and carry out her emms 1 1 naer via vi frier the purposes of this statute Injet vila de babes flats woarte organization established to are in vars *ST # male of cars across programs of a power of amenz Fatemi BeCA ZU PIE CHRI Omplicate the implementation f De dat is odared there, the pro posed Corporanea veni lor aran se s T C NESTints or regulatory machinery võis #ll fire defect in a proposal to me would be so bear wMI.—“L is then Temand his as a critical and a vien the Federal Government Fernors, the mierendence of the corpora tion in carrying on what would anger i de 1 JANEZA po wall obviously be felt. not crly in terms it premali pog. PIE 1 AN kisence of coordination at the local letel is we ecmers catributors now cena hang hpsiness methods into The Breat of the Brodner pinges that there s 10 je veron to the submission of this report from the standpoint if e pran of the Prest beza Senator Javis. I tik pa le frbed private enterprise when you lean so bearly in zunzo zrzez the American people would be very inamsai and would be very interested such things as manner main ng sal beness loans, and housing for the very poor, all of which fall within the ambit of the poverty program. I hope that yen will not anoth sideration of this corporation with the cynical flea that it has to make a lot of money for the stockholders. After all, when the public went into Comsat, the Communications Satellite Corporation created by Con-mess, nobody thought it would make a lot of money. It has med ca pretty well. I think some weight should be given to the interest of the crdinary American investor in having a share and a part in the war on poverty, even if it produces but a modest return. I hope that when you look at it, you will lock at it from that point of view. Mr. SHRIVER. We certainly will. and I think the record of this agency is signing contracts for job training with American industry is probably unequaled. I think we must have between 15 and 20, or 20 of the biggest corporations in the United States running Job Corps centers right now. Senator JAVITS. Would you be kind enough to furnish for the record, in response to this question, a comprehensive reply as to the extent to which private enterprise is being used in the war on poverty? Mr. SHRIVER. I will be delighted to. Senator CLARK. When that report comes in, it will be incorporated in the record. (The memorandum subsequently supplied follows:) MEMORANDUM FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ON EXTENT TO WHICH PRIVATE ENTERPRISE IS INVOLVED IN THE WAR ON POVERTY Private industry has shown its support for the war on poverty in many ways. It has made many of its highest executives available to help and counsel and serve at every level. In the cities and counties all over America, several thousand business executives now serve on local community action boards. They give generously of their time and of their talent. They bring to local decision-making and management of the poverty program the efficiency and expertise that characterizes their own business operations. Many companies have contributed services, commodities and property. Columbla Broadcasting System has supplied talent for "It's What's Happening Baby" TV program. Young and Rubicom and the National Outdoor Advertising Bureau have donated 15,000 billboards for Job Corps and VISTA. Philco Corpora tion donated a closed circuit TV camera and two TV monitor sets to be used in classroom instruction. Chrysler and Ford Motor Companies have donated automobiles for driver education programs. Volkswagen of America, Inc. has donated $3,500 worth of motors, parts, and tools for use in auto mechanics school. Over 65 leading manufacturers have visited Job Corps camps and have recruited Corpsmen for employment in their companies. In Texas a group of industrialists formed an organization called Opportunity Incorporated and they attempt to place graduates from Camp Gary in worthwhile positions in the various companies of the organization. Litton Industries and General Electric are others that have a recruitment program for Job Corpsmen. In order to get maximum participation by the business community, OEO made a $568,922 grant to Ohio University for a training program for business executives in the Appalachian region. On the national level, OEO has received splendid cooperation from the business community. A Business Leadership Advisory Council of thirty-nine outstanding American businessmen have been meeting regularly under the Chairmanship of Thomas S. Nichols, Chairman, Executive Committee, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, for the first year, and of Walker L. Cisler, Chairman, The Detroit Edison Company, during the present year. They have helped OEO review operations, especially Job Corps, and have made valuable suggestions. (List attached). Primarily through the efforts of this Council, industry has cooperated actively in a placement program for Job Corps and Neighborhood Youth Corps enrollees. And it has helped identify the jobs for which the enrolees should be trained. Numerous business executives have taken leaves of absences from their regular work to give the poverty program their services, frequently at great personal sacrifices. SUPPORT FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY Industry has been anxious to volunteer its expertise in a number of helpful and important ways in the Job Corps program. Many firms have found it advantageous to recruit Job Corpsmen right at the Job Corps Centers. A list of these firms is attached. Businessmen who have made radio or television commercials on behalf of the Job Corps include: Mr. Edgar Kaiser, Kaiser Industries Mr. Keith Funston, New York Stock Exchange Mr. Harold Geneen, International Telephone and Telegraph Mr. Roger P. Sonnabend, Hotel Corporation of America Mr. Robert Brooker, Montgomery Ward and Company A number of Councils have been established to assist the Job Corps, especially in its placement effort. These Councils are quite varied in nature. Some are Regional, some National, some associated with a specific industry. The most important National council is the thirty-six member Business Leadership Advisory Council of OEO (see attached list), whose primary interest has been the training and placement of Job Corps enrollees. At an Open House conducted at Custer Job Corps Center, Council members assisted in hosting over 200 attending businessmen from the Midwestern States who had been invited by Walter Cisler, Chairman of the Detroit Edison Company and member of the Council. On June 22, twenty-four industrial relations and personnel officers from the businesses represented on the Council met at Kilmer Job Corps Center to discuss the involvement of industry in the placement fo Job Corps graduates. Another national business association which has been interested in and helpful to Job Corps is the Plans for Progress Program, a cooperative effort of 320 businesses representing 8.6 million employees to assist in creating equal employment opportunities. Job Corps is one of a small number of Federal agencies which are represented in this program. The association has held seminars in six major cities to acquaint business leaders with their program. A specific example of the industry council is the Hotel and Restaurant Advisory Council developed by Mr. Roger P. Sonnabend, President of the Hotel Corporation of America. Mr. Sonnabend had organized a group of approximately 100 industry leaders to work on occupational requirements and placement with the seven OEO Regional Offices throughout the country. Regional chairmen are: Region I-Mrs. Frances Roth, President Emeritus of the the Culinary Arts Institute of America, New Haven, Conn. Berin D-Mr. Richard M. Landmark Executive Assistant Director Club Managers Aeworlɛtion of America De N-Xn Evoc J. Marin Bination Itres r (lago ani Ikinos Beratrazı Akwodation Chicago Iltants Bensa V-Mr. Banda Davis, General Manger Sher: -Dalles. Dallas, Texas Kertz VII-Mr Hida Watson Gified. Direct Project FEAST. Hitel and Kemanant Fundation City Colege of San Frandsen San Francisco, Calt PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE IN JOB COUPS An izborative and remarkable feature in the waging of the War on Poverty is the participation of private enterprise in solving problems heretofore left to other The One of Exonomic Opportunity turned to the nation's lea ling industrial organizations. A number of them operate Job Corps centers: Men's and women's centers, location: Charleston. W. Va.. Omaha, Nebraska. New Bedford, Mass. Morganfield. Ky----- Edinburg, Indiana___ Operating sairator Packard-Bell Corp. Burroughs Corp. General Electric Corp. Philco Corp. U.S. Industries, Inc. RCA Service Co. Thickol Chemical Corp. Federal Electric Corp. IBM Corp. Westinghouse Corp. In addition, leading private scientific and research organizations such as the System Development Corporation, Stanford Research Institute and Dunlap and Associates are also performing vital tasks. Other private organizations and producing films, reports, curricula and evaluations of many anti-poverty activities. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL Ralph M. Besse, President, the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., Illuminating Bldg., Public Square, Post Office Box 5000, Cleveland, Ohio 44101; Telephone: Code 216 623-1350. George R. Brown, President, Brown & Root. Inc., Post Office Box 3, Houston, Texas 77001; Telephone: Code 713 CAS-8811. John Burke, Executive Secretary, the Business Council. 888 Seventeenth Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20006; Telephone: 298-7650. Richard H. Carter, President, Fostoria Corporation, Fostoria, Ohio 44830; Telephone: Code 419 HE5-7721. Walker L. Cisler, Chairman, the Detroit Edison Company, 2000 Second Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226; Telephone: Code 313 W02-6800. Lloyd N. Cutler, ESQ., Wilmer, Cutler, & Pickering, Farragut Building, 900 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006; Telephone: 296–8800. Arthur H. Dadian, ESQ., 1842 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036; Telephone: AD2-1616. Alphonsus J. Donahue, President, Donahue Sales Corporation, 41 East 51st Street, New York, New York 10022; Telephone: Code 212 MUS-5050. Donald Douglas, Jr., President, Douglas Aircraft Company, 3000 Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa Monica, California 90405; Telephone: Code 213 399-9311. Dr. Milton Eisenhower, President, the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218; Telephone: Code 301 HO7-3300. John M. Ely, President, Prexy's Inc., 525 Barry Street, Bronx, New York 10474; Telephone: Code 212 842-2200. Carl A. Gerstacker, Chairman of the Board, the Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan 48641; Telephone: Code 517 636-1000. Eli Goldston, President, Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates, 2900 Prudential Tower, Boston, Massachusettts 02199; Telephone: Code 617 262-3500. Andrew J. Houvouras, Jr., President, Huntington Plating, Inc., 625 Monroe Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia 25704; Telephone: Code 304 522-0381. Edgar F. Kaiser, Chairman, Kaiser Industries Corporation, Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, California 94604; Telephone: Code 415 271-2211. Philip Klutznick, Klutznick Enterprises, 401 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611; Telephone: Code 312 321-1810. Sol M. Linowitz, Chairman of the Board, Xerox Corporation, Rochester, New York 14603; Telephone: Code 716 546-4500. C. Virgil Martin, President, Carson Pirie Scott & Company, One South State W. Kenneth Menke, President, Pittsburgh Chemical Company, Grant Building, G. I. Phillippe, Chairman of the Board, General Electric Company, 570 Lexing- Stuart T. Saunders, Chairman of the Board, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104; Telephone: Code 215 594-1000. Roger P. Sonnabend, President, Hotel Corporation of America, 464 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; Telephone: Code 617 KE6-2700. Lyle Spencer, President, Science Research Associates, Inc., 259 East Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611; Telephone: Code 312 944-7570. Thomas J. Watson, Jr., Chairman of the Board, IBM, Old Orchard Road, Armok, New York 10504; Telephone: Code 914 765-1900. John Wheeler, President, Mechanics & Farmers Bank, Durham, North Carolina 27701; Telephone: Code 919 383-1121. AD HOC MEMBERS Vernon Alden, President, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701; Telephone: Code 614 594-5462. Donald S. Carmichael, Esq., Counsellor at Law, Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio 44113; Telephone: Code 216 861–1050. John H. Rubel, Vice President, Litton Industries, 9370 Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California 90210; Telephone: Code 213 273-7860. NEW MEMBERS Donald C. Cook, President, American Electric Power Co., Inc., 2 Broadway, New York, New York 10004; Telephone: Code 212 HA2-4800. John F. Beaird, 238 East Davis Boulevard, Post Office Box 3369, Tampa, Florida 33601; Telephone: Code 813 253-3444. Richard J. Schwartz, President, Jonathan Logan, Inc., 1407 Broadway, New York, New York 10018; Telephone: Code 212 OX5-4440. William G. Stewart, Cyclops Steel Corporation, Station Street, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania 15017; Telephone: Code 412 221-8000. Nathan L. Shainberg, Chairman of the Board, Sam Shainberg Company, Memphis, Tennessee 38101; Telephone: Code 901 458-1121. Senator JAVITS. Now, Mr. Shriver, there is a good deal of concern about Project Headstart in terms of its relation to the educational system. I serve not only on this subcommittee but on the education subcommittee as well, and we have heard there a good deal of concern about leaving Headstart in the poverty program while running preschool programs through the Office of Education under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Do you feel there is a case for consolidating Headstart under the direction of the Office of Education? Mr. SHRIVER. I do not think there is a case at this time, although I know the case is being made. I think that although Headstart is a popular program, as I pointed out in my opening statement, Senator, it is still a fairly misunderstood program. Headstart is, as I say in my statement, not just a preschool program; it is not a public kindergarten, the German-the 19th century variety brought down to the poor. It is really a community action program, and the success of Headstart is precisely because of its nature as a community enterprise rather than strictly a school enterprise. There are five ingredients, as I point out in my statement, that comprise Headstart. First of all, it is a medical and dental program; secondly, it is a social service program which brings social services not only to the child but into the child's home; third, it is a program that is aimed at developing the child as a whole human being, not just his intellect, but his whole psychological makeup; fourth, it involves the use of a tremendous number of volunteers, last year more than 100,000, at no cost to the taxpayer, volunteered; and finally, it is a school preparedness program. It is headed by a pediatrician who happens to be the dean of the Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse. As a doctor he brings to the concept of Headstart an appreciation as a pediatrician of the whole child. It has been our belief that Headstart has made an unusual contribution not only to American education, but to American life by focusing on the whole child and developing for the first time in our country a whole new group of people, known as child development experts, rather than primarily schoolteachers who go and get special training in child development. So we are not just talking about education; we are talking about mobilization of all of the resources of a community. For example, when it comes to a question of social services, the Bureau of Public Welfare in a community is just as much involved in this as the schools. The medical society in the community is equally involved, volunteers are equally involved, food which comes to the Department of Agriculture is involved. So, this is a microcosm of a community action program and its success rests on that, I think. Senator JAVITS. Mr. Shriver, do you use the Office of Education at all in respect to Headstart? Mr. SHRIVER. Well, I am sure that people from the Office of Education have cooperated with us in the development of some of the materials for Headstart, but it is a program which was developed principally by this Office together with the use of about 300 consultants, who are consultants in child development. They are psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors, and educators. Senator JAVITS. But you do not use the U.S. Office of Education in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in respect to the Headstart program? Mr. SHRIVER. I tried to say we do use them, that we do use them in collaboration in developing the programs. We do coordinate Headstart at the local level with the school board. |