The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-19

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 wise undermining school morale.
 In all, the survey included the
 records of 13,329 students and dis
 closed that 3,928 of this group were
 employed after school hours, and of
 these 667 were under Is years of
 age, and employed illegally in in
 dustrisl, mercantile or service estab-
 lishments.
 According to MT. Danaher, many
 of these children, aged from 12 to
 16, are employed in restaurants, at
 soda fountains and in stores, fre-
 quently working until midnight, and
 later, every night.
 q frown on the practice and in-
 tend to discourage 1t, Some war rants have already been issued and and more will follow" MT. Dana her said.
 While some of the older group of boys are employed in industry, MT. Danaher said, the worst offenders are bowling alleys, restaurants and theaters. We have records of boys under 16 working until mid- night and later seven nights week, and trying to do their studies at school at the same time. For ex- ample, two IA year old boys are working as countermen in a quick lunch room until 12 o'clock every night-and another boy is employed on the II D. m. to ' a. m. shift, go- ing to high school where he passes Nf lo,, l., c1nntNXs cilnYAna v
 Tn Stressing his determination to enforce the law with regard to the of minors, MT. Danaher said "This is not thing which af- fleets the war effort one way or an- other. Those concerns which are im- portant producers of war goods are generally the most conscientious ob- servers of the law. But there are a great many employers-particular- ly in the service trades, who are taking advantage of the war effort to break down our child labor laws"
 Pointing to the general rise in ju- ;enile delinquency, MT. Danaher said that specific instances had been called to his attention where the of boys, as young as l2 years, until midnight in bowling al- leys had been direct cause of their delinquency. q do not believe the of 12 and 13 year old people of Connecticut consider the boys in bowling alleys, restaurants and theaters as being an important or desirable contribution to the war effort"
 MT. Danaher cited the specific ex- ample of two New Haven youths, are 14, who recently ran away from home and who were discovered by police orking and living In a Stratford bowling alley. Ad- joining the alley was small room with ten cots on which the boys were n Brazil, where 12 and 13 year sleeping. In another bowling alley old boys are regularly employed, several large crap games were in progress when the Labor Depart nent inspector visited 1t a few days ago.
 Police and school authorities In every town have assured .his department that great deal of the delinquency now occurring is arising from these conditions" MT, Oanaher stated
 Many of the boys and girls have neither social security cards nor do heir employers pay unemployment taxes, which is an- other angle the labor department Intends to investigate further, he aid.
 MT. Danaher said he had received he hearty cooperation of school au- horities in all the cities surveyed, md they had expressed their con- ,ern to him about the definite in- 'oads outside work had been mak- ng on scholastic training. In one chool, a proposed course of physi- ,al education for older boys, to fit hem for army training, had been disrupted by the whole ale abandonment of boys for work liter school. Some school authori- ies had expressed to him the wish l hat the older boys-those over l6- lbandon school altogether as they were not getting anything out of it low and were endangering their health.
 There are two definite problems | posed by the findings of this sur 'ey," said MT. Danaher. "The first las to do with the employment of minors under 16, in violation of the tatute. The second has to do with he employment of those over 16.
 "Over the first, we have clear-cut and we intend to pro- ,eed vigorously in clearing up this ituation. The second group are gen. ,rally employed on a legal basis, ex- ,ept those who are working the night shift, which is illegal except " special permission. Health au- horities have assured me that these ,oys are endangering their health " working all night and attempting o go to scool. We intend to see that hese 16-18 year old boys are not employed at night, without per-