Mr. STEIGER. If we have Dr. Mangum back, and I am sorry he will not be able to testify today, I hope it will be possible to put him on first. Mr. DANIELS. That is what I meant by giving him priority consideration. If you will consult with the staff and select a date that is convenient to yourself, I will promise you now that you will be the first witness that day. So any inconvenience that has been caused, I am sorry. Thank you, Doctor. Our next hearing will be held on Wednesday, February 25, 9:30 a.m. in this room. So the committee stands adjourned until next Wednesday, February 25. (Whereupon, at 11:15 a.m., the hearing adjourned, to reconvene at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 25, 1970.) MANPOWER ACT OF 1969 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1970 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 9:35 a.m., pursuant to recess, in room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. James G. O'Hara presiding. Present: Representatives O'Hara, Gaydos, Quie, Steiger and Collins. Staff members present: Daniel H. Krivit, counsel; Sue Nelson, research assistant; Cathy Romano, research assistant; Charles Radcliffe, minority counsel for education; and Dr. Marty LaVor, minority legislative coordinator. Mr. O'HARA. The Select Subcommittee on Labor will come to order. The purpose of today's hearing is to hear further testimony with respect to H.R. 10908 and H.R. 11620 and H.R. 13472 and related bills dealing with manpower development and training. Our first witness today is Mr. Oswald W. Zeidler, president of the National Tool, Die and Precision Machining Association. Mr. Zeidler, welcome to the Select Subcommittee on Labor. We are interested in hearing your testimony. STATEMENTS OF OSWALD W. ZEIDLER, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL TOOL, DIE & PRECISION MACHINING ASSOCIATION, AS PRESENTED BY MR. DETWEILER; VERNON F. DETWEILER, CHAIRMAN, NTDPMA APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING COMMITTEE, AND JOHN D. DEWHURST, FORMER PRESIDENT, NTDPMA, AND MEMBER, FEDERAL COMMITTEE ON APPRENTICESHIP, HARTFORD, CONN.; ACCOMPANIED BY WILLIAM C. BRASHARES, PARTNER, PEABODY, RIVLIN, KELLY, CLADOUHOS & LAMBERT, NTDPMA LEGAL COUNSEL Mr. DETWEILER. I have a statement to read for Mr. Zeidler. My name is Vernon Detweiler and I am president of the North Penn Machine & Tool Co. of Telford, Pa., which is outside of Philadelphia. I am here in my capacity as chairman of the apprenticeship and training committee of the National Tool, Die & Precision Machining Association. A The resident of association, Mr. Oswald W. Zeidler, who i Tonelli Leidler Toi & Die, Inc., in Detroit, Mich., was schedule addur estimony as morning but was unable to join us du less. 1. merepre, will present both Mr. Zeidler's testimony an a ne introduce our third witness this morning, John D. Dew 120 as een ca a ational leader in the training movemen i se snels the driving force within our association a weerantsiip and training programs under contract with the Ir. ewpurs, a auction to managing one of our industry's mos util koti sesson ompanies, has served on numerous Federal scal committees concerned with manpower training. H clever the congressionally mandated Committee on Ad V programs, which rendered an important -ed and he came to serve on the Federal Committee on gpasense & Se has recently retired from his own company and in consulting work and various public service tatgewer training area. is as morning is our association's legal counsel, Mr. **** & partner in the Washington firm of Peabody, svus & Lambert. a avance's permission, I would like to proceed with mang si ho dealer and myself and then ask Mr. Dewhurst དབན༔ ་སྐོང་་ News Sporting for Mr. Zeidler. I am appearing this senzeite 2f the National Tool, Die & Precision Machinaxeaza inde association comprised of over 1,500 small and & TAN nesses in the metalworking industry. In many ways, iy & maques businesses are generally small, but its work ནང་ན བསྟེངར་་ Nova26) Vugica Is products and services are critical to all hardsudering and stimes of defense mobilization the industry ver and ever its essential role. Mbway grow to product is achieved, the tools required for it must be built by our industry. Therefore, a healthy de indlisty is essential. 2007 was 20 and expanded on a foundation of skill and is great asset being its highly trained and experiper a The demand for the industry's services has dai hat is ability to increase that skilled force and hence vificient skilled labor in the machinist and tool and This explains the long and intensive efforts by the de association to train new hands. Adap perolvement in manpower training began long read the Manpower Development and Training Sex in ive long before training became a matter of public har e Federal Government brought new programs the skin 1962 our industry immediately became Sg wid our first national training contract with the Labor in 1964 covering 300 apprentices, we became essentially CAV national training program, with unique characteristics. h the La he essent haracteris to - ng trainees in hundreds of ass has shifted more toward train- Is dante o canal grams under MDTA contract Arnie spasms. We have administered nearly bi üle 2 Fer trummer fs. These efforts have helped our intus 178 12., 25 TATT KẾ DUP CUSOmers and related metalworking mous med or graduates. tries that e Werte as the s have achieved noteworthy rate of me. circumstances. We ate and expand our training efforts. Our thos needs it and they demands that our industry in my d capable. The are a great interest in Federal ** training and empt. We have also, we hope, a base Our news of how fire Federal training activities ces tyd sas ful. That is why we are here today. The administration's thoughtful and far-reaching goale fon de harnessed in this pursuit. directly affected. No one program and no one agency is sufficient for this task. We grams. ar n nt |