1964WOMEN'S ISSUES
Episode #22
OBD: 1964-03-02
TRT: 30 min
Description:
This program examines the unemployment problem in America from the economic, social, and educational point of view. The program features on-the-spot coverage in Chicago of schools where adults are taking reading and writing courses and plants where automation has replaced people. Interviews with government, labor, and management leaders are also featured. The program covers the dropout problem and the need for vocational retraining of people.
Commentator: Harry Homewood, editorial writer for the Chicago Sun-Times
Guests: U.S. Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz
Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers of America and vice president of the AFL-CIO
Joseph Germano, district director for the U.S. Steelworkers, Chicago
Frank Cassel, director of industrial relations, Inland Steel Co., and chairman of the Governor of Illinois’ commission on unemployment
Raymond Hillard, director of the Illinois Public Aid Department
AT ISSUE
A 1964 National Educational Television production
Executive producer: Alvin Perlmutter
Producer: Leonard Zweig
OBD: 1964-03-02
TRT: 30 min
Description:
This program examines the unemployment problem in America from the economic, social, and educational point of view. The program features on-the-spot coverage in Chicago of schools where adults are taking reading and writing courses and plants where automation has replaced people. Interviews with government, labor, and management leaders are also featured. The program covers the dropout problem and the need for vocational retraining of people.
Commentator: Harry Homewood, editorial writer for the Chicago Sun-Times
Guests: U.S. Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz
Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers of America and vice president of the AFL-CIO
Joseph Germano, district director for the U.S. Steelworkers, Chicago
Frank Cassel, director of industrial relations, Inland Steel Co., and chairman of the Governor of Illinois’ commission on unemployment
Raymond Hillard, director of the Illinois Public Aid Department
AT ISSUE
A 1964 National Educational Television production
Executive producer: Alvin Perlmutter
Producer: Leonard Zweig
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