Area Redevelopment: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Labor of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2663, a Bill to Establish an Effective Program to Alleviate Conditions of Excessive Unemployment in Certain Economically Depressed AreasU.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 - 1170 pages Pt. 1: Considers Federal employment aid programs to economically depressed urban areas. Feb. 3 hearing was held in Boston, Mass.; Feb. 9 hearing was held in Johnstown, Pa.; Feb. 10 hearing was held in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; pt. 2: Feb. 24 hearing was held in Benld, Ill.; Feb. 25 hearing was held in Johnston City, Ill.; Feb. 27 hearing was held in Rosiclare, Ill. |
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... course , would increase the market for agricultural products . It is quite amazing to notice the markets for farm produce which develop along with the summer camps and hotels . Much of the agricultural depression , resulting from poor ...
... course , would increase the market for agricultural products . It is quite amazing to notice the markets for farm produce which develop along with the summer camps and hotels . Much of the agricultural depression , resulting from poor ...
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... courses providing work experi- ence programs , however , are reaching but a small percentage of America's high ... course , who are not interested in business courses , and who lack the qualifications to enroll in technical schools ...
... courses providing work experi- ence programs , however , are reaching but a small percentage of America's high ... course , who are not interested in business courses , and who lack the qualifications to enroll in technical schools ...
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... courses . Others will be capable of pursuing a technical trade program , but a large number will not be attracted to such specialized courses . All pupils , however , need courses in reading , writing , speaking , basic mathematics ...
... courses . Others will be capable of pursuing a technical trade program , but a large number will not be attracted to such specialized courses . All pupils , however , need courses in reading , writing , speaking , basic mathematics ...
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... course , include specialized counseling , Job development , and placement in close cooperation with social agencies and institutions whose primary interest is in service to youth . Careful study has shown that young people who are ...
... course , include specialized counseling , Job development , and placement in close cooperation with social agencies and institutions whose primary interest is in service to youth . Careful study has shown that young people who are ...
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... course , at the local level . But in addition , outside technical assistance is needed to help study the locality's resource potential , to assist in improving its industrial and other community facilities , and to help find and finance ...
... course , at the local level . But in addition , outside technical assistance is needed to help study the locality's resource potential , to assist in improving its industrial and other community facilities , and to help find and finance ...
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84th Congress Administrator agencies alleviate Altoona anthracite areas of substantial assistance bill BROGGI building Chairman chronic unemployment coal committee Congress Congressman construction contracts decline defense Department of Labor depressed areas distressed areas economic efforts employed Employment Security England factors Federal Government financing funds going industrial development interest Johnstown labor force labor surplus areas Lawrence legislation LISTER HILL loans located manufacturing MARGARET CHASE SMITH Mayor ment mill million miners mining Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Railroad percent plants ployment population present President problem procurement production proposed prosperity public facilities railroad Scranton Secretary of Labor Senator DOUGLAS Senator KENNEDY Senator NEELY Senator PURTELL southern Illinois statement subcommittee substantial labor surplus surplus food taconite textile Thank tion unem unemployed unemployment compensation United United States Senate vocational Washington County West Virginia Wilkes-Barre WINGEARD workers
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Page 72 - Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!
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Page 4 - The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase any notes and other obligations to be issued hereunder and for such purpose he is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued, under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under such Act, as amended, are extended to include any purchases of such notes and obligations.
Page 221 - This section of the paper examines the redistributional effects of the money payments' categories of public assistance (PA) programs — old-age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, aid to the permanently and totally disabled, and general assistance.
Page 435 - Whenever the number of firms on a bidders' list is excessive, there will be included a representative number of firms from labor surplus areas. (4) In the event of...
Page 60 - Employment Act of 1946." DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 2. The Congress hereby declares that it is the continuing policy and responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means consistent with its needs and obligations and other essential considerations of national policy, with the assistance and cooperation of industry, agriculture, labor, and State and local governments...
Page 201 - COVERAGE OF THE WAGE AND HOUR PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938, AS AMENDED (Wash., DC, GPO, 1950) ; WAGE AND HOUR MANUAL (BNA).
Page 414 - No such assistance shall be extended hereunder unless the financial assistance applied for is not otherwise available from private lenders or other Federal agencies on reasonable terms.