Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-09

kept posted on dances and parties
sponsored by the Government agen-
cies or the housing projects, and is
told to take personal problems to her
house or agency counselor.
No check Is made on girls leis-
ure-time hours, however. Girls at
the housing projects are asked to
sign their names when they come
in after 2 am. They do not sign out
when they leave, however, SO there is
no way of checking on where they
are going or when they plan to
return.
A girl may come in at any time.
1t is impossible to set a deadline for
returning girls, officials say, because
girls living at the projects work all
hours-some until midnight, others
until early morning. A night matron
is on duty all night, and a guard
on duty outside each building.
Matrons, trained in counseling, are
on duty in all the dormitories. No
bed check is made, however, and
unless girl stays out very late
many nights in a row-and signs in
when she returns-she Is not re-
proved for the hours she keeps. No
talks on what to do and what not
to do about meeting strange men.
going places alone at night, ETC., are
given.
Up to Girls Parents.
1--WE consider that the job Of the
girls parents before she leaves
home" officials say.
Counseling bureaus at the various
Government agencies contend that
the routine counseling given a girl
about her job, her housing arrange
ments, and suggestions for recrea-
tional facilities-is all they can do
THE girls would resent it terribly
If we attempted to breach the ques-
ton of the personal morality of any
one of them" one counselor said.
The average girl of II or 10, COM
ing to take her first job, goes
through this program: She is met
at the station and taken to the
agency for which she will work.
There she is interviewed by a hous-
ing counselor who helps her find a
place she wants-either in a private
home. an apartment, or a housing
project. The counselors attempt to
place girl where they think she
would be best suited-a small-town
girl they would not put in a large
impersonal boarding house, they
say. Next, she is interviewed by a
job counselor, told what her work
will be, and Government working
regulations.
This counselor will help hel
orient herself in the city, tell her
about convenient bus routes, give
her pamphlets outlining places Of
interest, courses she may take al
schools here, churches, YWCA, USC
groups. A month later, she again
sees this counselor for checkur
as to whether she has become sit
uated to her own satisfaction. AT
any time after this, a girl may VOL
UNFAIRLY take problems, vocational
or personal, to this counselor.
If the girl chooses to stay in
Government project. she is intro
duced to the matron in her dormi-
tory. She is told about house rules,
and is given an outline of the rec
reational facilities there.
Dances are planned each week a,
each sof the projects, and arrange
ments are made for the girls tc
attend USO dances, or dances al
nearby military posts. Boys may
visit the girls in the dormitory
Hobbies until II at night.
But if girl chooses to meet SOL
diers or any person, on the street
or anywhere else; If she leaves the
dormitory for several days at a time
and does not voluntarily notify the
matron, if she stays out until
o'clock every night-there is moth
ing the Government can do abou,
1t, Government officials and ON.
Gals of the housing projects saw