CHARACTER New York ENTERPRISE Journal QUALITY American ACCURACY AND AN AMERICAN PAPERMFOR COOY THEN AMERICANT PEOPLE 7 No. 19,099-DAILY In Two Suctions TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1940 Copyright, 1940, by King DAILY SATURDAY SUNDAY -Section One Features Syndicate, Inc. 3 Cents 5 Cents 10 Cents New Dork Journal and American Editorial Page The Program Youth Training of Junior B'nai B'rith O NE of the outstanding and commendable cussion of the juvenile crime and delinquency "youth movements" of the day is repre- problem and of the importance of individual sented in the Junior Order of B'nai B'rith, respect for law and order. known otherwise as the Aleph Zadik Aleph of This necessarily didactic subject is pre- B'nai B'rith. sented in the AZA program in terms that are This organization formulates at its national especially adapted to the minds and interests of headquarters, and disseminates widely through adolescents. its local chapters, cultural meeting programs The best testimonial which the presentation featuring educational, literary and traditional could have is furnished by J. Edgar Hoover, themes. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga- Included in these activities is a "Ten Point tion, who gives it his unqualified endorsement. Program on Youth and Democracy" which was B'nai B'rith is doing effective and practical adopted last year. work in thus promoting ideals of good citizen- Some weeks ago the AZA chapters spon- ship among the Jewish youth. sored a "Youth and Democracy" program There are, of course, other fraternal organ- dedicated to "the principle of re-affirming our izations that conduct youth activities. faith in the democratic tradition." If every lodge and every order in the coun- For the current month, the cultural meet- try had a program as well designed and as well ing program is devoted to "Youth and Law co-ordinated as that of Junior B'nai B'rith, Enforcement"-an 'xcellently erranged dis- America would be very much better off.