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Show I Unemployed unem p to Y ed Youth to t o Get het Chance I d dZ dx Z x t lit t 4 r rI I x r , . h a tt i SJ ' is : : ' ti & kin kinJ1 J1 J13t 3t q ' " s sr p6rr , jI : ir ; j F / r - A ' I " ti I7i et \i i 4 . V ' , ) ' . I7 \ _ _ 4 : y P , ; V _ & 4 / . 4aa t : t ' c 9 ! aN 1 . , MISS Josephine Roche , Chairman of the ExecJltve Execjitive ! Committee of the NYA NY A 2 What Is to Become of These YoungPeople Young YoungPeople People Now They Are Out of School ? 3 . , Aubrey Williams , Executive Director By WILLIAM C UTLEYWITH UTLEYW UTLEYITH UTLEY UTLEYBITH ITH n a snort of disgust tbc the theyoung tbcyoung theyoung WITH W BITH young mm m'm min ' tossed his liat hat lint onthe onthe on , the table And as he sank intothe intothe into intothe the chair , . , Ills his Illsorn \\orn orn worn \ \ \ orn newspa nespa newspa- newspaper ne\\ ne newspaper \ spa . - per , folded with the "help help " wanted wanted'ads wantedads ' ' ads to the outside , their gray ' ; , columns columnssmudged columnssmudged columnsemudeed smudged with the sweat s\\eat s eat \ of much han ban handUng bandung liandling dUng , fell to the floor ; he didn't didnt ' botherto bother botherto botherto to pick It upHe upHe up upHe He bent In defeit defe1t defeat , , his hands hung hunglImply hunglimply hunglimply lImply from the arms or of the chair , . IUs ills IUseyes illseyes Hiseyes eyes fixed In a red stare on the thincarpet thin thincarpet thincarpet carpet , . his nostrils nostrl1s widened widcned In a asneer asneer aeneer sneer and his loner lo\\er lo er lower \ ' lip hp pouted Helooked He HeJool.cd Helooked Jool.cd Joolcd looked . as s If he lie would do something somethingdesperateif somethingdesperateif somethingdesperate desperate-if desperate if - - If there were wcre anything anythmg des des- desperate desAerate desperate - - perate Aerate to do doHIs doHis HIs ills throat \ ' was as dryas dry as he be spoke"I spoke spoke"I spoke"I spokeI "I I " gl\e gl e ghe gis \ a upr up"I've up r ' "I've Ive " ' ' ' been In e\ e e\ery e ery eery every \ ery darn place In Inthis inthis Inthis this town wliere where the tbei they might need an ab-body ab body ab3- ab3 ab3body } - . body to do anything nythlng I'm Im Pm ' ' a gl'ldu'lte glldulte gtadwite gl'ldu'ltecngmeer gtadwiteengineer guduiteengineer ' ' cngmeer engineer with one of the best recordsIn records recordsIn recordsIn In my class-'lntI class 'lntI lntI class-and and class - ' ind I can t get a job jobwashing washing \ ashing dishes dlshe3 . . . ' I've Ive ' ' been tr trying 1ng forthree for forthree forthree three sears sears"The cars ears cars"The ' "The The " 'The The ' jobs there are go to marriedmen marrIed marrIedmen marriedmen men . who ho have hnve fimUles hmilles famtites that need foodand food foodand foodand and a home . . . That's Thats ' ' all aU right , I r sup suppose suppose suppose pose th they .y y < . should But Lord , I wantto want wantto wantto to get married myself m self some diy d'lY dlY day ' , . andhere andhere and andhere here I am nm twenty five without a chance chanceIn chanceIn chanceIn In sight of getting myself any b.Ind bInd hind b.Indof hindof . kindof of a start ' I've Ive ' ' got a right to my life lifeand lifeand lifeand and happiness But I\e I e I'se Ise 1 ' ' \ , e got.to gotto got . to WOl woik work k t ' t"And "And And " what do they say to me met me/'You've me 'You've Youve / ' .you.e you.e youe You've Youve ' . . ' ' . no experience expetience We can getgood get getgood getgood good men with years of experience e\.perlence e.perlence e .perlence perlence \ . forwhat for forwhat forwhat what whate \ we \\e e have ha.e hae . to pay you yon ' "Good Good " Lord , , how am I going to get getexperience getexperience getexperience experience If I can't cant ' get \ work orl . 1 ? " The man Is , of course , a h\pothetlcal h pothetlcal hspothetical hypotheticalcase hpothetlcalcase hspotheticalcase \ case . . But If you think tWnh . his counterpart counterpartdoes counterpartdoes counterpartdoes does not exist in reality reahty and in ap- ap appa1llng appalling ap appalling - - palling pa1llng numbers , you aie are l e sadly mls mis mistaken mlstnken mistaken tnken taken The International Labor officeat office officeat officeat at Geneva has just Issued Icsued ; a statement statementwhich statementwhich statementwhich which declares that at least 25 percent per percent percent cent of all the world's worlds ' 2 25 25000000 000 000 un mm unemplo mmemployed unemployed emplo employed ed are less than twenty t\\ent t ent \ \ fi\eyears fi eyears fi\e fi e fie fieyears fieyears \ years oldBut old oltI oltIBut oldBut But wait walt , , despairing youth i I t There Theremay Theremay Theremay may be an end In sight for all thIs thIsAmerica thisAmerica thisAmerica America has an Idea It may n \ workand ork orkand orkand and It may not not , , , but at least something somethingIs Is going to be done Tlie The President of ofthe ofthe ofthe the United States Is speaking speahing . , . . "I I " have determined tliat that " we "e e mse shall do dosomething dosomething dosomething something for the tbe nation's nations ' unemployedyouth unemployed unemployedyouth unemployedyouth youth becausee because we \\e e \ can 111 ill afford nfford to lose losethe losethe losethe the skill sh.lll shlll . and energy of these young youngmen oung oungmen oungmen men andomen and women \\omen omen \ . . . They 'fhey fhey ' must have havetheir havetheir havetheir their chances In school , , theli tbel1 tbeit turn as asapprentices asapprentices asapprentices apprentices and their opportunity forjobsa for forjobsa forjobs jobs-a jobs a - a chance to work and earn torthemselves torthemselves"In for forthemseh forthemselves themseh themselves es es"In themselves"In "In In " recognition of this tbl'5 tbl5 ' great na natlonal national natlonal tlonal tional need I have ha.e hae . establ1shea establlslied establ1she established ft a ? \a a Is ! \ sa sational atlonal atlonal tlonal tional Youth administration , , . to beunder be beunder beunder under the Works Worh.s Worhs . Progress admlmstra administra admlmstratlon administration adrnlmstratlon tlon tion " 50,000,000 50000000 $50,000,000 $ , , , for Youth Youth.Out YouthOut . . Out of the $4,800,000000 4800000000 $1,500,000000 1500000000 $4.800,000 4.800000 4800000 $ , , . , , 000 which con congress congross congress gress In the emergency relief appro approprlation appropriation appropriatlon prlation priation act'of actof act " ' of April 8 turned over oer , to toMr tcMr i IIr Mr : ? publie pubIIc . noose Roosevelt Rooseselt , elt tint th'lt thlt tilt ' he might mltht ; sink sinh pub IIc lie dollars Into the mire of depres depresslon depresBlon depresslop slon slop to make a foundation for a sturdy sturdystructure sturdystructure sturdjetructurc ' structure of sound prospeiltv proSI1Cllt prospefitr . , $10000 10000 $50000 50000 $ 0000000 000 will be poured loured [ as a I [ plon pylon ; Ion to sup support support support port the new NYA during Its first year yearAs . . As chairman of the executive com corn commlttee cornmittee cornrnlttee mlttee mittee of the NYA , tlie the PresIdent Presiden PresIdentnamed Presidennamed Prcsldennamed t named Miss Josephine Roche Hoche , , assistant acslst assist acslstant assistant ; ant secretary of the treasury She Shewas Sh Shwas Sinwas e * was long a professlonil profession'll professionll Professional ' champion of ofyouth o oyouth oyouth f youth and later , as a coal operator operatorwaged ' , , waged the battle for the tbe rights o oyoung oyoung of ofyoung f young men mcn and women In dIfferent differen dIfferentform differenform differcnform t form As eiccullTe executive e ecuUve director she will willhale \ wllhave \ 11l 11lha , ha hale , e Aubrey WIlllims WiIli'1ms WiIli1ms Willlams ' first as assistan assistanto asblstanto lstant lstantto t to Harry L I Hopklns Hophlns Hopkins . , . w \ orks orhs progresadministrator progresadministratorThese progress progressadministrator progressadministrator s ts administrator administratorThese These two " will "Ill Ill set up tlie the org'lniza orglniza orgsniza org'lnizatlon orgsnization orginlzatlon ' tlon tion \ which \ hlch will e execute .pcute pcute em.Pcute emPcute > . . the challenge clialleng challengetaken cliallengtaken cliallengtaken e taken up by the President to removyouth remo.e remoe remov remo.eyoulh removyouth . e youlh youth from the depths of disillusion disiliusio disillusionnnd disiliusioand dislllusloand n nnd and defeatism and the dan dangerous crous lad tad ladIcalLsm tadIcallsm iaIcalLsm ( IcalLsm which so often arises arlces ; fro frosuch from fromsuch froieuch m such conditions Youth In the case Colse of ofthe o othe cthe > t f the NY NYA A Is limited Hmlted to men and "omen omen "omenbetween wome womebetween " womcbetween n between the ages of sixteen sb.teen sbteen . and twen twentyfi twc twctyfive tweity-fivc tweity fivc n tyfive ty-fi ty fi - ve . . Here are the sen services serlces % Ices the or- or organization or organization oganlzatlon - ganization will wUl attempt to perform perform- perform1 ' - 1 . . Hnd rintI find employment In to private in iii iiidustry lidustry n dustry ustry tor for unemployed youth ) outh "Worl Worl "Wor Wor "Wordesigned "Wordesigned Wordesigned " k lc < dcslgned designed to accomplish this shall be beset b Ieet > eset e set going In every state In order to towOII t twork lwoik o , wOII work . out with emplo employers ers In Industr- Industr Industrcommel lndustrcommerce Industr lndustr , } - y , ' commeice commerce commel ce and business , , " ways "ays ays ai an and d means of employing addltlonil atIdltIon'll atIdltIonll addttional ' pel person personncl pei&onncl peionncl & on onnel nel ncl from unemployed young people " 2 Triln Tr'lln Trlln Train ' and retiain rehaln retiala for Industrl'll Industrlll industrial Industrl'lltecbnlcal industrialtechnical Industrliltechnical ' tecbnlcal technical and professlomi profession'll professionll ' emplo\"n1cnt emplo "n1cnt n1cnt employment employmentopportunities emplo"n1cntopportunl employmentopportunities \ " opportunl opportunities tiCb 3 Piovide Pioside PI 0\ 0 0Ide \ Ide for continuing ittendinceat 'lttend'lnceI 'lttend'lnceat attendanceat 'lttend'lnce lttendlnce attendance ' ' I at high school and collegeI college I 4 Work relief rellef projects designed to tomeet tomeet tomeet meet the needb need needs of youth youthAn youthAn youthAn An estimated 150 150000 000 s .youths youths . ouths \ ' will III re recelve receiye receive celve ceiye job training of some sort , , 100 100,000 100000 , , 000 \ will 111 be aided In finishing their then high highschool highschool highschool school courses ; 120 120000 000 w \ will 111 III be assistedin assistedn assisted In i n pursuing a college education , and .1tI 1tI id .1tIdltlonal . additlonal idditional dltlonal ditional thousands " will "III III smill be gh given en fiDan titian fiDancial titianctal financlal cial ctal aid to enable them to take tahe post postgraduate postgraduate postgraduate graduate w \ ' work ork Many lfany l\an l an \ [ more mav may be a1)sorbed absorbed nb a1) a1 nbsorbed ) sorbed . without ithout cost through the find findIng findag findIng Ing l ag of jobs In IndustrvThe Industry Industrv IndustryThe industryThe The smallest unit In the set setup up will willbe \ willbe III IIIbe be the local or community committee committeeThis committeeThis committeeThis This " will "lll lll be under the supervision of ofthe ofthe ofthe the state administration , " which "hlch hlch In turn turn111 turnwill turnwill \\111 111 will \ report to Washington 1Vashington headqu'lr headqulr beadqusr beadqusrtens headqu'lrters lieadquirters ' ters tens Efforts UtTorts " will "Ill Ill be concentrlted concentr'lted concerftrlted ' upon uponyouths uponouths uponyouths youths y ouths \ who ho are out of work worh and nnd nolonger no nolonger nolonger longer financially cipable c1pnble clpable of attendingschool attendIng attendIngschool attendingschool attendingschoolThe school schoolThe The tasks of the \ various ario.1s ario1s sarloas . dl\'islons dl 'islons islons divisions divisionsaccording dl'islonsaccordIng divisionsaccording \ ' accordIng to the announcement fromtime from fromthe fromthe the time White House , , will wlll be "to to " moblllze mobilize moblllzethe mobilizethe mobilizethe the Industrial , , commercial , , agriculturaland agricultural and educational educations ] forces to provide pro.Ide proIde . em ern ernployment employment ernployment ployment and other practical assist assistance assistante assistance ance ante to the unemplo unemployed ed youth ; to develop de develop develop velop and carr carry out a co ordinated ordlnated program pro program program gram of work and work wort opportunities opportunitiesjob , job training and antI retraining for unem unemplo unemplosed unemplowed plo plosed ) ed youth , utilizing all flshn ' ptisting existing , { ! ; pub publie publtd publie lie ltd and private agencies , , Industries Industriesschools , schools and \ various arlous sarous [ training faclhUes facilities faclhUeswhich facilitieswhich facilitieswhich which can assist In meeting various variousphases variousphases variousphases phases of the problem " How Money Will Be Spent . . Thebe These tasks will wl1I all be undertahen undertaken undertahenv.lth undertakenwith undertakenwith v.lth vlth with . a view new of furnishing furnlshmg youths youthse youthswho youthswho e\\ e eho ( who \ ho are eligible ellg1ble for relief relief ) ) compen compensation compensation com pen pensauon sauon sation for fQr work they may do on their theirnew theirnew theirnew new jobs , , or expense e"Cpense eCpense esrpense " money It if they are aregoing aregoing aregoing going to schoolBo school schoolBo schoolBoas Bo Boas s and girls over o.er oer . sixteen sl\.teen sl.teen sl .teen teen \ . " who "ho ho havebeen llll.e lllle have llll.ebeen havebeen . been forced to stop attending nttent1lng high highschool highschool highschool school because tries the ; ) have hne base , no money for forcar forcar forcar car fare , , lunches and Incidentils InCldent'lls InCldentlls incmdentals ' wIll wIllbe willbe willbe be given gI\'en gI 'en en \ " ' an average aerage , of SG $ G a month to toeD'lble toenable toenible eD'lble eDlble enable ' them to . complete their coursesAn coursesAn courses coursesAn An average a.erage aerage . of $15 15 $ a month will go goto goto goto i to unemplo unemplo3 unemployed etI ed high school graduatesunder graduates graduatesunder graduatesunder i under twenty fi\ fi five fie file \ e to help them finish finishcollcge finishcollege finishcollege collcge college Institutions111 Institutions st \ will \\111 111 \ ill receh receis receive e a nosubsidies no nosubsidies nosubsidies i subsidies ; the students \ ' will ill be e expect expected expected pect pectcd cd ed to pay part of the cost themselvesas themspl.esas themspl.es themsples themselves . as they have In the past Theie Theme Thm e Is a arule arule arule . rule now that thnt those receiving " work "orh orh re relief relief rellef lief shall shan not account for more th'ln thln titan tine12 ' i 12 per cent of the enrollment of Ins1l insti institutions Institutlons Ins1ltutlons tutlons tutions of higher leirning le'lrnlng lelrnlng learning ' , . but this will willin " willIn III IIIIn [ In all likelihood hkelIl100d be re\ re revoked reol.ed \ ol.ed oled . or changei"to changeito changedto chan changed cd cdto " I to make mahe room for tlie the NY NYA A . , . protegesPost protegesPost proteges protegesPost Post graduate gradunte students who havebeen hn-c hn c have hncbeen havebeen . - been unsuccessful In their job lob hunting huntingsy huntingwill ; sy , ,11l 11l ill be carefully selected for aid nld in incompleting incompleting iicompleting i completing their studv stud studs . 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