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Show , 8 8,000,000 8000000 , OOO , OOO YO YOUTHS U T HSOUT 0 OUT UT OF 0F 0 F WORK WORKMajor W 0 RI R K KMajor ( of of"First of"First of"First ofFirst Increased Importance Major Political Parties Recognize "First First " V Voters oters " in Election Next November . - - By WILLIAM C . UTLEYW UTLEYITH UTLEY UTLEYT T 7ITH ITH ITHone one otthe ofthe of ot the most spirited spJnted preSidentIal presidential elections c1ections of ofmany ofmany of/ of ofmany WITH WITHone W / many years in prospect for this coming November , , bothmajor bothmajor both bothY Y major major parties arc are recognizing as never before the politi pohti- pohti pohtical politi- politi political political - - cal importance of American Amencan youth . Since the Roosevelt landslide of 1932 , seven or eight mil- mil million million mil million - lion boys and girls have become men and women and ehglble eligible eligibleto ehglbleto to vote . This vast army of first voters makes up a block ofvotes of votesgreater votes votesgreater votesgreater greater than the plurality by which Roosevelt defeated Hoover . Ordinarily Ordlnardy the vote of these young people for one candIdate candidateor or the other could be forecast to a certain extent e\.tent e.tent e .tent tent c.tent ctent ' \ . , because of the custom of first voters assuming nJsumlng ) theparty the theparty 3 < 3party < I party allegiances of their tbelr fathers fatherswhich fatherswhich which \ hlch has prevailed In the Unlted United UnltedI UnltedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States for tor so long But youth of of193Q I 1936 is going olng to vote with a mind of ofIts ofits ofIts Its own . , I There are obvious reasons re sons forthis tor for tortbls forthis tbls this . Times hive h'lve hlve ' changed The Tire Theparty Tireparty Thoparty party now In po power " er is not the Dem Dem- Dern DemocratIc Democratic - . ocratic party as the fathers of these theseyoung theseyoung theseyoung young men and women knew it It Ithas Ithas Ithas has transcended transcendcd old party boun boundaries boundaries boundarles daries in a number of wa3 wa wn s It Is Isreasonable isreasonable isreasonable reasonable to suppose that a good goodshare goodshare goodshare share of ot the youths \ who ho might h'lve hlve hive h'lvecast hivecast havecast ' cast their vote for an old guard guardDemocratic guardDemocratic guardDemocratic Democratic candidate cnndidnte will vote fie Re fiepublican Republican Republican publican next fall fa11 By the same been beenblamed beenblamed young persons which has blamed for a large share of the na- na natlon's nation's na.tlon's na.tlons natlons - . - tlon's tlons tion's tions ' crime In the last few years yearsIt yearsIt yearsIt It is not the working workmg youth who whosteals whosteals whosteals steals automobiles and holds up fill- fill fillIng fill filling - . ing stations and stores . 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Bradley , former state st'lte stlte ' senator inConnecticut In InI InConnecticut InConnecticut I Connecticut , and Miss Dollv Dolly Doll MadisonNaturally Madison MadisonNaturally I INaturally Naturally the two movementsDust movements . , ' Tiust 'I1ust I1ust Dust operate under different condi conditions . tions tlons The party ! in n power Is In Incontrol incontrol incontrol control of federal patronage and re rewards rewards rewards wards for party service , and can canwork canwork canwork work its campaign on that basIs basIsThe basisThe basisThe The other party must base its ap appeal appeal appeal peal largely on principles and IssuesWith issuesWith issues issuesWith With American youth holding so somuch somuch somuch much weight In the political balance balanceit , it would not be amiss to review the thesituatIon thesituation thesituation situatIon In which this class findsItself fands finds fandsItself findsitself Itself today . According Accordmg to information supplied suppliedby suppliedby suppliedby by the National Youth Adminlstta Adminlstra Adminlstration Adminlsttatlon Aduilnlstiation tlon tion , , there are In tins tillS thus country np 8p nppro.lm'ttely 8pproximately npprovlmately pro\.lm'ttely pro.lmttely pro .lm'ttely lmttely proximately ' \ . ' 23,000000 23000000 23,000 23000 , 000 persons be between between between tween the ages of sixteen aud nnd 811(1 8111 ( t\\ t ten tent3 tvventi \ en ent t t3 t1e fiv t1\ t1 fis \ e a Thlrt Thirty torn fom foul per pl.r plr . cent of these thesemillions thesemillions thesemillions millions are "out out " of \ vvoik work \ 01 h , , out of ofErhool ofsrhool ofsrhool Erhool srhool or in relief rellef families famllles " About About16000000 15000 15 000 000 are are"orl.Ing working \\"orl.Ing orl.Ing "orl.Ing orlIng ' \ " . or are inschool In Inschool inschool school It Is estimated that tbat 1ppJO appto appioximately J Jmately 1 1mately mately 300,000 300000 , of the 3 ioung oung peoplc people peoplcnow peoplenow peoplenow now being supported by relict relief 11:1\ 11:1 111 hay 11:1e 11:1lever havenever : \ e enever lever never ! had any kind l.md lmd . of jobs rigures figures riguresreleased figuresreleased Figuresreleased released bv by the International Labor Labor01JJce LaborOfhee LaborOlhce 01JJce Ofhee at Geneva Genea Gene\ Gene \ a , Switzerland Swltzerl'1ncl Swltzerl1ncl ' , , a fe\\ fe few femonths fewmonths fewmonths \ months ago Indicated Indic\ted Indic ted ' \ that one onefourth onefourth onefourth fourth of all the persons person'5 person5 ' in thev theworld the v . world orld listed as uncmplo unemployed ) cd " wereloss sere sereless ere erele5s le5s less than tvv t\\ t tw tenty \ enty live 1ivc five years of ot ageBlame age ageBlame I Blameidle Blame idle Idle Youth Youtb for Crime . i i'Ibe ' The 'Ibe Ibe Zhe 8 S 8000,000 8000000 000,000 000000 , youthb youth youths unemploj unemploy unemployedIn ed edin edin in the United btateb States t'1te t1te ' today tod'lY todlY ' pre present ! : > ent a agrave agrave agrave grave social socl'll soclll ' problem , as " well "ell ell as an aneconomic aneconomic aneconomic economic one ( ' Ihis 'this this 1 his / lioUre 1/ure 1 ure 1ldure . ; must mustnot mustnot mustnot not be confused with witlJ the total ot of of8000000 8000000 5000000 first voters , as the un unem unemployed unemplowed em emploJed ploJed ployed youth total includes millions millionswho millionswho millionswho who are not yet ofotlng of \ voting \otlng otlng age ageThere ) There are various estimates estlmntes of tbe the tbetotal thetotal thetotal total number of all nIl unemplo unemployed unemployedwhich unemployedwhich ed which \ hlch have been published publlshed , the theAmulc theAmerictn tlicAmciicin Amulc Americtn 10 Federation rederntlon of L'lbol Llbol Laboi's Labois Labour's Labours ' 's s ' 0 fl Coure . ; , ure are ( one of the blhcst highest blbhest , ; ) ) for 1anu lane 1anunry laneary lanunry nry ary was 12 COO GOu 000 000 'I I ' 'llils llils this ' hIs \ would ould 10 in 10dJcate indlcate indicato dJcate dlcate that youth outli outh presents at nt let least lettwo leasttwo leasttwo % two thirds of the tbe whole UneIUiloy unemploy UneIUiloymlnt unemploymint unemployin unemployinnt ) mlnt mint < -nt nt - problemIt problem problemIt It Is this Idleness of so many inents ments arc are well underay under \ way \\ay ay to ariiveat anl\e anl e ariive arriveat \ . at a solution of the problem Um Uni Uniersities Univeisities \ CtSltICS ersities . , prh prly private 1te ate busme business s and Doi Doiemnment ' ; o0veinment 0\ 0 0el \ emnment el nment 11 ' aie ate e a all ) ] in the battle batHe b1ttle , 1nd and 1nd1.mong andamong ' andamong 1.mong 1mong among . the leal1m leadeis leaders Sale aie are such names namesas namesOb 1 as 1 ranees rances Pcrklns Perkins , secrctaiy secret11Y secretaiy of ofI1bol oflabor oflabol I1bol labor , On 0\ven 0 ven Onen \ en D loung oun , . president of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Gcneial Genel11 Genemal ; Electric IlectrlC company company.IIenr companyIIenr . , lIenr Henr3 ; Ford rord ; Aubley Aubrey A ubi ey Williams WIIIi1ms WI11iams , , director dl du dlrector durector rector of the National Nation'll Nationll ' Youth Ad Administt'1Uon Adminlstmatlon Adminlstiation ministt'1Uon ministt1Uon minlstmatlon ' and foimcr fOtmer former Gov Goy John JohnG JohnG JohnG G "in'lnt inlnt 11 " \ \ Snout inant ' of New nampshiie il1mpshl1e IIampshue , who whoIs whois whoIs Is chairman ch1lrm'ln ch1lrmln clialrman ' of the social socl'll soclll ' securltv security securltvbO'1rd securityboard securityboard bO'1rd bO1rd board ' Of couise coulse course civic care cn IC clubs , Y . )1 1 M )1C MC ) MC C A's As ' , Catholic Youth org1D17'1 org1D171 organia organiations org1D17'1tlons organi ? ' atlons tlons tions . , Boy Doy Scouts , 4 H clubs anl1 and anl1similar andsimilar andsimilar similar organisations orgaD17'1tlons orgaD171tlons ' are of 1m im 1mmensurable immeasurable iromeasurable mensurable measurable 1sslst'1nceCertain assistanceCertain ' assistance 1sslst'1nce 1sslst1nce assistanceCertain ' Certain effects , direct or Indirect Indirectof , of the activities of these andother and other and thtir tht.lr thtlr their . energies occupied anc and andtheir andtheir ) their security better established established.youths establishedyouths tabll hed . , youths are forgetting torgethng their tenden tendendes tendendies tendoncies des dies toward to\vard to vard \ crimeThe crimeThe crime crimeThe The National Industrial Confer Conference Conference Conference ence Board Bonrd of ot New York Yorh has com corn completed cornpleted cornpleted pleted a survey which would In Indlcate indlcate Indicate dlcate that 3 south outb outh is benefiting benefitinJ from fromthe fromthe fromthe the trend in Industry to shorten slJOrten the theworking theworking theworking working week . This study , conduct conductcd conducted conductcd cd ed on a nationwide scale amonc amon amonr ; I 2,453 2453 2,433 2433 , businesses which employ employ4,500.000 employ4500.000 employ4500000 4,500,000 4500000 , . , w \ orkers , reveals revc'1ls revc1ls ' that the thenation thenation thenation nation is 18 gradually gradunlly being educated educatedto to the five day dny week , which permits permitssh'1ring permitssharing permitssharing sh'1ring sh1ring sharing ' the workFrom , work workFrom \ ork orkFrom From the combination of the theforces theforces theforces forces which have been listed here herethe herethe herethe the underlying problem of unem- unem unemployment unemployment unem.ployment unemployment . - ployment will ultimately be solved solvedand , and the result should be a generaluplift general generaluplift generaluplift uplift in the morale of youth which whichwill whichwill whichwill will benefit our entire civilization civilization.There civilizationThere . There ts Is nothing quite so stimulat stimulat- stimulatIng stimulating stimulating - - ing , so provocative to further ambi- ambi ambition ambl.tlon ambltlon . - tion In youth as the Jingle of coins coinsearned coinsearned coinsearned earned from first Jobs . . It makes the theaverage theaverage theaverage average youth more morc Interested In InImprovmg inimproving Inimproving Improvmg improving society in general because becausethe becausethe becausethe the spending of his own money moneygives moneygives moneygives gives him the feeling that he Is a adefmlte adefinite adefinite defmlte definite contributing part of that so- so society soclety so society - ciety clety , rather than "sponger sponger Usponger aUsponger a " " upor upon uponit uponit . It it . . Where to Find Fand Jobs Job * ? Opinions concerning the time manner mannerIn mannerdo mannerIn In do which jobs gobs for youth are to be befound befound befound found or cicated cleated created differ dlfCer widely . . They Theywill Theywill Theywill will have h1ve hive to be found outside outsJde agrl agrlculture agrlculture agriculture culture and 'lnd lnd 'rail rail ' In industry ustry . , It is clnimed claimed clnimedby claimedby claimedby by Dr . Homer P . Rainey fi1lney , director ofthe of ofthe ofthe the American Youth CommlsSJOnHenry CommissionHenry Commission CommlsSJOn CommissionHenry Henry Ford , on the other hand handtakes , takes an altogether opposite VieW view.The viewThe . , The venerable Detroit automobile automobilemanufacturer automobilemanufacturer |