Evening star., 1943-09-16
First Job Is School,
Forum Speakers Tell
Children Of Nation

School children of the Nation were
informed last night in the National
Radio Forum that your first job
war or no warts school," Three
Government officials and 17-year-
old student of Calvin Coolidge High
School participated in the program.
arranged by The Star and broadcast
over the Blue Network through
WMAL. The Evening Star Station.
Charming r. Dooley, director OF
the War Manpower Commission's
Training Within Industry Service,
and 1t. Gilbert Wrenn, vice presi-
dent of the National Vocational
Guidance Association and now with
the Bureau of Naval Personnel,
Joined with Miss Katherine Lenroot,
chief of the Children's Bureau Of
the Labor Department, in avising
that school comes first.
Calls School First Job
Addressing herself to Walter Rob-
bins. a student at Coolidge, who par
ticipated in the broadcast, and to
thousands of other students now
about to start another school year,
Miss Lenroot declared:
Your first job-war or no War-is
school. You must make good in that
job. If you don't you won't be able
to make good in the future. The
habits of hard study you form now
are going to count later on. "'"' II
you are needed on jobs outside of
school, pitch into them the same
way you pitch into your school work.
Always remember, we're counting
on you to be first-raters at what
ever you turn your time and hand
to: If you measure up to the best
standards you know. you will not
only help us win the war, but you
will be ready to help on the still
harder job OF peace"
Mr.. Dooley pointed out that "if
We can do our production job with
out using school, boys and girls, we
want to do it, because we are going
to need you later on" Where in
dustry does need young people, the
official said, the VINO thinks a plan
should be worked out whereby stu
dents could work part time and still
continue their schooling.
Nations Responsibility. ~
Miss Lenroot said 1t was her be-
lief that the Nations first respon-
sibility to boys and girls is to urge
them to get the best education pos
sible FOR the years ahead"
AureaiYo vyyffh Mice
Wrenn added that Il want them to
be sure in their own minds that
getting all the schooling they can
get is an essential war job-their
war job"
Young Robbins said that he was
going back to school but that he
knew "a lot of fellows-some girls,
too-who haven't made up their
minds yet" Some of them, he said,
claim school lis kids stuff while
others feel that "all they have to
90 to be an air pilot is just to sign
up"
AZ this point, 1t. Wrenn asserted
''it takes plenty of learning to get
the important jobs in the Army and
Navy" The more study you have had
by the time you are called up, he
told Walter, the more chance you
have to get ready for important jobs
in the armed services.
Tells Of VINO Policy
The VINO is telling employers
that school comes first, Mr.. Dooley
said, although this rule stands to
be modified in such areas as the
West Coast, where there is short
age of plane and ship workers. The
VINO policy there is for employer
first to see if there are people who
have completed school available for
the jobs before taking young people
FROM schools.
Mr.. Dooley said copies of the
policy statement on part-time en-
ployment Of, youth could be pro-
cured from the Children's Bureau.
Speakers on the program were
introduced by Lothrop Stoddard,
special editorial writer for The
Star