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The original documents are located in Box 21, folder "Labor (8)" of the James M. Cannon
Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Labor - Imployment Rile
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 1, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR
JIM CANNON
FROM:
DAVID LISSY
FYI. The attached relates to the bill that Rev. Leon
Sullivan discussed with us.
Noted by JMC
Digitized from Box 21 of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON
AUG 30 1976
Honorable Harrison A. Williams, Jr.
Chairman, Committee on Labor and
Public Welfare
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
This is in response to your request for the Department of
Labor's views on S. 2939, a bill "To provide a special
program for financial assistance to Opportunities
Industrialization Centers in order to provide one million
jobs and job training opportunities, and for other purposes."
S. 2939 authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into
a contract with Opportunities Industrialization Centers
(OIC), a private, non-profit organization, to provide jobs
and training to eligible persons, in coordination with
private industry, and specified public programs such as
the Public Works Employment Act of 1975. The bill further
prescribes a number of required contract provisions designed
to insure that the jobs created and filled are meaningful
and will lead to permanent employment. We note that persons
employed under this Act are to be paid wages no lower than
the highest of (a) the minimum wage which would be applicable
to the employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938,
if section 6 (a) (1) of such Act is applicable to the partici-
pant and if the participant is not exempted under section 13
of the Act, (b) the State or local minimum wage for the most
nearly comparable covered employment, or (c) the prevailing
rates of pay for persons employed in similar occupations by
the same employer. Veterans and the most severely disadvan-
taged unemployed are to receive preference under this Act.
The legislation further provides that the Secretary of Labor
shall have the same authority as is provided in title VII
of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973.
There is authorized to be appropriated $150 million for
fiscal year 1977, $200 million for fiscal year 1978, $300
million for fiscal year 1979, and $350 million for fiscal
year 1980.
FORD
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We do not support legislation that gives special consideration
to one community-based organization over others. Funding
should be competitive, based on performance rather than
legislatively mandated.
S. 2939 is inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. CETA places
authority for planning and selection of projects with State
and local governments acting as prime sponsors for employment
and training activities within their jurisdictions. We feel
that these sponsors are best equipped to select and fund
programs based on locally determined needs and priorities
rather than giving OIC, or any other specified organization,
blanket authority to operate anywhere they choose.
Prime sponsors may and do use organizations such as OIC for
delivery of services. To establish a new categorical program
with limited beneficiaries can only result in a duplication
of effort.
For the foregoing reasons, the Department of Labor must
oppose enactment of S. 2939.
The Office of Management and Budget advises that there is no
objection to the submission of this report from the standpoint
of the Administration's program.
Sincerely
FCRD LIBRARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 8, 1976
Fite
MEMORANDUM FOR L. WILLIAM SEIDMAN
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
SUBJECT:
Jobs
This memorandum is designed to briefly outline the President's
record on jobs, the policies the President has proposed to
reduce unemployment, the goals and vision that the President
has for creating jobs, and short statements on some of the
job related issues likely to be raised in the upcoming Presi-
dential debates.
The Ford Record on Jobs
Since the recession low of March 1975, total employment has
increased by nearly 4 million to a record high of 88 million.
More jobs have been created in the last year and a half than
in any other 18 month period in the nation's history. There
are 1.7 million more Americans now at work than were employed
at the pre-recession peak in July 1974. Selected employment
and unemployment statistics during the period from August 1974
to August 1976 are found in a table attached at Tab A.
The President's Program for Job Creation
The President's approach to the unemployment problem has em-
braced three sets of policies:
1. The creation of productive, long-lasting jobs in the pri-
vate sector through curbing the growth in Federal spend-
ing, eliminating obsolete, unproductive Federal regula-
tion, reducing individual and corporate income taxes, and
encouraging increased investment in America's future
through a series of tax incentives.
The decline in employment during the recession was experi-
GERALD FORD
enced in the private sector, which employs about 85 percent
of all nonfarm payroll workers. Thus, the focus of Admin-
istration economic policy has been on expanding productive
job opportunities in the private sector.
In October 1974 the President proposed a 10 percent
investment tax credit.
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In January 1975 the President proposed an $18 billion
temporary reduction of personal and corporate income
taxes to increase consumer purchasing power and to
provide additional funds for job creating investment
by business.
(On March 31, 1975 the President signed the Tax Reform
Act of 1975 which provided for an $8 billion tax re-
bate, lowering personal income tax withholding at an
annual rate of $12 billion, and reducing corporate tax
liabilities by over $4 billion.)
To encourage investment, the President proposed a phased
integration of corporate and individual income taxes
which will eventually eliminate the double tax burden
now imposed on corporate dividends.
The President proposed a six-point plan to stimulate
construction of new electric utility facilities to in-
sure that long-run economic growth is not limited by
capacity shortages in the production of electricity.
On October 6, 1975 the President proposed a permanent
tax reduction of $28 billion. The President's perm-
anent tax reduction, $10 billion more than the tempor-
ary tax reduction (annualized) enacted in December 1975,
was reproposed in January 1976.
The President coupled his permanent tax reduction pro-
posal with a proposed comparable reduction in the pro-
jected growth of Federal spending to reduce the size
of the Federal Government's deficit and thereby reduce
the Federal Government's borrowing requirements leav-
ing more of the available funds in the financial markets
for private investors.
The President's permanent tax reduction proposal includ-
ed:
-- an increase in the personal exemption from $750 to
$1,000.
-- substitution of a single standard deduction -- $2,500
for married couples filing jointly and $1,800 for
single taxpayers -- for the existing low income
allowance and percentage standard deduction.
-- a reduction in individual income tax rates.
FORD
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-- a permanent 10 percent investment tax credit.
-- a reduction in the maximum corporate income tax rate
from 48% to 46% and making permanent the temporary
tax cuts on the first $50,000 of corporate income.
To speed up plant expansion and the purchase of new
equipment in high unemployment areas, the President
proposed permitting very rapid depreciation for busi-
nesses constructing new plants, purchasing equipment
or expanding existing facilities in areas experiencing
unemployment in excess of 7 percent.
The President proposed tax incentives to encourage
broadened stock ownership by low and middle income
working Americans by allowing deferral of taxes on
certain funds invested in common stocks.
The President proposed a change in the Federal estate
tax laws to make it easier to continue the family own-
ership of a small farm or business by stretching out
the estate tax payment period and reducing the interest
rate.
The President proposed a budget designed to achieve a
balanced budget by Fiscal Year 1979.
The President used his veto power to curb $9.1 billion
of unnecessary and inflationary Congressional spending
to reduce the size of the Federal deficit.
2.
Providing increased funds for established and proven Federal
programs including the Comprehensive Employment Training Act
(CETA), summer youth employment, and public service employ-
ment. A table outlining programmatic levels for these
programs for fiscal years 1975, 1976 and 1977 is attached
at Tab B.
3.
Alleviating the economic hardship for those who are unem-
ployed through temporarily extending unemployment insur-
ance coverage to 12 million additional workers and tempor-
arily extending the period of time individuals may receive
unemployment insurance benefits from 39 to 65 weeks.
(Legislation proposed by the President in October 1974,
FORD
enacted in December 1974 and amended in March 1975 created
the temporary Federal Supplemental Benefits (FSB) program
which provided for up to 65 weeks of benefits for persons
covered by a regular program.)
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(Legislation proposed by the President in October 1974,
enacted in December 1974 and amended in June 1975 created
the temporary Special Unemployment Assistance (SUA) pro-
gram which provides up to 39 weeks of unemployment cover-
age for 12 million employees in sectors of the economy
not covered by any regular program.)
The President's Jobs Goals
1. We want jobs for all of the nation's able workers. A job
for every American who wants to work is essential not only
for each individual worker but also for our society. Amer-
icans deserve useful, productive employment not temporary,
make-work jobs. The absence of a productive job deprives
the individual of an opportunity to achieve self-fulfillment.
The overwhelming majority of Americans want to contribute
their talents and to participate in the work of America
and in improving the quality of life in our country. To
enjoy the kind of society we all desire requires that we
create the conditions that will sustain lasting, satisfy-
ing, productive jobs.
2. We want a distribution of incomes and wealth that fairly
rewards effort and initiative, and that provides a decent
wage for every employed person.
3. We want to create equal opportunity for all to achieve eco-
nomic success.
4.
We want to enlarge the freedom of choice for each of our
citizens whether as a consumer, as a worker, or as an inves-
tor.
5. We want to restrict unnecessary and excessive government
interference in our daily lives.
FORD
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LIBRARY
FORD
TABLE I
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TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL CIVILIAN
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT
(000)
LABOR FORCE
(15 weeks or longer)
August 1974
86,170
91,157
5.5%
1.0%
March 1975
84,110
91,880
8.5%
2.2%
May 1975
84,519
92,769
8.9%
2.7%
August 1975
85,288
93,212
8.5%
3.1%
December 1975
85,394
93,129
8.3%
3.3%
May 1976
87,697
94,557
7.3%
2.1%
August 1976
87,981
95,487
7.9%
2.5%
TABLE 2
(Proposed)
FY 1975
FY 1976
FY 1977
Comprehensive Employment
$ 2.7 bil.
$5.7 bil.
$4.5 bil.
Training Act (CETA)
Expenditures
Public Service Jobs
Public Service Employment
300,000
318,000
293,000
Summer Youth Program
889,000
946,000
*
*
To be determined based on actual employment data in March 1977.
GERALD FORD LIBRAFT
Economic Goals
1.
We want jobs for all of the nation's able workers. A job
for every American who wants to work is essential not only
for each individual worker but also for our society. Amer-
icans deserve useful, productive employment, not temporary
make-work jobs. The absence of a productive job deprives
the individual of an opportunity to achieve self-fulfillment.
The overwhelming majority of Americans want to contribute
their talents and to participate in the work of America
and in improving the quality of life in our country. To
enjoy the kind of society we all desire requires that we
create the conditions that will sustain lasting, satisfy-
ing, productive jobs.
2.
We want to achieve sustained economic growth without
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
inflation.
3.
We want a distribution of incomes and wealth that fairly
rewards effort and initiative, and that provides a decent
wage for every employed person.
4.
We want to create equal opportunity for all to achieve econ-
omic success.
5.
Ne want to restrict unnecessary and excessive government
interference in our daily lives.
6.
We want to enlarge the freedom of choice for each of our
citizens whether as a consumer, as a worker, or as an inves-
tor.
INFLATION
When I came into office inflation was raging at an
annual rate of over 12 percent. Our policies have been
successful in cutting the inflation rate to 5.5 percent.
This rate is still too high and we must reduce it even
further.
Inflation erodes the purchasing power of those who
can afford it least -- the aged, the poor, those on limited
fixed incomes. It causes great uncertainty in planning the
family budget. Inflation also creates chaos in mortgage
markets and deprives middle income Americans of the opportunity
to own a home. It forces businessmen to adopt inefficient
inventory and production practices which reduce the rate of
economic growth.
FORD & LIDRARY GERALD
It is often said that we must choose between inflation and
unemployment. Nothing could be further from the truth. I yield
to no one in my concern and compassion for the unemployed. My
goal is to move as rapidly as possible toward full employment.
What has been clear in recent years is that inflation has
caused consumers to restrain expenditures and business to curb
its investment. Thus inflation itself is a major cause of re-
cession.
I categorically reject the notion that we can buy more
employment by taking our chances with inflation. There is no.
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simple trade-off whereby we can have less unemployment at
the cost of higher inflation. On the contrary it has be-
come clear that inflation is 2 major job destroyer. I
emphasize reducing inflation because it is a necessary con-
dition for stable growth and full employment.
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
Budget Strategy
FORD LIBRARY & GERALD
The Budget for 1977 reflects my strong desire to impose
some discipline on Federal spending. My budget provided for
reducing the excessive growth of Federal Government spending,
and therefore I was able to propose an additional $10 billion
cut in individual and corporate income taxes from 1975 levels.
Unfortunately, the Congress rejected most of my proposals
for greater efficiency in Government. In their Budget Resolution,
they voted for higher spending and higher taxes than I recommended,
thus depriving the typical family of four of over $200 in income
tax relief.
Why does the Congress wish higher spending and more taxes?
The answer is not clear. It is certainly not because they are
more compassionate. Many of my programs would have improved the
efficiency with which benefits are delivered to the poor. For
example, my proposed reforms in the Child Nutrition Program would
have made it possible to serve the 700,000 children from families
below the poverty line that are now ignored by the program.
Granted that $900 million would have been saved in the process by
ending the school lunch subsidies to the middle class, but what
sense does it make to tax the middle class in order to subsidize
the middle class.
This proposed reform and many others, such as the proposed
increase in social security contributions necessary to restore
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the integrity of the trust fund, received only perfunctory review
by the Congress. However, I have not ended my efforts to make
government more effective. I will present a balanced budget
for fiscal year 1979.
The stakes are high. We must achieve fiscal responsibility
to reduce the extent to which Government draws savings out of the
private sector to finance its deficits. Only then, will we have
the capital necessary to achieve the widely shared national goals
of improving the environment, reducing our energy dependence on
foreign nations, and encouraging the private economic growth SO
vital to our future prosperity.
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
Vetoes
I have used my veto power 55 times since the beginning
of my Administration. Often these vetoes have not been
politically popular. It is not easy to say "no" for one
risks being accused of lacking compassion or favoring a "do
nothing" policy. But, my view of the Presidency is that the
general interest must not be sacrificed for narrow political
gain. The fact is that a judicious use of vetoes, however
unpopular, is essential to the general interest.
For example, I did not veto the Public Works Bill because
I am against public works or against creating jobs in the
economy. I did veto the Public Works Bill because it provided
for excessive and potentially counterproductive expenditures.
The fact is that my Budget for 1977 recommends a 17.3 percent
increase in spending for public works on other physical facilities.
At some point, one must ask "How much is enough?" If the
Government keeps adding one spending program after another, we
run the risk of a surge of inflation which could undermine our
healthy economic recovery. Programs that appear to be designed
for job creation may actually result in job destruction.
If we can restrain Government spending, we can cut taxes.
Lower taxes will spur investment, increase production of goods
and services, and provide useful, long-lasting jobs.
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
The Pause in the Recovery
The recovery has been remarkably strong. Real gross
national product has risen by 7 percent over the past year.
Since the recession low of March 1975 total employment has
increased by nearly 4 million people to a record high of 88
million. Following a sharp recession, such as the one of 1974-
75, a sharp recovery is typical. Taking into account the
extremely difficult circumstances of 1974-75 this recovery has
been very strong -- stronger in fact than most forecasters
expected.
But, as usually happens in an economic recovery, the pace
of growth is uneven. This does not mean that the economic
expansion is coming to an end. In fact, employment and income
are rising strongly. Personal savings are still at high levels.
Price increases have moderated and consumers are still confident
about the future.
The pause in the strong pace of consumer spending during the
summer ended in August. Business investment is now increasing.
Recent data on nondefense capital goods orders (up over 30 percent
since the start of the year), the value of plant and equipment
projects started (up 10 percent in the last quarter), and new
capital appropriations (up 13 pércent in the last quarter) suggest
sharp gains in capital spending in the months ahead. Consequently,
we are confident that the recovery is solid and that it will be
sustained at an above average pace over the next year or SO
GERALD FORD LIBRART
Wage and Price Controls
I oppose wage and price controls because they are
ineffective tools for reducing inflationary pressures and
because they interfere with an efficient allocation of
economic resources.
Controls deal with the results of inflation rather than
the causes. Our experience with controls in 1972-73 indicated
that controls were ineffective in holding down inflation. Where
controls did in fact suppress prices and wages, they created
severe distortions. In some of our basic industries like steel
and paper, as profits were squeezed down by controls, expansion
plans were cut back, setting the stage for later shortages of
these essential products. Ironically, controls thus eventually
increased the pressures on prices rather than lessened them.
Controls, in summary, distort investment decisions and the
allocation of resources, distort markets and exports, keep
natural forces from reacting against economic defects, and give
a false impression of action which delays truly effective
remedial action.
Moreover, standby wage and price controls tend to fuel
inflation because management and labor seek higher settlements
and prices in anticipation of controls actually being imposed.
FORD i LIBRARY GERALD
Investment and Jobs
Increasing investment in plants and equipment is
necessary to achieve full employment in productive and mean-
ingful jobs. We need to create 10 million new jobs by 1930.
This will require over $30,000 worth of net investment for
each new worker.
Tie need more capital investment to create the necessary
jobs for our growing labor force, restrain inflation, improve
productivity, protect our environment, develop our energy re-
sources and maintain our international competitive position.
In short, capital investment is essential if we are to achieve
our national goals. It is obvious that we cannot forever eat
our seed corn or use our fence posts for firewood.
Fiscal responsibility by the Federal Government is essential
if we are to have adequate investment. Larger Federal deficits
mean the Federal Government must borrow more from the pool of
savings leaving less for private investment in plants and equip-
ment. In addition to seeking to reduce the size of the Federal
deficit, I have proposed a number of specific measures including
making permanent the investment tax credit, elimination of the
double taxation of dividends, and special incentives for invest-
ment in plants and equipment in high unemployment areas.
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
The Ford Job Creation Record
A solid and well balanced economic recovery is underway.
Production, employment and incomes have risen rapidly and we expect
these gains to continue in the coming months. Since the recession
low of March 1975, total employment has increased by nearly 4 million
to a record high of 88 million. More jobs have been created in the
last year and a half than in any other 18 month period in the nation's
history.
The rise in unemployment over the summer does not indicate
that the recovery has stalled or that there is a need to change our
course. During the past year and a half unemployment has declined
significantly. In the past several months the rise in employment
has been offset by an extraordinary increase in the labor force.
In the last year and a half the labor force has grown by approximately
200,000 per month. Yet in the last eight months the labor force
has increased at a rate of almost 300,000 per month. It is the
dramatic rise in the labor force which has prevented unemployment
from declining even more substantially.
It is very important to distinguish between a rise in the
unemployment rate that results from workers losing their jobs and
a rise in unemployment caused by an unprecedented increase in the
labor force.
The recent increase in the unemployment rate is not the
BALD FORD LIBRARY
result of a decline in employment. Indeed, one half million new
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workers have been added to payrolls during the past two months,
an exceptionally large figure. We believe that the extra-
ordinary rise in the labor force growth is coming to an end and
we expect continued strong growth in new jobs will soon sharply
reduce the unemployment rate.
FORD i LIBRARY DERALD
The Ford Approach to Unemployment
My approach to the unemployment problem has four
parts.
First, to return the economy to a pattern of sustained
growth without inflation. There can be no lasting job security
in a period of soaring inflation. We have learned that inflation
destroys jobs. I have emphasized reducing inflation because it
is a necessary condition for stable growth and full employment.
Second, alleviating the economic hardship for those who are
unemployed through temporarily extending unemployment insurance
coverage to 12 million additional workers and temporarily extend-
ing the period of time individuals may receive unemployment
insurance benefits from 39 to 65 weeks.
Third, providing increased funds for established Federal
programs including the Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA)
summer youth employment, and public service employment.
Fourth, the creation of productive, long-lasting jobs in
the private sector through increased capital investment. This
requires curbing the growth in Federal spending, eliminating
obsolete, unproductive Federal regulation, reducing individual
and corporate income taxes, and encouraging increased investment
in America's future through a series of tax incentives.
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
File
Labor
September 9, 1976
On July 22, 1975 at a meeting with President Ford and John
Dunlop, then Secretary of Labor, the Associated General Contractors
of America (AGC) told President Ford of its opposition to the Situs
Picketing Bill. President Ford told the AGC that he had agreed to
sign the Situs Picketing Bill provided that certain safeguards were
placed on it and if concurrently with its delivery to him "legislation
providing for comprehensive bargaining reform in the construction in-
dustry acceptable to both labor and management also was placed on
his desk. " The Collective Bargaining Bill, which was delivered to
President Ford, did not contain a single suggestion put forward by
construction management, it was not comprehensive reform and it was
not acceptable to construction management. Therefore, President
Ford's promise was voided and by vetoing the combined bill (Situs
Picketing Bill and Collective Bargaining Bill), he did not break a
promise.
I'm leaving with you copies of testimony by the AGC before the
House Committee and Senate Committee, and testimony by Sheet Metal
and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association before the
Senate Committee showing their opposition to the Collective Bargain-
ing Bill.
Employers often stated opposed to the Situs Picketing section
of the combined bill is well known to President Ford, and I believe
he (President Ford) opposed Situs Picketing when he was a member of
the House of Representatives.
Reports spread by newspapers and some labor union leaders that
the President had vacillated and broken a promise has been unanswered
by anybody in the Administration, or by the President's Campaign
Committee. I believe that it is essential that the proper state
ment of the President's positions and actions must be made known
immediately.
note of appreciation for Hallaran mtq.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 10, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JIM CANNON
ART QUERN
FROM:
BILL DIEFENDERFER
amp
SUBJECT:
DOL CERTIFICATION OF ALIEN LABOR
(JAMACIANS) FOR WEST VIRGINIA
APPLE HARVEST.
You should be aware that there is a problem in West
Virginia concerning DOL certification of alien labor
to assist in the apple harvest. I have been working with
DOL and the apple growers to resolve the problem.
Governor Moore's office has been in touch with me
about the issue.
I am available to handle all inquiries relative to
this matter. Presently, I feel the situation does
not warrant your personal attention.
Bull
onl.
FORD
Thank
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table
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 11, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JIM CANNON
ART QUERN
FROM:
DAVID LISSY
my
I thought you should be aware of the attached report of
the labor agreement Bill Usery approved for DOL employees.
It amounts to a closed shop situation. I would not be
surprised if we start to hear again from some of Usery's
critics.
Daniel Ms call me
June
BALO GERALD P FORD
09:35
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THE WASHINGTON POST
Friday, September 10, 1976
MIKE CAUSEY
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Mr. James Cannon
The White House
June
Washington, D.C.
Dear Jim:
It was good of you to meet with Harry Halloran and me last Thursday.
I hope we did not take too much of your time.
I felt it important for you to meet Halloran because he stands well,
not only with all the contractors but also with the unions, too, and
is one of those fellows in the contracting business who seems to have
no enemies on either side. Whatever information he gave you he was
not thinking of himself. He was thinking of President Ford and his
re-election.
Again, with many thanks and I hope to see you again soon.
for Leonard W. Hall
Sincerely,
LWH:mc
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 17, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JIM CANNON
FROM:
BILL DIEFENDERFER
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SUBJECT:
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON FEDERAL
PAPERWORK ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
I have attached for your signature a proposed letter which
would transmit from the White House to the Department of
Labor the Commission on Federal Paperwork's Report on the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration which was
submitted to the President on July 6, 1976.
Although the Department of Labor greatly assisted in the
development of the Commission's report and has already
adopted several of the Commission's recommendations, the
Department feels precluded from officially commenting on
the report unless requested to do so by the White House.
Bob Linder's office informs me that no official mechanism
exists for sending the report to the Department of Labor
and recommends that it be sent to Secretary Usery with a
brief letter from you.
Attachment.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINCTON
September 17, 1976
Dear Secretary Usery:
As you know, the Commission on Federal Paperwork
has completed and forwarded to the President a
report on the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration. I understand that the
Department of Labor played an important role
in the production of the report.
I am forwarding a copy of the Commission's report
on behalf of the President so that you may
formally comment on its contents.
Sincerely,
James M. Cannon
Assistant to the President
for Domestic Affairs
The Honorable William J. Usery, Jr.
Secretary of Labor
Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20534
LIBRARY GERALD R. FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE David
WASHINGTON
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September 24, 1976
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
JIM CANNON
FROM:
DAVID LISSY
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SUBJECT:
MEMORANDUM FROM THE PRESIDENT TO
EARL BUTZ AND BILL USERY
I recommend you forward the attached memorandum to the
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President for signature.
You will recall the numerous complaints from farmers
about recent proposed OSHA regulations. The agreement
to pass farm related rules past the Secretary of
Agriculture for review should be well received in the
farm community. The only potential criticism would be
from those who see any coordination between OSHA and
other agencies as a weakening of OSHA.
Jim Cavanaugh has discussed with Bill Usery the idea of
a memorandum from the President on this matter and is
familiar with the issue.
THE WHITE HOUSE
ACTION
WASHINGTON
September 24, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
JIM CANNON
SUBJECT:
Co-ordination of OSHA Regulations
Between Jun Departments of Labor and
Agriculture
I recommend that you sign the attached memorandum to
Earl Butz and Bill Usery noting your approval of their
efforts to coordinate development of Occupational Safety
and Health Administration regulations pertaining to
farms and ranches. The coordination will hopefully
preclude a recurrence of the recent situation which
saw OSHA proposed rules being widely condemned by the
farm community because they seemed to indicate a lack
of understanding of the realities of farm life.
The language of this memorandum has been approved by
senior aides to both Earl Butz and Bill Usery. It
has also been cleared by Doug Smith.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM FOR
THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
THE SECRETARY OF LABOR
I was pleased to learn you have jointly agreed to a closer
working relationship prior to the promulgation of any
future Occupational Safety and Health Administrative rules
relating to farms and ranches and that the Secretary of
Agriculture will henceforth review all such rules.
This new procedure will not only help assure appropriate
safety and health standards but will also call upon the
expertise of those most familiar with farm and ranch life
and the safety needs of our farmers and ranchers.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 30, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO:
JIM CANNON
FROM:
STEVE McCONAHEY 8PM
SUBJECT:
Extension of CETA Titles II and VI
H.R. 12987
In H.R. 12987, the Congress has produced a satisfactory
piece of legislation which will prevent the layoff of
those currently employed under CETA and will also
provide the impetus for the creation of additional jobs
to counteract long-termed unemployment.
It should be noted that this program is targeted at a
different group from that under the public works
countercyclical bill which is also under consideration.
The countercyclical bill helps state and local govern-
ments cope with their fiscal crises while public
service employment helps individuals cope with their
personal crisis of unemployment.
I recommend that the President sign H.R. 12987.
Steve
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September 29, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
BILL NICHOLSON
FROM:
MAX FRIEDERSDORF
If the President decides to sign the CETA bill (Emergency
Jobs Programs, H.R. 12987), Secretary Usery requests a
signing ceremony.
00: Jack Marsh
Jim Cannon
Jim Lynn
Jim Connor
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Labor -HEW
[ca. 9/29/76]
Just before adjourning for the final weeks of the
election campaign, the Congress has sent me H.R. 14232, the
Department of Labor, and Health, Education and Welfare Appro-
priations for fiscal year 1977 which begins October lst. This
last and second largest of the major Federal appropriation
bills to be considered by this Congress is a perfect example
of the triumph of partisan election-year politics over fiscal
restraint and responsibility to the hard-pressed American
taxpayer.
Contained in this bill are appropriations for numerous
essential domestic programs which have worthy purposes and
affect millions of citizens. My budget for these purposes
totals $52.5 billion, providing an increase since 1970 that
is 75% greater than the rate of growth in the Federal Budget
as a whole. But my proposals also included substantial reforms
in the major areas covered by these appropriations designed to
improve their efficiency and reduce the growth of Federal
bureaucracy and red tape.
The majority in control of this Congress has ignored
my reform proposals and loaded nearly $4 billion in additional
spending onto these popular programs.
The partisan political purpose of this bill is patently
clear. It is to present me with the choice of vetoing these
inflationary increases and appearing heedless of the human
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needs which these Federal programs were intended to meet, or to
sign the measure and demonstrate inconsistency with my previous
anti-inflationary vetoes on behalf of the American taxpayer
and invite the charge of currying favor with the voting groups
directly affected by these programs.
I believe the American people are wiser than the Congress
thinks. They know that compassion on the part of the Federal
Government involves more than taking additional cash from their
paychecks. They know that inflationary spending and larger
deficits must be paid for not only by all Federal taxpayers
but by every citizen, including the poor, the unemployed, the
retired persons on fixed incomes, through the inevitable re-
duction in the purchasing power of their dollars.
I believe strongly in compassionate concern for those
who cannot help themselves, but I have compassion for the tax-
payer too. My sense of compassion also says that we shouldn't
ask the taxpayers to spend their money for a tangled mess of
programs that the Congress itself has shown all too often
to be wasteful and inefficient -- programs which all too often
fail to really help those in need.
The Congress says it cares about cutting inflation and
controlling Federal spending.
The Congress says it wants to stop fraud and abuse in
Federal programs.
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The Congress says it wants to end duplication and overlap
in Federal activities.
But when you examine this bill carefully you discover
that what the Congress says has very little to do with what
the Congress does.
If the Congress really cared about cutting inflation and
controlling Federal spending, would they send me a bill that
is $4 billion over my $52.5 billion request?
If the Congress really wanted to stop fraud and abuse
in Federal programs like Medicaid, would they appropriate more
money for it this year than they did last year without any
reform?
If the Congress really wanted to end duplication and
overlap in Federal activities, would they continue all of these
narrow programs this year -- at higher funding levels than last
year?
If the Congress really wanted to cut the deficit and
ease the burden on the taxpayer, would they ignore serious
reform proposals?
The resounding answer to all of these questions is no.
I cannot ask American taxpayers to accept
greater
increases without a commitment to serious reform. I do not
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believe the people want more bureaucratic business as usual.
I believe the people want the reforms I have proposed which
would target the dollars on those in real need while reducing
Federal interference in our daily lives and returning more
decision-making freedom to State and local levels where it
belongs.
I therefore return without my approval H.R. 14232, and
urge the Congress to enact immediately my budget proposals
and to adopt my program reforms.
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The British people are today experiencing the result
of saying "yes" to every social spending proposal that has
come along for many years. As Prime Minister James Callahan
g
said just yesterday, "Britian for too long has lived on
Browned time,
money and borrowed ideas. We will fail if we think we
can buy our way out of our present difficulties by printing
confetti money and by paying ourselves more than we earn. "
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September 29, 1976
Although I am vetoeing this legislation for the reasons I outlined
above, I wish to state my general sympathy with those provisions
applying to the use of Federal funds for abortions. These
provisions, agreed to for the first time by both Houses, impress
me as a reasonable and prudent interim measure pending completion
of studies by the Executive Branch, which I have ordered and
which are now underway 1 and hopefully by the appropriate committees
of the Congress.
Jabor
INFORMATION
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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September 30, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JIM CANNON
FROM:
DAVID LISS mrs
SUBJECT:
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION -- DOL
REGULATIONS
The attached is a further story on the new proposed
DOL regulations on affirmative action in which you
recently expressed interest.
This story is an indication of how the half full glass
can also be half empty.
Headline sums it up.
Donis
Juni
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September 27, 1976
Chronecle of Higher Education
Affirmative-Action Proposals
Please Colleges, Irk Women
Latter assert federal government's new rules
would be a step backwards for civil rights
By Cheryl M. Fields
nities resulting from the contemplat-
cedural safeguards" requested by in-
WASHINGTON
ed award; because of changes in the
stitutions and "provide for orderly
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