Content summaries are presented for two national conferences (one in Washington, D.C., the other in San Francisco) designed to bring together prime sponsors, vocational educators, and representatives from industry to take a reading of how CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) programs were progressing and to explore ways of utilizing the resources of vocational education and industry more effectively for manpower development. Contents include a description of the background and setting of the conferences, description of the format and limitations, a list of points of concensus, a combined listing of concerns and suggestions of the two conferences, and a summary of conclusions. Appendixes include a paper summarizing a 1974 study of the impact of CETA on institutional vocational education, and lists of conference participants, chairpersons, and recorders. (WL)