Employment and Training Legislation, 1968: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session on S. 3063 to Provide Employment and Training Opportunities for Low-income and Unemployed Persons, S. 3249 to Provide a Comprehensive National Manpower Policy, to Improve the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, to Authorize a Community Service Employment Program, and for Other Purposes, S. 2938 to Extend Certain Expiring Provisions Under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, as Amended. March 13, April 1, 3, 5, 30, May 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, and 24, 1968 |
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... give my colleagues an opportunity to make any comments they desire to . Senator Prouty ? Senator PROUTY . Mr. Chairman , I have no comments to make at this time . I am happy to have the distinguished Chairman of the Com- mission present ...
... give my colleagues an opportunity to make any comments they desire to . Senator Prouty ? Senator PROUTY . Mr. Chairman , I have no comments to make at this time . I am happy to have the distinguished Chairman of the Com- mission present ...
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... give them the reading , writing , arithmetic voluntarily in the nighttime . Forty - four out of a total of 58 , I think , is a remarkable example of what can be done . Senator CLARK . I do , too . Do you have any breakdown on the racial ...
... give them the reading , writing , arithmetic voluntarily in the nighttime . Forty - four out of a total of 58 , I think , is a remarkable example of what can be done . Senator CLARK . I do , too . Do you have any breakdown on the racial ...
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... give away $ 110,000 was $ 185,000 . On one job in California , there were 18 administrators to help 11 people . This is nonsense . Very often we have been criticized for being over - sensitive to the administrative problem in programs ...
... give away $ 110,000 was $ 185,000 . On one job in California , there were 18 administrators to help 11 people . This is nonsense . Very often we have been criticized for being over - sensitive to the administrative problem in programs ...
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... give it carte blanche . Senator PROUTY . One last question . I understand that only about 2 percent of antipoverty ... give us their welfare check and we give them an amount in return over and above that— including that amount , plus ...
... give it carte blanche . Senator PROUTY . One last question . I understand that only about 2 percent of antipoverty ... give us their welfare check and we give them an amount in return over and above that— including that amount , plus ...
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... give enough advice to the poor , they will quit being poor . That hasn't worked very well in our society . The Commission recommended ways people can get money , on the more realistic premise that poverty essentially is lack of money ...
... give enough advice to the poor , they will quit being poor . That hasn't worked very well in our society . The Commission recommended ways people can get money , on the more realistic premise that poverty essentially is lack of money ...
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Page 722 - Sec. 304 (a) Each recipient of assistance under this Act shall keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such assistance is given or used, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.
Page 722 - ... of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.
Page 177 - What white Americans have never fully understood — but what the Negro can never forget— is that white society is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it.
Page 143 - ... not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.
Page 495 - Federal grants to any program carried out pursuant to this part shall not exceed 90 per centum of the cost of such program, including costs of administration, unless the Director determines, pursuant to regulations adopted and promulgated by him establishing objective criteria for such determinations, that assistance in excess of such percentages is required in furtherance of the purposes of this part.
Page 250 - Pervasive unemployment and underemployment are the most persistent and serious grievances in minority areas. They are inextricably linked to the problem of civil disorder. Despite growing federal expenditures for manpower development and training programs, and sustained general economic prosperity and increasing demands for skilled workers, about two million — white and nonwhite — are permanently unemployed.
Page 166 - ... —The federal government must enlist the cooperation of government at all levels and of private industry to assure that meaningful, productive work is available to everyone willing and able to work.
Page 50 - ... at the pleasure of the board. No individual other than a citizen of the United States may be an officer of the corporation. No officer of the corporation...
Page 722 - ... until he is satisfied that there is no longer any failure to comply. Until he is so satisfied, no further assistance shall be made to such unit of local government or public care institution under this part.
Page 100 - To mount programs on a scale equal to the dimension of the problems; To aim these programs for high impact in the immediate future in order to close the gap between promise and performance; To undertake new initiatives and experiments that can change the system of failure and frustration that now dominates the ghetto and weakens our society.