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Job Trends Operating Against Youth Employment Point Up Need For Action Fewer employment opportuni ties are open to young workers to day than a year ago, and the whole youth employment situation bears watching for it has mi ny dangerous potentialities, say < he Children’s Bureau, U. S. Depart ment of Labor. The statement, it was explained, is based upon information brought in by the Bureau’s staff from many parts of the country, and .'upon various reports of recent de velopments* from many agencies concerned with youth. “There is no evidence as yet that we have Ipnadc any appreciable headway in regaining ground lost during the war when high school enrollment dropped by a million,’’ aaid Katharine F. Lenroot, the Bureau’s Chief. “Boys and girls who left school then for jobs hsve not returned to high school classes. We are now confronted with the possibility of idleness among the Nation’s youth, with thousands in the 14- to 17-year-old group neith er in school, where most of them should be, nor regularly em ployed.” The Bureau's Chief cites the fol lowing trends in the youth em ployment situation. 1. Young veterans generally fcave the preference for the better jobs, that is, jobs that have a fu ture. 2. The high school diploma is regaining its prewar value as a job qualification. Employers once more can find high school grad uates for many jobs. 8. Many employers el their own accord are raising age re .OUirements. Personnel managers who took oil 16- and 17-year-olds during the war now tend to pre fer those 18 years old and over. They are “steadier.” The trend is particularly noticeable as it af fecta jobs in manufacturing indus tries. ( 4. Part-time employment op portunities for in-school youth are shrinking. (Much of the decline in employment that has taken Mace so far, it is believed, is in this kind of work.) Employers bow want full-time workers and can git them. Young people who are dependent upon vacation and part-time employment to meet part of their school expenses are often hard pressed, particularly so when thd older workers in the family are being laid off or are temporarily unemployed in the Twitch-over. , One group of young job-seekertt the 17-year-old bays, have been having a particularly hard time of it, for many employers Were unwilling to take them on a Job lhat required any training since the likelihood was that they would be drafted before the training paid off. These trends, the Bureau states; are not as yet being offset by any special measures aimed at getting these young workers back in school or intelligently directed toward vocational opportunities. “On the contrary,” says Miss Len root, “there is little awareness as yet of the changed situation or of its potentialities.’ ' I The Children’s Bureau is urging schools, labor unions, industrial groups, parent-teacher associa tions, and all other interested in the welfare of the Nation’s youth to take a look at this youth-em ployment situation before it builds up into major proportions with no alternative opportunities provided for young people. Community, State and Federal action is needed. Mid Mies Lenroot, for “fundamen tal social and economic policies are involved in the solution." A large part of the answer as to how both educational and work opportunities are to be kept open to youth, the Bureau Chief says, lies in full employment, for not only would it open suitable Jobe to young workers ready for work, but "a relatively high family in come would make it possible for many to remain in school who would otherwise have to cut short their education and training in the hope of a job, poor as it might be." Beyond what might be accom plished through a high level of employment for the whole popula tion, special consideration must be given to the needs of youth. Miss Lenroot emphasized. Among these needs are: 1. Some form of student aid so that no young person will have to drop out of high school for lack cf funds. Ways should also be I explored by which those who can ! prolit from an education beyond the high-school level may be fi nancially assisted so that they can go on with their studies. 2. Counselling services in the community so that young people, trying to decide between a job and school or about what kind of work they want to enter, may have the benefit of skilled advice. 3. Good placement servic^ for youth to help young people find the "right” job. "The promise of the futum,must be kept open to this country** youth.” Miss Lenroot said, "and we must never close the doors to them as was done in the depres sion years. If we do they will look for a solution elsewhere, and we cannot be reminded too often that both Hitler and Mussolini gathered their first strength from the disillusioned and disinherited youth of their respective coun tries, from those who saw no ac ceptable future for themselves in the existing order.” NO. 1»—RAILROAD UNIONS Featuring Charles J. MacGew an, president of the Internation al Brotherhood of Boilermakers and members of railroad anions, interviewed at the Union Pacific roundhouse at Kansas City. Mo^ by Dwight Cooke, CBS com mentator. • • • Kansas City, Mo. — Common sense and labor management co operation is the key to the smooth relations between the operators of the Nation’s vast railroad network and the million and a quarter of raemfacii 9? the railroad unions af filiated with tbe AFL. This.was emphasized by Charles J. MacGowan, president of the Boilermakers, in a CB8 radio in* terview by Dwight Cooke. “Industrial peace is maintained by reasonable, sound-thinking men sitting at the conference table to resolve their problems. The best settlements come from agreements between the two parties—not from decisions rendered by a Govern* ment board,” MacGowan said, pointing out that the Boilermakers have not been on strike in the rail road industry in 24 years. Asked if the AFL rail brother hoods had any part in the recent railroad strike, MacGowan replied: “None of our membership was ipvflved. In fa$t, the 11 co-oper ating unions and the three trans portation unions—a total of IB and representing probably 80 or 85 per cent of the membership of the em ployes on the railroads—all resolv ed their problems by conference and negotiation.’' Asked to comment on the cry raised in some quarters that unions are squeesing out the small busi nessman and are detrimental to the unorganised i'orker, MacGowan said: ' ~~ “Unfortunately, there has been a very wrong conception placed in the minds of some of the American people. First of all, we never get any wage increase which the facts of the situation don’t justify. Sec ondly, wage increases negotiated by unions reflect themselves ia the incomes of the unorganised. And in the next place, the job for the unorganised is te eigafcme and do the thing that we\* done. “With respect te the business man, we sincerely believe Prt the free enterprise system, but that im plies that free enterprise ought to have a proper job to do. tt should pay good wages, it should pay wages to capital invested—other wise it has no justification for its existence and becomes a parasite. “In other words, If a business had to depend on the Government to gets its earned money, then it Is a planned economy and enters into that field of regimentation which is generally unsatisfactory to the American way of life.” Couldn’t Be Otherwise “Did you ever meet a man that was absolutely honest?" someone asked Mark Twain. “Yes, I did,” the humorist re i plied. "What did he say that made you think he was honest?” “Nothing,” replied Twain. “He hadn’t been honest but a short time. I was attending his funer al” Cruelty to Animals FOOD PRICES MO RENTS SKYROCKET IS OPS CONTROLS IRE IRINDONED (Continued From Page 1) i.i Washington that it would spon sor local fair rent committees throughout the nation to hold rents tc minimum levels. Gov. Frank L. Lausch of Ohio, appealed to the people of his State to declare a buyers’ strike on everything except the barest es sentials. One landlord in Dallas, Texas, notified a tenant his rent would be raised from $35 a month to $20 daily, or $600 a month. Another landlord increased the rental of his property from $30 to $300. One 20-union apartment in Miami has served notice of a rental increase frota $50 to $150. In Denver, a jam tice of the peace issued 1,000 Jblank notices for eviction under Colo rado's 10-day eviction notice law. fa> many areas newsmen surveying the situation reported average rent increases of 33 1-3 per cent. Stirred by the widespread rental increases, OPA leaders cautioned all tenants to disregard eviction notices and refuse to pay the high er levies. They pointed out that in most states there is a time lag up to 30 days before an eviction no tice could become effective. They advised tenants who are notified of rent increases to contact their area rent office or daily newspa pers for information on the law in their communities. The increase in food prices was described as sporadic. The deter mination of the chain stores to hold the line at OPA ceiling levels was recognised early by OPA obser vers. How long they could continue to hold the line was problematical, however, in view of soaring whole sale coots. Reports were received at OPA of country ham selling for ft a pound throughout the South, 50 cents above the OPA ceiling. Eggs in New England went up 6 cents a dosen, poultry in the Memphis area rose from 40 cents to $3 cents a pound and low-grade beef from 9 to 14 cents. i The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that its wholesale price index, composed of 28 basic com modities moved upward 7.7 points, to 206, on the first day without OPA. This compares with a rise of .2 points last week, and does not include whatever higher prices were reached in the five moat im portant metals. 8AV1NG8 BONDS ARE BEST INVESTMENT VOR UNIONS Addressing the recent Virginia State Federation of Labor Con vention, Mr. Samuel Miller, Busi ness Agent, Retail Clerks Interna tional Protective Asaociation, Lo ral 636-A, Washington, D. C., made a strong plea for the investment pf union funds in Government Savings Bonds. I > "About two years ago, Mr. Er nest Fontana, Field Representative of the Labor Section, Government Savings Bonds Division, appeared before our local union and asked us to support the (then) War Bond campaign," Mr. Miller said. “We promised this support, and for this purpose appointed a com mittee to solicit purchases of War Bonds from members to whom the Payroll Savings Plan was not available. At the same time our ex ecutive board considered the mat ter of investment of our union funds. It was decided that in the future all funds in the local treas ury over |9,000 would be invested in Government securities. “I am glad to report that our organisation la very grateful to lit. Fontana for his advice. Every six months our interest checks ccme in. These interest checks of course incVease with the volume of our fn neatnsrht and they now con stitute a considerable portion of I the overhead expense of maintain ing tour union. “1 strongly recommend that ev ery local union adopt the same policy. 'Why let your money lie idle when this constitutes more than the -current needs of your un ion? Government Savings Bonds are the best investment in the world; and the safest. They are, to all practical purposes, as fluid and available as a checking account. At the same time, investment in Savings Bonds is a patriotic serv ice and a safeguard against infla tion!’* Giving a health talk to her class, teacher warned them never to kiaa animals or birds, and then asked one boy if he Could give an instance of the danger of this. The boy said he could, that his aunt used to kiss her dog. “What happened?” asked teach er. . . “It died,” came back the boy. I HEARD BUSTER ROOS Editor's Note—The accompany ing poetry was stimulated by the unfortunate condition of a little boy who, a abort time ago, died of cancer. I heard Ijttle Boater Roos — hia whispered voice; I heard it, though so faint it seemed to be The last low breath of life. *. • • I would to God this tiny mite of sound were amplified To a thundering shout to wake the earth l A mighty noise to penetrate men’s souls— To drown the grinding noise of rolling mills, The gnashing clash of gears, The hungry roal of factories spew ing out Their countless spawn; The steady ring, above it all, Of tradesmen, counting out their coin. ... Hie words—what were they? Not so many words to rouse one’s soul; What underlay them in the dying whisper This is the message you should hear. Somehow, as he spoke, his hollow eyes Bore deeply into me—accusingly And questioning, so questioning Who, it seemed to me, they asked, Had cut bis life so short? * • • Eight years were all alloted him; Eight short summers—eight win ters With their snows—eight autumns And colored leaves and browning grass— Eight springs, when life is full; Spring? This last one he will ever feel, Brings again the age-old change Prom death to life. Life, full renewed for all the things that grow, But for a little child it brings A summons to the grave. * • * When the kind brown earth haa claimed him, What of hia whispered words? Will they echo through your mind? Will you hear them — hovering 'round your head Like a dream? • * • They should stir your conscience, Yea, you! You who are the peo ple— The rich, the poor, the literate and the wise. The ignorant and the fool— White, black, brown or yellow ihan, You hold the blame; this is your world! The learned man, the scholar, the man of science, Perhaps he is your dupe; To him, you’ll pass reproof. • »- « No, I tell you I heard little Buster Roosl In his words, amidst the strug gled breath From lungs all but gone with can cer' , I heard an accusation— Not in the words but in the tone— It was as though he said; “A child is born *»f man, to live, “But you, and all of you, have let me die “Without accounting lor my life, “Too much preoccupied with wars and things “To find a way to Inake me whole again.” I heard little Buster Roos And I'll hear him ’till the end of life; But I vow that somehow down the years, You, too, must hear his voice! PRICE RISES THREATEN THE VETS’ HOUSING PROGRAM Washington, D. C.—Home con struction has reached its highest peak since 1925, but the program will fail unless price controls are maintained, Housing Expediter Wilson Wyatt declared over a na tional radio hookup. Reporting to the public on the progress of the veterans’ emer gency housing program, Wyatt said that 406,000 new dwelling units of all types were started this year by the end of May. “The veterans’ housing program, in its present form, will be doom ed unless sensible, workable price controls are put back into effect, and quickly. This is of the utmost urgency,” he declared. "The cost goals of the veterans’ program were based on the retention of sensible price controls until* pro duction caught up with demands.” Union Label—Always in Style! 8 ^ ..■====n===^J K tunumuiHWiuuiuuinim iiwBW LoaTiABaww 71 DON’T WAIT FOR THE FIRE ENGINE Eventually there will be an ab solute cure for cancer. Perhaps there may be a medication that even will prevent cancer. Tragi cally enough, that is probably yean away. You can’t afford to wait until science finds the answer. There are many things you can do now to help prevent cancer. You can be alert and watchful for yourself and your family and in sist on thorough medical exami nations at least once a year. Many thousands die of cancer every year who could have been saved had they acted soon enough. Surgery, x-ray and radium are successfully used in treating can cer. As many as 90 per cent of some types of cancer can be cured in the early stages. With present knowledge alone most cancer can be cured if diag nosed soon enough. If you had a pail of water handy, when your house eaught fire, you would throw it on the flames. You wouldn’t waK for the fire engine! Don’t just sit and wait and hope that a cancer cure will be found. Be on your guard and prompt medical action can keep' the scourge of cancer from in creasing its toll. Cancer kills more than 170,000 Americans every year but many of these die needlessly becusse can cer is curable more often than any other highly fatal disease. There are many thousands liv ing today who have been cured of cancer. It is estimated that at least 40,000 are cured of cancer in this country annually. These are peo ple who have shown no recurrence of the disease for live years. The latest accurate figure of five year cures is for 1943 when 39,315 were pronounced entirely cured. The chance of curing cancer in its early stages is extremely high. Up to 95 psr cent of all skin and lip cancers are curable if diag nosed in time. Breast cancer and cancer of the uterus, the most prevalent forms among women have a 75 per cent chance of curs after early diagnosis. Moderately advanced cancer has only 15 to 40 per cent chance of cure. Ad vanced cancer is almost always fatal. To avoid cancer, you must be alert! Don’t take chances with a sore that will not heal. See your doc tor immediately if you notice bleeding from any of the natural body openings. Watch for any progressive change in the color or sise of a mole, wart or birth mark. Persistent indigestion or a noticeable change in your normal bowel habits call for a check-up by your doctor. Persistent hoarse ness or an unexplained cough should be looked into. None of these things might mean .cancer, but why take chances? To be sure, see your I. M. ORNBURN. Union Label Trades Departmen SOUTHERN POLICY COM MITTEE OF A. F. L. FORMED IN SOUTH George Googe Is Chairman; Com mittee Composed Mainly of Southern Union Officials George L. Googe, chairman, Southern representative, Amercian Federation of Labor. William 0. Hare, secretary, Ala bama Federation of Labor. C. W. Mowery, president, Ar kansas Federation of Labor. J. A. Harper, president, Flori da Federation of Labor. Charles B. Gramling, president, Georgia Federation of Labor, and vice-president, /Intem&tidnal Un ion of Operating Engineers. Edward H. Weyler, secretary treasurer, Kentucky Federation of Labor. E. H. Williams, president, Lou isiana Federation of Labor. W. L. Hines, president, Missis sippi Federation of Labor. C. A. Fink, president, North Carolina Federation of Labor. Dean Baugh, secretary-tress rer, Oklahoma Federation of La bor. Earl R. Britton, president, South Carolina Federation of Labor. John Hand, president, Tennes see Federation of Labor. Harry W. Acre man, secretary, Texas Federation of Labor. I. C. Welsted, secretary-treas urer, Virginia Federation of Labor. Volney Andrews, secretary treasurer, -West Virginia Federa tion of Labor. Harry C. Bates, vice president, American Federation of Labor from Texas. t W. C. Birthright, vice president, American Federation of Labor from Tennessee W. P. Raoul, secretary-treas urer, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada. Curtis Simms, vice president, Bakery and Confectionery Work ers’ International Union of Amer ica, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Arthur Smith, vice president. International Brotherhood of Boil ermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America, Hamlet, N. C. Clyde Strickland, vice president, International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, At lanta, Georgia, Roland Adams, General Execu tive Board Member, United Broth erhood of Carpenters and Joiners oi America, Florence, S. C. Charlie Moore. Southern repre sentative, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, Richmond, Virginia. G. X. Barker, vice president, International Brotherhood oi Elec trical Workers of America, Birm doctor, warns the American Can cer Society, Inc., 360 Fifth Ave nue, New York I, N. Y. Secretary-Treasurer t, American Federation of Labor In. current renda popular ideas sometimes influence styles. Often old ideas, when suddenly brought to light, are rejuvenated, ust a few years ago, when scientists dag into the tomb of Old King Tut, who lived in the 14th Century, B. C* designs in hia garments were re vised into modern patterns for be til' hats and dress so. ingham, Alabama. Sally Clienbell, vice president.. United Garment Workers of Amer ica, Lynchburg, Virginia. John Martin, vice president. International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union. Chattanooga, Ten nessee. Carmen Lucia, Southern direc tor, United Hatters, Cap and Mil linery Workers International Un ion, Atlanta, Georgia. James Hampton, International representative, International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers’ Union of America, Shef field, Alabama. Charlie Lockhart, vice president. International Longshoremen’s As sociation, Miami, Fla. William Mitch, president, Dis trict 20, United Mine Workers of America, Birmingham, Alabama. Mike Crowe, vice president. Brotherhood of Painters, Decora tors and Paperhangers of Ameri ca, Marshall, Texas. Mark Fisher, vice president, In ternational Brotherhood of Paper Makers, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Sam Roper, general organiser. United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters of the United States and Canada, Sheffield, Ala. T. L. McBrayer, general execu tive board member, Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America, Atlanta, Ga. Stanton Smith, vice president, American Federation of Teachers, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Frank Prohl, representative. International Brotherhood* o f Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Ware housemen and Helpers of Amer ica, Atlanta, Ga. Spencer Locke, Southern repre sentative, National Association of Letter Carriers, Orlando, Florida. George Benjamin, vice president, Tobacco Workers International Union, Richmond, Virginia. Oscar Blood worth, vice presi dent, Office Workers International Union, Tampa, Fla. Edward M. Brooks, vice presi dent, Upholsterers’ International Union of North America, Atlanta, Georgia. Clyde Foster, vice president. Hotel and Restaurant Employes. International Alliance and Barten ders International League of America, Miami, Fla. Executive Committee Chairman: George L. Googe. Charles B. Gramling, William Mitch, Roland Adams, Edward H. Weyler, Clyde • Strickland, John Martin.
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