The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-25
Il Man PANEL.
TELLS NEED OF
WARTIME YOUTH

More vocational education. way cd
recrea,ional facilities and more o.
them. better housing conditions AID
more complete lntcr-cal,ura, Nm
Outstanding and tolerance were the
Croblems with which the L. teen
sccd youth were most concerned
Nhcn they met IN Wash usiou last
"a eek-io discuss The needs II NOD.
ern youth before the Children BL-
resu Commission
Ave inspiring lS the only word
l7-ycsr-old Geraldine Blccsoc could
find 10 dcScgi DC 'hc u'atJs, feelings
OF the - YOUTHS when thcY Tcrc
privileged 20 talk with the PrcSI-
dent lust before ;he Chief ENccu-
tive signed the MAJ Day.Chlla
Health Day" proclamation
He cx1 lained 10 the youths who
Rad been selected from group %
800 representative youth .ca1erS FOR
g. their leadership aoH&V ne par
pose Of the proclamation and why
he was signing Il, They witnessed
the signing amid battery - flash
liGht explosions When nc direct
&c TIC que,Hon Wc:o you born IN
China 10 Helen Lev, q Seattle
she was almo>; 700 ;..l,ci 10
speak. Later sac confessed - he.
colleagues that she co-.dH re
member whether OE not she had
answered.
As the group fled ou, after
sbou, FIVE minutes TIC President
shook hands with each " them
immediate following their Pres
identical visit. the youths wen. INTO
tho panel discussion for WHICH tney
had come 10 Washington Or
LOOMS. OF the Chii0ron'S Bureau
on Children IN Wartime. was chair
man az the panel and introduced
the subject and problems they we're
20 discuss.
Then the discussion Was thrown
open 10 the participants. who CON
trlou;ed freely and spontaneously
In the course az the discussion.
many problems affecting youth
were mentioned briefly. but the
main interests OF the panel was in
housing. education. and less racial
prejudces.
Il was Suggested by one member
Of the panel that more getting to-
gether like The - members them
selves We're experiencing would
help a great deal A summary OF
the contributions and possible solu.
tons was made by Dr. LOOMS.
All twelve OF the young people
were housed in a Quaker Hospital
fly House and Miss BledSoe shared
the room with a l9-year-old
Susrthnore college junior, Mary
Louise Rogers During their three
day stay in the Capitol. the group
visited Lincoln Memorial. Washing
ton Monument. Arlington Cemetery.
Mellon Institute. House OF Repre-
senia;ives. Senate Chambers and
other points OF interest They had
dinner together in Georgetown and
ate their other meals in the Hotel
Washington.
Delegates in the group included a
l7-year-old girl from the rural
areas OF Iowa. a descendant OF a
former Governor OF Georg a,
Thomas Sutton. Morehouse stu
dent. Helen Lew, Chinese and
other Americans. Some OF them may
have had prejudices when they
came 10 Washington. but after hav-
ing spent three days together. they
separated on Saturday. exchanging
addresses and extracting promises
mutually TO correspond and ex-
change pictures. The unheard OF
thing shopping in Julius Garhnkle's
exclusive department store (which
native Washingtonians never
dream OF DOING with white
American girl and a Chinese
American girl is one of the mem
cries Geraldine Bledsoe will store
with many other pleasant ones OF
this trip.