MANPOWER ACT OF 1969

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS

ON

H.R. 10908, H.R. 11620, AND H.R. 13472

BILLS TO ASSURE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYMENT TO

EVERY AMERICAN SEEKING WORK AND TO MAKE AVAIL-

ABLE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING NEEDED BY ANY

PERSONS TO QUALIFY FOR EMPLOYMENT CONSISTENT WITH

HIS HIGHEST POTENTIAL AND CAPABILITY, AND FOR OTHER

PURPOSES

PART 1

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., DECEMBER 10, 1969;

JANUARY 28, 29; FEBRUARY 3, 18, 19, 25, 26; MARCH 3, 4, 11, 12,

17, 1970; DETROIT, MICH., MARCH 30, 1970; DES MOINES, IOWA,

MARCH 31, 1970

44-425

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

CARL D. PERKINS, Chairman

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1970

Allen, Orville, vice president of American Republic Insurance Co. ---

Berman, Stephen W., vice chairman, Connecticut Manpower Exec-

utives Association, Hartford, Conn..

Biemiller, Andrew J., director, Department of Legislation AFL-
CIO

Black, Creed C., Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare: accompanied by Warren Roude-
bush, Special Assistant for Manpower Office of Planning and
Evaluation, HEW..

Boggs, Hon. J. Caleb, a U.S. Senator from the State of Delaware__
Cohen, Wilbur J., dean, School of Education, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Mich..

Conway, Jack T., president, Committee for Community Affairs,
accompanied by Mr. Ginsburg, director, research and public
policy and Jack Beidler, executive director, committee for commu-
nity affairs.. -

Conyers, Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Michigan...

Duffey, Joseph, national chairman, Americans for Democratic Action,
accompanied by Leon Shull, national director__

Freeman, William, Director of Neighborhood Youth Corps, ac-
companied by Eli E. Cohen, executive secretary, National Committee
on Employment of Youth...

Holden, Hon. Ed, Iowa State Representative (Scott County), Des

Moines, Iowa..

Gribbs, Hon. Roman, mayor, city of Detroit, Mich., accompanied by
panel__

581

662

199

Hjornevik, Wesley, Deputy Director, Office of Economic Opportunity

Ingersoll, Charles C., administrator, Broadlawn Polk County Hospital,

Des Moines, Iowa, accompanied by L. W. Coe and R. W. Berglund-

Jamerson, Theodore, coordinator, United Tribes Employment
Training Center, Bismarck, N. Dak., accompanied by Theodore
Ankle, CAPS director, and James McLain...

691

478

Statement of-Continued

Keck, James, general manager for economic development, Greater Page Detroit Chamber of Commerce, Detroit, Mich...

Keyserling, Leon H., president, conference on economic progress, consulting economist and attorney, Washington, D.C.

632

135

Killingsworth, Charles C., labor and industrial relations department,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.

603

Kravitz, Dr. Sanford, dean, School of Social Welfare, State University of New York, Stony Brook, N. Y__

325

Letch, Dr. Leonard, Center for Priority Analysis, National Planning
Association, Washington, D.C.

363

91

Levitan, Dr. Sar A., director, Center for Manpower Policy Studies,
the George Washington University.

Looft, Dr. Robert D., superintendent, Iowa Western Community
College, Council Bluffs Iowa. accompanied by Leslie Ward and
Oran Beaty..

Mangum, Dr. Garth L., McGraw professor of economics.
Mitchell, Clarence, director, Washington Bureau, National Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Colored People.

644

439

407

Moskowitz, Charles J., chairman, Manpower Committee NORCAP,
Inc., Mount Pleasant, Mich.__.

638

Nix, Hon. Robert N. C., a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania_

374

Okun, Dr. Arthur M., senior fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C..............

Petersen, Leroy, director, Iowa Office of Program Planning, Des
Moines, Iowa; accompanied by Gordon Bennett, director of man-
power.

Ruttenberg, Stanely H., president, Ruttenberg and Associates,
Washington, D.C.......

Shultz, Hon. George P., Secretary of Labor accompanied by Arnold
R. Weber and Malcolm Lovell.
Sims, Harold, deputy executive director, the National Urban League,
accompanied by Adolph Holmes, Luther Elliott, and Ely J. Rogers
Sullivan, founder of the opportunities industrialization center, Phila-
delphia; and the Rev. L. V. Booth, chairman of the board, OIC,
Cincinnati, Ohio...

Sviridoff, Mitchell, vice president, division of national affairs, Ford
Foundation, New York, Basil J. Whiting and Robert Schrank...
Van Dusen, Hon. Richard C., Under Secretary, Department of
Housing and Urban Development accompanied by Mr. Charles T.
Muntain, Assistant to the Secretary for Labor Relations, and
David Blum, Counsel___

Washington, Hon. Walter, Mayor of Washington, D.C. accompanied
by Horace R. Holmes, D.C. Manpower Administrator_
Weinstein, Dr. Paul A., Executive Assistant to the Governor of the
State of Maryland for manpower, accompanied by Gerard F.
Devlin, National Relations Officer for the State of Maryland____
Zeidler, Oswald W., president, National Tool, Die and Precision
Machinery Association, as presented by Vernon F. Detweiler____
Zumboch, Steve, national vice president, Future Farmers of America,
Manchester, Iowa.

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.:

454

655

422

39

566

380

492

513

221

181

311

668

691

Allen, Orville L., vice president, American Republic Insurance Co.,
Des Moines, Iowa letter to Chairman Daniels dated May 22, 1970-
Black, Creed C., assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of
Health, Education and Labor:

"A Study of Nineteen Manpower Development and Training
Skills Centers," an article entitled..

277

"Concurrence or Agreement," an article entitled.

256

"Criteria for Manpower Training Skill Centers," an article
entitled__

267

Letter to Chairman Daniels, dated March 2, 1970_

285

List of Manpower Training Skill Centers_

270