Should the minimum wage for teenage workers be ower than for men and women with npreageand experience? This question is shaping up as an issue for ggnew C0 niteues in anuary. The minimum wage will climb from the present $3.10 an hour to $3. next, mo $E’&.Y;%PEE0!6MQEmul3Sen. Orrin Hatch, RUtah, who will become new chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, is a strong advocate of appending a “youth differen wage. Pjesident-elect Ronald Reaganjupported the concept .i;,a.semute minimum uiage.fm:.teens’ during the presidential campaigp. On t e other hand. organized labor generally is believed to favor the same minimum wage for all. Ray Denison, legislative director for the AFL-CIO has urged members of Congress not to “single out our youth for discriminatory treatment in the workplace.” Hg ar es that a lower wage nage joblessness. Thus, the battle lines are forming for what Qpuld be ardeter!miMED95!1doitzn. While the issue undoubtedly has ramifications still to be brought out, the “youth differential” idea hisargreat deal of merit, First, it addresses the ,problem of youth being l”pricedAout of a job.” depriving a myrqrngirl of – opportunities to earn. develop skills, and get work experience, In high unemployment areas, will employers hire a, teen when a rrmexxpErleiiEed’%rker is available? Mready. particularly in college towns with an abundance of part-time adult job seekers, many teenagers are hard-pressed to find work. That situation can be expected to worsen when the minimum wage goes up unless a differential is provided. Another question: Mi ht a lower wage make agjf; ference, at least Higsome. instances, wliiher a small; employeriiiperatijg al: modest profitrhiresr an ex-; tra ‘peTso1’i”6F “gets by”i’ with present personnel? ‘ The whole issue deserve serious study now becau senators and represe tatives will be facing th differential question earl in the 1981 Congression session,