Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1967-01-28 J. A. Beauchamp Five workshops stressing company and community programs for implementing equal employed opportunity will be a feature of the Plans for Progress 5th National Conference here Jan. 23-24. Some 500 business executives, representing most of the 351 companies which participate in Plans for progress, the national voluntary equal employment opportunity program, are expected to attend the meeting at the Sheraton Park Hotel. "Practical, examples of what has "been done arid what can be done — and how — have proved to be one of the most instructive portion of our national programs," said Humphery Sullivan, Director of Public Relation for Lever Brothersed and 1967 Conference Chairman. "All of the participants in these panels businessmen, educators, and community relations experts — have had experience with company and community programs intended to bring minority citizens into fuller participation in the economy and society." Here is a brief summary of the five panels. The workshop on EDUCATION and EQUAL OPPORTUNITY will be moderated by Ramon S. Scruggs, Public Relations Manager, American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Dr. Norman Drachler, Suprintendent of Schools, Detroit, will discuss what businessmen can do in" relation to minority - group in the public schools. Edwin Berry, executive director of the Urban League of Chicago also will speak on minorities and public education. Dr. Maurice Feldman of the Ford Foundation will give a projection on the future of educational opportunities, especially vocational and technical. H. S. Bradders, personnel administrator of Western Electric Company, Inc., will give examples of training programs for youth in which industry is cooperating. The panel on MOTIVATING YOUTH for INDUSTRY will take up program designed to involve youth in preparation for employment. Charles Fletcher, Vice president of Mellon National Bank and Trust Company, Pittsburgth, will moderate this panel, composed of Bruce Cole, Chicago Merit Employment Council who will explain Chicago's Job Now Program; Errold Collymore, Olin Mathieson Chemical Company, to discuss the Youth Motivation Program of Plans for Progress; and William F. X. Fylnn, National Association of Manufacturers, who will talk about the NAM'S STEP (Solution to Employment Problems) program. James Turrentine, Vice President, Employee and Public Relations, Pitney-Bowes, Inc., will moderate the panel CASE HISTORIES of BUSINESS LEADERSHIP. Dr. Robert Haakenson, Manager, Community Relations, Smith, Kline and French Philadelphia, will give the case history of his company's leadership in public housing programs, job training centers, and community services information centers in North Philadelphia. Dwight Zook, Cooperate Director, Personnel Services, North American Aviation, Inc. will discuss his company's internal communications program for giving em ployees information about Plans for Progress and equal employment opportunities. William Funk, Manager, Employment, and Personnel Department, Sanda corporation, will moderate the worksheop panel on AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR ALL MINORITIES. Major Michael Hernandez, Assistant Director, center for international Education of the college of Education, University of Texas, will talk about problems of Mexican - Americans. Wendell Chino, Chairman of the inter-Tribal Council of North American Indians, will participate, along with Joseph Monserrat, Director Migration Division of the Department of Labor, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The work of LOCAL COUNCILS will be covered in a workshop headed by George Scott, Director, Corporate industrial Relations, LingTemco-Vought, Inc., Dalian. Explaining the work of local councils will be: E. P. Franks, Manager, Corporate Employment, Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Michigan; Robin Caples, Labor Relations specialist, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Houston, and Hugh Gordon, Wage and Salary Manager Lockheed-Georgia Company, Marietta, Ga. This panel will explain how local councils have been formed in different communities, the problems which have arisen, and how they have been solved. Sunday School Lesson With this third lesson in the unit we are studying, today we are led to realize that the path of death to self is not optional for a Christian. As we read the Bible we see that Jesus was ever conscious of His mission — even as a child. But He was also aware that the final fulfilment of his mission on earth also lay in the hands of those who came after Him. That they should make His mission Their mission was of the utmost importance, if His cause was to be fully realized. No personal interests were to take precedence over His call; no family considerations were to detain them from following the Master for so much as an hour. Once they put their hand to the plow, they could not falter. Christianity was then ... as now ... a very demanding taskmaster But in those early days of the founding of the Christian religion, it had to be so. To assure the continuance of His work on earth, Jesus had to choose dependable men — men who could be trusted with the task they were to inherit. They had to be dedicated men, and, once the selection had been made, Jesus gradually withdrew from His work in Galilee, in order that He might devote more time to the training of these especial followers, and to instructing, them in the principles of discipleship. And although the twelve close companions of Christ shared with Him a very special relationship, His instruction was not confined solely to them. 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CHRIST'S MISSION AND OURS With this third lesson in the unit we are studying, today we are led to realize that the path of death to self is not optional for a Christian. As we read the Bible we see that Jesus was ever conscious of His mission — even as a child. But He was also aware that the final fulfilment of his mission on earth also lay in the hands of those who came after Him. That they should make His mission Their mission was of the utmost importance, if His cause was to be fully realized. No personal interests were to take precedence over His call; no family considerations were to detain them from following the Master for so much as an hour. Once they put their hand to the plow, they could not falter. Christianity was then ... as now ... a very demanding taskmaster But in those early days of the founding of the Christian religion, it had to be so. To assure the continuance of His work on earth, Jesus had to choose dependable men — men who could be trusted with the task they were to inherit. They had to be dedicated men, and, once the selection had been made, Jesus gradually withdrew from His work in Galilee, in order that He might devote more time to the training of these especial followers, and to instructing, them in the principles of discipleship. And although the twelve close companions of Christ shared with Him a very special relationship, His instruction was not confined solely to them. It is a matter of record that He sent forth seventy disciples, two by two (10: 124) on missions of teaching preaching and healing. Thus was the way prepared for the continuance of His ministry after He died for the sins of mankind. From our scriptural passages it will be seen that opinions were divided as to Christ's true identity. 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This region consists of the states of New York and New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It contains the largest population and work force of any of the jurisdictions comprising the Federal-State employmeint security system. Mr. Punter, director of the U. S. Employment Service's Region II since 1962, joined the staff of the New York State Employment Service as an interviewer in the Flushing, N. Y., office in 1937. He has been associated with the employment security program since that time, except for 2 1-2 years' service with the U. S. Army in World War II. In 1945, he was promoted and served as assistant state veterans employment representative until 1951, when he joined the regional employment security, staff of the Department of Labor. A native of New York City, Mr. Punter, 54, holds a bachelor's degree from city College of New York and Master of Arts degree in the social sciences from Columbia University. 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Already drafted and about ready to be introduced, he said, is a constitutional amendment on tax sharing, and bills on tax credits to students and teachers, cost - of living increases in Social Security benefits and the creation of a permanent Hoover-type commission to pursue, economy in the federal government. "We were also studying legislation along the lines the Rescission Bill mentioned by Mr. Ford rescind appropriations by past Congresses which have not yet been spent, and we were contemplating legislation to repeal the Sales Parcipation Act," the Atlanta area Congressman said. "I too, feel that I cannot support the stopper cent surchange recommended by the President until a better case is made for it. I want to see what spending can be reduced before I would consider any tax increase." The overall impact of the Republican State of the Union masage, Thompson asserted, is that 'Republicans are generating momentum in constructive solutions to be pressing problems of the nation.' Concerning foreign policy, the Georgia Congressman again criticized extending American credit to Communist countries through the Export-Import Bank. "It is absurd to make American capital available for the development of East European countries on the premise of lessening cold war tensions. This just won't work." Thompson also termed "absurd reasoning" the nation of administration diplomats "that we could by diplomatic discussion induce Russia to fall to defend itself against China' by not deploring an anti-ballistic missiles system. This is doomed to failure to begin with," he concluded. Fire Destroys Mississippi Church, Store A Negro church used in a federal Head Start program and the store of a white woman who had been working with the program were destroyed by tire early Saturday in the nearby Hot Coffee Community. Covington County authorities said the fires broke out about the same time at 2 a.m. Jan. 21. They said the cause of the fires has not been determined. Officials said the damage at the Shady Oak Baptist Church was about $20,000 to $30,000 while the damage to the grocery store owned by Mrs. Sidney Knight was about $4,500. Hot Coffee, a small community, is located about five miles north of Collins in south Mississippi. Do's And Don'ts CONTINETAL FEATURES Labor Dept. Official Sees Need for Job Counselors There aren't enough trained employment counselors to carry out the mandate of sweeping manpower legistlation enacted in recent years, a Labor Department official has declared. But Director Frank Cassell of the U. S. Employment Service said this problem can be met by the development of technical assistant to aid the highly trained professionals, who are increasingly scarce." This has already been done, he noted, in the fields of medicine and engineering. Writing in the latest issue of the EMPLOYMENT SERVICE REVIEW, Mr. Cassell said hew manpower legislation "has placed on the public Employment Service new and broadened responsibilities." The mandate of these laws, he added "is to serve all people — to help each person achieve employability and, therefore, greater opportunity to be employed in a job which is satisfying. The Employment Service Mr. Cassell said, "is reaching out to people, whether adult or youth Without regard to race, age, sex, or religion; reaching into neighborhoods where they live to bring hope and opportunity." Emphasizing the vital role of counselods he said the skilled professional counselors should be used to the maximum extent possible. 'Tasks not requiring specific counseling skills should be delegated to and performed by technical assistants," he asserted, mentioning a Youth Opportunity Center receptionist as such a worker. "Counselors should perform such services where it is necessary to provide continuity of service for a particular applicant — usually when, in the counselor's judgment, additional counseling is required during the placement process, Mr. Cassell said. The major contribution of the non profesnal worker, he said, will likely be in the "outreach" function — going out into a community to identify the disadvantaged, who need and want job help. Mr. Cassell sees the maximum uses of counselors for counseling duties and assignment of noncounseling tasks to others as the equivalent of adding several nundred counselors to the ES porgram. Gov. Romney May 'Throw Hat In Ring' By Next Fall An associate of Michigan Gov. George Romney said Jan. 20 the governor will probably announce his candidacy for president of the United States next fall. Dick Headlee, Romney's assistant campaign manager in the November elections, said he was convinced the Michigan Republican would head his party's ticket in 1968. He said despite party commitments to Richard Nixon, the Republicans were interested in a winner in 1968 and Gov. Romney is a proven winner." DOWN FROM 687 POUNDS — It took from September 1964, but Robert (Tiny) Pelgen is down from 687 pounds (left) to 242 pounds (right) in Cincinnati, Ohio. He resorted to diet and hospitalization, and at first he had to have two beds fastened together. He has had excess skin removed surgically several times. Pelgen, 40, is 6-feet-4. Older people in the Metropolitan Atlanta area who have paid doctor bills but have hot yet claimed their medicare doctor bill insurance payments are invited to have their claims checked by their nearest social security off ice before mailing them to the medicare carrier, according to Mr. John H. Ingle, district manager, Atlanta. "In the first six months of the medicare program some benefit payments were delayed because the applicants did not include all the necessary information with their claims," he said. Ingle believes that most people will need this help only the first time they make a medical insurance claim. "The Medicare Handbook, which is given to all beneficiaries, explans how to make the claims." he said, "and the form is relatively simple, but most people can use some advice the first time they apply. We're glad to offer assistance, and we believe we can help many people to avoid some delay in their payment. Ingle noted that the medicare claim maybe made either by the patient or by the doctor, if he accepts asignment of the insurance. If the doctor applies for the medicare payment, he bills the patient only for any part of the $50 deductible that still remains to be paid and for 20 percent of the bill over the $50 deductible. Under the other method of payment the doctor bills the patient the patient pays the bill, and then the patient sends the completed request for payment form to the medicare carrier. A statement from the doctor showing the treatment given and the charges already paid by the patient must be furnished either on the request for payment form or in a separate receipted bill. In the Atlanta area, medicare doctor bill insurance is handled by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company in Atlanta. The same simple one-page request for payment form is mailed to the carrier no matter whether payment is to go to the patient or to the doctor. Doctor's officese, accustomed to filling out insurance forms, should have no difficulty providing the few item's of infor mation requested Ingle noted. But handling of forms received directly from medicare beneficiaries is sometimes delayed because some essential item of inforation has been oitted. If the beneficiary leaves out his medicare identification number for example, it is impossible to verify that he is signed up for the loctor bill insurance, or how much of his deductible amount has been paid. Some elderly people with falling eyesight are unable to make legible entries. And some do not get adequately itemized receipts from their physicians, or forget to enclose the receipts with their claims. If the request for payment form is incomplete or improperly filled out, the medicare carrier has to write back to the beneficiary, thus delaying the payment. The social security office does not make the decision or pay the claim," Ingle said. "The law requires that the payments to handled through the selected medicare carries. But we can answer general questions about medicare and help people in the Atlanta area get their applications ready for review by the carrier." "If an older person cannot visit the social security ofice in person, he can send the forms by mail or by someone else," he said, "but in this case he should be sure to give his telephone number." The offices serving Metropolitan Atlanta are located at 2727. Main Street, East Point, Georgia — telephone 766-7561; 2302-B Roswell Road, Town and County Shopping Center, Marietta, Georgia - telephone 422-8803; and at 275 Peachtree Street, N. E., Atlanta - telephone 546-6461. College President-Elect Urges Student Involvement Dr. Albert N. Whiting, president-elect of North Carolina College, Wednesday urged students to become "involved" in a variety of desirable undertakings. "My plea to you — my plea to all students across this nation" he said, "is to get involved — to seek true "intellectual involvement." In Durham to attend the midwinter meeting of the college's board of trustees, Whiting, now dean of the college at Morgan state College, Baltimore, Md., briefly greeted the NCC faculty at its monthly meeting Tuesday evening and spoke to the student body at Wednesday's Forum assembly. He will become the college's fourth president on July 1, 1967. Speaking oh the subject, "The College Culture and the College Community," he discused the "college culture," defining it as "The way of life in the campus community — what must be done, ought to be done, may be done, and must be done." Sociologist Whiting described the campus community as a much stratified society, with each of the many groups on campus playing its own role and pursuing its own function in the life of the society. The "official" culture, Whiting, is created, by the administration and faculty in the form of curricula, college objectives, rules and regulations, and the means through which the objective are achieved. Students and student groups then developed their own patterns, which represent in a sense, Whiting said, "a re-defining of what must be done, ought to be done, may be done, and must be done.' He declared that a college fails "miserably" if students see their education only as a ticket to a ticket to a job. 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