Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-13
No Requests
In State For
Longer Hours
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
BY LYNN INSECT

| halcish, May l3.- Governor
| broughton'S war powers pruclama-
tion on motor vehicle speed limits
mas mao noticeable effect IN rcdtIc-
ing highway speed, but the other
prociamation permitting longer work
| nourS Tor young girls i'll War indus
try apparently hasn't occasiuncd any
! general interest.
| Forrest Shuford, commissioner ui
| labor. said Wednesday he had mnt
received any applications iur per
| mltS under the pruClamutlrn but
had received one or two tntuIlrIr;
about procedure. Shufurd Is not dis
pleased at this lack ui interest. lie
said he would be reluctant - i..,.,
the work permits and would do 81
only when convinced that essential
wartime production would bc leo
pardizcd by his failure to do 80.
lherc are one or two matters tina:
give the commissioner concern. Ar
lcle OF the proclamation provides
that he may issue permits II Girls
between lG and Ia year vi acC TO
work as late as midnight i, cugau-
ed III essential industry and uru.:
condition the cmployc~ shall prr-
vide such safeguards and protection
for the general health and wCliar,
OF such minor female employees as
to the commissioner seems ddcGua;.
and desirable"
Shuiord isn't one To duG.., rcspn'-
Slbillty. but he confcSsc~ some trca.
datlon in passing upon adequate
and desirable" Safeguard. !udilid-
ual cases must be considered uprn
their merits. Al the same time there
must br some general ...'r rr .iund-
ard. One sine quo MON" which The
Commissioners IL sIpBu.,'i To- rcuIIlr,
Is provision Tor safe ttausDpTiaiI,l,
home of girls working TIL midnight.
Al that hour most public irauSDur-
tatlon systems have closed down and
the commissioner is not willing To-
leave Il teen age girl stranded At,
the plant door at midnight To- &c,
home anyway she can.
Another poser is the choice that
might have Ia be made between per
hitting tccn-agc girl Ia work Till
midnight. OF requiring an older We
man with children L. work that
shift. The mother admittedly could
take care Of herself better than the
girl: but what about the kids at
home from four o'clock 10 midnight
inc Very hours when Il mother l.
most needed? This problem i not
involved III the cold legal aSprCt- ul
the question: il Is OF prime Impu.-
lance IN humanitarian approach tu
the issue. Commissioner Shulurd has
demonstrated that he l. moved by
humanitarian consideration 49, often
as by legal requirements.
An illustration ui that attitude j.
found III Shuiord'S statement that ne
would use what persuasive power ne
had-haVing No legal authority IN
the prcmiSe-tO get employers 20
take on girls vino have finished high
school before they go into ranks of
students. He believes that girls Get
ting jobs al good pay Will be- less
inclined To return 10 school than II
they remain unemployed.
Necessity of choosing in some IN
stances between mulhrrS and adolf
CSCCnt girls for the night SHIFT. and
desire not To interrupt schooling cX-
plain Commissioner ShuluTd'S rCluC-
lance to issue any midnight work
permits lDr girls under rs. Appll-
CantS have got 10 show him that c.
scntial WAY production will be re-
tardCd before nc =lCns any of Tie
things. Ii would .uLt him fine not
To have any applications at all.