Evening star., 1943-05-28
Farley on Migration
Problems Meets 10
Draft Final Report
Session Is Told Waste Of
Resources May Lead to
Naturalization of Lund

The Executive and Editorial Com
mittees of the Institute on War and
Postwar Problems of Youth Migra-
ton, which opened Wednesday night
at the National Education ASsocla-
ton. 1901 Sixteenth street NV, met
at 1890 a m. today to begin prep
aration of final report.
The general session last night, held
after full day of section meetings,
heard a warning that this country
may face naturalization of land if
1t cannot preserve its natural and
human resources. 1t also heard a
speculative prediction that the de-
velopment of agricultural products
for industrial uses, such as alcoholi-
cation OF grain, might place farm
wages in line with industrial wages
and result in the construction of in
dustries in farm areas.
DR.. O. E. Baker, professor of
geography at the University OF
Maryland and specialist in popula-
ton trends at the Agriculture De-
partment, said the soil is being de-
pleted at the rate of per cent
decade and that depletion of farm
population is even higher.
Cites Land Responsibility.
The American tradition DR.,
Baker declared, would be to pre-
serve private ownership of land. But
this can only be done by some means
of adequate financing of agriculture
and by a development of sense OF
responsibility for the future on the
part of the farmers and the rest of
the Nation.
If time proves that natural and
human resources cannot be saved
from depletion, then our present sys-
tenn of land tenure must be replaced
u national decline is to be avoided
He predicted naturalization by
the British within 10 years.
In discussing the postwar period
Evan Clague, director OF the Bu-
reau Of Employment Security of the
Social Security Board and chairman
of the Institutes Committee on
Postwar Occupational Guidance to
Young Rural People, presented the
possibility that during the tWo-year
transitional period after the war,
unemployment might range from 7
to A. millions. This condition, he
said, might be met through social
security legislation, public works and
training program in the schools.
Sees Industries Near Farms.
Mr.. Clague said he thought mil
lion persons would drift back to
farms after the war under unfavor-
able conditions. He then presented
what he termed the "speculative"
statement that industrial uses of ag-
ricultural products would raise farm
wages, thus providing an incentive
for a shift to farm areas.
DR.. Howard A. Dawson, director
Of rural service of the National Edu-
cation Association, who reported on
rural and city educational programs,
said that rural schools should help
to prepare students for their work
before they migrate. Dr.. Dawson
said the committee also wished to
stress the need for physical fitness
programs and health examinations.
The speaker said the committee
hoped the institute would back such
Federal legislation as the High
School Victory Corps plan, in-service
training of teachers, emergency aid
for teachers salaries, and child care
In war work centers. Citing guild
snce work IN District schools, DR..
Dawson said that urban schools were
under obligation to maintain guild
ance departments and evening
schools for those who wished to ad-
vance themselves though training.
In presenting report for the oc-
cupational training section of the
institute, R. w. Gregory, assistant
director Of the rural war production
training Of the United States Office
of Education, declared that train
ing program should help such migra-
ton as is useful and perhaps deter
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