Considers S. 2974 and companion H.R. 13037, the Manpower Services Act of 1966, and related S. 3032 and companion H.R. 13362, the Employment Service Act of 1966, all to amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to extend and revise U.S. Employment Service programs.

Measures for African-Americans. Highlighting the limited capacities of the American national state, employment policy also attracted charges of waste, fraud, and corruption. By the 1970s, antipathy to the federal government and racial antagonism dominated the politics in this field, and any ideas for new programs quickly became entangled with preexisting problems.

Considers S. 2974 and companion H.R. 13037, the Manpower Services Act of 1966, and related S. 3032 and companion H.R. 13362, the Employment Service Act of 1966, all to amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to extend and revise U.S. Employment Service programs.

Conference report on the role of employment services in helping to improve the operation of labour markets in the USA - comprises papers relating to job searching behaviour, public sector employment services in the USA and the UK, private sector agencies and community development organizations, etc., and discusses the use of press advertising and hiring halls, and a case study of private enterprise job placement. List of participants. Diagrams, references and statistical tables. Conference held in Washington 1977 November 17.