September 23, 1969

hears Dr McCracken

pres Rothschild resigns effective Dec 31 to devote time to soc causes; comments

India and US sign pact under which India will use US applications tech satellite, to be launched in '72, to broadcast shows to villagers on community sets, obviating need for expensive relay stations on ground; details; project results from long studies by India and UNESCO

AFL-CIO bldg trades unions, smarting under charges of racial discrimination, defend their record in admitting Negroes and call for further steps to accelerate process, statement adopted by Bldg and Construction Trades Dept Exec Council at its convention; statement stresses importance of taking experienced minority group members into their unions; urges locals throughout US, for stated period of time, invite application of qualified minority journeymen for membership and accept all such qualified minority journeymen provided they meet requirements for membership; statement, approved unamimously, urges speeding up and extending Outreach Program, which it says has been successful in recruiting minorities for apprenticeship training; recommends that local unions and councils 'vigorously pursue training programs for upgrading of minority workers who are not of apprenticable age'; statement opposes capitulation by locals to 'unreasonable' demands; in ref to Phila Plan, stresses opposition to quota system; charges news media and Govt have failed to maintain objective attitude and that this is inflammatory and prejudicial to sound solution to race issue; charges critics, including Asst Labor Sec Fletcher, use lesser ratios of Negroes participating in particular trades to prove that indus is 'lily white'; dept pres Haggerty, in keynote s, says bldg trades are being harassed by Negro coalitions in several cities and says many of these areas of conflict are result of news media's failure to check facts