331 . 3470973 !Un3m MAKING BOY POWER COUNT U. S. BOYS’ WORKING RESERVE U. S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WASHINGTON, D. C. THE UNITED STATES BOYS’ WORKING RESERVE America must waste nothing ! Millions of our American soldiers have taught a lesson in democracy and civilization to the vanquished Huns “ over there.” With the millions of gallant Frenchmen and Englishmen and Italians they have finally won the long, terrible conflict. Thousands of the women, children, and old men in the areas of France and Belgium, freed at last from the grim clutch of the Huns, are endeavoring to rebuild their charred and shattered homes. America must now take the responsibility of feeding them. This vast task demands the full use of all our resources and all our energy for some years to come. America must her- self produce more than ever before in her history. America her- self must waste nothing. We must conserve our coal for the hundred needs of peace. Our timberlands and mines must be guarded closely against any waste. Mr. Hoover is directing our steady thrift in the con- sumption of food. Our manhood is on guard to maintain the just victory it has won. But America must also make full use of her boys over 16 years of age. While we save all our commodi- ties so carefully, we must not waste our youth. This employment by the United States of its youth to prevent starvation and anarchy and insure orderly free government in Europe involves a heavy responsibility. For the sake of our national future the education of our boyhood must not be cur- tailed nor its patriotic labor exploited. Yet so great is the shortage of foodstuffs, that American boys should of right be used on our farms in their summer vacations from school, and thus, without interfering in any way with the boys’ education, procure the increased production of food so urgently needed by the victorious democracies of the world. To accomplish this double purpose the United States Government has organized the United States Boys’ Working Reserve. (2) ! to endure aching limbs and sore muscles in field and factory, he will be happy in the consciousness that he has had a real part in insuring the success of democratic government all over the world. His Reserve Badge of Honor granted to him by the United States for his patriotic efforts during the emergencies of war has now become a token of his devotion to the greater cause of humanity. TO THE PARENTS Fathers and mothers of the Nation should see to it that their sons are members of the Reserve. The Reserve is entirely volun- tary and a boy may be withdrawn from membership at the dis- cretion of the parent. If a boy is in school he will not be taken from his studies, but will be encouraged to utilize his vacation and spare time in training for productive activities. It is the duty of the parents to see that their sons join the Reserve, a duty which is not only patriotic in the narrow sense of strengthening the power of the United States of America, but patriotic in the sense of directly supporting free and just governments all over war-weary Europe. TO THE EMPLOYER The Reserve has proved conclusively that, even though inex- perienced, the strong, healthy boy, inspired by patriotism, is a capable and adaptable helper in the field and factory. Every employer should remember, however, the limitations of youth. The Reserve has been firm in upholding child-labor laws and in contending for reasonable hours of toil. The Reserve recom- mends supervision of boy laborers and frequent inspection of working conditions. The boy of to-day is the man of to-morrow, and the future of the Nation depends upon the moral and physical welfare of its boys. TOIL TO MAINTAIN FREEDOM Young men, are you standing behind your obligations as Americans? Are you personally helping to build anew upon the charred ruins of civilization a better and freer world? Fathers and mothers, are you guiding your sons into the paths of greatest usefulness to humanity? Employers, are you making the greatest possible use of the United States Boys’ Working Reserve to feed the starving mil- lions in Europe and Asia Minor? Young men of America, join the Reserve. Parents of America, indorse the Reserve. Employers of America, use the Reserve. William E. Hall, National Director. (5) 7 0^13 i ' /yr\^ THE UNITED STATES BOYS’ WORKING RESERVE America must waste notliing ! Millions of our American soldiers have taught a lesson in democracy and civilization to the vanquished Huns “ over there.” With the millions of gallant Frenchmen and Englishmen and Italians they have finally won the long, terrible conflict. Thousands of the women, children, and old men in the areas of France and Belgium, freed at last from the grim clutch of the Huns, are endeavoring to rebuild their charred and shattered homes. America must now take the responsibility of feeding them. This vast task demands the full use of all our resources and all our energy for some years to come. America must her- self produce more than ever before in her history. America her- self must waste nothing. We must conserve our coal for the hundred needs of peace. Our timberlands and mines must be guarded closely against any waste. Mr. Hoover is directing our steady thrift in the con- sumption of food. Our manhood is on guard to maintain the just victory it has won. But America must also make full use of her boys over 16 years of age. While we save all our commodi- ties so carefully, we must not waste our youth. This employment by the United States of its youth to prevent starvation and anarchy and insure orderly free government in Europe involves a heavy responsibility. For the sake of our national future the education of our boyhood must not be cur- tailed nor its patriotic labor exploited. Yet so great is the shortage of foodstuffs, that American boys should of right be used on our farms in their summer vacations from school, and thus, without interfering in any way with the boys’ education, procure the increased production of food so urgently needed by the victorious democracies of the world. To accomplish this double purpose the United States Government has organized the United States Boys’ Working Reserve. (2) WHAT THE RESERVE IS WHAT THE B. W. R. HAS DONE. THE CALL TO YOUTH OUR DEBT TO EUROPE WAR is over ! Everywhere the free peoples of the world have shown . their joy at the final coming of peace. A great era of freedom i and justice lies before the world as a reward for the long years of suffering and sacrifice. Yet freedom has not yet been won. Liberty, although vie- ' torious on the battle field, has not yet been firmly established. Democracy faces its last foe — famine. America is more fortunate than those of her gallant allies whose farm lands have been ravaged by war. Only America can feed the world, now that peace is come. What America has suffered in the great war is very little beside what Belgium and France and England have suffered. They saved our civilization from the Huns for four bitter years. With the coming of peace their manhood is decimated, their farms are bare, and their old men, their wounded, their women and children are hungry. They look to us to save them from famine. President Wilson said that the United States entered this war “ to make the world safe for democracy.” We stood behind that pledge in 1917 and we stand behind it now. The United States will see that the greatest possible amount of food she can raise shall be sent abroad to feed the other free peoples of Europe — our brothers-in-arms. In addition, many peoples in Europe who for centuries have been enslaved have at last been given their freedom. These newly liberated races are striving to establish orderly governments, but hunger is no friend of order. Hunger is the mother of anarchy and revolt. If Russia, Ger- many, and Austria are ever to reenter the list of civilized, free nations they must have food. It is for this great purpose of increasing our food supply and thus helping to establish orderly, free governments everywhere in the world that the United States Boys’ Working Reserve will devote its utmost efforts in 1919. (6) WHAT THE NATION’S LEADERS SAY “ I sincerely hope that the young men of the country, of 16 years and over, not now permanently employed, and especially the boys in our high schools, will enter heartily into this work and join the Boys’ Working Reserve in order that they may have the privilege, for such I believe it to be, of spending their spare time in a productive enterprise.” — ^President Wilson. “ It was because we felt there was a tremendous man power that could be organized and utilized in the form of the boys from 16 years and upwards that we undertook the organization of the Boys’ Working Reserve.” — Secretary of Labor W. B. Wilson. “ The United States’ Boys’ Working Reserve must be the dom- inant organization in the effort to mobilize the working boys of the United States.” — Herbert C. Hoover, National Food Ad- ministrator. ” The achievements of the Boys’ Working Reserve are beyond praise. The American Expeditionary Forces thank one and all for the support which you are giving us.” — Gen. John J. Pershing. “ The National Grange is unqualifiedly behind the United States’ Boys’ Working Reserve. The Reserve is a wonderful school for the boy, and a wonderful help for the farmer.” — Oliver Wilson, Master of the National Grange. “ The Boys’ Working Reserve has an obligation to keep the boy in school. . . . The hope of humanity will be found in the consecration and education of the youth of the United States.” — George S. Strayer, President of National Educational Asso- ciation. “We must not waste our National boyhood.” — ^William E. Hall, National Director, B. W. R. “ I hope you may be able to enlist in the Boys’ Working Re- serve many tnousands of boys from city and town.” — P. P. Claxton, United States Commissioner of Education. “Any man or boy who helps to grow or harvest a crop is helping the United States in its big job of feeding the world.” — George Ade, aut'ior. “ I wish to express my hearty and unreserved support of the Boys’ Working Reserve and to include boys between the ages of 16 and 21 who ordinarily would not be in productive labor, and who can be turned into workers on the farm. The farmer has been prompt to recognize that the strong healthy boy is a tremendous help at this time. One of the great benefits con- ferred is that of making the boy realize that he is a part of Uncle Sam’s team, and that he is doing his share in this great war and that he holds his services in trust for the Nation.” — Theodore Roosevelt. ( 7 ) WHAT THE NATION’S LEADERS SAY I FEDERAL STATE DIRECTORS OF 331.3470973- THE U. S. BOYS’ WORKING FEDERAL STATE DIRECTORS OF THE U. S. ROYS’ WORKING RESERVE. ALABAMA. ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. FLORIDA GEORGIA IDAHO ILLINOIS - INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY- LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NEVADA NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH . VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING HAWAII — W. Nash Head, Hazel Hedge, Mont- gomery. — R. E. Robertson, Juneau. — Lindley B. Orme, Phoenix. __-W. J. Jernigan, Little Rock. — 'B. H. Crocheron, University of Cali- fornia. — Hon. E. C. Stimson, Berkeley. — -W. D. Hood, State Capitol, Hartford. - — Charles Warner, Old Federal Building, Wilmington. - — Robert C. Howard, Wilkins Building, Washington. — Courtland Buckman, Jacksonville. — .Joseph T. Derry, State Capitol, Atlanta. — -Harvey Allred, Director Farm Markets, Boise. — .Burridge D. Butler, 120 West Adams Street, Chicago. — -Isaac D. Straus, 82 Statehouse. In- dianapolis. — -R. E. Bliss, Iowa State College, Ames. — .Hon. Charles W. Green, Topeka. — Philo C. Dix, 345 Association Building, Louisville. —Hon. T. H. Harris, Baton Rouge. —Jefferson C. Smith, 70 Statehouse, Au- gusta. . — Clinton L. Riggs, McCoy Hall, Balti- more. — I Stephen R. Dow, 160 Statehouse, Bos- ton. — H. S. Earle, 922 Ford Building, Detroit. Hon. Thomas D. O’Brien, St. Paul. — J. T. Calhoun, Jackson. — Uel W. Lamkin, State Superintendent of Schools, Jefferson City. — Jj. R. Foote, Deputy State Superin- tendent of Public Instruction, Helena. .Leonard W. Trester, Farnam Building, Omaha. —George H. Whitcher, Assistant Superin- tendent of Education, Concord. .Wesley A. O’Leary, Assistant Commis- sioner of Education, Trenton. J. H. Wagner, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Santa Fe. Brewster Adams, 202 Nixon Building, Reno. -_.J. M. Johnson, West Raleigh. —.William L. Van Horn, Fargo. C. H. Mayhugh, Statehouse, Columbus. A. L. Farmer, Tulsa. J. W. Brewer, 704 Oregon Building, Portland. L. H. Dennis, 60 Union Trust Build- ing, Harrisburg. .Edwin A. Burlingame, State Council Defense, Providence. _..Paul J. Scarbro, Brookings. S. H. Edmunds, Superintendent of Schools, Sumter. .^Albert Williams, jr.. State Capitol, Nashville. — -H. H. Williamson, College Station. —.J. Challen Smith, 202 Newhouse Build- ing, Salt Lake City. — .Rollo G. Reynolds, Superintendent Vail Agricultural School, Lyndonville. _-T. D. Eason, Presbyterian Publications Building, Richmond. --Robert Moran, 4037 Arcade Building, Seattle. —.Charles H. Winkler, Morgantown. __.H. N. Goddard, State Capitol, Madison. —Edward P. Taylor, Cheyenne. W. R. Farrington, 125 Merchant Street, Honolulu, ( 8 )