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Show ENLISTMENT SOUGHT OF GIRLS, ADULTS TO MEET FARM LABOR CRISIS A concerted move to enlist every posible youth and adult in the 1942 crop harvesting program was planned at a meeting of the labor committee of the Utah county planning plan-ning board Friday night. With many of the farm boys in the service and many more going to work at the Geneva works, the farm labor problem this summer will be serious unless all-out support sup-port is forthcoming from the boys and girls of junior and senior high school ages, said Ivan J. Burr, chairman chair-man of the committee. Lewis Halmer of the Provo office of the U. S. employment service said his office had registered all the junior and senior high school boys and girls in the county for farm work. There are 5365 non-farm boys and girls registered in addition to the boys and girls who will work on their own farms. The employment office will make arrangements for opening of local labor recruiting offices in the various vari-ous communities under direction of the city councils. S. R. Boswell, county agent, reported re-ported he and Mrs. Bessie K. Lemon had addressed 11 junior and senior high school groups totalling 3280 boys and girls and that the youths had a fine patriotic spirit toward the production of food. Training schools for boys and girls in connection with the thinning thin-ning of beets, picking of fruit, tomatoes, to-matoes, etc., were proposed by W. L. Mildenhall, manager of the employment employ-ment office. Plans for employing supervisors to look after the youthful youth-ful workers were also discussed. . It was suggested Governor Maw be asked to issue a proclamation on calling on all youth to join the army of harvesters. W. H. Callahan, county welfare director, said older men on pensions pen-sions will be encouraged to do what work they can in the emergency. If the pensioner earned $5 to $10 a month, nothing would be said about it, but if he earned $30 to $60 his pension would be suspended until the work was completed. Regarding Jap labor, J. R. Peay of Benjamin said Governor Maw had stated Japs would not be available avail-able in any great numbers for three or four months. Decision was made to name a subcommittee to meet with school boards regarding use of school houses as dormitories to house youth laborers coming In from other counties. Dean Anderson of the church welfare wel-fare committee and H. Grant Ivins, chairman of the Provo chamber of commerce agricultural committee, were apopinted to lead out in sponsoring spon-soring a youth rally just prior to the launching of the summer's work. A prominent speaker will Impress upon the boys and girls their part in the harvesting program. Provo Herald. |