Humphrey Sees Negroes Nearing Economic Crisis: Job Problem Is Basic Recruiting, Training Urg
Vice President Humphrey said yesterday that Negroes are on the verge of a major economic crisis, with the gap widening between their training and job requirements. Humphrey said in a speech'</br></br>Vice President Humphrey said yesterday that Negroes are on the verge of a major economic crisis, with the gap widening between their training and job requirements. Humphrey said in a speech' for the White House Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity that nonwhite joblessness increased in July when the national unemployment rate fell to 4.5 per cent.</br></br>ÛÏLess than 4 per cent of the | white working force was out' of a job," he said. ÛÏBut for adult nonwhiI.es the uncm-</br></br>Recruiting, Training- Urged ÛÏBesides providing additional training and education,Û Humphrey said, ÛÏIf we are indeed dedicated to the proposition of ÛÏIt is no exaggeration to say that nonwhites, principally Negroes, are on the verge of a major economic crisis. For the gap is widening between Negro education and training on the one hand, and the requirements of the labor market on the other.</br></br>ÛÏThree Negro men in five are unskilled or semiskilled. And more than half the Negro men over 25 have less than a grammar school education.