The Detroit tribune., 1963-11-02

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Ar
thur A. Chaplin, Special Assis-
tant to the Secretary of Labor
and Minority Group Specialist,
addressed the Eight State Re
gional Conference of Jack and
Jill, Inc. a national organization
of Negro parents. in Philadel-
rhia
Nh. Caap.n cai.eG attention To-
the employment paradox now
faced by the Negro worker. par
ticularly the young Negro work
er. The paradox he said. lis
the reluctance to accept the Ne
gro in employment on the one
hand and giving him an in
ferior education on the other.
ind now demanding that he be
fully prepared at time when
many employers are embarrassed
that they have practiceG unequal
opportunities.
I'VE are being faced now with
the fact that we must be ready
because the walls of discrimina-
tion in SO many areas have crum-
bled completely. Our task now is
to see to it that our youths are
fully prepared so that the old
familiar excuse of an employer
i would, but can't find quail
flied individual will no longer
prevail.
The theme of your confer
ence New Frontiers in Youth
Development is very timely
one. and one of great impor-
tance to me- In my new job as
Special Assistant to the Secre-
tary of Labor for Manpower. |
have had a great deal of contact
with youth and the problems
they face in this decade. | will
discuss with you some of the
steps your Government is tax
inc to improve and more fully
utilize the Nations manpower.
AS we see the picture. the
Importance of an education for
today's youth cannot be overly
stated, particularly for Negro
boys and girls, For one out Of
every 3 Negro youths with only
an eighth grade education is
unemployed, compared with one
cut of 8 for the high school grad
uate and one out of 8 for those
with one or more years of coll
ege; and less than one out of
% Negroes over "a years of age
with one or more years of coll
ege is unemployed. The more ed
ucation young Negro gets, the
nearer his income approaches
that of his white counterpart.
The Negro elementary school
graduate, compared will the
white elementary school gradu-
ate gets only 68 percent of the
whites income. This increases
to II percent for the Negro high
school graduate and to 80 per.
cent for the college graduate.
Therefore, the youth who has
not completed grade school will
earn 100000 less in his life
time than the high school grad
uate: the high school graduate
will earn $4,000 less than the
college graduate. So, we can
see that education does pay Off
and il is worth the struggle and
sacrifice that each of you will
make and are making to educate
rour Youngsters, as well as the
youngsters whom you may, in
the future, provide scholarships
for.
Between 1900 and 1850, Ne
groes enrolled in Negro colleges
increased over twenty eight times.
Negroes receiving B.A. or BIS.
degrees increased "a times in
the same period compared to
l6 times for whites. In a 1861
survey of COLLEGE seniors. 96
percent of Negroes as compared
with 76 percent of whites plann-
ed to 60 to graduate on profes-
sional school.
another interesting fact about
Negroes tn at is not generally
known, is that about 250,0OU are
today attending colleges and uni
versities, about 100000 of whom
are in the South and the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
And. Negro enrolment is
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