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JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

(Created pursuant to sec. 5 (a) of Public Law 304, 79th Cong.)

LLOYD BENTSEN, Texas, Chairman
RICHARD BOLLING, Missouri, Vice Chairman

SENATE

WILLIAM PROXMIRE, Wisconsin
ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, Connecticut
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GEORGE MCGOVERN, South Dakota
PAUL S. SARBANES, Maryland
JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., Delaware
JAMES A. MCCLURE, Idaho
ROGER W. JEPSEN, Iowa

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

HENRY S. REUSS, Wisconsin

WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD, Pennsylvania
LEE H. HAMILTON, Indiana
GILLIS W. LONG, Louisiana
PARREN J. MITCHELL, Maryland
CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio

MARGARET M. HECKLER, Massachusetts
JOHN H. ROUSSELOT, California
CHALMERS P. WYLIE, Ohio

JOHN M. ALBERTINE, Executive Director
LOUIS C. KRAUTHOFF II, Assistant Director-Director, SSEC
RICHARD F. KAUFMAN, Assistant Director-General Counsel

CHARLES H. BRADFORD, Minority Counsel

CONTENTS

WITNESSES AND STATEMENTS

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1979

Mitchell, Hon. Parren J., member of the Joint Economic Committee, copresiding: Opening statement__

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Brown, Hon. Clarence J., member of the Joint Economic Committee, copresiding: Opening statement___

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Anderson, Bernard E., director, social sciences, the Rockefeller Foundation,
New York, N.Y-----

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Sawhill, Isabel V., director, National Commission for Employment Policy,
Washington, D.C_---

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Adams, Arvil V., research professor of education policy and economics,
George Washington University_-

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Cardenas, Gilbert, regional economist, Southwest Border Regional Com

mission, Department of Commerce_-

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1979

Mitchell, Hon. Parren J., member of the Joint Economic Committee, copresiding: Opening statement____

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Jepsen, Hon. Roger W., member of the Joint Economic Committee: Opening statement__

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Rueda, Frank H., project manager, Hispanic Youth Employment Research
Project, the National Council of La Raza, Washington, D.C_----
Johnson, Morris, F., III, coordinator of student life and evening services,
Urban Campus, Des Moines Area Community College, Des Moines, Iowa
Grede, John F., vice chancellor for career and manpower programs, City
Colleges of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

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Martin, Donald L., research professor of economics, Law and Economic
Center, University of Miami, Miami, Fla.; and special staff, Network
Inquiry, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C------

Adams, Arvil V.:

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD

Prepared statement__

Anderson, Bernard E.:

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1979

Report entitled "Youth Employment," by the American Assembly,
August 9-12, 1979__

Cardenas, Gilbert:

Prepared statement_.

Jepsen, Hon. Roger W.:
Statement of ___

Sawhill, Isabel V.:

Prepared statement_____

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Brown, Hon. Clarence J.:

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1979

Written opening statement___

Statement entitled "Hispanic Employment Opportunities in the 1980's," from SER-Jobs for Progress, Inc., Washington, D.C_____

Grede, John F.:

Prepared statement_

Response to additional written questions posed by Representatives
Mitchell and Wylie_-

Johnson, Morris F., III :

Prepared statement, together with attachments___

Martin, Donald L.:

Prepared statement_

Response to additional written questions posed by Representatives
Mitchell and Wylie_.

Rueda, Frank H.:

Prepared statement___

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