Evening star., 1950-12-07
Youth Delegates Vote
Segregation Censure
As Meeting Winds Up

As Meeting Winds Up
Delegates to the White House
Conference on Children and Youth
today called for the abolition OF
racial segregation in education
public travel. Government and
employment.
Action by the nearly 5000 dele
gates winding up their f1ve-day
meeting in the National Guard
Armory came after Benjamin
Mays. Negro president of More
house College in Atlanta, won a
move to add public. travel, Gov
ernment and employment to q
recommendation originally urging
only abolition Of segregation to
education.
After the Mays amendment had
been presented. Federal Security
Administrator Oscar Ewing. con-
ference chairman. pointed out that
the issue Of segregation in fields
other than education was outlined
in subsequent recommendation.
However, the delegates proceed
ed to vote overwhelmingly in favor
of the broader resolution.
Further Votes Slated.
The full conference was to de-
bate and vote on other recommen-
dations of a 19-man committee,
which worked late last night on
the reports of the various confer
ence groups.
At the close of yesterdays ses-
sion, Melvin A. Glasser, executive
director of the conference. summed
up the situation this way:
We've had our troubles and
even now we are not all agreed
on the recommendations. But in
general we think we've done a good
job and worked out a good case.
Now we are anxious to see that
something will happen-that it all
won't die on some library shelf. ,"
Wide Scope Disclosed.
The wide scope of the recon-
mendations was made clear, as
conference officials released sum-
maries of proposals by the five
major sections of the conference.
There was a possibility that de-
bate on some of the more contro-
versial suggestions would be ex-
tended and produce heated argu-
ments.
The group studying children on
the move called for extension of
State employment service to mi
grants and social security bene-
fits for all farm workers. For
children with working parents it
was urged that Federal funds for
day care be made available un-
der local administration in event
local and State funds are made
quate.
Aid for Handicapped.
In the same vein the group of
children with severe physical and
mental handicaps called for State
and Federal assistance to local
communities.
From another group concerned
with problems of infancy and
early childhood came a proposal
that a conference be called by
an appropriate national, voluntary
agency to draw up legislation for
day care of children under 6.
This. group also called on each
State to set up minimum stand
ards for all day-care centers,
nursery schools and kindergar-
tens, and to establish licensing re-
quirements for all child care
groups.
Another recommendation was
made that highest priority" be
given to protecting the healthy
personality of the adolescent "in
view of the impending war situa-
tion" and that all child welfare
groups make this an integral part
Of their immediate program.
At last nights session, dele
gates were warned by Gen. Carlos
P. Romulo, Philippine Foreign
Secretary, that the conference was
gathered against the backdrop of
military disaster and the. loom
ing threat of a new war more ter
rible than any other in history"
Gen. Romulo noted that "the
military situation in Korea has
caused some to waver in their sup
port Of the United Nations and
to wish that a course less costly
and less risky than the one fol-
lowed in Korea might be found
In dealing with naked and un-
abashed aggression.
I'VE Of the Philippines do not
share these misgivings," the
speaker added.
Another speaker. DR.. Margaret
Mead. associate curator of ethnol-
ogy Of the American Museum of
Natural History in New York, de-
clared that 1--WE as people, as
parents, teachers. citizens, are
rearing unknown children for an
unknown world.
I'VE cannot guess their needs
by remembering our own." DR..
Mead said. 1--WE cannot find the
answers to their questions by look
ing into our own hearts"