cies in the past. And so it seems to me perhaps a small, and yet, I think, an important specific would be that that problem would be met by tying together the work of those State agencies. There are a number of other specifics into which I would be glad to go. I would simply like to say in general that I think this problem of tying education and work together is perhaps the largest, one of the two or three largest, most basic manpower education problems we have before us today. INTERRELATE JOB TRAINING AND EDUCATION Senator RIBICOFF. If the work experience and the work training and education are not tied together, we are going to continue to have large numbers and large percentages of youth unemployment in the cities of America, are we not? Secretary WIRTZ. We pursue the 19th century sense which is the 20th century nonsense that you keep public interest in an individual until he is 16 years old and then you drop it unless he is prepared to go on to college, in which case you may maintain it, but if he is not, you simply forget it. We are the only leading country that does that today. Senator RIBICOFF. In other words, the time has come for us to be pretty realistic bout where we stand and where we stand and where we will want to go in the field of education and work opportunities. Secretary WIRTZ. Yes, sir. Senator RIBICOFF. I have here several articles concerning opportunities in industry for skilled workers. I will place them in the record at this point. I also have a recent report entitled, "Making Sense of Federal Manpower Policy," by Sar Levitan and Garth Margum which I will place in the record. (The documents referred to follow :) INSTITUTE OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS All Americans have a vital stake in the shaping of sound public and private industrial relations policies and in the expansion of pertinent knowledge and skills. The Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations is a joint agency of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and Wayne State University (Detroit). It was established in the spring of 1957 in order to maximize the contribution of each University, in activities related to industrial relations, to the people of Michigan and to the educational and research needs of workers and management. The Institute has three major functions: first, to facilitate regular university instruction in the disciplines and professions related to industrial relations; second, to encourage basic and applied research on industrial relations topics; and third, to organize and promote programs of community education in industrial relations designed to serve labor, management and the public. The publication of these policy papers is intended to provide information and stimulate discussion on the major issues and problems of our industrial society. A private nonprofit organization for the promotion of manpower policy MAKING SENSE OF FEDERAL MANPOWER POLICY by Sar A. Levitan and Garth L. Mangum The George Washington University A Joint Publication of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations The University of Michigan - Wayne State University PREFACE This paper is an outgrowth of discussions held by the National Manpower Policy Task Force, but represents only the views of the authors and not necessarily the opinions of the other members of the Task Force. It is part of broader studies in which the authors are engaged under grants from the Ford Foundation. We are grateful for helpful critical comments of an earlier draft by the members of the Task Force and its Executive Director, Arnold Nemore; Samuel V. Bennett, Irving H. Siegel and Herbert E. Striner of the Upjohn Institute; Louis Levine, Pennsylvania State University; and S. M. Miller, Ford Foundation. THE AUTHORS WASHINGTON, D. C. iii |