Show I C I X MP 1 i L- L I Im going to despise this next year of sitting around waiting alting for m my bi birthday bemoans pretty prett Renee Kenec bro who al although al- al though she is a a. high school graduate cant can't find a job because I prospective employers balk when they discover she is only oWr 17 7 TIME ON HER HANDS Girl Hits Employers For Shunning Youth Reluctance of ot many employers to o hire high school graduates who I have lave not yet reached their birthdays ys was vas cited as a contributing contrib- contrib I ting g factor to juvenile delinquency delinquency delin- delin I quency by year old Renee Wy- Wy brow who wrote her troubles to The s Salt lt Lake Telegram Friday I I am speaking f for r r. r many of the young high school chool graduates s who are so 50 discouraged and disillusioned disillusioned about nc not t being able to to find finda a job she wrote Here we are arc she continued the younger generation with high school diplomas as and no job until w we ve become 18 Dont Don't you think it would be better rif we were WorkIng working work Work- ing Surely it would help to re reduce reduce reduce re- re duce the high juvenile delinquency rate that people are talking so much about She explained she had graduated from high school this spring but butas butas butas as yet had been unable to find fini em cm- The minute people find out Im I'm only 17 they stop talking about a ajob ajob ajob job for me she said Im going I to despise this next year of sitting around waiting for my birth birth- day Please see what you can do doto doto doto to help us out of our dilemma Rence Renee is a daughter of Mrs Marvene L. L S. S West Temple Hal B. B Savage of the Salt Lake office United d Sta States es employment service said Friday his office registered registered registered reg reg- I such youths for jobs and recommended them for suitable employment whenever it was available Many employers he said have the attitude that youngsters this age arc still sUll too unsettled Employers Employers' want permanent workers workers work work- ers and if they can get an older person th they usually prefer to to todo todo do s so Only legal requirement for hirIng hirIng hiring hir hir- ing youths who have not reached their birthdays he said is that a work permit must be obtained obtained ob ob- ob- ob tamed fr fi from m the local board of education in conformance with I Utah's child chUd labor laws law |