A news bulletin released for publication on November 11, 1943, by the NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, quoted excerpts from a speech by Dr. James S. Plant, Director of the Essex County Juvenile Clinic. Dr. Plant stressed the fact that 'There has been a very disturbing trend towards helping the Army to reject the unfit rather than towards helping individuals to find out what they can best do'. He pointed out that rejection by Selective Service greatly intensified the feeling of helplessness in individuals already made to feel helpless by the past fifty years of ever increasing specialization. He also made a general plea, with specific examples, for the application of modern psychological knowledge to the diverse emotional problems with which the world is faced. He placed special emphasis on the emotional education of children.