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TIM& the Income and Jobs Action Act of 1985 DOCUMENT RESUME ED 2E7 164 UD 024 788 TIM& The Income and Jobs Action Act of 1985. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 1398. (Chicago, IL, September 4, 1985). INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, D.C. House Committee on Education and Labor. PUB DATE 85 NOT 125p.; Serial No. 99-26. Document contains small print. PUB TYPE Legal/Leg_slative/Regulatory Mrterials (090) EDRS PRICE M701/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Economic Change; Economics; *Employment Opportunities; *Federal Legislation; Federal Programs; Labor; Minority Groups; Public Policy; *Unemployment IDENTIFIERS *Employment Legislation; Job Training Partnership Act 1982; Proposed Legislation ABSTRACT The proceedings of a House Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities hearing, held in Chicago, are provided in this document. Testimony is presented on a proposed bill, H.R. 1933 (the Income and Jobs Action Act), which aims at reducing unemployment by fully implementing the Employment Act of 1946 and the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978. The Act works toward true sustainable economic recovery by establishing a Presidential program to reduce high unemployment. Statements are included from representatives of labor organizations and civil rights groups, academics, and government officials. (RH) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** tog ' THE INCOME AND JOBS ACTION ACT OF 1985 %la ,--1 N- .0 cJ HEARING cz BEFORE THE U.) SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 1398 TO PROMOTE GENUINE AND SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY AND A FULL EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY BY EXTENDING AND FULLY IMPLEMENTING THE EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1946 AND THE FULL EMPLOYMENT AND BALANCED GROWTH ACT OF 1978 HEARING HELD IN CHICAGO, IL, SEPTEMBER 4, 1985 Serial 99-26 Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as /is. 6.RO. received from the person or organization originating it Go I ! Minor changes hays been made to improve reproduction quality °Ors.. r's Points of view or opinions stated in this docu TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ment do not necessarily represent official NIE INFOFIMATION CENTER (ERIC)... position or policy ..) U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 53-M6 0 WASHINGTON : 1985 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California, Chairman WILLIAM D FORD, Michigan JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont JOSEPH M. GAYDOS, Pennsylvania WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY, Missouri E. THOMAS COLEMAN, Missouri MARIO BIAGGI, New York THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin AUSTIN J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania MARGE ROUKEMA, New JersLy DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan STEVE GUNDERSON, Wisconsin PAT WILLIAMS, Montana STEVE BARTLETT, Texas MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California ROD CHANDLER, Washington MAJOR R. OWENS, New York THOMAS J. TAIIKE, Iowa FREDERICK C. BOUCHER, Virginia JOHN R. McKERNAN, Ja., Maine CHARLES A. HAYES, Dlinois RICHARD K. ARMEY, Texas CARL C. PERKINS, Kentucky HARRIS W. FAWELL, Illinois TERRY L BRUCE, nlinoia PAUL B. HENRY Michigan STEPHEN J. SOLARZ, New York MERVYN M. DYMALLY, California DENNIS E. ECKART, Ohio TIMOTHY J. PENNY, Minnesota CHESTER G. ATKINS, Massachusetts SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California, Chairman PAT WILLIAMS, Montana STEVE GUNDERSON, Wisconsin CHARLES A. HAYES, Illinois PAUL B. HENRY, Michigan CHESTER G. ATKINS, Massachusetts JAMES M JEFFORDS, Vermont AUGUSTUS F HAWKINS, California (Ex Officio) (Ex Officio) 3 CONTENTS Page Hearing held in Chicago, IL, on September 4, 1985 1 Text of H.R. 1398 2 Statement of Bede lla, Manuel, United Citizens Organization Jobs Committee, National Unemployed Network 96 Compton, James, W., president and chief executive officer, Chicago Urban League 80 Hare, Philip, representative to Congressman Lane Evans, State of Illi- nois, House of Reprerentatives 30 Jordan, Melvin, executive di? ^tor, NAACP 92 Keyserling, Dr. Leon H., 5 ,ner Chairman of the Council of Economic Adviaers, Truman admirration 63 LeRoy, Greg, Research D; or, Mid-West Center for Labor Research 59 Lucy, William, International Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 84 Lumpkin, Frank, chairperson, the National Congress of Unemployed Or- ganizations 94 Orfield, Prof. Gary, Committee on Public Policy c',4.ies, Departments of Political Science and Education and the College, k..niversity of Chicago 101 Reyes, Benjamin, Office of the Mayor, city of Chicago 35 Rosenberg, Sam, associate professor, Department of Engineering, Roose- velt University 42 Simon, Hon. Paul, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois 39 Whetstone, Dennis, manager, Job Training Programs Division, Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs 106 Winpiseinger, William, international president, Illinois Association of Ma- chinists and Aerospace Workers 1.' Yudken, Joel, director for programs, Center for Economic Conversion ...... 49 Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, etc. Bedella, Manuel, United Citizens Organization Jobs Committee, National Unemployed Network, prepared statement of 99 Compton, James W., president, Chicago Urban League, prepared state- ment of 81 Evans, Hon. Lane, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, prepared statement of 32 Jordan, Mel F., executive director, NAACP Metropolitan Counci:, Chicago (Southsk o. branch), prepared statement of 93 Keyserling, Leon H., prepared statement of 69 LeRoy, Greg, research director, Midwest Center for Labor Research, Chi- cagu, IL, prepared sta'ement of 61 Lucy, William, International Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, prepared statement of 89 Lumpkin, Frank, chairperson of the National Congress of Unemployed Organizations, prepared statement of 95 Orfield, Gary, professor or political science, University of Chicago, p r- pared statement of 103 Pearson, Ted, district organizer, Communist Party, USA/Illinois District, prepared statemen, of 118 Reyes, Benjamin, administrative assistant to mayor, city of Chicago, pre- pared statement of 37 Rosenberg, Sam, associate professor, Department of Economics, Roosevelt University, prepared statement of 45 4 IV Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, etc Continued Whetstone, Dennis R., manager, Jobs Training Program Division, ilimois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, prepared statement Pate of 108 Wintiissinger, William, international president, Illinois Association of Ma- chinists and Aerospace Workers, prepared statement of 21 Savage, Hon. Gus, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, prepared statement of 119 Yudken, Joel, director for p Center for Economic Conversion, Mountain View, CA, pre statement of 53 THE INCOME AND JOBS ACTION ACT OF 1985 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1985 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Chicago, IL. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:35 a.m., in the Ceremonial Court, room 2525, Dirksen Federal Building, Chicago, IL, Hon. Matthew G. Martinez presiding. Members present. Representatives Martinez, Hayes: and Con- yers. Staff present. Eric P. Jensen, acting staff director; Paul Cano, as- sistant staff director, Genevieve Galbreath, chief clerk/staff assist- ant; Darryl Fagin, legislative assistant; Mary Gardner, Republican legislative associate. Mr. MARTINEZ. Will this meeting come to order? Before I make my opening statement, I would like to introduce some of the members of our panel here. With us today are mem- bers of the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities, Mr. Char- lie Hayes and myself, chairman of the subcommittee, and joining us today also is a colleague of ours from Michigan, John Conyers, who will be giving testimony and will join us as a part of the panel. With that, I would like to get right into the opening statement. As chairman of the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities, I would like to express the subcommittee's pleasure in being here with you in Chicago to discuss one of the most serious and persist ing problems confronting uur Nation: that of high unemployment. This morning's hearing will focus on legislation sponsored by a good friend and colleague of mine on the subcommittee, Congress- man Charlie Hayes. It is H.R. 1398, the Income and Jobs Action Act. [Text of H.R. 1398 follows:] (1) 6 2 1 99TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1398 To promote genuine and sustainable recovery and a full emplotment society by extending and fully implementing the Employment Act of 1946 and the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978. iN THE 110ITSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAncli 5, 1985 alr HAI ES tfor himself, Mr IlawKiNts, Mr Cormits, Mr. WEIRS, Mrs. COL- LINS, Mr. 0,m., Mr °NESS, Mr. STOKES, Mr. .SAVAGE, Mr. DELLUMS, and Mr EVANS of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Education and Labor, Armed Services, Govern- ment Operations, banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, and Ways and Means ,It1i,1 15, 1985 Additional
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