Employment and Training Legislation--1968, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty...90-2, on S. 3063, S. 3249, S. 2938, March 13; April 1, 3, 5, 30; May 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 24, 1968

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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 131 - Evils which are patiently endured when they seem inevitable become intolerable when once the idea of escape from them is suggested.
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 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.
Page 716 - ... 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 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 59 - Schedule under section 5332 of such title, and (2) procure temporary and intermittent services to the same extent as is authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed $50 a day for individuals.
Page 173 - The program must provide meaningful jobs — not dead-end, make work projects — so that the employment experience gained adds to the capabilities and broadens the opportunities of the employees to 'become productive members of the permanent work force of our nation.
Page 316 - Training allowances, to provide support and an incentive for those undergoing training and residential facilities for youth whose home environment precludes successful rehabilitation; e.
Page 135 - This is a rare example of the kind of coordination between different pieces of legislation and different Federal agencies which will enable cities to unify their programs. In New York City we have worked hard to develop a single agency responsible for manpower development and this provision is extremely helpful to us in bringing about coordination.

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