Training and Utilization of Manpower Resources: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Employment and Manpower of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session on S.3555, a Bill Relating to the Training and Utilization of the Manpower Resources of the Nation and for Other Purposes. December 14 and 16, 1960

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961 - 167 pages
Considers S. 3555, the Manpower Act of 1960, to call upon the President to provide annual "Manpower Report" to Congress on manpower status, problems, and recommendations, and to create Council of Manpower Advisers to aid in development of national policies for manpower requirements, utilization, and training.

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Page 2 - Act for the purpose of determining the extent to which such programs and activities are contributing to the achievement of such policy, and to make recommendations to the President with respect thereto; 4.
Page 149 - State" means any state, territory, or possession of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.
Page 146 - ... to encourage students with outstanding aptitudes and ability to complete their secondary school education, take the necessary courses for admission to institutions of higher education, and enter such institutions...
Page 2 - Council"). The Council shall be composed of three members who shall be appointed by the President to serve at his pleasure, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Page 2 - ... in the light of the policy declared in section 2 for the purpose of determining whether such developments and trends are interfering, or are likely to interfere, with the achievement of such policy, and to compile and submit to the President studies relating to such developments and trends; (3) to appraise the various programs and activities of the Federal Government...
Page 2 - In addition, the Council may employ and fix the compensation of such experts and consultants as may be necessary for the carrying out of its functions under this Act...
Page 146 - The Commissioner shall approve a graduate program of an institution of higher education only upon application by the institution and only upon his finding: (1) that such program is...
Page 2 - Act of 1923, as amended, and is authorized, subject to the civil-service laws, to employ such other officers and employees as may be necessary for carrying out its functions under this Act, and fix their compensation in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended.
Page 2 - Senate, and each of whom shall be a person who as a result of his training, experience, and attainments, is exceptionally qualified to analyze and interpret economic developments, to appraise programs and activities of the Government in the light of the policy declared in section 2, and to formulate and recommend national economic policy to promote employment, production, and purchasing power under free competitive enterprise.
Page 84 - The Congress hereby finds and declares that the security of the Nation requires the fullest development of the mental resources and technical skills of its young men and women.

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