Employment and Manpower Problems in the Cities: Implications of the Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, Volume 7Investigates unemployment and underemployment among blacks living in urban ghettos, as reflected in "Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders," Mar. 1, 1968, and referred to as the Kerner Commission Report. |
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... mean it . And I think that any society which calls itself civilized and yet tolerates unemployment among its citi- zens who want to work is simply not living up to its ideals . Action on the employment recommendations of the Commission ...
... mean it . And I think that any society which calls itself civilized and yet tolerates unemployment among its citi- zens who want to work is simply not living up to its ideals . Action on the employment recommendations of the Commission ...
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... mean that a tax increase will be necessary , and it may re- quire a reshuffling of national priorities , but this is a task which can- not wait . It would be a terrible mistake in economic judgment to con- sider the plight of the ...
... mean that a tax increase will be necessary , and it may re- quire a reshuffling of national priorities , but this is a task which can- not wait . It would be a terrible mistake in economic judgment to con- sider the plight of the ...
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... mean to indicate by my recitation of some of the successes of the present pro- grams that we ought to stop there ... means of attaining some social goals that are in many ways subjective and diffi- cult of analysis and difficult of ...
... mean to indicate by my recitation of some of the successes of the present pro- grams that we ought to stop there ... means of attaining some social goals that are in many ways subjective and diffi- cult of analysis and difficult of ...
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... mean to , in any way , indicate I have any expertise in this field , and I must tell you that so far as our Com- mission is concerned its special endeavors touch lightly on the eco- nomic impact of some of these things , but it does ...
... mean to , in any way , indicate I have any expertise in this field , and I must tell you that so far as our Com- mission is concerned its special endeavors touch lightly on the eco- nomic impact of some of these things , but it does ...
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... mean in any way to indicate that we can or we should diminish our defense spending . It is my own view that we must ... Means Committee in the House who has even more influence on tax laws in this land than I do . Senator JAVITS . The ...
... mean in any way to indicate that we can or we should diminish our defense spending . It is my own view that we must ... Means Committee in the House who has even more influence on tax laws in this land than I do . Senator JAVITS . The ...
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Page 128 - State and local governments, to coordinate and utilize all its plans, functions, and resources for the purpose of creating and maintaining, in a manner calculated to foster and promote free competitive enterprise and the general welfare, 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 91 - He talks about operating on somebody and sewing them up and about surgery. I know he's a doctor 'cause of the way he talks. Then she starts talking about what she did. Maybe she's a boss or a supervisor. Maybe she's a lawyer and her father says to me, 'And what do you do, Mr. Jackson?' [Pause] You remember at the courthouse, Lonny's trial? You and the lawyer was talking in the hall? You remember? I just stood there listening. I didn't say a word. You know why? 'Cause I didn't even know what you was...
Page 90 - A crucial factor in the streetcorner man's lack of job commitment is the overall value he places on the job. For his part, the streetcorner man puts no lower value on the job than does the larger society around him. He knows the social value of the job by the amount of money the employer is willing to pay him for doing it. In a real sense, every pay day, he counts in dollars and cents the value placed on the job by society at large. He is no more (and frequently less) ready to quit and look for another...
Page 6 - The capacity to obtain and hold a "good job" is the traditional test of participation in American society. Steady employment with adequate compensation provides both purchasing power and social status. It develops the capabilities, confidence, and self-esteem an individual needs to be a responsible citizen and provides a basis for a stable family life.
Page 91 - The desire to be a person in his own right, to be noticed by the world he lives in, is shared by each of the men on the streetcorner. Whether they articulate this desire (as Tally does below) or not, one can see them position themselves to catch the attention of their fellows in much the same way as plants bend or stretch to catch the sunlight.
Page 132 - Resources devoted to social programs have been greatly increased in many areas. Hence, few of our program suggestions are entirely novel. In some form, many are already in effect. All this serves to underscore our basic conclusion: the need is not so much for the government to design new programs as it is for the nation to generate new / will.
Page 83 - Still others, like Bumdoodle the numbers man, are working hard at illegal ways of making money, hustlers who are on the street to turn a dollar any way they can : buying and selling sex, liquor, narcotics, stolen goods, or anything else that turns up. Only a handful remains unaccounted for. There is Tonk, who cannot bring himself to take a job away from the corner, because, according to the other men, he suspects his wife will be unfaithful if given the opportunity. There is Stanton, who has not...
Page 85 - With or without stealing, and quite apart from any interior processes going on in the man who refuses such a job or quits it casually and without apparent reason, the objective fact is that menial jobs in retailing or in the service trades simply do not pay enough to support a man and his family. This is not to say that the worker is underpaid; this may or may not be true. Whether he is or not, the plain fact is that, in such a job, he cannot make a living. Nor can he take much comfort in the fact...
Page 89 - Bernard assesses the objective job situation dispassionately over a cup of coffee, sometimes poking at the coffee with his spoon, sometimes staring at it as if, like a crystal ball, it holds tomorrow's secrets. He is twenty-seven years old. He and the woman with whom he lives have a baby son, and she has another child by another man. Bernard does odd jobs— mostly painting —but here it is the end of January, and his last job was with the Post Office during the Christmas mail rush. He would like...
Page 89 - It is tie experience of the individual and the group ; of their fathers and probably their sons. Convinced of their inadequacies, not only do they not seek out those few better-paying jobs which test their resources, but they actively avoid them, gravitating in a mass to the menial, routine jobs which offer no challenge — and therefore pose no threat — to the already diminished images they have of themselves. Thus Richard does not follow through on the real estate agent's offer.