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Title	Wartime employment of boys and girls under 18 [electronic resource].
Alternative Title	Wartime employment of boys and girls under eighteen.
Item Number	l0006
Creator (Corporate)	United States. Children's Bureau.
Government Publisher	United States Department of Labor, Children's Bureau; U.S. Government Printing Office
Original Date	1943
Physical Description	16 p. ; 24 cm.
Series	Publication ; 289
Notes	Title from cover.
Summary	The employment of children and young people under 18 years of age is increasing at a tremendous rate. The demands that these young people leave school to work on farms, in stores, in service industries, and in factories are growing daily. High wages offered are exerting a strong pull in this same direction. Thousands have left school for work and other thousands are working in addition to attending school, many in unsuitable employment are for long hours. Fewer children are enrolling in high school, and many who enroll drop out in the middle of their courses to go to work. Others have left for employment even before completing the elementary grades... Wholesale increases in employment of young persons under 18 mean curtailment of schooling at the very time when more adequate and universal education of youth should be recognized as a war measure and given its due priority... In many cases schools have been closed for weeks at a time and education disrupted; many younger children have been employed when older youth could have been made available. Much of this employment has not been 'reasonable' from the point of view of the best interests of youth or for the Nation for from the long-range point of view of winning both the war and the peace. To reach the President's objective, a clear view must be taken of the varied contributions that these young people should make to the Nation's welfare. They must be regarded primarily as the reservoir for the trained minds and bodies of tomorrow... As the President on another occasion has said: 'All our energies at the present must be devoted to winning the war. Yet winning the war will be futile if we do not throughout the period of its winning keep our people prepared to make a lasting and worthy peace.'--p.2-3.
Corporate Names	United States.--War Manpower Commission.
Topical Terms	World War, 1939-1945--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Children--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Children--Employment--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Children--Employment--Government policy--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Children--Employment--United States--Statistics. World War, 1939-1945--Education and the war. World War. 1939-1945--Hazardous Occupations--United States. Child labor--United States. Child labor--Law and legislation--United States. School attendance--United States. School attendance--Law and legislation. Youth--Conduct of life.
Gov Doc Classification	L 5.20:289
Type	Text
Digital Format	.pdf
Digital Publication Date	Available in digital format: 2001-2002
Digitization Process	Scanned as 300 dpi .jpg; converted to Adobe .pdf
SMU File Name	l0006.pdf
Digital Collection	Historic Government Publications from World War II
Library	Government Information Resources
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	These files may be freely used. A high-quality version of these files may be obtained for a fee by contacting ncds@smu.edu.

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