Youth

Mrs. Roosevelt was also able to inform us about the growing problem in the U.S.A. of parents overseas or absorbed into industry. Youth workers were mostly called up for essential work and the States found themselves faced with growing juvenile delinquency and crime. This has been met, at least to some extent, by youth clubs, which the Government is keen to develop. Children of school age and young workers are given recreational facilities and also facilities for hiking and camps, which is desirable from many angles. Our problem in New Zealand, although on a parallel scale, might learn a good deal from the active lead the U.S. Government is giving to this work.