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Fernando E.C. De Baca Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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SER - JOBS FOR PROGRESS, INC.
National Office / 9841 Airport Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca 90045 (213) 649-1511 / Ricardo Zazueta, National Director
R
March 13, 1975
MAR 14 1975
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ANTONIO MORALES
Mr. Fernando de Baca
CHAIRMAN
Assistant to the President
EDWARD VALENZUELA
VICE-CHAIRMAN
Spanish-American Affairs
WILLIAM BONILLA
SECRETARY/TREASURER
Old Executive Office Building
CECILIA ARMIJO
Washington, D.C. 20500
DIRECTOR
SARAH BARELA
DIRECTOR
Estimado Fernando,
JOE BENITES
DIRECTOR
Enclosed for your information is copy of a letter sent
DANIEL CAMPOS
DIRECTOR
to Senator Warren G. Magnuson concerning the Department
ELVIA CHAVEZ
of Labor and Manpower Legislation.
DIRECTOR
TONY GALLEGOS
DIRECTOR
Sinceramente,
AMADOR GARCIA
DIRECTOR
BERTHA GARCIA
Ficordo
zogute
DIRECTOR
PETE V. VILLA
Ricardo Zazueta
DIRECTOR
National Director
RZ:cz
Enclosures
FORD i LIBRARY BERALD
A Non-Profit Corporation Under Section 501 (C) of Internal Revenue Code
SER JOBS FOR PROGRESS, INC.
National Office / 9841 Airport Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca 90045 (213) 649-1511 / Ricardo Zazueta, National Director
March 13, 1975
The Honorable Warren G. Magnuson
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
United States House of Representatives
PETE VILLA
Washington, D.C. 20515
CHAIRMAN
GREGORY LUNA
VICE-CHAIRMAN
Estimado Congressmon Magnuson:
RAYMUNDO RODRIGUEZ
SECRETARY
Enclosed for your information is a letter I have just received
WILLIAM BONILLA
TREASURER
from Mr. Ben Burtdesky Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manpower.
TONY ALVAREZ
His letter concerns a letter which SER submitted to the President
DIRECTOR
in which we raised a number of issues concerning the Spanish-
CECILIA ARMIJO
DIRECTOR
Origin. Some of these issues specifically dealt with the Depart-
SARAH BARELA
ment of Labor and Manpower Legislation. So consequently the
DIRECTOR
President referred those sections to the Department of Labor
JOE BENITES
DIRECTOR
for their response.
DANIEL CAMPOS
DIRECTOR
TONY GALLEGOS
One of the issues we raised in our letter to the President and
DIRECTOR
to which Mr. Burtdesky addressed himself to concerned Senate
DANIEL 1. GALVAN
DIRECTOR
Report language accompanying the FY 75 Labor/HEW Appropriations
AMADOR GARCIA
Bill which calls for 15 million dollars out of Title I to be
DIRECTOR
matched with 15 million dollars out of Title III for the funding
JULIAN MARTINEZ
DIRECTOR
of local SER projects and for an additional 3 million dollars for
PAUL MONTEMAYOR
a National SER Office. In late January you also addressed yourself
DIRECTOR
to this issue by sending a letter to Secretary of Labor Brennan
ED VALENZUELA
DIRECTOR
requesting official Department of Labor policy on the status of
this report language. The Department of Labor declined to answer
your letter because of the pending shift in the position of
Secretary of Labor.
The enclosed letter from Mr. Burtdesky does finally state official
Department of Labor policy on the issue. of the report language and
it is apparent that the Manpower Administration does not recognize
the compromise reached by those conferees who met to discuss the
differences between the House and Senate versions of the FY 75
Labor/HEW Appropriations Bill. At that time the conferees agreed
that both languages were complementary-and therefore no negotiations
or rewriting of either the House or the Senate language was required.
The Departmnet of Labor, on the other hand, states that there was
indeed no compromise reached and therefore there is no congressional
mandate accompanying the language in the reports.
Apparently if the Department of Labor is to implement this language
it will have to receive explicit instructions in committee report
language. The opportunity for realizing this goal exists in the
upcoming FY 76 Department of Labor appropriations legislation
FORD i LIBRARY GERALD
The Honorable Warren G. Magnuson
March 13, 1975
Page - 2 -
Another issue which SER raised in its letter to the President and to
which Mr. Burtdesky addresses himself to in the letter concerns the
equitable distribution of jobs under Title II and VI of the Compre-
hensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. OPCS reviews of PEP
done during the final fourth quarter of fiscal year 1974 for the
Denver, Dallas, and San Francisco Regions reveal a distinct pattern
of discrimination against the Spanish-Origin, not only in the pro-
portion of jobs held, but also in the distribution of jobs. The
questions that SER raises on behalf of the Spanish-Origin community
is what new procedures or guidelines is the Department of Labor
implementing to prevent this same pattern of discrimination from
developing under Title II and Title VI of CETA. Primarily the same
Prime Sponsors who handle PEP monies are now also administering
Title II and Title VI monies and the likelyhood of a rapid and
favorable change in their employment practices is unlikely unless
a consistant effort is made by the Department of Labor to implement
language in the Bill which calls for an equitable distribution of
jobs among the disadvantaged.
If we can be of any assistance please feel free to call on us.
Sinceramente,
Ficordo 3 agusts
Ricardo Zazueta
National Director
RZ:cz
Enclosure
cc: Senators
Gaylord Nelson
Edward Kennedy
Walter Mondale
Alan Cranston
Richard Schweiker
William Proxmire
Joseph Montoya
Thomas Eagleton
Birch Boajh
John Tower
John Tunney
Congressmen:
George Mahon
John J. Rhodes
Edward Roybal
Ray Madden
GERALD Anought P. FORD
Mr. Fernando de Baca,
Assistant to the President
frading
SENT
January 21, 1975
Honorable Peter J. Brennan
Secretary of Labor
Department of Labor
Washington, D.C. 20210
Dear Mr. Secretary:
I would like your assurance that you intend to comply with
language pertaining to Opportunities Industrialization Centers and
SER, Jobs for Progress, Inc. in the Senate Report accompanying
Public Law 93-517, the regular FY 1975 Labor-HEW Appropriations Act.
The Senate Report language directs the Department of Labor
to provide not less than $15 million in Title III funds under the
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to prime sponsors on a
50-50 matching basis for the funding of OIC. It furthermore instructs
the Department to take steps to insure that funding of OIC for fiscal
year 1975 be at least a total of $75 million through a combination of
support by State and local sponsors and national contracts.
The Committee Report also instructs the Department to provide
not less than $15 million out of Title III to prime sponsors on a 50-50
matching basis for the funding of SER programs and, in addition, to
provide $3 million out of Title III for a SER National Office.
Enactment of the Urgent Supplemental Appropriation, Public
Law 93-624, provides an additional $875 million under the Comprehensive
Employment and Training Act. Together with the $2,400,000,000 contained
In the regular appropriation, there should now be sufficient funds
available to provide the amounts specified in our Senate REport for SER
and OIC's.
I want to reiterate the Committee's statement that OIC
presented arguments of compelling importance for these funds and that
the job training and employment programs of this organization have had
an outstanding record of success. The Committee also stated that SER,
Jobs for Progress, Inc., has performed in an effective and efficient
manner for the past eight years in providing services to the limited-
English-speaking. The legislative record clearly indicates that the
view of the House did not differ from that of the Senate.
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
Page 2 - Honorable Peter J. Brennan - January 21, 1975
I am, therefore, asking that you inform me of your plan by
February 10, 1975 to comply with Senate Report 93-1146 with respect to
SER, Jobs for Progress, Inc., and Opportunities Industrialization
Centers of America.
I look forward to your prompt reply.
Sincerely,
Warren G. Magnuson,
Chairman, Subcommittee on
Labor-Health, Education,
and Welfare
WGM:Dh
224-7291
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECURITY POR MANPOWER
THE
WASHINGTON, DC 20210
AND
FEB 12 1975
Mr. Ricardo Zazueta
National Director
SER-Jobs for Progress, Inc.
FEB 18 1975
9841 Airport Boulovard
Los Angeles, California 90045
Dear Mr. Zazueta:
The President has asked the Department to reply directly
to you on your letter of January 17, 1975, in which you
urged the implementation of economic measures designed to
aid persons of Spanish origin. to this end, I would like
to discuss below only those matters in your letter which
impact on manpower activities.
First, you urge that the Department insure that the Spanish
origin receive an equitable share of public service jobs
and monies. Presumably, you are referring to jobs which
are being created under titles II and VI of the Comprehensive
Employment and Training Act (CETA) of 1973. In preparing
regulations to implement these two titles of CETA, the
Manpower Administration was determined that all segments of
the population would be given an equitable opportunity to
secure these public service jobs. We, therefore, included
in our regulations specific mention of services to
significant segments of the population which, as you know,
incorporates the Spanish origin.
Section 96.29 (a) of the title II regulations states: "The
significant segments of an eligible applicant's population
shall be served on an equitable basis. For example,
individuals from each significant segment could be placed in
programs under Title II in a manner consistent with their
incidence in the unemployed population of the eligible
applicant or other measures of equity could be utilized.
Sections 205 (c) (2) and 208 (b). Similar language vas
made a part of our recent regulations for title VI. Obviously,
we are committed to the equitable distribution of jobs and
funds to all groups.
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
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the other manpower issue raised in your letter concerned
both the Senate and Bouse reports on the 1975 Labor-HEW
Appropriation Bill. You have suggested that the Department
comply with the "intent of Congress" by providing title III
funds on a matching basis with prime sponsors.
The fact is that there are substantial differences between
the House and Senate reports relative to language concerning
OIC and SER. The differences between the two versions were
not resolved in conference. The final appropriation bill
(House 93rd Congress, 2nd Session, Report No. 93-1489,
November 21, 1974, Conference Report, "Making Appropriations
to DOL-HEW and Related Agencies") makes no mention of SER
and contains no language that incorporates by reference
either the House or Senate reports. Thus, no clear direction
was indicated by the Congress and it becomes the responsibility
of the Department of Labor to determine what course of action
must be followed.
It is the position of the Manpower Administration that it is
clearly the intent of the act that State and local prime
sponsors are to have the responsibility to allocate manpower
resources available to them in a manner that reflects the
needs of the individuals within their areas of jurisdiction.
To in any way set aside funds for specific private nonprofit
groups by name under any title of the act, in our opinion,
violates the original intent of Congress when the act was
passed. We do not feel, therefore, that the language that
appears in either the House or Senate conference report in
any way binds the Manpower Administration to make additional
resources available to SER.
I would also like to note that even if Congress had incorporated
language in the final appropriation bill the Department of
Labor would not be in a position to carry out the mandate.
Funds available under title III of CETA are committed to
ongoing programs of proven effectiveness with as very minor
degree of flexibility. In Fiscal Year 1976, it is anticipated
that even further cuts will be made in national mangower
programs due to the substantial decrease in total overall
resources.
This is, of course, why we have stressed the importance of
developing the capability within SER of dealing directly at
the local level with CETA prime sponsors, and is the primary
reason why WB continue to support the national SER organizátion.
FORD i LIBRARY GERALD
3
The Manpower Administration has every intent to implement
the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act in à fair
and impartial way in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the act. We have confidence that the intent and purpose
of the act will be carried out in an equitable manner by the
State and local units of government that have been designated
as prime sponsors,
We again would like to stress the importance of developing
sound working relationships with CETA prime sponsors, If we
can be of assistance in this matter, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Bar Benetz
BEN BURDETSKY
Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Nanpower
FORD j LIBRARY GERALD
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
MAR 14 1975
OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR
REGION IX
ROOM 10064 FEDERAL BUILDING
450 GOLDEN GATE AVENUE, BOX 36017
March 11, 1975
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102
OF LABOR
UNITED
20
STATES
DEAMERICA
Honorable Timothy Barrow
OF
Mayor of Phoenix
251 West Washington
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Dear Mayor Barrow:
Following the Rio Salado briefing and brainstorming meeting on February
14, which you co-hosted with Congressman John Rhodes, I returned to
San Francisco to explore what resources the Department of Labor could
make available for the project.
Of course, the principal source of DOL assistance for a project of this
kind is made available through the Comprehensive Employment and Training
Act (CETA) of 1973, which at the beginning of each fiscal year provides
grants of money to States and to local governments of 100,000 population
or more for local manpower programs. As one of the principal members of
the Cooperative Employment and Training Agency, the consortium of the
City of Phoenix and the County of Maricopa, which receives CETA funds for
your area, you are aware it may be possible to provide Federally funded
OJT, training and work experience to the unemployed and disadvantaged,
and in some cases, Public Service Employment (PSE) for the project. The
decision of whether to do SO or not remains the sole responsibility of
the Cooperative Employment and Training Agency.
My Regional Staff will be working with your consortium so that the man-
power aspects of the Rio Salado project is taken into account when the
1976 fiscal year CETA plan is developed in the next few months.
Additionally, the Federal assistance available to the City of Phoenix/
County of Maricopa consortium under CETA may be increased in the near
future from two other sources.
The first source is the Secretary of Labor's Discretionary Fund for Title
VI of CETA (the PSE section). There is 70-odd million dollars in this
fund which is expected to be released this month. Criteria for deter-
mining how this money will be distributed is not yet established but the
formula is expected to include factors based on whether unemployment
is rising in an area or on how effectively previous Title VI money was
utilized. If the Cooperative Employment and Training Agency receives a
share of this discretionary money, it alone would make the decision as
to how it would be used and the Rio Salado project could be given prime FORD
consideration.
GERALD
LIBRARY
An Equal Opportunity Employer
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The second possible source of additional funds could be decided by the
Congress and the President in the next several weeks. Congress pre-
sently is deliberating whether to appropriate more money for the
Emergency Jobs Program (Title VI of CETA). If more funds are made
available, it could reasonably be expected that the City of Phoenix/
Maricopa County consortium would receive its proportionate share. As
before, the consortium would determine how it wished to spend the
additional money and whether to make any of it available to the Rio
Salado project.
Please be assured that as I become aware of any other resources for
which the Rio Salado project might qualify, I shall bring it to your
attention. If you have any questions about the information I have pro-
vided here, or if there are any other ways in which you think I could
be of assistance, please don't hesitate to call on me.
Graug W Smith Yours truly,
George W Smith
Regional Director
CC: Congressman Rhodes
Phoenix Office
Fernando DeBaca, Special Assistant
to the President
William J. Haltigan, Assistant
Regional Director for Manpower
FORD & 9ERALD LIBRARY
SER - JOBS FOR PROGRESS, INC.
National Office / 9841 Airport Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca 90045 (213) 649-1511 / Ricardo Zazueta, National Director
MAR 14 1975
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ANTONIO MORALES
March 11, 1975
CHAIRMAN
EDWARD VALENZUELA
VICE-CHAIRMAN
WILLIAM BONILLA
SECRETARY/TREASURER
CECILIA ARMIJO
DIRECTOR
SARAH BARELA
Dr. Fernando C. De Baca
DIRECTOR
JOE BENITES
Special Assistant to the President
DIRECTOR
The White House
DANIEL CAMPOS
DIRECTOR
Washington, D. C. 20500
ELVIA CHAVEZ
DIRECTOR
Estimado Dr. De Baca:
TONY GALLEGOS
DIRECTOR
AMADOR GARCIA
This is the testimony that SER/Jobs for Progress, Inc. presented
DIRECTOR
before the United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public
BERTHA GARCIA
DIRECTOR
Welfare during the hearings on the nomination of Mr. John Dunlop
PETE V. VILLA
as Secretary of Labor.
DIRECTOR
This testimony has some recommendations that I feel are very im-
portant to our community in the area of CETA (Comprehensive
Employment and Training Act of 1974), Migrants, Public Service
Employment, Research and Statistics, the Office of Federal Contract
Compliance, and Illegal Aliens.
We hope that some of these recommendations will be implemented by
the new Secretary of Labor. Please let me know if there are some
other areas that we need to pursue.
Sinceramente,
Sicordo Zazuta
Ricardo Zazueta
National Director
RZ:csm
Enclosure
FORD & LIBRARY
A Non-Profit Corporation Under Section 501 (C) of Internal Revenue Code
TESTIMONY BY
RICARDO ZAZUETA
NATIONAL DIRECTOR
SER /JOBS FOR PROGRESS, INC.
BEFORE THE
SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
ON THE NOMINATION OF
MR. JOHN DUNLOP
AS
SECRETARY OF LABOR
FEBRUARY 25, 1975
FORD i GERALD LIBRARY
(A) Introduction
Senator Cranston, I am Ricardo Zazueta and to my right is
Narciso Cano. I am testifying before you today in my role as the
National Director of SER/Jobs for Progress, Inc., a demonstrated
effective community-based organization servicing the Spanish-origin
community. We are sponsored by the two largest Spanish-origin
fraternal organizations in America, the American G. I. Forum
and LULAC, the League of United Latin American Citizens.
In reference to Mr. Dunlop's nomination, we are especially
pleased to note Mr. Dunlop was born and educated in California, a
state that has over 3 million of our 16 million Spanish-origin
Americans. And, we note further that Mr. Dunlop was raised in
the Philippines where Spanish is the dominant language. We hope
that as a result of his first-hand knowledge, Mr. Dunlop will be
sensitive toward problems unique to the Spanish-American commu-
nity.
(B.) Meetings with
Our intention in this testimony is to raise questions concerning
Mr. Dunlop
our problems which we hope the Committee will ask of Mr. Dunlop.
But, most important of all is our wish to have periodic discussions
with Mr. Dunlop. An open and frequent dialogue with the Secretary
of Labor on these and other problems can't help but to resolve some
of them in favor of the Spanish-origin community. We think this is
especially important since there are no Spanish-origin employees
in major administrative positions in the Washington Office of the
Department of Labor--no policy makers that can identify and appre-
ciate the problems of the Spanish-origin Americans.
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
Question #1
Will the nominee have frequent discussions with members of the
Spanish-origin community?
Now, the remainder of our testimony will cover issues on
CETA, Migrants, Public Service Employment, Research and
Statistics, the Office of Federal Contracts Compliance, and the
Illegal Alien.
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
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(C) CETA
Congress included language in CETA which provided that
programs of demonstrated effectiveness, such as SER, be given
due consideration in funding by Prime Sponsors. In addition, Section
301 (b) of CETA addresses the specific needs of the limited English-
speaking and instructs the Secretary of Labor to assure that special-
ized manpower programs be continued to provide bilingual and bi-
cultural manpower services. The lack of enforcement and funds
for Section 301 (b) by the Department of Labor has been a disap-
pointment to the Spanish-origin community. It is a concern to SER
and other community-based organizations that the Migrant Programs
continue to be administered by community-based organizations,
Question #2
What is the nominee's position on encouraging prime sponsors
to utilize community-based organizations of demonstrated effective-
ness ?
Question #3
In which specific ways does the nominee plar to implement Section
301 (b) and the Migrant Programs?
Towards this same end, Congress during its consideration of
the FY 1975 Labor/HEW Appropriations Bill included report language
directing the Department of Labor to fund SER in FY 1975 for 33
million dollars by means of local and national contracts. Since that
time, SER has attempted to negotiate with DOL in setting up the pro-
cedures and a timetable for implementation of this language. Un-
fortunately, we have not met with much success.
Question #4
How can we be sure that the nominee will follow the intent of
Congress?
Question #5
Will the nominee implement the language in the Senate Report con-
FORD
cerning SER ?
GERALD
LIBRARY
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(D) Public Service
"The Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act
Employment
of 1974" authorized the expenditure of 2.5 billion dollars.for Title VI
of CETA. One billion has been appropriated. The remainder, 1.5
billion will most certainly be appropriated by Congress soon. Public
Service Employment has been primarily directed at employing the
recently unemployed skilled worker who has been laid-off during
the past two years due to our country's economic recession. The
hard-core unskilled and unemployed worker, who was usually un-
employed before the recession, is now unemployed and will continue
to be unemployed after the Public Service Employment program
ends and the economy recovers. The hard-core unskilled and
uneducated, if they are included in the Public Service Employment
Program, are employed in make-shift jobs in the sanitary depart-
ments or picking up rocks in our cities. When the economy re-
covers and Public Service Employment ends, they will again be
unemployed because they are still unskilled and uneducated. The
need exists for using some Title VI money to train and educate the
hard-core unemployed and increase their chance of employment
once the economy recovers.
Question #6
Does the nominee intend to support the appropriations of 1.5
billion dollars for the remainder of this fiscal year for Title VI?
Question #7
Will the nominee establish guidelines and policies to assure that
some Title VI monies be used to train and educate the hard-core
unskilled and uneducated unemployed?
FY 1974 Public Employment Program data indicate that a
pattern of discrimination in hiring exists against the Spanish-
origin community. The Spanish-origin population are getting fewer
FORD
jobs, and the jobs they get are at the lower pay scale. SER
can
substantiate these statements.
GERALD
LIBRARY
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Question # 8
Does the nominee believe that the Spanish-origin community should
receive an equitable share of all Public Service Employment jobs?
Question #9
Will the nominee consider encouraging local program agents to
establish local minority hiring goals and timetables?
Question # 10
What procedures does the nominee intend to establish to assure
that the Spanish-origin community receives an equitable share of
Public Service Employment jobs according to the incidence of un-
employment among the Spanish-origin population?
(E) Office of Con-
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCC) is a very
tract Com-
important Division of the Department of Labor, and we are con-
pliance
cerned about its organizational position, its employment practices,
and its policies. We would appreciate Mr. Dunlop's views:
1. OFCC's organizational position and importance has apparently
been downgraded from immediately below the Secretary level
to below the Assistant Secretary's level.
Question # 11
In view of the importance of the functions of the OFCC, would the
nominee be in favor of having it placed directly under his super-
vision?
Question # 12
We would like to know the nominee's position on the need for up-
grading the Spanish-origin community's representation at the policy
and decision-making level of the OFCC?
2. The OFCC does not report on a periodic basis the results of
its activities; and thus, the level of awareness of OFCC's ef-
fectiveness as it affects the Spanish-origin community is FORD extreme-
ly low.
GERALD
LIBRARY
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Question # 13
We would like to know the nominee's opinion on our request for a
full report on OFCC, its activities, and results as they pertain to
the Spanish-origin community?
The position of Deputy Director for the OFCC has been vacant
for approximately seven (7) months. In the past, several Spanish-
origin professionals have applied for numerous top-level positions
with the OFCC; and despite the fact that they were qualified and
went so far as to pass all screening tests, they were not hired.
Question # 14
We would like to know the nominee's opinion on filling the Deputy
Director's position with a Spanish-origin professional who is
qualified?
4. Hometown plans are proving ineffective largely because DOL
has prevented OFCC from following thr ough on its mandate given
by Executive Order 11246. Affirmative action plans in most
cases are not being filed; and where they are, those not in com-
pliance are not being punished.
Question # 15
What is the nominee's stand on full enforcement of EO 11246 by
OFCC?
Question # 16
Along this same line, what is Mr. Dunlop's position on DOL's
role in integrating all occupations, not just the craft and construc-
tion trades ?
(F) Research and
We have some thoughts on how Mr. Dunlop as Secretary can
Statistics
improve the Research and Statistical gathering policies of the
Department of Labor as they affect the Spanish-origin community.
FORD
1. SER /Jobs for Progress, Inc. has a grant from the Ford Foun-
dation to study the impact of CETA on the Spanish-oribin
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community. To date we have had some cooperation from DOL
on our study. But, in some instances, obstacles have been
placed in our path.
Question # 17
Will Mr. Dunlop assist us in our efforts to objectively analyze the
impact of CETA on the Spanish-origin community?
2. A need exists for more employment data, and on a more fre-
quent basis, on the Spanish-origin community. Presently, we
believe that twice as much data is available on the Black popu-
lation as on the Spanish-origin population.
Question # 18
Will Mr. Dunlop support plans to provide more statistical data
specifically on the Spanish-origin community of the United States ?
3. Last year the Bureau of the Census revised upward its estimate
of the Spanish-origin population of the United States. We believe
this revision is not reflected in the mathematical formulas used
to distribute CETA monies. As a result, areas with a poor
Spanish-origin population may not be receiving monies they
are entitled to. And, our people lose out again.
Question #19
Will Mr. Dunlop investigate the matter, and if true, rectify the
situation?
4. We ask for an increase in the attention paid to the Spanish-
origin community by the Research Arm of DOL--OPER (Office
of Policy, Evaluation, and Research).
BERALD FORD LIBRARY
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(G) Conclusion:
Senators, in conclusion, we would appreciate having the
The Illegal
nominee state his position on the Border and Immigration policies
Alien
of the Department of Labor.
The issue is a crucial one for the Spanish-origin community,
and we ask that legislation, regulations, and procedures not be
developed without input from various groups in the community,
ourselves included.
Thank you for granting us this time to testify before this
Committee on one of the two Cabinet positions most important to
the Spanish-origin community of the United States.
FORD & LIBRARY
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SER
TENTATIVE AGENDA
NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
October 31st & November 1st 1974
New Orleans, La., Governor's House
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31ST
5:00 to 7:00 P.M.
Registration - Reception
(Registration Fee $30)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST
9:00 A.M.
Call to Order
Pete V. Villa
Pleague of the Legions
Chairman
Verification of Attendance
Secretary's proves of due
notice of meetings
Approval of Minutes of
July 12 & 13, 1974
Report of Outstanding Committees
Executive Committee
P. Villa
Personnel Committee
T. Alvarez
Program Committee
D. Galvan
Finance Committee
W. Bonilla
Policy Committee
J. Benites
12:00 Noon
Luncheon
Greg Luna
Master of Ceremonies
Awards
Ricardo Zazueta
National Director
Keynote Speaker
Fernando de Baca
Special Assistant to the
President of the United
States.
GERALD LEBRARY P. FORD
RECEIVED
JAN291975
CENTRAL FILES
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST
2:00 to 3:00 P.M.
Special Reports
1. Training and Technical Assistance Contract
2. Program Expansion
3. Supplementary funds - $2.2 million
4. New Programs
A. OMBE
B. Ford Foundation Grant
C. Texas Job Bank
5. Status of Legislation
3:00 to 4:00 P.M.
Local Program Presentation
4:00 to 4:30 P.M.
New Business
4:30 P.M.
Adjurnment
5:00 P.M.
New Orleans Open House
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd
9:00 to 12:00 NOON
Executive Session Breakfast Meeting
GERALD ? LISEARY FORD