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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 22
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for this purvose dividod up into eight panéele which met on Saturday afternoons
in eight different parte cf the eity, arred with full informttion concerning ‘
the local youth organizations, There mae nc sctspulu‘on pleced on the youth i.
to Join any organizAtion, but the motbors dorcrand the matter kindly with
them, found out what type of orgmisttion iipnlod to them. and if they ex=
preseed a desire to Join any organization, they rocecivad & “atter of introduce
tien to the secretary, A carcful rowed of «°°. Intervlor mts kopt by 4a
secretary with ench panc!, and tho sueretacty of the orzcni7écione notified the
Ocemittes of new recruitment as a reoult of the letter of ‘ntroduction, As
a result of thie procedure, at least 80 per cent of the youth in the city
became members of © recognized tnd affiliated organization, The clubs affilia—
ted to the local youth committeo are of a wary wide varloty, Indead, variety
ie encouraed, In the words of the Minister of Labour, #There fe nothing to
stop the Trado Unions, Cooporative Seciotias, or the Independent Labour Party
from having youth movements if thoy #mt than. We want variety, We do not mnt :
O11 young people driven into one machine, We oannot allow the youth of thie
country to run wild, #
The youth organisationo can be briefly classified as follows:
Ql) Purely locnl clube ond organisotions, such as sports clubs,
church clubs, alumni clubs, and industrinl clubs (the latter formed
within the inductries tnomselvoe), cooperative, trade union, polite
ical, etc., clubs,
(2) Wational orgnnizations, 2]1 of whom hive loenl branches: Youth
Service Corps, Boy Scouts, Girl Guidos,. The Boys! Brignde, Tele GAs,
Y.¥C.Ae, tho Church tIndet Brigade, The Girls* Friondly Socioty,
the Girls? Qulldry, the Girls! Life Brigade, the Junior Red
Cross, St. John's Agbulanco Brignde, etc.
(3) Promcervice training nnd national sorvice organizitions: these
are tho Junior Training Corps (Army), Cadet Unites of the Hose
Guord, Se& Cadet Corzcs, nnd tho Air Training Corps.
Al} tho abeve organiz"tions piy pirticular attention te tho phyaienl
development and reerentiont. frdiities cf their unitr, symrastics are par=
ticimted in, and mil kinda cl pomen tre cliyed, Thy take full Advm trge of
the fadlitios provided cy the faccl youth committe ia the Air Training
Corps alone, 250,90 toy. ave curccled, 217 of whom wect *egether on tro
ovenings & woek an’ fenes.ity 4% Saturday afternoon or 1 Sunday morning.
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