Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
Youth Council.
To Assist in
Finding Jobs
Area Committees
To Handle Problem
Of Employment
By ,Miriom Ottenbero

Dy ,ViiTIom nuremberg
The Commissioners Youth
Council today formally adopted
an operating policy and agreed
on procedure to help teen-agers
find jobs.
The council decided to assign
the youth employment problem
to the area committees since
these neighborhood groups would
know both the businessmen in
their areas and the young peo-
pie in need of work.
Miss Winifred Thompson. the
councils aide, told the group
that the United States Employ
ment Service will lend help to
the area committees to set up
job-finding services.
Reporting on a conference
with Fred Hetzel, District USES
director, Miss Thompson said
Mr.. Hetzel suggested that the
area committees handle recruit
ing of jobs. screening of appli-
cants and actual placement. She
said Mr.. Hetzel offered USES
help to advise the area commit
tees on child labor laws and to
draft forms to circulate both to
prospective mployers and
swould-be employees.
Present Laws Defended.
When Sidney Lust, a council
member, suggested that the coun-
Gil go into undermining" child
labor laws to expand employ
ment opportunities. School Supt.
Hobart M. Corning. another
council member, vigorously de-
Tended the present laws.
DR.. Corning argued that very
few children are prevented from
getting jobs because of the pres
ent laws and he added that if
they are too young to fit under
the present laws. they probably
should not be employed.
The council devoted most of it's
session to adopting its statement
of policies and procedures. This
statement emphasizes that the
area committees are basically
autonomous groups which shall
engage in any activities which in
their considered judgment will
bring about the most construc-
tive program possible for youth
which in turn leads to a decrease
of juvenile delinquency"
The statement refrained from
listing specific functions for all
area committees because of the
differing neighborhood condi-
lions and it added:
Some area committees may
find it not only desirable, but
possible to work directly with
youth on a volunteer basis by
engaging in some specific pro-
gram of services; but in some
areas it may develop that the
more desirable approach is one
of study, coordination, stimu-
lating existing agencies to take
on some project, etc"
The council. according to the
statement, will maintain its re-
lationShip to the area commit
tees after their original appoint
ment by regular communications,
exchange of information, for
warding of area committee min
utes and special reports and APP
pearance of area chairmen be-
fore the. council.
Lists Its Activities.
The council listed its own &C
tivitieS as:
Fact-finding, evaluation, CO.
ordination, development of ideas
for better programs of preventive
services, stimulating better pro-
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agencies, encouraging the de-
velopment of new needed serv-
ices. making recommendation to
the Commissioners and commu-
nifty groups. sponsoring public
meetings to interpret juvenile
delinquency and providing OPP
portunitieS for youth to particle
pate in the development of bet
ter youth programs in the COM
munity.
The council at today's session
also named another area COM
mittee-for the upper North
west area including Shepherd
Park, Chillum Heights, Bright
wood and T o m a-and set
March 4 for the next council
meeting.