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THE importance attached to the welfare of youth was reflected in the recent debate in the House of Commons on the Education Estimates ; few of the many aspects of reconstruction problems after the War are more vital than that concerned with the welfare of youth. The memorandum on the problems of post-war entry of juveniles into employment, prepared by the London Regional Advisory Council for Juvenile Employment and recently submitted to the Ministry of Labour and National Service, emphasizes a vital aspect of juvenile welfare to which Political and Economic Planning directed attention in an admirable report, “The Entrance to Industry”, so long ago as 1935. The memorandum adds little to what is contained in that report, but its arguments are ably reiterated. They are still valid, for while some progress has been made in regard to the provision of the social services required, we have scarcely begun to implement the long-term programme envisaged in the PEP report. Any charter of youth that may be promulgated will fail of its purpose if it does not receive the fullest consideration of all that is implied in the vital question of entry into employment. The plea of the London Regional Advisory Council that the economic aspect of the life of youth should not be neglected in the midst of educational, social, athletic or other preoccupations is indeed opportune.
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ENTRY OF YOUTH INTO INDUSTRY. Nature 150, 240–241 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150240a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/150240a0