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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
Apprenticeship
Anti-Bios Progress

Q. What success have you
had with the executive order
that the President issued, spe-
officially in the apprenticeship
programs and also on the Gov
eminent contracts?
A. There are three parts to
that program.
There has been q virtual elm
nation Of discriminatory prac-
tees so far as Government EN-.
ployment is concerned.
There are also clear indica-
lions already of a much larger
percentage of employment Of
Negroes by Government con-
tractors and Government SUD-
pliers.
And there have been an In
creastng number of unions
which have opened UP their
apprenticeship programs. This
has been partly because of the
removal Of previous discrimina-
tory bars, and 1t has beer
partly because of the realization
by Negroes that there are op-
portunities here which they
previously thought had been
denied them.
@: On the economic outlook
do you have any rough estimate
as to when we will start MAKING
some substantial progress on
unemployment, for example
getting the rate down close to
4 per cent?
A. We have moved down In
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Rail Crisis May Spur New Laws on Strikes, Wirtz SAYS

suit over the last couple Of years
has been that wage increases
have stayed very closely in line
with the increase in produc-
'tivity.
@. Would that be possibly in
part because of high unemploy-
ment?
A. I have always had a strong
allergy to the idea that we
should tolerate unemployment
in order to control initiation,
For too long we we're concerned
too much about stability and
too little about growth. / think
we have got to take growth as
our principal objective and as
sumo that we will find ways of
avoiding initiation If we do get
full employment. The record
shows there have been substan-
tial periods Of full employment
in which there has not been
an overpowering initiation prob
lem. Growth and employment
have got to come first and we
cannot settle for unemployment
as a way of avoiding initiation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

committee which could have
been done which was not done
in this case. and 1t did not
work. In this particular situa-
ton, the so-called beefed-up
mediation wasn't enough.
@. Then wouldn't the admin
iStration have to recommend
something beyond what the
committee proposed?
A. No, because that in
wolves the question of whether
there is to be provision made
in general legislation for ulti-
mate disposition of major dis
putes. or whether that is to
be done, II at all. only in par
ticular cases. I think what is
suggested here is o congress
sional disposition against gen.
eral legislation and in support
of particularized legislation.
@. Is the administration
planning on submitting a re-
quest to Congress for fair
employment practices legisla-
ton?
A. The President In his civil
rights message made completely
clear the administration's 100
per cent support for fair en-
ployment practices legislation.
There are presently before the
Congress several bills which
would establish programs of
that kind, very broad in ma
ture, and the administration is
supporting these proposals I'M
qualifiedly. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
No Nationwide
Truck Strike

@. The Transfers Union is
making a major effort, with the
cooperation Of some of the
major trucking firms, to line
up all its contracts on a Nation
wide basis and with a common
expiration date. Is this a move
in the right direction so far as
our economy is concerned, or is
there a threat of a possible
transportation tie-up that could
result from industry-wide bar
gaining?
A. There are a number OF
considerations that would &c
into a decision to establish q
uniform expiration date. l
think, just as a matter Of good
sense, that there is not going
to be a Nationwide tie-up in
the trucking industry.
@. You met in Ottawa this
past week with the Prime Mini
ster. the Labor Minister and
other Canadian officials on the
current Great Lakes maritime
dispute. What can the two gov
ernments do to resolve this
dispute?
A. This dispute is of serious
concern to the Government of
the United States and to the
government Of Canada. While
basically a labor dispute. 1t has
broader implications because of
its international character. AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

the effect not just of replacing
the strike but Of replacing bar
gaining. If 1t Is established as
a routine procedure, the par
ties will come to rely on It
rather than on their own eff
forts to reach an agreement.
1t will have an epidemic eff
feet, and therefore any start
along that line should be
avoided Just SO far as possible.
q. But this rail settlement
has been a start along that
line, hasn't 1t?
A. To the extent and only
to the extent that Congress was
in this case required to provide,
by law, for arbitration of
two Of the issues, which the
parties themselves had already
agreed to arbitrate.
1t is important to recognize
that the Congress realized the
danger Of compulsory arbitra-
ton and left the issues that
the parties had not agreed to
arbitrate to be resolved
through collective bargaining.
If there is here a piece Of q
precedent, 1t is unfortunate.
and it is as limited a precedent
as it could possibly be.
Q. DID I understand you
correctly as saying that this
rail legislation, far from being
q detriment to collective bar
gaining, would increase the
probabilities Of collective bar
gaining in the futureP
A. Yes, 1t is a little as though
collective bargaining had had
Q mild heart attack, which has
put the parties to collective
bargaining on notice that they
had better be careful and make
sure that collective bargaining
works.
Q. Isn't there a theory that
under compulsory arbitration
both sides stiffen their atti-
tudes because they can turn to
q third party?
A. It seems to me that it
has been made dead clear in
this case that compulsory arbi-
tration legislation is not easy
to come by. There was every
conceivable effort made to
avoid this necessity. there was
q clear indication, so far as
the Congress was concerned.
that It doesn't like IL at all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
Increase in Wages
And Productivity

Q. How successful has the
administrations policy been on
keeping wage increases in line
with productivity increases so
as to prevent a spiral Of rising
wages and prices2
A. 1t is as much a matter of
national good sense as it is of
administration policy. The re-
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the last 80 months from almost
z per cent to now 5a per cent,
so the movement toward an
improved situation is there
The difficulty, Of course, is
that, although some improve
ment has been made in un-
employment, the work force is
expanding so rapidly that even
though we add about q million
new jobs a year 1t is hard to
do much more than keep up
with the expanding work force,
What is needed, in addition to
programs already under way, is
a general economic stimulus
such as a tax cut would pro-
vide.
%. Do you think the employ
ment situation may worsen II
Congress does not enact a tax
cut this year?
A. Think q failure to enact
the tax program would be a
bad blow at the economy and
would result in q sharp in
crease in unemployment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

to a settlement, I am convinced
that in the free labor move
ments of the United States and
Canada there is the wisdom and
the courage to find a solution to
this dispute without government
action. I hope very much that
the free labor movements of
our two countries will assert
their basic responsibilities and
provide an answer to this
problem.
Copyright, 1853, by the Detroit News,
Newark News, st. Louis Post.Dispatch
and Washington Starr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
Full Employment
Keyed to Attenuation

Q. Haven't we reached
the point where automation is
reducing Jobs faster than new
business created by automation
is making jobsP
A. In considering this ques-
ton 1t is important first to
recognize that full employment
Is absolutely dependent upon
the fastest possible degree of
automation, because that is the
only way we can keep ahead
Of the rest Of the world so far
as efficiency and cost of opera
ton is concerned.
1t is the only way we can
maintain a higher standard of
living than the other countries
of the world, and be COMPETE
tive in world markets.
I do not think automation
is ultimately going to reduce
the total number Of jobs. I
do think however, that it Is
going to mean that people who
lack the competence and the
training for skilled and semi
skilled jobs are going to be
permanently unemployed I'M
less we provide means to train
or refrain them for new jobs.
In my judgement, we make q
mistake every time we let a
boy or girl out of school with
out equipping them with at
least a basic work skill.
@. If we ever were able to
reach an employment level
whereby only 4 per cent were
unemployed wouldn't that be
considered full employment
A. Not in my book. I don't
think we will have full employ
ment until we have q situation
In which everybody who wants
to work has an opportunity to
work. That is my only defini-
ton Of full employment; I
would not settle for 4 per cent
unemployed.
Dwell then, isn't this some
thing like heaven-we may
never reach 1t?
A.No. it is not heaven. It
is the situation in the other
democratic capitalistic societies
with which we can compare
ourselves. They have unem-
ployment down to between q
and 3 per cent. I see no rea-
son why we cannot shoot for
exactly the same goal and
reach it. So long as there are
the natural resources that we
could possibly want and still
vast unmet consumer needs, 4
see no justification for set
ting for less than full employ
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
Tombstone ToppIer

ELIZABETH, N. j., Sept. IA
(AP).-Robert zarinsky, %, re-
ceived a suspended indetermi-
nate sentence to Bordentown
Reformatory and was fined
$500 Friday for topping about
$500 tombstones at Rosedale
Cemetery, Linden, on March
%, 1862.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
Legislation
In Specific Strikes

Q. Are you taking another
look at the need for new legis-
lation on handling major
strikes?
A. The Presidents Advisory
Committee on Labor-Manage-
ment Policy made some recon-
mendations a year or SO ago.
I suspect that the railroad case
will have the effect of quick
ening consideration of the
broader problem. I realize that
there is nothing in the recon-
mendation Of the Presidents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
ON THE RECORD
BY LEE M. COIN
star staff Writer

The railroad labor crisis may
lead to action on legislation to
deal with national-emergency
strikes, Labor secretary Wirtz
said yesterday.
He acknowledged, however,
that legislative proposals under
study by the Knenedy admin
istration would not have helped
in the railroad case.
Legislative recommendations
by an advisory committee last
year relied mainly on intense
fled mediation to handle ma
tional emergency strikes. Medi-
alton in the rail crisis was in
tensive but lit did not work."
Mr., Writ observed.
Nevertheless. he said. the adj
ministration will not go beyond
the advisory committees rec
concentrations in any general
legislative proposals to Con-
greSS.
One-ShOt Legislation
II general legislation does
not work In q particlar case,
he said, Congress probably will
have to use one-shot legisla-
ton. That's what happened
last month, when Congress
blocked q Nationwide rail
strike by compelling the unions
and the railroads to arbitrate
two key issues.
Mr.. Wirtz emphasized that he
opposes compulsory arbitration
in principle, and said the form
Of the rail legislation estab-
lished las limited a precedent
as 1t could possibly be-"
He said the rail crisis may
strengthen collective bargain
ing by demonstrating for labor
and management the risks Of
relying on Congress to settle
disputes.
Mr.. Writ made his comments
in Q copyrighted On the Record
interview with the Detroit
News, Newark News, st. Louis
Post-Dispatch and Washington
Star.
Following is the text Of the
on the Record interview with
Secretary of Labor w. Willard
Writ: II
q. Mr.. Secretary, how much
danger is there Of another la
Dor crisis on the railroads next
March, when the time limit on
the bargaining provisions Of
the legislation expiresP
A. The answer to that lies
with the parties. I think, how
ever, there is a full realization
on both sides of the virtual
necessity of settlement by bar
gaining of other issues in dis
pute.
My experience with the case
would indicate that the odds
are strongly In favor Of such f,
a settlement, and I have sub ,
stantial confidence that there
will be such q settlement.
q. And If your confidence is
disappointed what could be
done about 1t? Further legis-
lation?
A. I assume that that would
be . q real possibility, and I
think that realization viii
prompt the parties to reach q
settlement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
Action by Congress
Less Likely Now

q. Is there any possibility
that the congressional action
required to forestall q rail
strike may be q prelude to
similar action In other So
called basic industries-steel,
autb, docks-that might tie up
the economy
A. My best Judgment is that
there Is less likelihood Of that
in view Of the experience with
the railroads than there would
have been otherwise. This
seems to me to have been q
real lesson in the consequences
Of q breakdown Of collective
bargaining. and I don't believe
anybody likes 1.-THE parties,
the Congress or the public.
q. Specifically on the
dock situation, what do your
preliminary Sound1ngS indicate
about the chances for reach
ing an amicable settlement next
year?
A. The termination date
Of that contract is October,
. 1864. There is q study by the
Department Of Labor being
made right now of the man.
ming and job security situation
In the industry. The plan is
that the results of that study,
to be completed early In 1854,
will be used by the parties as
a basis for working out O solu-
ton to that problem in ad-
vance Of the contract expira-
ton date.
I think that the likelihood is
that with this much antici-
patory study, and with Gre
atiVe bargaining on the part
,of the parties, the chances
Of b settlement here are vastly
Improved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
Forced Arbitration
Peril Recognized

q. What is your general po-
sitipn on compulsory arbitra-
tion2
a. ! am strongly opposed 10
compulsory arbitration. It has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30

rehabilitation will be dis
couraged.
2. Removal of light industry.
Objections have been raised by
business firms to a provision
which would allow RIA to con-
denim their properties and re-
quire them to relocate else
where.
8. Inclusion in the project of
Area A, bounded by Columbia
road, Connecticut avenue and
Calvert street.
This is a section in which
extensive restoration already
has taken place and which RIA
comedies would not be eligible
for renewal as a separate area.
Those favoring including it
contend 1t is needed to round
out the total area.
4. Licensed rooming houses.
Rooming houses with five or
more roomers would be required
to reduce this number to four.
A number Of operators of such
establishments object to this
provision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30

up, block groups we're formed,
a citizen planning council was
established, and a decision was
reached urging the District to
empower RIA to request 1884,
900 in Federal funds for ur-
ban-renewal planning, surveys
and other work.
Work Of planning with these
funds began in March, 1861,
and eliminated January 10 of
this year, when the National
Capital Planning Commission
adopted a renewal plan for the
area.
Leadership in the area in
behalf of provisions of the plan
principally centers in the ma
jority of the Adams Morgan
Planning Committee, headed
by Donald D. Gartenhaus. a
furrier. This committee is COM
posed of representatives of
block groups" and certain
other organizations in the area.
Opponents of the plan have
contended the block organiza-
tons do not fully represent
public opinion. The organized
groups retort that block-group
membership was open to oil.
Items Of Controversy
Strongly supporting the plan
are the Redeveloplnent Land
Agency and the National Capt.
tai Planning Commission. RIA
has maintained a field office
in the area at a cost of $4,000
for more than two years-es-
sentially with the same staff
provided by the earlier demon
stration project. This staff has
worked with block groups and
with the Adams Morgan Plan
ming Committee.
Aspects Of the plan on which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30
Adams-Morgan Hearings Start Tomorrow

opposition has centered include:
/. "Scattered-site" public
housing. This provision would
allow property acquired by the
agency to be sold to the Ma
tional Capital Housing Author
ity for use as additional public
housing on scattered sites, not
to exceed a total of 100 dwell
ings units.
This proposal has aroused
widespread controversy and was
condemned by members of the
House District Subcommittee
which recently has been inquir-
ing into renewal operations
here.
Referring to this, Mr.. Doyle
recently told the subcommittee:
Perhaps some rnisunder-
standing could have been
avoided had the urban-renewal
plan stated that in carrying
out the project the Redevelop-
ment Land Agency would sell
to the National Capital Hous-
ing Authority only such struc-
lures as are not conformed to
the requirements of the plan
by their owners and are not
saleable to private buyers at
prices equal to, or reasonably
approaching, their fair market
value, and then only If the Ma
tional Capital Housing Author
ity is able to pay more for the
structure than offered by a
prospective private buyer"
Firms Oppose Relocation
Opponents of this part Of the
plan contend. however, that
If the possibility exists of in
dividual homes being used for
public housing, private owners
will be discouraged from con-
forming their houses and thus
the plans emphasis on private.
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be needed in cash but could
be financed partly by District
work done in the area and
partly from "carryover" credits
for city work done In other ur-
ban renewal areas.
Controversy Complex
The controversy among the
areas 10000 residents on the
renewal issue is almost as COM
pick as the widely divergent
area itself, though it doesn't
necessarily follow regional lines.
Some residents oppose Federal
renewal activity entirely, others
wish to limit its geographical
scope, still other have reserva-
tons only as to certain details
spelled out in the plan, and
others are apparently in full
accord with all proposals.
Active concern for parts of
the area goes back to the mid
SOS, when principals of the
Adams and Morgan schools
(which give the area its nance
are credited with having formed
the Adams-Morgan B e { er
Neighborhood Conference ito
develop cooperative programs
to promote the general well
fare of the community"
This germinal beginning later.
led to filing by the District of
an application for a $125,000
demonstration grant" from
the Federal government early
in 1858.
sour application is for a
demonstration project to deal
with techniques of developing,
managing, and sustaining Joint
governmental and citizen ac-
ton in the elimination and
control Of blight in an urban
neighborhood which shows
signs of deterioration but
which is not yet so blighted
as to warrant redevelopment
procedures" the Districts APP
plication said.
Essentially, this is a pro-
posal to help the residents help
themselves, not only for the
duration Of the project, but for
years to come"
More Funds Sought
During a two-year period in
which the demonstration was
carried out with a staff as
Sembled by American Univer-
sity, a field office" was set
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30
BY ROBERT J. LEWIS
Star staff Writer

WaShington's most heated
argument over urban renewal
will reach a climax tomorrow
and Tuesday. 1t concerns the
so-called Adams Morgan area
In Northwest Washington.
So great has been the inter-
est that the District Commits
sioners for the first time have
scheduled two days Of public
hearings to consider a renewal
plan.
The number Of citizens who
have been asked to be heard
lot were listed at last count
is unprecedented in the renew
al activity which has been con-
Quoted in Washington for over
q decade.
The main question to be de-
cided is whether legal powers
Of renewal should be applied
to the group Of neighborhoods
in the Adams-Morgan area, a
40-block section covering 237
acres.
What this means, essential
ly, is that If the Commission
ers say "yes," without qualifi-
cation, all property within the
areas boundaries will be sub
jected to powers Of eminent do
main for the general purpose
Of redevelopment and rehabili-
tation.
Factors Different
Armed with these powers to
acquire any property in the
area as a means Of achieving
specific aims set forth in an
urban renewal plan, the Dis
trict Redeveloplnent Land
Agency will be enabled to ad-
minister the project area for a
period Of 20 years.
While urban renewal is gen.
orally a familiar activity, two
principal factors make the
Adams Morgan proposal diff
ferent from other projects in
Washington:
/. It's billed for emphasis on
rehabilitation rather than full
clearance and reconstruction,
the method in Southwest WASH
ington.
2. Citizens had an opportu-
nifty to make known their views
through an elaborate block
group" organization set up be-
fore urban renewal was pro-
posed for the area. Il
The renewal plan calls for
purchase and demolition by
RIA of about % per cent of
the total area.
1t also would empower the
renewal agency to require own
ers to rehabilitate such other {
properties as RIA decides need
work to bring them UP to stand
ard. (
Important Features h
Important features Of the
plan are proposals to clear and
rebuild a stable part of the
Eighteenth street and Colum-
bia road business section, pro-
vide 243 units of public hous-
ing on five sites, plus up to
100 units Of scattered site"
public housing; S26 units Of
medium-rental housing to be
built by cooperatives or lin
tied dividend corporations; and
1909 apartments in elevator {
buildings with rents compar- !
able to those in other privately
owned projects elsewhere in
the city not receiving a gov
eminent subsidy.
Total net cost of the Gov
eminent subsidy for clearance,
"write-downs" in resale of ,
property to developers, provision
of public improvements and
other work is estimated by RIA ,
at $21 million. OF this amount,
the Federal government would
pay two-thirds and the District
government one-third. '
In a report to the Commits
sioners last Friday. RIA said :
the Districts share would not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10

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ANNAPOLIS, June 10 Cap

ANNAPOLIS, June 10 (AP)
Gov. Tawes announced today
appointment Of a Maryland
committee to assist In resettle-
ment of Cuban refugees.
DR.. Alvin Thalheimer. chair
man of the State Board Of Pub
lie Welfare. will head the COM
mittee, which also includes
members from industry, labor,
civic organizations and other
State agencies.
Gov. Tawes noted that more
than 162,550 Cuban refugees
have registered at the center in
Miami and more than 1880
have been resettled In other
areas, including several hun
dred in Maryland.
Other Committees Cited
He said committees have
been or are being established in
other States to assist the State
of Florida in caring for the in
flux of refugees.
The Maryland committee,
Gov. Tawes said, will co-ordi-
nate activities in this State