Evening star., 1943-05-27
Greater Care
Urged in Hiring
j. ). Workers
Institute Considers
Phases of Problem
Of Youth Migration

Of Youth Migration
A plea for greater care in the Sc
lection of Government employees bv
checking into their personal back
ground and work records before thev
are brought to Washington was
made today by Mrs Elizabeth Jones
Alexander, executive secretary of
the Travellers Aid Society of WASH
ington.
Speaking before a general session
OF the Institute on War and Postwar
Problems Of Youth Migration at the
National Educa ton Association.
Mrs. Alexander said that there were
records OF employees who had been
brought on although they had once
been under the care of psvchia
triSt.
Mrs Alexander urged that those
mlgratlng' here be given full and
complete information on conditions
in Washington. She criticized the
glamour girl approach USED by
Government publicity bureaus in re-
cruitlng as ridiculous" in some
cases, She added however. that she
let the vice and crowded housing
conditions had been over-empha-
sized
More Recreation Needed.
In the case Of young tcen-ace
girls coming here to work. Mrs,
Alexander said she felt their parents.
schools and churches had an obliea-
ton to prepare them for their work.
Mrs. Alexander said that while
she felt recreation was being han
died pretty We'll" she said there was
need for recreation for those on
the swing shift and for service
trade workers. She pointed out that
service trade workers are frequent-
ly reluctant to go to recrcational
programs arranged for war or Gov
eminent workers because they are
afraid that they are not wanted.
Charles Allen, director Of the ru-
raj press of the Office of War In
formation. outlined the functions Of
his Office
1t isn't our Job to manufacture
news" he said, You folks ought
20 make the news, ard we Will tell
1t TO the people"
DR.. Hatcher Prcsides.
The institute. which opened last
night at the National Education
Association. 1901 Sixteenth street
NV, was called to order to-
day by DR.. Latham Hatcher. pres
ldent of the Alliance for Guidance
Of Rural Youth.
At last nights session. Douglas
EnsmInger of the farm population
and rural welfare division. Agri-
culture Department, told the insti-
tute child care was a communltv
problem and that 1t will be worked
out to The extent that the commu-
mites mobilize their forces.
4 have been informed. " Mr.. Ems
mlnger said. that we probably
have gene IS far as we can 60 in
the mobilization of women in indus
try until communities work out
plans tor child care"
Nj. EnSminCer declared rural
schools were becoming more impor-
tant to the community. and that
they were re-orienting their pro-
gram to train BOYS and girls for
work, The speaker said that in
the past there had been too much
training for college. to which few
OF the stUGeTts went.
Three Periods of Future.
/ The future. the speaker continued
could be divided into three periods.
the first running from the present
TO the end of hostilitieS. During this
period, Mr. Ensminger predicted that
problems in war centerS would be-
come serious. and that most COM
munities will probably not do too
much about it
The second period. he said. would
be the critical one of demobilization.
when there would be competition
for jobs. The final period. he added,
would involve the place of youth in
reconstruction and rehabilitation.
Evan Clague, director of the
bureau of employment security of
the Social Security Board. told the
institute he felt rehabilitation after
the war would be fairly rapid. The
ideal situation, he said. would be to
pull out the emergency war work
ers so that they could be replaced
by those dismissed from the armed
services and regular workers in war
industries
Forecasts Postwar Controls.
Mr.. Clague said conversion of in
duStry would take somewhere be-
tween six months and two years.
He warned that if all wartime con-
trolls were removed the Nation would
find boom after conversion and
then a depression
Donald J. Shank. executive secrc-
tarN, Committee on Youth Problems.
+ American Council on Education,
read a paper Of Prof. f, J Nieder-
frank OF the University of Michigan.
on wartime Youth Migration in
Maine Robert Blakeley of the
Owl led the discussion period.
Howard A. Dawson. director of
rural service Of the National Edu-
cation Association presided