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Schools Are Teaching Guitar
. . . the Beloved, Non-Amplilied
Acoustical M usical Instrument
Dear Sir:
. Some Busing Thoughts
Because of ray absence from the city during the previous
weeks when two c o n tro versial Issues w ere aired ln the press
I want to make my position as a Hoard mem ber clear.’
1. The School Board did not agree to abolish the Adams
program .
N o r has the superintendent made any such
recommendation.
W hile I do not speak here o ffic ia lly for
t i? Board, the consensus during discussion about Adams has
been one of support and continuation w ith, of course the
necessary m odifications and elim in ation of those aspects
which have c le a rly proven Ineffective and inappropriate to
the education process. And these needed changes a re expected
to be recognized and so called fo r by the adm inistration,
facu lty, and students ln the school, w ith Input from parents
and community. T h is Is the route that has been followed and
hopefully, w ill continue I f Adams Is to be m ore than “ lust
schoc1- ”
K would be grossly unfair and
> a ^ S° UD.d
thOS8 Students
tr o lle d
and for the future to dism antle the Adams program a fter
only two y e ars.
Such has not been the case with other
Innovative p ro g ram s. Adams Is but one example of the kind
of Innovative change that must be Im plem ented If the d is tric t
Is to move forw ard with education required In the '70 's .
Adams Is not dead!
When your child comes home
(ram his (irst day at school this
(all. don't be surprised to find
guitar
among his classroom
subjects It's the newest trend in
school music education
Hut this doesn t mean your house
developed a multi level'' class
ruom guitar program that com
bines good guitars with a program
that any instructor can leach
Hooks, charts, pictures, cassettes
and records are combined in a 12
week course that covers not only
basic plavmg techniques but all
aspects of music such as harmony,
tempo rhythm — even how to
listen to music with more appre
elation
is going to rock with the loud hys
• Much has been written during the last deca
terical wailing you may associate
de on the busing of school children toattain
with the electric guitar Instead,
your child will be learning beauti
facial integration in certain public schools,
(ul music on the non aniphiiml,
ind again President Nixon’s reluctance to
acoustical guitar you knew and
Furthermore the course recog
loved years ago
support the busing has brought forth discu
n iv s that young people want to
Educators, who have always play their own music, so the les
ssion.
agreed that music is as important suns are hased on contemporary
Assuming that the decision by the Supreme
to a complete education as math, music, from the Beatles to Hacha
rach Even a rank beginner can
languages and science, are dis
Court to approve crosstown busingasa leg
,X 8ltb8r th* issue of d iscip lin e nor the recognition
covering that the guitar has a play a song after his very first
al means of desegration is what is wanted#
? ,S , n‘ - i ’ iîUrCe Of constan‘ concern Is new. R »as ln
unique potential (or bringing more lesson'
tha‘ th8 Bo8nl was p a rtic u la rly Interested ln
music to more students met
because it is legal, is it prudent and wise? t » h i t ^ t « t '« e ^ ZZJ
Jerry Ackley, who developed the
« ^ .
at<XJ‘ <UsclPUn« I"
schools. At
pensively
program for Conn reports that
No one will disagree that the key to Black t h l
®u<-*rln ‘ end8nt presented at a public meeting
schools offering the course have
The instrument is eagerly ac
position of the adm inistration. R was one of concern
progress is in education, but if Black chil the
to r cortlnued e fto rtto enforce effective discipline without
cepted by students The classic or been overwhelmed by applicants
(oik guitar represents the new Students from elementary to high
bUt
“ « ^ » “ «tlon ln the e llm l-
A U G * 7 l Form 104
dren are given a decent amount of teacher
th* c U s ,ro o m - The instruction of the
sound ” in music the tender, in sstkool age are eager to join
attention and are affored the facilities that Boar*^ at
SJS^h?veA
tX2TLubÄ
A1— ?
....... .« — tpeeial ««•»„ dividual sound produced by today s
a * * 11" * *« “ e of the number
Another factor which makes
<U-hnni
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School, is one teacher o tte rin g special g u ita r classes Photo courtesy C G Conn Ltd
vising musicians
make school work pleasant
and
interesting
£“•
-ducators
***y,
not
only
u
Portland
classroom guitar successful is that
r
°u t C
across
the
country;
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..
countr>'; «nd
and nr,^
one « u . « In - ____-
e rr o r . ln
assuming
The guitar is probably the moot the guitar coati much less than
can they progress at a satisfactory’ rate in that because M r . deW eese spoke of the need to “ crack dow n*
personal instrument o( all It can moat musical instruments For
s i ' T ln< “ *• effOrt ln other e n t r i e s that
a schoolhouse that is predominatlv Black?
about WU) you can lurnlsh your
be played alone (or creative enjoy
T * .
J * u Portland. I recommend that people
ment it can accompany other child with a well made guitar that
If they cannot, it would be well to hear the m
* concerned «Pou’ effective discipline
K .
f r
superintendent's com pilation o f »-hat is
is easy to play and produces a true
instruments or singers and it per
busing advocates say just that and furnish being done, and (2 ) o ffe r constructive c ritic is m as to what
lorms all kinds ol music. I rum tone
T M « W?Uld H *8 toi 588 “ effective and meaningful discipline.
absolute proof.
ballads to jazz
So if your child, for one reason
O v e r the y e a r, the c iv ilia n
l
L
J 7 r . roLe “
« 5 ** ™ ° <* th* ^ s t r ic t . You owe a
tim e high of Decem ber 1969.
labor force has grown by U
Classroom guitar now formally or another has missed the music
Residential integration is the best way to I k™ »
in 3 trlc t wbo * re rtw r b en eficiaries.
M ining employment dropped
ollered lor the first time in public opportunities that most schools
U T L X X
welcom es and w in
m illio n . T h re e -fifth s of this
20,000 in Ju ly , due e n tire ly
appreciate
achieve school integration. School integr
Em ploym ent to the P o rtla m
and parochial schools is the result offer in band and orchestra, let
ris e occurred among adult
to a strike by copper m in e rs . M etropoi tu n A rea deci trod
of long research by the company him learn about m usic while
men,
p
rim
a
r
ily
reflecting
a
ation is the desired goal, but let us treat
S in c e r e ly ,
In the service-producing
5,000 fro m the seasonal peak
that pioneered the school band strumming a guitar
substantial increase among
Gladys McCoy
uxlustries, em ploym ent In
our children as children, not as a testing
reached to June. The down
20-24 y e a r-o ld s , many of them
movement in the 20 s
And once you've heard him play
creases of 20,000 each to trade
turn was concentrated to non-
returning v eteran s.
Teen
species to accomplish an artificial integ
C G Conn, Ltd . Oak Brook
mg and singing, you II probably
aixl government w ere offset by manufactu rin g . The J ul y total
agers accounted fo r one-third
want to try it yourself
Illin ois a m usical instrum ent
declines in services (30,000) of 453,900 Job holders sur
ration by contortion that ends when the end-
of the y e a r-to -y e a r gam
manufacturer for 100 vears has
aixl transportation and public
passed
the
year
ago
level
bv
Qf-the school bell rings.
the labo r fo rc e , while there
7,300.
7
u tilitie s (10,000). Since Jan
* a s little labor force growth
T h e re is no definite income
•The placing of a fixed number of Black s t
Huai r « Is
of
Portland
u ary , payroll em ploym ent to
Wage and sal a ry employment
among
adult
women.
Total
standard fo r recipients of the
tie services sector has shown experienced a typical loss of
youngsters w ill receive badly
udents within a classroom accomplishes no neaiod
em ploym ent was up 390,000
clothing, although m ost of the
relatively little growth.
beck-co-school clothes
T he Report was prapared by
4 ^ 0 0 between June and July.
o
ve
r
the
y
e
a
r,
as
a
sub
thing for the bused children. Are we being this fall thanks to the P o rt children come fro m low -
taken by the Congress to toater
The average workweek fo r A ro t gain of 1,200 to the
t.'ie National Bureau of Stan
stantial
gain
among
men.
income fa m ilie s .
The only
dards ln accordance with the U . S. participation ln Intern a
land P a re n t-T e a c h e r Asso
all ra n k -a n d -file w orkers on labor dispute segment con-
told that the Black child is capable of lea ciation.
p rim a r ily those 20-24 years
tional standanls a c tiv ities ;
req uirem ent is that a child
M e tric study Act of 1968. I
private ncnagncultural pay
trib u ta l to the drop to the
of age, was p a rtia lly offset
— That ln o rd er to encourage
rning only when a white child sits in front, F o r the seventh consecutive get a requisition fo r clothing
represents the resu lts of three
ro lls declined by 0 2 hour in em ploy«! category,
on the
efficiency
and m in im i re the
by
declines
among adult
fro m
his school p rin c ip a l.
y
e
a
rs
of
studies,
surveys,
and
July
to
36.9
hours
on
a
sea
the PTA w ill operate
positive side, food products
an both sides and behind him? Is it true a year,
o ve ra ll costs to society, the
analyses by the Bureau with
Then be may v is it the center
women.
Teenagers experi
clothing center fo r school-
sonally adjusted hasls. This
experienced an above average
the oooperatlon of thousands of general ru le should be that
enced little job growth over
decline can be attributed to
that an all-Black classroom is automatically age children who need clothing twice during a school year,
gain.
The wage and salary
any
changeover
costs shall
Individuals and organized p ro
the y e a r.
once
in
the
fall
and
the
telephone
s
trik
e
which
again
in o rder to attend school.
" U e where they f a il" ;
fessional, educational, busi
Index showed no appreciable
a hopeless problem for a teacher? Has This
The
number
of
Vietnam
a
fte
r
C
h
ris
tm
a
s
.
year the service expects
a ll« ! 500,000 w orkers fo r p a rt change o ver the month, rh is
--T h a t the Congress, a fte r
ness,
labo r, and consumer
E r a w a r veterans 2 0 -2 9 years
In 1970. the center provided
anyone specifically made that statement? to help more than 3.000
of the survey week. (Because
deciding on a plan tor tlie Na
groups throughout the country.
indicated
that
employment
of age in the c iv ilia n labor
clothing
fo r neerly 2,700
tio n , establish a target date tan
these w orkers w ere on pay
In releasing tha R eport, the
It is implied by the busing advocated. Chil- chilJren
adher«l closely to the sea
force was 3 J m illio n in July
child ren .
T w o -th ird s of the
yeara ahead, by which tim e the
S e c reta ry said,
" F o r many
ro lls during p a n of the week,
sonal
pattern.
1971 (not seasonally adjusted),
children were less than 12
U . S. w ill have become p re
dren should not be made the pawns of soc- its
y e ars,
this Nation haa been
the payroll employment levels
M anufacturing rose 1.800
an
increase
of
525,000
over
thé
dom inantly, though not exclu
slow ly ‘ going m e tric *, and It
years old, although the center
w ere not affected.) Average
jal reform or social reform ers.
* teacher realized two of her
to J u ly , spearheaded by an
s iv e ly , m etric; and
would contliKie to do so r e
y e a r. A total of 3.5 m illion
has a rtic le s in la rg e r sizes
hours for a ll p rivate nonfarm
increase a l 1.400 to the food
--T h a t there ts) firm govern
gardless of national plans and
for
snjdents through high
: As a beginning to better the educational en-
w ere employed, an increase of
w orkers
rem ained to the
industry. T his was attributed
ment commitment to this goal.
p o lic ies .
At the same tim e ,
450,000 since la s t J u ly . Un
school age.
narrow
3
6
.9
-tc
^
3
7
j
range
that
iirom ent of the Black child in a predomina- couid inend school at a time,
"Some measurements and
to heavy receipts of rasp
the w orldwide use of the m etric
employed veterans numbered
" W e try to give three
has prevailed since October b e rrie s
some dimensions would never
and
ocher c a ro -
system Is Increasin g, and today
310,000,
about
the
same
level
tly Black school, higher expenditures per-
school outfits to each c h ild ,”
1970.
be changed, ft would be p re
o urs Is the only m a jo r nation
b errie s which matured rapklly
as in June but 75,000 more
said M r s . M a r ie Brow n. PTA
In manufacturing, the average
posterous ever to te a r up all
which has not decided to take
pupil could reduce the teacher-student ratio, “ »chooi each day and then clothing
because
of
unseasonable
hot
than a year ago.
center
ch a irm a n |
our railroad tracks Just to re
such a step.
As the H » ,c rt
workweek was 39.9 hours w eather.
Elsew here to soft
improve the stock of mechanical teaching’
o r«,n jz u l« e »
A t 8 J percent in J u ly , the
" T h is means three dresses
la te
them
to some round-
states, a m e tric A m eric a would
(seasonally adjusted), down by goods,
sm
all
gains
were
r e v e ry g ir l and three shirts
unemployment ra te (not sea
number m e tric gauge. A m e ri
seem to be d esirab le in term s
0 J hour fro m June but at
aids, and offer a variety of extracurricular Tod«y “ » ciothmg center, fo
experienced
to
tbs
textile,
of o u r neighbors and other coun
sonally adjusted) fo r 20-29
cans would not be likely to
and two p a ir of pants fo r
tbout the same level as the apparel, paper, and printing
t r ie s , and national s e c u rity ."
translate into m e tric such say
activities for students after school hours.
y e a r-o ld veterans was the
every boy. We also provkle
sum mer of 1970. The o v e r-
Industries.
ings as *a miss Is a good as a
Endorsing the R epo rt's basic
same as a month e a r lie r but
w arm ja c ke t, a p a ir of
the-month decline was con
White taxpayers should be willing to pay the 220 n « e . Beech s tre e t, t> a shoes,
Hard goods showed only a
m ile ,' o r to re w rite the words
conclusion in favor of "going
was higher than the rate for
and underw ear fo r each
centrated to the durable goods moderate o verall Increase.
to the song ' I Love You a Bush
m e t r ic ," S e c reta ry stana re
price for their Black child counterparts to
S i t
last J u ly (7 2 percent). The
child.**
industries where the w ork
e l and a Peck.*
Lum ber and furn itu re rose
commended;
rate fo r nonveterans 20-29
The ce n te r which depends
nave the educational aids that have been us- mor* tfa«n 430 volunteers
week (ell by 0 2 hour, m ainly
" In sports,
for exam ple,
— That
the
United states
slightly as demand picked up.
y e ars, at 1 2 p ercent in July
upon donations now needs new
because of a larg e drop to O ther durables clim bed »00
going m etric is not lik e ly to
change
to
tlie International
ed in predominatly white schools for many
theC3^ ar‘ rhe and used clothing of a ll kinds, (not seasonally adjusted), was transportation
M e tric System d elib e ra tely and
present much of a problem ,
equipment re
as concrete plants w ere re
below that of veterans. E a r
ft would be quite unnecessary
c a re fu lly ,
lated to automobile model
years. Black pupils need and deserve the ex- August 30, a i wui rem ain although there is a special lie
opened
following
the
tie-up
r in the y e a r, the spread
need fo r shirts and coats.
to cfiange the length o f U. S.
- -T h a t this be done through a
change-over.
In
the
non
involving Hoisting and P o rt
tra boost in additional facilities.
; oec frotn 10 , jn - 10 2 p -“1- Donation must be in w earable
between the rates fo r veterans
tootball fields even If our v e r
coordinated national program ;
durable Industries, the aver
able Engin eers. Sm all gains
sion of football ever became
and nonveterans was higher
—
That
the
Congress
assign
If the true problem is that the child’s home 3. y Thereafter/*«**^!
condition any may be taken to
age edged up 0 J hour.
to
m escellaroous
durable
the reaponalbUlty fo r guiding
an International sport. And I
than in June and J u ly , but
F actory overtim e ( sea sonal ly
and street enviroment militates against sa- jpen Mond*>s Thursdays local schools o r to the the
item s con tnb ut«! to the in
don’ t think you would ever hear
the change, and anticipating the
difference has narrowed as
adjusted) declined by 0 J hour c re a s e . On the other side of
Child S ervice C enter.
kinds of spe. lal problem s des
a s io rts announcer say: Ttw
tisfactory mental development, then how su-
,e “ m<tiairi.
a g re a te r proportion of non
o ver the month to 2.9 hours.
Washington Redskins have tlie
cribed to the R epo rt, to a cen
the p ic tu re , transportation
veterans sought sum m er jobs.
O vertim e hours w ere down to equipment fell 400, r e f le c t! ^
h a ll, third down
and
9.144
ccessful can busing ever be? If white youn
tra ] coordinating body respon
N o oa g rlc u lm ra l p ayroll em
both durable and nondurable
m eters to go.
sive t o a ll sectors of our so-
layoffs
to
shipyards
and
a
ir
gsters are sent busing back to their neigh
c le tv
ployment declined 190,000 on a
"These may appear to be
goods industries.
c ra ft p arts plants. The w ater
— That
e a rly p rio r ity be t r iv ia l examples but they go
seasonally
adjusted
basis
Because of the telephone
borhoods and Black youngsters remain in the
front tie-u p retarded fre ig h ter
given to educating every A m e ri
to the heart of the m atter whan
between June and July to 7 0 5
s trik e , which began during
re p a ir operations. Elsew here
can schoolchild and the public
Black neighborhood what is gained? If the
we say tlie rule o f reason must
m illio n . About one-fourth of
the middle of the reference
in transportation equipment,
at
larg e to think to m etric apply In a national adoption of
the over-the-m o nth decline
Black children are bused to a white school,
week, the seasonally adjusted
te rm s ;
plants building m otor truck
the m etric s y s te m ," Secretary
was
attributable
to
a
net
In
average
workweek
in
tie
When sum m er a rriv e s , most
- -T h a t Im m ediate steps be ■Stans said.
program s at Boise, Buckman,
components and ra ilro a d cars
is that experience so wonderful that the chil ^ooks
crease
in
the
num
ber
of
transportation and public uti
exchange aprons for
E lio t. Irvington, Sabin. Vernon
augmented th e ir w orkforces.
dren will be transformed so as to withstand swim
______
w orkers on s trik e . (W orkers
litie s industry declined by 2.9
and
Woodlawn elem entary
suits and trade hot k lt-
Em ploym ent
reductions to
s trik e the whole week a re
hours to 37.9 hours.
e le c tric a l equipment approxi
the downward pressures of their own home ci *M ior CQ o 1 f *»1»— not schools and the the Latch on
not counted as employed ln the
Key p rojects at Lane, A r le u
mated 200 as production was
neighborhoods-neighborhoods to which they
p "T
p ayro ll series. In the house
aixl Lent elem entary schools.
brought into clo s e r alignment
hold series on total employ
land ----
Public Schools arxl head
are returned afternoon?
P a rtic ip an ts
in Adam s'
with o rd ers .
m ent, on the other haixl,
of one of the nation's larg est
fo re s try
p ro je c t, Portland
The m anufacturing total
When you think about the busing of chil Tinted
workers on strike a re classi
States D epartm ent of
Public Schools’ service sta
of 87,500 was 1,700 a hove July
as employed— w ith a job
dren, isn’t it reflected that certain whites A g ric u ltu re sponsored free tion, and sum mer program s fied
a year ago. A labor dispute
fait not at w ork.) The July de
The U. S, Departm ent of La
lunch
p
ro
gram
s.
of
E
a
r
ly
Childhood
Education,
to transportation equipment at
believe that an all Black classroom is aut F o r eleven weeks this sum
b o r has produced a motion p ic
crease ln p ayroll Jobs, which!
Head S ta rt and th e ,Salvation
this tim e last year accounted
omatically an impediment to the learning m e r, M r s . Sm alley and h e r i A rm y also received lunctes. brought this a e rie s to its tu re designed to help ease the fo
r alxxit half of the annual
transition of Vietnam veterans
lowest monthly level fo r 1971,
staff of 41 prepared 5,000
process.
M ost of the Box lunches
advantage. Actual gains were
to
the
civilian
Job
m
arket.
occurred alm ost e n tire ly to
-p i, „ n i , 1,
i_ • 1
.
I ree hot and box lunches d ally
w ere delivered to the youths
to food products,
, "T h a t Job In te r lim ited
1 ne niack c h i l d must have an equal opp- f°r « grand total of 275,000 at re c re atio n and w ork sites the goods-productog sector of v ie T w h e " , film
stresses useful techni lum bering, as w ell as freigh t
the
economy.
m eals.
W ith more than a
by a fle e t of three trucks.
ques for veterans to use ln Job c a rs and photographic equlf>-
ortunity to learn and be taught.
M anufacturing employment
Labor Force
Downswing
Normal
PTA Clothes Program
Metric America?
Quarter Million Free
Lanches Served
Movie to aid
Veterans
LEADERS
IN THE
FIELD
j
Expects up Enrollment
Portland Community C ollege
Is readying tor a fall tarrr. en
ro llm e n t Increase o f 10 to 15
p arcent. Last fall te r m ’ s en
ro llm e n t totaled 16,500. This
y e a r It’ s expected to exceed
19,000. To offset the loss of
Shattuck H a ll, now occupied
b) Portland State U n iversity,
and to p ro /ld e space fo r the
Influx of ne» students, w ork
men have been busy clearing
space at Cascade, 705 N . K1U-
lngsworth, for 18 movable
classrooms
and a d d ltlo ia l
parking fac u ltie s .
In a d H -
tlon, six movable classrosm s
•111 be added to the Sylvania
eomcle«.
Four
vacatlonal pro
trams wlU be offered fall
te r m . A o ne-year certificate
landscape program w ill pro
v id e Instruction ln landscape
construction, grounds main
tenance and landscape g ar
dening.
Courses in small
engine rep air w ill tra in tech
nicians to work on m otor
c y c le s , lawnm ow ers, chain
saws and outboard motors.
O th e r program s ready tor fall’
a re
m arine technology and
photography.
Amo De B e rn a rd s , PCC
p re s id e n t, emphasized that as
In
aU vocational program s,
com m unity studies had been
made to determ ine the )onop-
p o r tu ilty fo r
trained em
p lo yees, foUowed by advisor
com m ittee counseling from
the Industry Itse lf.
I
q uarter m illio n lunches serv
The sum m er fre e lunch
ed, the 1971 program was the
program was financed m ainly
most successful sum m er in
through a grant fro m the
the lunch p ro gram 's th re e -
LSDA, with about 20 percent
year h istory.
of die costs being borne by
M o re than 1,500 hot lunches
the Portland school d is tric t.
were cooked in the kite he s of
Twenty adults from die
six
Portland
elem entary
d is tric t's re g u la r school cafe
schools including Abernethy.
teria personnel and 22 stu
Boise, King, Lane, P o rts
dents fro m P o rtla n d ’ s Sum
m e r *71 program staffed the
mouth and Sabin.
A ll the
cold lunches, some 3,500 of
seven
food centers.
The
them, w ere boxed st Wash
student employees w ere fund
ington High School, and trans
ed through Sum m er *71 oper
ported throughout Po rtlaaJ
ated cooperatively by the of
each m orning.
fice of Portland M a y o r, T e r r y
The fre e lunches w ere pre
Shrunk, L nited Good N eigh
pared fo r youngsters p a rtic i
bors, Portland Public Schools
pating in the c ity 's P A C T
and many c iv ic and business
le c re a tio n
program s,
six
groups.
YWCA
p ro jects,
several
church sponsored sum m er re
Alcohol Is Involved ln m ore than
creation a c tiv ities and many
h alf o f all fatal accidents. If
Summ er '71 program s includ
y o j’ re planning a big blast lor
ing C A T C H and Green Thumb.
the coming holiday w eekend--
In addition, meals were
better cool it until the driving
Is finished.
served to children In d aycare
(seasonally adjusted) declined
130,000 to Ju ly. T h is decrease
follow «! a slightly s m aller
drop to June and reduced
manufacturing em ploym ent to
its lowest level since Novem
ber 1965.
About tw o-th ird s
of the July decrease took place
in the durable goods Indus
trie s .
Em ploym ent fe ll by
40,000 to p rim a ry m etals,d u e
larg ely to cutbacks to steel
production and to a s trik e to
the copper industry. Declines
•Is o occurred to the m achi
n ery, e le c tric a l equipment,
aixi miscellaneous manufac
turing Industries.
In non
durable goods, employm ent
dropped to the food, paper,
and leather ind ustries.
In contract construction,
employment declined 35,000 ln
Ju ly, tie third consecutive
monthly
reduction.
This
brwight employm ent to this
Industry 300,000 below Its a ll-
Interview s
with prospective
em ployers and illu s tra te s for
em ployers the possible applica
tion of m ilita ry trainin g to c i
v ilia n Jobs.
" T h e V l^ n a m veteran can be
a tremendous asset fo r an em
p lo y e r," Secretary o f Labor J.
D . Hodgson said. " H e has the
d iscip lin e
and m a tu rity that
come with m ilita ry service. He
has proven ab ility and Ingenuity.
Tod ay's veteran o ffers an em
p lo y e r ‘ Instant e xperien ce,' a
sc a rc e and prized a s s e t."
The film w ill be available
ttirough the Labor Departm ent’ s
ten regional offices as well as
through the Employment Secur
ity agencies to each state.
T he Department o f Defense
w ill be slowing the film to s e r
vicem en before they return to
c iv ilia n life .
The 16-mlnute film was pro
duced by the Manpower Admin
is tra tio n to cooperation with the
Departm ent of Defense, the
Veterans A d m in istration , and
the Department o f Com m erce.
ment.
Nonmanufacturtng
losses
w ere pretty well concentrated
to State and local education
which fell 4,800 when many
employees w ere dropped from
school p ayrolls fo r the vaca
tion season. Service exper
ienced a loss of 900, larg ely
to private education. T ra n s
portation services, due to
d ire c t and Ind irect effects of
the d is |u t Ire tween the ILW U
and P a c ific M a ritim e Asso
ciation. Sm all gains ln r a il
roading, trucking, and airlin e s
helped m oderate the loss.
R etail trade dipped slightly.
Constniction edged up nom
inally.
Em ploym ent
was
depressed by the carp e n te r's
d ls iu te to e a rly J u ly .
The
settlement as of July 14 was
too late fo r full resumption
of activity in the m kl-m onlh
reference week. Stogie fam ily
p erm its are holding up quite
w ell.
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