Testimony from 39 witnesses who appeared before the Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty in 1968 is presented in this volume. In addition, statements, articles, and letters of various labor, educational, government and industrial representatives are included. Also included are three bills presented before the second session of the Ninetieth Congress, which proposed to provide employment and training opportunities for low income and unemployed persons, to provide a comprehensive manpower policy, and to extend the time limit and certain provisions of the Manpower Development and Training Act. Background information on the hearings, reports of national committees and commissions, and texts of the Manpower Development and Training Act and Title IB and D of the Economic Opportunity Act are available as VT 010 275. [Not available in hard copy due to marginal legibility of original document]. (BC)