Equal Opportunity and Full Employment Act of 1976: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Equal Opportunities of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 15476 ... Washington, D.C., October 8, 1974U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974 - 97 pages |
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... figures for September . Last month 5.8 percent of the work force was unemployed , the highest figure in 4 years . The trend is all the wrong way . It is upward . 5.3 mil- lion Americans are out of a job . That is an increase of ...
... figures for September . Last month 5.8 percent of the work force was unemployed , the highest figure in 4 years . The trend is all the wrong way . It is upward . 5.3 mil- lion Americans are out of a job . That is an increase of ...
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... figure since 1971 , when unemployment reached 5.9 percent . And the trend is upward . A year ago , 4.7 percent of ... figures for September mean that over 5.3 million Americans 13.
... figure since 1971 , when unemployment reached 5.9 percent . And the trend is upward . A year ago , 4.7 percent of ... figures for September mean that over 5.3 million Americans 13.
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... figures for September mean that over 5.3 million Americans are out of work , an increase of more than 1.2 million just since a year ago . Add to this 5.3 million another 1.3 million workers who are forced to work part - time because of ...
... figures for September mean that over 5.3 million Americans are out of work , an increase of more than 1.2 million just since a year ago . Add to this 5.3 million another 1.3 million workers who are forced to work part - time because of ...
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... figure is a little bit more modest but I am always hounded with questions concerning its cost . How do we expect to pay for it ? Most of those who ask such questions point to the Federal deficit and say that this will add billions of ...
... figure is a little bit more modest but I am always hounded with questions concerning its cost . How do we expect to pay for it ? Most of those who ask such questions point to the Federal deficit and say that this will add billions of ...
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... figure , a million jobs at $ 10 billion because that is what I think of as a meaning- ful program . I just had the 500,000 in here because I had worked out . the arithmetic on that number . Take your figure , a million jobs , which I do ...
... figure , a million jobs at $ 10 billion because that is what I think of as a meaning- ful program . I just had the 500,000 in here because I had worked out . the arithmetic on that number . Take your figure , a million jobs , which I do ...
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Page 75 - The joint committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members. (d) The joint committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to hold such hearings, to sit and act at such places and times, to require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents...
Page 74 - States and such levels needed to carry out the policy declared in section 2 ; (2) current and foreseeable trends in the levels of employment, production, and purchasing power ; (3) a review of the economic program of the Federal Government and a review of economic conditions affecting employment in the United States or any considerable portion thereof during the preceding year and of their effect upon employment, production, and purchasing power; and (4) a program for carrying out the policy declared...
Page 69 - ... subcommittee thereof, is authorized to hold such hearings, to sit and act at such times and places during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Senate in the Seventy-fifth Congress, to employ such clerical and other assistants, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable.
Page 81 - ... or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, to procure such printing and binding, and to make such expenditures as it deems advisable.
Page 74 - Each member shall be a person who, as a result of his training, experience, and attainments...
Page 75 - ... the joint committee is empowered to appoint and fix the compensation of such experts, consultants, technicians, and clerical and stenographic assistants, to procure such printing and binding, and to make such expenditures, as it deems necessary and advisable. The cost of stenographic services to report hearings of the joint committee, or any subcommittee thereof, shall not exceed 25 cents per hundred words. The joint committee is authorized to utilize the services, information, and facilities...
Page 72 - The provisions of sections 102 to 104, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes shall apply in case of any failure of any witness to comply with any subpena or to testify when summoned under authority of this subsection. (d) The committee is authorized to appoint and, without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, fix the compensation of such experts, consultants, technicians, and organizations thereof, and clerical and stenographic assistants as it deems necessary and advisable.
Page 73 - ... conditions under which there will be afforded useful employment opportunities, including self-employment for those able. willing, and seeking to work, and to promote maximum employment, production, and purchasing power.
Page 79 - Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, April 24, 1958, pursuant to the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, approved June 20, 1949, as amended CIVILIAN MOBILIZATION SECTION 1.
Page 79 - President studies relating to such conditions and trends; (3) to review and appraise the various programs and activities of the Federal Government in the light of the policy set forth in title 1 of this 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...