Amerikai Magyar Szó, 1977. július-december (31. évfolyam, 27-50. szám)

1977-08-11 / 30. szám

Thursday, Aug. 11. 1977. A New York Times 1977 augusztus 2-i szamaban megjelent itt közölt cikk, mely rámutat arra, hogy a város fehér fiataljainak 74, es színes fiataljainak 86 százaléka munkanélküli, hozzájárul a julius 13-14-i események megértéséhez. NEW YORK IS LOWEST A LEÍRHATATLAN GAZDAGSÁG és bőség, valamint a tűrhetetlen nyomor szülte meg E HELYZETET By CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT New York City has the highest rate of youth unemployment among 11 major American cities, according to a new Fed- eral report that counts everyone of working age, not just those who are looking for jobs. The study reported that in June, 74 percent of New York City whites be­tween the ages of 16 and 19 and 86 percent of blacks and other minorities did not have a fují-time job. Nationally, the rates were 42.1 percent for whites and 66.3 percent for minorities. The figures, presented by the Depart­ment of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statis­tics, were substantially higher than those from the usual surveys that, by looking at unemployment compensation and other figures, measure people actively looking for a job. By the usual measure, the national unemployment rate for white teen-agers was 18.2 percent and for minorities 39.4 percent. ' •: By this measure, there was no break­down in the report for white and non­white youth unemployment in New York City. But Mr. Bienstock said that if the national pattern ran as shown in the re­port, and considering other factors per­taining to local conditions, the rate of unemployment among nonwhite youths looking for work in New York City could run as high as 50 to 60 percent. By including students and others who are not generally considered to be in the job market, the study painted a picture of youthful unemployment that was more grim than normal. It was particularly dramatic in its figures for New York City — where, it said, only 113,000 youths of 515,000 had jobs. “This new survey has confirmed the notion that New York City is today the nonworking teen-age capital in the coun­try,” said' Herbert Bienstock, regional commissioner of the United States De­partment of Labor’s bureau of statistics. “The situation brings New York City pretty close to a youth employment disaster.” The study focuses on the employment population ratio, which measures the per­centage of the civilian noninstitutional population (those not in hospitals or jails) who are actually employed. Nationally, between 1970 and 1976, the percentage of youths holding jobs rose somewhat from 42.3 to 44.3. But in 10 of the 11 cities, the rate declined, with New York’s drop being the most severe. The only exception was Houston, Tex., where the rate rose from 41.2 to 46.8 percent. In Dallas, for example, the youth em­ployment rate declined from 50.9 to 45.6 between 1970 and 1976. In Philadelphia, the rate went from 41 percent to 27.8 percent; in Washing- j ton, from 39.1 percent to 26.1; in Detroit, from 37.6 to 25.8 and in Baltimore from 32.8 to 23.5. The other cities surveyed were Mil­waukee, from 48.7 percent to 38.3 per­cent; Chicago, 36.9 to 33.2; Cleveland, 38.1 to 30.9, and St. Louis, 40.0 to 37.9. The employment rate here for white youths was 26.1 percent, substantially be­low the national average of 47.9 percent. And for black youths, it was 13.5 per­cent, compared with 23.7 percent for black youth nationwide. Mr. Bienstock said that “it was pos­sible” that a large number of the youths who were not working were in school or "keeping house” or that there were some other personal considerations. “But all of those caveats,” he said, “apply to all of those other places. “What is true here is that we have lost 542,000 jobs, and that makes a sub­stantial difference. It’s nice to say that ‘they’ don’t want to work. But you must relate their not working to the unavail­ability of jobs.” Mr. Bienstock pointed out that the year from 1976 to 1977 reflected some degree of economic recovery, but that teen- j agers did not participate in that recovery. “In terms of a clear distinction about who gets hit hardest,” Mr. Bienstock said, referring to the new estimate, “we have never had a better picture. And two weeks from the blackout, with all of the talk about what really went on, is it really irrelevant to look at a picture of 86 out of 100 black teen-agers not work­Munkában a fosztogatók Brooklyn Bedford - Stuyvesant negyedeben. A sötétség leple alatt fosztogatók ezrei kózűl a rendőrség 2700-t tartóztatott le. A letartóztatottak között voltak számosán, akik nem vettek részt a fosztogatásban, csupán ártatlan szemlélők vol­tak. Képtelenek voltak mindegyiküket elhelyezni a már túlzsúfolt börtönökben és meg kellett nyitni a volt “Tombs" lezárt kapuit, ahol patkányok és fergek lepik el a cellákat. Megfosztottak okét alkotmányos jogaiktól, képtelenek vol­tak családtagjaikat értesíteni hollétükről. Késleltették bíróság elé állításukat is, mert az igazságszolgáltatás rendszere teljesen letört. Aki ezt nem látja meg, az NEM AKAR LÁTNI. Amint egy mindig jó egészségnek örvendő személy keptelen meg­érteni egy súlyos beteg lelkiállapotát, úgy egy állandóan dolgozó képtelen megérteni olyanok lelkiállapotát, magatar­tásai es világnézetét, akiknek sohasem volt alkalmuk építő munkával megkeresni kenyerüket. Történt ez a földkerekség leggazdagabb országában, amelynek EGY vállalata —General Motors — ez ev második negyedében, tehát három hónap alatt,több, mint 1,000,000,000.00 — ezermillio — dollár TISZTA HASZNOT könyvelt el.- AMERIKAI MAGYAR SZÓ------­—_7

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