepped forward offering |
hem some little ray of light to follow. |
i we do the same thing, we can get |
he support of the young people, be- |
,ause they are willing, anxious, if |
given an opportunity, to follow leader
nip in the right direction. If it is |
lot in the right direction, they are
,oing in the other direction"
Cross Examined
This morning Mr.. Winn reprimand-
ID me severely because free discus
ion had been allowed at youth meet
ngs. He stated that the project SUI
,ervisors, Mr.. Doyle and Miss Horst,
lad reported that youth on the prof.
cts had been discussing what went
n at youth meetings and that it had
very detrimental effect. In answer
0 a cross examination l explained as
ollows
VIM: What is the purpose of these
outh groups?
Plumb: To teach youth to work out
solution for their common problems
trough constructive group work
ather than just cropping as individ-
ais And to conform with the ma
onal policy of letting their needs be
nown to those who plan the NYA
rogram in order that actual youth
eeds from the youths viewpoint may
2 more adequately met.
VIM: What do they talk about at
lese meetings?
Plumb: Many youth problems have
cen discussed. The whole philoso-
by OF group action has been pretty
covered. That problem
hich has attracted the most atten-
on has been the question of posi-
e vocational training in Butte. Mr..
avis, Vocational Education Supervis- .
:, talked at our last meeting and con-
'atulated the youth ON their program
I'd on their maturity in concerning
with such a program. He
;sured the group that he would CO.
)erate in every way possible and the
ouncil elected committee of three
meet with Mr.. Davis on matters