The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-14
$500 ATTENDING MIDCENTURY
PARLEY ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH

more on the help of employers.
"If you ask them to sit down and
work with you, you usually get
cooperation" she said.
Olga McGee of United Auto
Workers said the automobile in
dustry prefers to hire workers be
tween the ages of 25 and 35 and
does not give young people Is to
| 21 a chance at jobs. Other dele
gates pointed out that many en-
ployers have refused to hire
Youngsters eligible for the draft.
Effect of Income on Family Life
DR.. Eveline NJ. Burns, professor
of social work at Columbia Univer-
sity, reported that "low-level in
come families are typically unable
to make normal contributions to
family members" Nutrition has
improved, she said; we have pro
grams for aid to dependent child
rem, minimum wage legislation, and
some aid to education; but we need
more research and more details of
| information. We need programs OF
children's allowances, aid to mig
rants and agricultural groups, and
| further education of our citizens.
Leo Per1is, executive director of
the Community Services Commit
| tee, expressed concern for raising
| family income. Perlis suggested
more labor unions and more col
lective bargaining, more equitable
tax legislation and further social
legislation. He said we must change
our incentives and stress the per
sonal values to be gained from CO.
operative efforts.
Edward Wyler, secretary of the
Kentucky State Federation OF
Labor, said there is no justification
for the present lack of medical fac
Iilities, particularly medical schools.
This country has insufficient hous-
ing, Wyler held, and its low-paid
teachers are a disgrace to demo-
cracy.
Influence of Mobilization and War
In case of war, infants should
not be evacuated unless accompan-
led by their mothers, and mothers
of infants should not be employed,
according to DIR. Lois Stolz of
Stanford University. Children aged
three to six may not be overly dis
turbed by the absence of their
father during war, she said, unless
the mother transmits her own fears
| to them. DR.. StolZ recommended a
war program centered around the
elementary school, working on a
year round basis.
AFL Economist Peter Henle said
all plans for children must be gear
ed into the fight for survival dur
ing the next five, ten or twenty
years. Donald Montgomery, of
United Auto Workers, warned that
in estimating the effect Of the war
on health services and other needs
of children "we completely under
estimate the productive power of
this country" The mobilization
program is in bad shape, he said,
and citizens must rally to correct
it.
Social Security
Robert Ball of the Federal Sc
curity Agency pointed out that
even with recent improvements in
the social security act "there re-
mains much to be DONE" Coverage
must be extended, he said, to in
clude large segments of the popu-
lation presently excluded. At pre-
sent, too, there is "lack of protec-
ton for the disabled or i'll person,
and inadequate unemployment in
surance." He called for some type
of large-scale voluntary or compul-
sorry health insurance program to-
cover "the skyrocketing costs of
medical care"
Lane Kirkland, of the AFL re-
search staff, was more specific.
"Only compulsory health insur-
ance provides the answer to prOvid-
ing minimum standards Of medical
care" he said.
Murray Latimer, social security
expert, said that recent union vic
tories point up the fact that theI
employer recognizes he has somel
responsibility for the welfare ofl
his workers families. Before theI
pension plans were put into opera
tion, he said, retired employees liv-
ed on inadequate social security
pensions, and widows were often
forced into the labor market tol
meager survivors PEN
SionS.
Effects of Discrimination
children from minority groups