-7 At an early date, State agencies will be informed of the level of resources that will be allocated to them for the reminder of this ficcal year. The staff allocations for the Employment Service will be specific by goal arces and by activities within each goal area. The tabulations sent to States will carry a brief description of the reasons for changes from the original request. All actions taken have been predicated on each agency's individual Plan of Service, national program emphasis, desired shift of effort, as well as the broad guidelines outlined above. State agencies are requested to review these allocations from the standpoint of their ability to perform and accomplish their goal objectives during this fiscal year. When the allocations are received, appropriate amendments to the Plan of Service should be prepared and revisions made to the Exhibit D scries to show revised staffing and amended objectives and estimated activity levels. Exhibit E should also be revised to show shifts in staff by goals and location. These amendments and revisions should be submitted through usual channels with two copies to the regional office and six copies to the BES national office, (Attention EB). If the allocations transmitted to the States present problems which will inhibit accomplishment of overall c jectives, these matters can be negotiated with the appropriate re onal office which in turn will keep the BES national office informed. Lince the Plan of Service is intended to provide the basis for self-appraisal of local office performance and for regional and national office monitoring of State performance, it is vital that all levels of operation in the system be kept informed of the results of changes nd modifications. To further your understanding we call attention to the following basic considerations: 1. All actions taken in connection with the Plan of Service relate to the goal and activity definitions set forth in chapter 6000, part IV, ES Manual. 2. We expect that positions allocated will be used to carry out 8. 3. Under the Plan of Service concept all resources under the administrative supervision of the Employment Service are to be planned for and included. This includes the use of resouces funded through non-Bureau channel such as those involved in the Work Incentive Program (WIN), or those funded under a contract with CEP's. Therefore, when State agencies undertake new WIN, CEP or other contractual arrangements which make additional resources available, amendments to the Plan of Service should be made as provided in the Plan of Service guidelines included in GAL 1193. Senator NELSON. Our next witnesses are Mr. Lowell A. Burkett, executive director of the American Vocational Association, Washington, D.C.; Dr. William L. Ramsey, district director of the Milwaukee Area Technical College, Wisconsin; and Mr. Arthur E. Vadnais, president of the National Manpower Training Association-a division of American Vocational Association-of St. Paul, Minn. The committee welcomes you here today. Your statements will be printed in the record as if read. You may present your statement any way you desire. STATEMENTS OF LOWELL A. BURKETT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMERICAN VOCATIONAL ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.; DR. WILLIAM L. RAMSEY, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE, WISCONSIN; AND ARTHUR E. VADNAIS, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL MANPOWER TRAINING ASSOCIATION (A DIVISION OF AMERICAN VOCATIONAL ASSOCIATION), ST. PAUL. MINN. Mr. BURKETT. Mr. Chairman, I am Lowell Burkett. I have no prepared statement. I am merely here to be available to the people on the panel to assist them in answering questions or assisting the subcommittee in any way that I might be able to do so. I would like to bring you one or two brief comments before these gentlemen start their testimony. We appreciate, of course, the opportunity to testify before this very important committee. As you undoubtedly know, vocational education has been in the business of manpower training for over 50 years. We have a great stake in what comes out of this legislation. Of course, we have been very active in the MDTA from 1962, and we think we have compiled a record that could be challenged and could be reviewed by the Congress. We are very proud of that record. We are quite anxious to continue our role and hope that the Congress will see fit to give us some recognition in the manpower legislation so that we can perform all our functions as best we can. Our purpose today is to give you an idea of our capability and to make some recommendations to you, and I have with me today two gentlemen who are on the firing line. One is a State supervisor of manpower institutional training, and the other is a local administrator of vocational education. With that, I will conclude and let Dr. Ramsey take over at this point. Senator NELSON. Dr. Ramsey? Dr. RAMSEY. Mr. Chairman, my name is William L. Ramsey, and I am currently district director of the Milwaukee Area Technical College, one of the largest and most comprehensive occupational educational centers in the United States and the world. I appreciate this opportunity to appear before you to testify on the possible development and enactment of comprehensive manpower legislation and public service employment. I have served 20 years in elementary and secondary education, higher education, and vocational-technical and adult education. In addition, I have served 6 years in business and industry. This demonstrates my broad background, which helps to serve as a basis for my remarks in representing the American Vocational Association at this hearing. Incidentally, my presentation will not include the material already given to you in copy form. Senator NELSON. Your statement will be printed in full in the record. (The information referred to follows:) 76-736 - 72 pt. 2 26 Statement of William L. Ramsey, District Director Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower and Poverty Room 6206 New Senate Office Building Mr. Chairman and Committee Members: My name is William L. Ramsey, and I am currently District Director of the Milwaukee Area Technical College, one of the largest and most comprehensive occupational educational centers in the United States and the world. I appreciate this opportunity to appear before you to testify on the possible development and enactment of comprehensive manpower legislation and public service employment. I have served 20 years in elementary and secondary education, higher education, and vocational-technical and adult education. In addition, I have served 6 years in business and industry. This demonstrates my broad background, which helps to serve as a basis for my remarks in representing the American Vocational Association at this hearing. Introduction - I would like to refer to Comprehensive Manpower Education as an educational program for the ecology of people. A single major goal of MDTA Programs is the same as that of occupational education the ecology of people. We certainly can do much further program development in order to avoid the waste of our most vital resource, which is people. Particularly at this time we are in a good position to meet this goal since a high percentage of our population is under 25 years of age and secondly because we have the potential to stop the waste of |