Urban Washington: Apathy or Action? Report of the Governor ... · The Governor selected Secretory...

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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 042 858 UD 010 590 TITLE Urban Washington: Apathy or Action? Report of the Governor's Council on Urban Affairs. INSTITUTION Governor's Council on Urban Affairs, Olympia, Wash. PUB DATE Nov 68 NOTE 68p. EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS IDENTIFIERS EDRS Price MF-$0.50 HC-$3.50 *City Problems, Economic Development, Economic Disadvantagement, Educational Planning, Educational Problems, Health Needs, *Housing Needs, Job Market, Job Training, *Rural Environment, Social Action, State Programs, Urban Education, *Urban Environment *Washington ABSTRACT This report of the Urban Affairs Council of the State of Washington relates to discussion of and recommendations thereof on the following topics: job training and opportunities--job development, legal restrictions, and related services; housing--acquisition and dispersal of information, construction, conservation, and social choice; health care--dental care, health manpower, nutrition, escalation of health facility costs; addictions and related problems, the farm laborer, environmental sanitation, maternal and child health care, delivery of health care services to minority and low-income groups, and general policy recommendations; education--finances, organization, personnel, curriculum, and research; the physical environment--urban livability, property taxation, transportation, pollution, and governmental modernization; and, the non-urban sector--employment, farm laborers, education, health care, transportation, law and justice, citizen involvement in civic affairs, governmental reorganization, taxation, the aged, Indian affairs, and general recommendations. (JM)

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DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 042 858 UD 010 590

TITLE Urban Washington: Apathy or Action? Report of theGovernor's Council on Urban Affairs.

INSTITUTION Governor's Council on Urban Affairs, Olympia, Wash.PUB DATE Nov 68NOTE 68p.

EDRS PRICEDESCRIPTORS

IDENTIFIERS

EDRS Price MF-$0.50 HC-$3.50*City Problems, Economic Development, EconomicDisadvantagement, Educational Planning, EducationalProblems, Health Needs, *Housing Needs, Job Market,Job Training, *Rural Environment, Social Action,State Programs, Urban Education, *Urban Environment*Washington

ABSTRACTThis report of the Urban Affairs Council of the

State of Washington relates to discussion of and recommendationsthereof on the following topics: job training and opportunities--jobdevelopment, legal restrictions, and related services;housing--acquisition and dispersal of information, construction,conservation, and social choice; health care--dental care, healthmanpower, nutrition, escalation of health facility costs; addictionsand related problems, the farm laborer, environmental sanitation,maternal and child health care, delivery of health care services tominority and low-income groups, and general policy recommendations;education--finances, organization, personnel, curriculum, andresearch; the physical environment--urban livability, propertytaxation, transportation, pollution, and governmental modernization;and, the non-urban sector--employment, farm laborers, education,health care, transportation, law and justice, citizen involvement incivic affairs, governmental reorganization, taxation, the aged,Indian affairs, and general recommendations. (JM)

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up.

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praw

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hear

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citie

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llutio

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our

hor

izon

and

our

take

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ero

tting

slu

ms

slow

ly c

reep

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into

our

citi

es."

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an g

row

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s m

assi

ve a

ttend

ant p

robl

ems

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ot b

eig

nore

d. M

ore

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igno

re th

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ssi-

bilit

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char

acte

ristic

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rban

life

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etre

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e fa

ce a

futu

re o

f uni

mag

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onde

rs a

nd a

ccom

plis

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mer

its,"

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erno

r E

vans

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ruci

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la w

e be

gin

a

now

to p

lan

for

this

futu

re, t

o bu

ild th

e ki

nd o

f citi

es ;h

at d

o no

tcr

ush

man

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pirit

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rat

her

expa

nd h

is h

oriz

ons

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ent o

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pose

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key

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The

Gov

erno

r se

lect

ed S

ecre

tory

of S

tate

A. L

udlo

w K

ram

er to

chai

r th

e C

ounc

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ecre

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mer

has

an

exte

nsiv

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ckgr

ound

in th

e or

eo o

f urb

an p

robl

ems,

incl

udin

g se

rvic

e on

the

Sea

ttle

City

Cou

ncil,

ser

vice

as

the

Gov

erno

r's U

rban

Affa

irs C

oord

inat

orfo

r 19

65 -

66, a

nd s

ervi

ce a

s co

-cha

irmen

of t

he C

eci i

ons

for

Pro

gres

s C

onfe

renc

e.W

ith S

ecre

tory

Kro

mer

's a

ssis

tanc

e, th

e G

over

nor

appo

inte

d18

lay-

citiz

ens,

eig

ht e

lect

ed o

ffici

als,

eig

ht e

x of

ficio

mem

bers

who

hol

d no

n-el

ectiv

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vern

men

tal p

ositi

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and

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ht S

tate

gove

rnm

ent p

rofe

ssio

nals

. The

y w

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orga

nize

d in

to s

ix c

omm

it-te

es to

inve

stig

,ite

the

prob

lem

s of

urb

an g

row

th. T

hese

com

mit-

tees

wer

e: E

duca

tion,

Job

Tra

inin

g an

d O

ppor

tuni

ties,

Hou

sing

,H

ealth

Cor

e, th

e P

hysi

cal E

nviro

nmen

t, an

d th

e N

on-U

rban

Sec

tor.

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follo

win

g ar

e th

e m

embe

rs o

f the

Urb

an A

ffairs

Cou

ncil:

JOB

TR

AIN

ING

AN

D O

PP

OR

TU

NIT

IES

Art

hur

A. F

letc

her,

Cha

irman

. sou

nder

and

pre

side

nt o

fth

e E

ast P

asco

Sel

f-he

lp C

oope

rativ

e A

ssoc

iatio

n, m

embe

rof

the

Pas

co C

ity C

ounc

il, a

nd p

rese

ntly

an

Em

ploy

eeR

elat

ions

Spe

cial

ist f

or th

e H

anfo

rd C

ontr

acto

rs a

t the

Han

ford

Ato

mic

Ene

rgy

Fac

ility

.T

hom

as E

. Soi

rie--

Tre

asur

er a

nd m

embe

r of

the

Exe

cu-

tive

Com

mitt

ee o

f For

war

d T

hurs

t, m

embe

r of

the

Boa

rdof

Dire

ctor

s of

the

Sea

ttle

Are

a In

dust

rial C

ounc

il an

dG

reat

er S

eattl

e, a

nd p

rese

ntly

pre

side

nt o

f Pac

ific

Nor

th-

wes

t Bel

l.A

ustin

St.

Laur

ent E

xecu

tive

secr

etar

y fo

r th

e S

eattl

eB

uild

ing

and

Con

stru

ctio

n T

rade

s C

ovnc

it or

the

AF

L-C

IO.

The

Hon

orab

le C

harle

s Z

. Sm

ith F

orm

er ju

dge

of th

eM

unic

ipal

Cou

rt o

f Sea

ttle

Crim

inal

Dep

artm

ent,

chai

rman

of th

e S

teer

ing

Com

mitt

ee o

f the

Sea

ttle

Cen

tral

Are

aA

dvis

ory

Gro

up, a

nd p

rese

ntly

Kin

g C

ount

y S

uper

ior

Cou

rt J

udge

.A

lfred

E. C

.ow

late

--F

orm

er c

hairm

an o

f the

Civ

il R

ight

sC

omm

ittee

and

form

er E

xecu

tive

Sec

reta

ry o

f the

Was

h-in

gton

;tot

e B

oard

Aga

inst

Dis

crim

inat

ion.

Byr

on E

. Bro

dyD

irect

or, W

ashi

ngto

n S

tate

Offi

ce o

f Eco

-no

mic

Opp

ortu

nity

.M

n. M

axin

e E

. Do

h.C

omm

issi

oner

, Was

hing

ton

Sta

teE

mpl

oym

ent S

ecur

ity D

epar

tmen

t.Ly

le M

. lin

imeC

hief

of M

anpo

wer

Tra

inin

g an

d M

obil-

ity, W

ashi

ngto

n S

tate

Em

ploy

men

t Sec

urity

Dep

artm

ent.

HO

US

ING D

avid

M. S

cott,

Cha

irman

. Mem

ber

of th

e K

ing

Cou

nty

Des

ign

Com

mis

sion

, mem

ber

of th

e B

oard

of D

irect

ors

ofth

e A

mer

ican

Inst

itute

of A

rchi

tect

s, a

nd c

hairm

an o

f the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Arc

hite

ctur

e, W

oshi

ngto

n S

tate

Uni

vers

ity.

Jam

es R

. Clic

kFor

mer

mem

ber

of th

e M

ount

lake

Ter

-ra

ce C

ity C

ounc

il an

d fo

rmer

cha

irman

of t

he S

outh

wes

tS

noho

mis

h C

ount

y R

egio

nal P

lann

ing

Cou

ncil.

The

Rev

eren

d Jo

hn H

. Ada

ms

On

July

1, 1

968,

Mr.

Ada

ms

term

inat

ed h

is m

embe

rshi

p on

the

Urb

an A

ffairs

Cou

ncil

to a

ccep

t a p

ositi

on in

Los

Ang

eles

, Cal

iforn

ia.

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Hon

orab

le P

hylli

s La

mph

ereC

hairm

an o

f the

Sea

t-tle

City

Cou

ncil

Pla

nnin

g C

omm

ittee

, for

mer

Vic

e-pr

esi-

dent

of F

orw

ard

Thr

ust,

and

pres

ently

Sea

ttle

City

Cou

n-ci

lman

.R

icha

rd W

. Hem

sted

Adv

isor

y m

embe

r of

the

Gov

er-

nor's

For

m L

abor

Adv

isor

y C

omm

ittee

, lia

ison

for

publ

icse

rvic

e de

part

men

t of S

tate

gov

ernm

ent,

and

pres

ently

the

Lesa

l Ass

ista

nt to

Gov

erno

r D

anie

l J. E

vans

.W

illia

m G

. Sal

ineF

orm

er E

xec'

itve

Dire

ctor

for

Tac

oma-

Pie

rce

Cou

nty

Opp

ortu

nity

and

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elop

men

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c., f

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erP

lann

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ctor

for

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oma

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ortm

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al, a

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rese

ntly

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ervi

sor

of C

omm

unity

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irsfo

r th

e W

ashi

ngto

n S

tate

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g an

d C

omm

unity

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fairs

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ncy.

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ALT

H C

AR

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l* W

. Haf

fner

, Cha

irman

. Cha

irman

of t

he E

nviro

n-m

enta

l Tas

k F

orce

Com

mitt

ee o

f the

Gov

erno

r's C

ompr

e-he

nsiv

e H

ealth

Pla

nnin

g C

ounc

il, B

oard

mem

ber

of S

po-

kane

Cou

nty

Com

preh

ensi

ve H

ealth

Cou

ncil,

and

form

erch

airm

an a

nd le

cde

of th

e W

orld

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d C

onfp

ron"

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rs. r

t. n.

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ty)

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neC

hairm

an o

f the

Hum

an R

ela-

tions

Com

mitt

ee o

f the

Was

hing

ton

Con

gres

s of

Par

ents

i'nd

Tea

cher

s, c

hairm

an o

f the

Cow

litz

Cou

nty

Adv

isor

yC

omm

ittee

to th

e D

epar

tmen

t of P

ublic

Ass

ista

nce,

and

form

er m

embe

r of

the

YW

CA

Nat

iona

l Sta

ff of

Indi

a,B

urm

a, P

akis

tan,

and

Cey

lon.

The

Rev

eren

d M

ine°

Kat

ogiri

--V

ice-

pres

iden

t of t

he S

eat-

tle P

lann

ing

and

Red

evel

opm

ent C

ounc

il, 2

nd V

ice-

pres

i-de

nt o

f the

Sea

ttle

Urb

an le

ague

, and

mem

ber

of th

eW

ashi

ngto

n S

tate

Adv

isor

y C

omm

ittee

to th

e U

nite

dS

tate

s C

ivil

Rig

hts

Com

mis

sion

.T

he H

onor

able

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id H

. Rod

gers

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mer

mem

ber

of th

eS

poka

ne C

ity C

ounc

il an

d pr

esen

tly M

ayor

of s

he c

ity o

fS

poka

ne.

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te B

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inst

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sonn

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aitL

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ashi

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on C

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rs. F

red

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en)

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side

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. Ken

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mer

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ironm

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l Des

ign.

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g F

. Col

eVol

unte

er s

ecre

tary

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ssoc

iatio

ns fo

ra

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ter

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mun

ity (

AB

C),

mem

ber

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rus-

tees

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ton,

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reto

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arte

r A

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es C

omm

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e on

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nspo

rtat

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mun

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or o

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obin

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r of

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stitu

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omm

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ista

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ncil

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lcoh

olis

m, a

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ityC

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onal

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orm

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teH

ouse

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epre

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erno

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d-vi

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ncil

on c

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rese

ntly

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ctor

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hing

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te D

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gric

ultu

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John

C. F

ortle

y--A

ssoc

iate

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ctor

of t

he W

ashi

ngto

nS

tate

Offi

ce o

f Eco

nom

ic O

ppor

tuni

ty.

Sam

S. R

eed,

Spo

kane

, is

the

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cutiv

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irect

or o

f the

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ncil.

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Ree

d's

educ

atio

nal b

ackg

roun

d in

clud

es o

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helo

r of

Art

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gree

in s

ocia

l stu

dies

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a M

aste

r of

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s in

pol

itica

l sci

ence

horn

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hing

ton

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te U

nive

rsity

. As

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reta

ry K

rom

er's

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inis

-tr

ativ

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ssis

tant

in 1

966,

Mr.

Ree

d w

as r

espo

nsib

le fo

r m

uch

ofth

e re

sear

ch fo

r th

e 19

67 E

xecu

tive

Req

uest

urb

an a

ffairs

legi

sla-

tion.

Mrs

. Sus

an L

. Woo

dard

, Oly

mpi

a, is

the

Cou

ncil'

s se

cret

ary.

Rol

and

J. C

ole,

o H

arva

rd U

nive

rsity

Und

ergr

adua

te d

id m

uch

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e re

sear

chin

g an

d w

ritin

a fo

r th

e re

port

as

a su

mm

er in

tern

.D

ee W

. Jon

es, S

eattl

e, s

erve

d as

the

Info

rmat

ion

Coo

rdin

ator

for

the

Cou

ncil.

Fur

ther

sta

ff as

sist

ance

wns

pro

vide

d by

the

exec

utiv

e se

cre-

tor.

zs o

f eac

h of

the

subc

omm

ittee

s. T

he s

ix c

omm

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s us

ed o

varie

ty o

f met

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to d

evel

op s

olut

ions

to W

ashi

ngto

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urba

npr

oble

ms.

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se in

clud

ed p

ublic

hea

rings

, for

ums,

ope

mee

tings

,to

urs.

inte

rvie

ws

with

exp

erts

, pan

el d

iscu

ssio

ns, a

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lose

d se

s-si

ons

with

bot

h, e

xper

ts a

nd la

ymen

. The

sta

ff su

pple

men

ted

this

wor

k w

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dditi

onal

res

earc

h.T

he s

taff

pulle

d to

geth

er th

e w

ork

done

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the

com

mitt

ees

ino

serie

s of

dra

fts w

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the

com

mitt

ee m

embe

rs r

evis

ed a

ndap

prov

ed. E

ach

reco

mm

enda

tion

of a

com

mitt

ee w

as v

oted

on

byth

e fu

ll C

ounc

il. M

ost o

f the

rec

omm

encl

ario

ns w

ere

pass

ed w

ithun

anim

ity. T

his

is n

ot to

say

Tha

r al

l mem

bers

wer

e in

per

fect

acco

rd w

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e fin

al r

ecom

men

datio

ns. I

t is

note

wor

thy,

thou

gh,

that

in s

pite

of t

he h

ighl

y em

otio

nal a

nd c

ontr

over

siol

nat

ure

ofth

e ur

ban

issu

es u

nder

con

side

ratio

n, a

nd th

e he

tero

gene

ity o

fth

e C

ounc

il m

embe

rshi

p, n

o m

embe

r fil

ed a

min

ority

rep

ort.

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an A

ffairs

Cou

ncil,

in it

s ad

viso

ry c

apac

ity, t

akes

the

posi

tion

that

its

role

is to

set

goa

ts. T

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ounc

i! pr

esen

ts th

ese

goal

s, a

s re

com

men

datio

ns, t

o th

e G

over

nor

real

izin

g th

at h

e, h

isad

min

istr

atio

n, a

nd th

e Le

gisl

atur

e m

ust s

et p

riorit

ies

base

d on

am

ultit

ude

of fa

ctor

s in

clud

ing

budg

etar

y lim

itatio

ns.

The

Cou

ncil

also

take

s th

e po

sitio

n th

at w

ith it

s tim

e lim

ita-

tions

, its

sco

pe m

ost n

eces

saril

y be

sel

ectiv

e. T

he u

rban

affa

irsfie

ld is

vas

t. T

here

is n

o si

ngle

cau

se o

f urb

an p

robl

ems.

A

seem

ingl

y in

finite

num

ber

of in

terr

elat

ed fa

ctor

s m

ust b

e co

nsid

-er

ed. S

peci

fic a

spec

ts o

f the

pro

blem

s of

job

trai

ning

and

opp

or-

tuni

ties,

hou

sing

, hea

lth, e

duca

tion,

the

phys

ical

env

ironm

ent,

and

the

non-

urba

n se

ctor

wer

e se

lect

ed. E

och

obvi

ousl

y af

fect

sth

e ot

hers

. A p

erso

n is

jobl

ess,

for

exam

ple,

nor

sim

ply

beca

use

ther

e ar

e fe

w jo

bs a

vaila

ble,

but

als

o be

caus

e of

edu

catio

nal,

heal

th, t

rans

port

atio

n, o

r ho

usin

g pr

oble

ms,

or

som

e co

mbi

natio

nth

ereo

f. F

or th

is r

easo

n, th

e re

ader

will

find

som

e co

mm

enta

ries,

tren

ds, a

nd r

ecom

men

datio

ns r

eapp

earin

g in

var

ious

sec

tions

of

the

repo

rt.

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ause

of t

his

sele

ctiv

ity, m

assi

ve p

robl

ems

like

crim

e, r

ace

rela

tions

, gov

ernm

enta

l mod

erni

zatio

n, ta

x re

form

, tra

nspo

rtat

ion

reso

urce

con

serv

atio

n, m

enta

l hea

lth a

nd r

etor

cic.

tion,

voc

atio

nal

reha

bilit

atio

n, e

t al,

whi

le c

onsi

dere

d im

port

ant,

wer

e no

t cov

-er

ed, o

r th

ey w

ere

give

n br

ief,

gene

ral c

over

age

in th

is r

epor

t.T

he U

rban

Affa

irs C

ounc

il re

aliz

ed th

at th

e pr

oble

ms

of r

ace

rela

tions

, crim

e, a

nd c

ivil

diso

rder

cou

ld n

ot b

e ex

clud

ed fr

om it

sco

ncer

ns. T

here

fore

, the

Cou

ncil

crea

ted

a C

omm

issi

on o

n th

eC

ause

and

pre

vent

ion

of C

ivil

Dis

orde

r in

Apr

il, 1

968.

Som

em

embe

rs o

f the

Com

mis

sion

are

on

the

Cou

ncil,

whi

le o

ther

mem

bers

wer

e ap

poin

ted

spec

ifica

lly fo

r th

is ta

sk. B

ruce

K. C

hap-

man

, a p

rofe

ssio

nal w

riter

, and

Fra

nklin

D. R

aine

s, a

Har

vard

Uni

vers

ity u

nder

grad

uate

, pro

vide

sta

ff su

ppor

t. T

he r

epor

t of t

heC

ounc

il's

Com

m's

sion

on

the

Cau

se a

nd P

reve

ntio

n of

Civ

il D

isor

-de

r w

ill b

e re

leas

ed w

ithin

a m

onth

afte

r th

is r

epor

t.It

will

grea

tly s

uppl

emen

t the

Urb

an A

ffairs

Cou

nci!

repo

rt a

s it

prob

esm

ore

deep

ly in

to th

e pr

oble

ms

of r

ace

and

diso

rder

with

exp

osi-

tory

writ

ing

and

stat

istic

al ta

bles

.O

ver

all,

the

Urb

an A

ffairs

Cou

ncil,

its

subc

omm

ittee

s, a

nd it

sC

omm

issi

on o

n th

e C

ause

and

Pre

vent

ion

of C

ivil

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orde

r di

scov

-er

ed p

ress

ing

and

som

etim

es d

istu

rbin

g ne

eds

for

chan

ge w

ithin

our

stat

e. it

bec

ame

appa

rent

qui

te e

arly

in th

e C

ounc

il's

wor

kth

at a

dvis

ing

the

Gov

erno

r an

d th

e Le

gisl

atur

e of

thes

e cr

itica

lne

eds

wou

ld n

ot b

e su

ffici

ent.

Gov

ernm

ent a

lone

can

not s

olve

Was

hing

ton'

s pr

oble

ms.

A c

omm

itmen

t to

actio

n by

bor

n th

epu

blic

and

the

priv

ate

sect

ors

is e

ssen

tial t

o ot

tain

the

satis

fac-

tory

res

olut

ion

of o

ur u

rban

pro

blem

s. T

he p

oor

and

the

disa

d-va

ntag

ed, e

spec

ially

Neg

roes

, Am

eric

an In

dian

s, a

nd M

exic

an-

Am

eric

ans,

crit

ical

ly n

eed

soci

al a

nd v

ocat

iona

l ski

lls to

be

able

toes

cape

thei

r co

llect

ive

plig

ht. T

hrou

ghou

t the

sta

te w

e fo

und

thes

e pe

ople

eag

er to

esc

ape.

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eria

lly s

ucce

ssM

citi

zens

nee

dto

dev

elop

a g

reat

er s

ensi

tivity

to o

ther

rac

ial a

nd e

thni

c cu

lture

san

d to

dev

elop

an

insi

ght i

nto

the

esse

ntia

l ing

redi

ents

of v

iabl

eco

mm

uniti

es.

An

apat

hetic

citi

zenr

y ca

n on

ly r

esul

t in

a de

terio

ratin

g si

tua-

tion.

The

ans

wer

we

advo

cate

is fo

r ea

ch o

f us

who

live

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ashi

ngto

n S

tate

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trib

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is o

wn

wel

fare

thro

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his

own

effo

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able

soc

iety

mus

t pro

vide

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oppo

rtun

ity fo

r ev

ery

pers

on to

fulfi

ll th

is b

asic

nee

d.E

mpl

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ent p

robl

ems

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dra

stic

soc

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uch

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min

ority

per

son,

for

exam

ple,

is c

ause

d by

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natu

re o

f his

wor

k. T

hose

that

ore

forc

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ploy

men

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deni

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rogr

essi

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men

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mily

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dequ

atel

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ppor

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mili

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el a

sen

se o

f sha

me

and

inad

equa

cy th

atca

uses

som

e to

leav

e th

eir

hom

es. C

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quen

tly, t

heir

child

ren

grow

up

with

out f

athe

rs a

nd, m

ore

ofte

n th

an n

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ate

into

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som

e cy

cle

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nem

ploy

men

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ustr

atio

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sert

ion.

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onl

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curit

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the

pres

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e in

divi

dual

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ey in

sure

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futu

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r so

ciet

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wel

l. S

ome

of th

e m

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ita,

grow

th s

ervi

cesh

ealth

car

e, e

duca

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hou

sing

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nnin

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ndod

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atio

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all

type

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uire

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crea

ses

inm

anpo

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onl

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peo

ple

need

jobs

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r;!c

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mar

ket

need

s pe

ople

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gre

ates

t soc

ial b

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ill r

esul

t fro

m b

ringi

ngth

ese

two

toge

ther

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urin

g A

pril,

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and

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e, th

e Jo

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rain

ing

and

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mitt

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ms

in s

even

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com

mun

ities

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co),

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mer

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kane

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vere

tt.

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timon

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ceiv

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t the

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ake

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p-po

rtun

ities

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mitt

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May

22,

196

8.

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maj

or o

ojec

tives

of t

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foru

ms

wer

e to

iden

tify

prim

ary

need

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prov

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stat

ewid

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port

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r sp

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stim

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uppo

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ivid

ual a

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unity

nee

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usu

al fo

rum

form

at w

as to

hea

r an

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form

atio

npr

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by r

epre

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ativ

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lic a

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rivat

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enci

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labo

r an

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titut

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e af

tern

oon,

and

hea

r fr

ompe

ople

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hav

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trai

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rese

ntat

ives

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civ

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chur

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ther

inte

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even

ing.

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rmat

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hear

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ose

in th

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tern

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sho

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at h

eard

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e sp

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the

com

mitt

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afte

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n se

ssio

nsin

clud

ed th

e m

ayor

s of

sev

eral

of t

hese

citi

es, C

omm

unity

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ion

Pro

gram

dire

ctor

s, r

epre

sent

ativ

es o

f priv

ate

indu

stry

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rese

nta-

tivzs

from

all

leve

ls o

f gov

ernm

ent,

the

loca

l dire

ctor

s of

Em

ploy

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ent S

ecur

ity, a

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ony

mor

e. T

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omm

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als

o he

ard

alco

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lism

exp

erts

, nar

cotic

s ex

pert

s, a

nd ju

veni

le o

ffice

rs.

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sta

ff ha

s w

orke

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y w

ith th

e G

over

nor's

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ce, t

heE

mpl

oym

ent S

ecur

ity D

epor

tmen

t, an

d th

e D

epor

tmen

t of P

ublic

Ass

ista

nce

to o

btai

n ad

ditio

nal i

nfor

mat

ion

that

was

not

pre

-se

nted

at t

hese

foru

ms.

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ough

ther

e ho

ve b

een

mea

sura

ble

gain

s in

the

pers

onal

inco

me

of m

any

of o

ur s

tate

's c

itize

ns, t

he c

ondi

tions

of m

any

ofou

r ci

tizen

spar

ticul

arly

man

y S

tock

s, M

exic

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mer

ican

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mer

ican

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ansi

s on

e of

dep

rivat

ion

and

hope

less

ness

.T

he r

easo

n to

r th

is c

ondi

tion

lies

in th

ree

area

s th

at n

eed

aco

ncen

trat

ed a

ttack

unem

ploy

men

t, un

dere

mpl

oym

ent,

and

lack

of e

ntre

pren

euria

l ski

lls.

Une

mpl

oym

ent i

s th

e m

ost o

bvio

us o

f the

thre

e, a

nd th

e on

eth

at th

e F

eder

al g

over

nmen

t and

priv

ate

ente

rpris

e th

roug

hout

the

notio

n ha

ve b

egun

to a

ttack

join

tly. T

he p

robl

em is

not

the

lock

of j

obs.

We

have

a r

apid

ly e

xpan

ding

eco

nom

y in

Was

hing

-to

n an

d ne

w jo

bs a

re o

peni

ng fo

ster

than

em

ploy

ers

can

fill

them

. An

acut

e pr

oble

m is

that

une

mpl

oym

ent t

ends

to b

e co

ncen

-tr

ated

, ins

tead

of s

prea

d th

roug

hout

the

com

mun

ity. I

n W

ashi

ng-

ton,

une

mpl

oym

ent c

once

ntra

tes

in c

ore

city

are

as a

nd in

isol

ated

rura

l are

as. T

he u

nem

ploy

ed u

sual

ly li

ve in

thes

e ar

eas,

and

thei

rin

abili

ty to

pay

for

inno

vativ

e pr

ogra

ms

in th

eir

com

mun

itysc

hool

s, a

dequ

ate

hous

ing,

and

suf

ficie

nt g

over

nmen

tal s

ervi

ces

tend

s to

per

petu

ate

unem

ploy

men

t.T

he c

once

ntra

tion

adds

to th

e pr

oble

m in

sev

eral

way

s. F

orin

stan

ce, t

hose

on

relie

f in

the

Cen

tral

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a of

Sea

ttle

mig

ht fi

ndjo

bs in

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dly

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b m

arke

t in

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rett,

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con

neith

er a

fford

to m

ove

to E

vere

tt no

r bu

y av

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ble

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ing

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ey c

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get

ther

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are

as c

anno

t sup

port

the

spec

ial

levi

es n

eces

sary

for

thei

r sc

hool

s to

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rrie

r. L

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eth

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ent a

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e in

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ty to

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also

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der

the

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ent o

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mpl

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nee

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n fo

r th

eir

child

ren

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any

mot

hers

now

rec

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elfa

re p

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ents

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king

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ro-

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s th

e pr

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m o

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ent.

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any

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cial

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ities

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nic

min

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w o

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rate

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fam

ily n

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d of

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, con

se-

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mpl

oyee

mis

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be r

esol

ved

with

effe

ctiv

e ed

ucat

iona

l pro

gram

s. T

here

fore

,

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reco

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end

that

trai

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in e

mpl

oyin

g th

e ha

-d-c

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un-

empl

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be

give

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pub

lic a

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mpl

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perv

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t tha

t cou

ld h

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rt d

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atio

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exi

stin

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rt d

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and

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mpl

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mer

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co-

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wor

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form

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hard

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ing

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ork

and

have

jobs

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bsta

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gal b

arrie

rs a

re c

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be

revi

sed

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to s

atis

fy th

eir

orig

inal

purp

ose

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to c

ease

to a

ct a

s a

hind

ranc

e to

the

hirin

g of

the

unem

ploy

ed.

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ople

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not w

ork

in c

erta

in jo

bs b

ecau

se n

o fin

anci

alin

stitu

tion

is w

illin

g to

bon

d th

em. E

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e be

en a

cre

dit

risk

or h

ave

som

ethi

ng d

etrim

enta

l on

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r pe

rson

al r

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need

not

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pen.

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ropo

litan

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as li

ke L

os A

ngel

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perim

ente

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ry s

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lly w

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bon

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uni

ons

for

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epe

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h un

ions

cou

ld b

e fo

rmed

her

e ea

sily

and

with

littl

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st. T

here

fore

,

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reco

mm

end

that

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Em

ploy

men

t Sec

urity

be p

rovi

ded

fund

s an

d w

ork

with

the

Sta

te B

anki

ng A

ssoc

iatio

nto

cre

ate

a pr

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m to

pro

vide

bon

ds fo

r th

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hav

e be

enpr

even

ted

from

wor

king

.

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ther

ser

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pro

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our

garn

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t pro

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re, a

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mos

t of t

he d

ebto

r's w

ages

and

have

them

pai

d ov

er to

the

cred

itor

to s

atis

fy h

is d

ebt.

Inth

is s

tate

, the

cre

dito

r ca

n ha

ve th

e de

btor

's w

ages

with

held

eve

npr

ior

to o

btai

ning

a c

ourt

judg

men

t tha

t the

deb

t is

actu

ally

owin

g. T

his

prov

ides

the

cred

itor

with

eno

rmou

s le

vera

ge o

ver

his

debt

or w

ho u

sual

ly is

a w

age

earn

er b

uyin

g m

erch

andi

se o

n tim

ean

d w

ho h

as n

o sa

ving

s to

fall

back

on

pend

ing

a de

term

inat

ion

of w

heth

er th

e am

ount

cla

imed

is a

ctua

lly o

win

g. O

ften

the

rr

:37

400

debt

or is

forc

ed to

pay

wha

teve

r th

e cr

edito

r cl

aim

s is

ow

ing

plus

cost

s an

d at

torn

ey's

fees

with

out e

ver

havi

ng a

cou

rt c

onsi

der

the

mat

ter,

sin

ce th

is is

the

only

way

he

will

be

able

to o

btai

n hi

sw

ages

and

avo

id b

eing

fire

d T

hus,

our

gar

nish

men

t law

s co

m-

poun

d th

e pr

oble

ms

of th

e un

empl

oyed

and

und

erem

ploy

ed.

Em

ploy

ers

are

relu

ctan

t to

hire

and

are

qui

ck to

fire

per

sons

who

se w

ages

are

like

ly to

be

subj

ecte

d to

gar

nish

men

t and

the

ease

of o

btai

ning

a g

arni

shm

ent a

ctua

lly e

ncou

rage

s le

ss s

crup

u-lo

uc m

erch

ants

to e

xten

d cr

edit

to p

oor

cred

it ris

ks. W

hile

cre

dit

coun

selin

g an

d cr

edit

assi

stan

ce c

ould

be

mor

e w

idel

y an

dch

eapl

y av

aila

ble

to th

e po

or, l

egis

lativ

e re

form

is n

eede

d. T

here

-fo

re,

Page 14: Urban Washington: Apathy or Action? Report of the Governor ... · The Governor selected Secretory of State A. Ludlow Kramer to chair the Council. Secretary Kramer has an extensive

We

reco

mm

end

legi

slat

ion

whi

ch w

ill p

rohi

bit t

he g

arni

sh-

men

t of w

ages

prio

r to

the

entr

y of

judg

men

t and

the

liber

aliz

a-tio

n of

wag

e ex

empt

ions

so

that

deb

tors

wiil

be

able

to m

aint

ain

an a

dequ

ate

stan

dard

of l

ivin

g.W

e fu

rthe

r re

com

men

d an

ana

lysi

s in

dep

th b

e m

ade

by th

eS

tate

Ban

king

Ass

ocia

tion,

the

Sta

te B

ar A

ssoc

iatio

n, a

ppro

pria

test

ate

agen

cies

and

rep

rese

ntat

ives

of t

he p

oor

with

the

obje

ctiv

eof

dev

elop

ing

long

er-r

ange

sol

utio

ns fo

r th

e fin

anci

al p

robl

ems

ofde

btor

s an

d th

e po

or.

The

use

of t

ests

as

a ba

sis

for

hirin

gis

ano

ther

ser

ious

prob

lem

. The

use

of C

ivil

Ser

vice

test

s in

sta

te g

over

nmen

t, fo

rin

stan

ce, a

cts

as a

sub

tle fo

rm o

f dis

crim

inat

ion

agai

nst t

hose

inm

inor

ity c

ultu

ral b

ackg

roun

ds. T

ests

that

put

a p

rem

ium

upo

nac

quire

d kn

owle

dge

rath

er th

an n

atur

al a

bilit

y ar

e un

fair

toth

ose

who

atte

nded

poo

r sc

hool

s or

wer

e ra

ised

in a

n en

viro

n-m

ent t

hat d

id n

ot p

rovi

de in

telle

ctua

l stim

uli.

The

arg

umen

t is

not

agai

nst t

ests

per

se.

The

y ar

e a

valu

able

tool

in e

limin

atin

g ov

ert

favo

ritis

m a

nd a

ssur

ing

that

the

com

pete

nt a

re h

ired.

The

y m

ust

be c

onst

antly

re-

exam

ined

, how

ever

, to

mak

e th

em a

s fa

ir to

all

grou

ps a

s po

ssib

le, a

nd to

ass

ure

that

they

test

job

com

pete

nce

rath

er th

an s

impl

y ac

quire

d "b

ook

know

ledg

e" o

r fa

mili

arity

with

whi

te, m

iddl

e cl

ass

envi

rons

. In

any

case

, the

y sh

ould

not

be

the

sole

crit

erio

n fo

r em

ploy

men

t. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Was

hing

t-m

Sta

te C

ivil

Ser

vice

and

priv

ate

empl

oyer

s' a

ptitu

de te

sts

not b

e th

e so

le b

asis

for

em-

ploy

men

t. W

e fu

rthe

r re

com

men

d th

at b

oth

gove

rnm

enta

l and

priv

ate

empl

oyer

s re

-exa

min

e te

stin

g an

d in

terv

iew

ing

proc

edes

to e

limin

ate

cultu

ral b

ias.

Ano

ther

ser

ies

of le

gal r

estr

ictio

ns d

isco

urag

es th

e hi

ring

ofyo

ung

peop

le. M

inim

um w

age

law

s ar

e an

exc

elle

nt c

once

pt. I

nth

e ca

se o

f min

ors,

how

ever

, the

y of

ten

prec

lude

lear

ning

jobs

and

incr

ease

em

ploy

er r

eluc

tanc

e to

hire

this

age

gro

up. T

here

quire

men

t of a

writ

ten

perm

it fo

r ea

ch e

mpl

oyee

und

er th

e ag

eof

18

is s

uch

a bo

ther

that

man

y em

ploy

ers

will

not

hire

them

.T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Lab

or a

nd In

dust

ries

and

the

Legi

slat

ive

Cou

ncil

Com

mitt

ee o

n La

bor

re-e

xam

ine

the

out-

date

d ch

ild la

bor

law

s an

d gi

ve c

onsi

dera

tion

to e

stab

lishi

ngw

ork

expe

rienc

e tr

aini

ng p

rogr

ams

for

yout

h.

I

t'

Sta

te w

elfa

re la

ws

crea

te a

noth

er m

ajor

lega

l pro

blem

. Firs

t,ca

se w

orke

rs in

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pub

lic A

ssis

tanc

e ar

e pr

e-ve

nted

by

the

lega

l def

initi

on o

f a c

ase

(i.e.

, usu

ally

onl

y th

eun

empl

oyed

) an

d th

e re

quire

d ca

se lo

ad fr

om w

orki

ng w

ith m

ost

clie

nts

afte

r th

ey a

re e

mpl

oyed

. In

mos

t cas

es, t

his

addi

tiona

lco

unse

ling

is n

eces

sary

sin

ce fi

ndin

g a

job

is m

erel

y on

e as

pect

of th

e cl

ient

's p

robl

em. A

way

mus

t be

foun

d to

ena

ble

case

wor

kers

to p

erfo

rm th

is s

ervi

ce. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pub

lic A

ssis

tanc

est

udy

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f cha

ngin

g st

ate

rest

rictio

ns o

n ca

se lo

ads

to e

nabl

e co

ntin

uing

sup

port

ive

serv

ices

to th

e w

elfa

re r

ecip

ient

durin

g th

e cr

itica

l pos

t-em

ploy

men

t per

iod.

Page 15: Urban Washington: Apathy or Action? Report of the Governor ... · The Governor selected Secretory of State A. Ludlow Kramer to chair the Council. Secretary Kramer has an extensive

Ano

ther

lega

l que

stio

n re

gard

ing

wel

fare

is th

at o

f wor

kin

cent

ives

. A p

erso

n ne

eds

a m

inim

um le

vel o

f inc

ome

in o

rder

tosu

rviv

e, a

nd th

e st

ate

has

show

n a

com

mitm

ent t

o pr

ovid

e th

isw

hen

nece

ssar

y.F

or e

very

dol

lar

that

an

adul

t on

publ

ic a

ssis

tanc

e ea

rns,

how

ever

, a d

olla

r is

ded

ucte

d fr

om n

is fi

nanc

ial a

ssis

tanc

e. S

ince

to w

ork

invo

lves

con

side

rabl

y m

ore

effo

rt th

an n

ot w

orki

ng, a

ndsi

nce

expe

nses

of c

loth

ing,

trav

el a

nd o

ften

child

car

e m

ean

that

wor

king

may

be

far

less

pro

fitab

le th

an th

e gr

oss

sala

ry m

akes

itap

pear

, the

ded

uctio

n de

stro

ys th

e in

cent

ive

of w

elfa

re r

ecip

ient

sto

wor

k. T

he s

yste

m s

houl

d no

t ope

rate

this

way

. We

stro

ngly

urge

that

sta

te la

w a

nd r

egul

atio

ns b

e ch

ange

d to

pro

vide

ince

n-tiv

e ra

ther

than

hin

dran

ce to

wor

k.

RE

LAT

ED

SE

RV

ICE

S

Gov

ernm

ent m

ust i

mpr

ove

the

scop

e of

its

appr

oach

to th

eem

ploy

men

t pro

blem

. The

Sta

te o

f Was

hing

ton

has

dem

onst

rate

dth

at it

can

pro

vide

mos

t of t

he c

itize

ns jo

bs. C

onst

ant e

ffort

ove

rth

e pa

st 3

5 ye

ars,

how

ever

, has

not

pro

duce

d su

ffici

ent r

esul

tsw

ith m

inor

ities

or

cert

ain

area

s in

our

sta

te. W

e ne

ed to

try

new

and

inno

vativ

e m

etho

ds, a

nd n

ot a

llow

our

selv

es to

thin

k th

atm

ore

of th

e sa

me

will

trul

y so

lve

the

prob

lem

.

The

une

mpl

oyed

and

und

erem

ploy

ed o

ften

need

bot

h ad

vice

and

othe

r fo

rms

of a

ssis

tanc

e to

join

the

wor

ld o

f the

fully

empl

oyed

. Mot

hers

nee

d in

expe

nsiv

e da

y-ca

re fa

cilit

ies

for

thei

ryo

ung

child

ren

befo

re th

ey c

an w

ork.

Man

y pe

ople

sim

ply

need

coun

selin

g in

wha

t the

em

ploy

er e

xpec

ts a

nd h

ow th

ey c

cn b

est

perf

orm

. We

cann

ot fu

lly s

olve

the

job

prob

lem

unt

il ne

eds

for

rela

ted

serv

ices

are

met

.T

o fin

d in

form

atio

n in

any

fiel

d re

quire

s bo

th s

taffi

ng a

ndfu

ndin

g. M

any

agen

cies

of s

tate

gov

ernm

ent,

how

ever

, can

onl

yof

fer

prog

ram

s on

a d

aily

bas

is. T

he o

ne p

artic

ular

exc

eptio

n, th

eP

lann

ing

and

Com

mun

ity A

ffairs

Age

ncy,

is in

volv

ed in

long

-ra

nge

plan

ning

bas

ed o

n cu

rren

t res

ourc

es a

nd k

now

ledg

e. N

oag

ency

is p

rimar

ily c

once

rned

with

acq

uirin

g ne

w k

now

ledg

e an

dde

velo

ping

ent

irely

new

con

cept

s. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Was

hing

ton

Sta

te L

egis

latu

re in

coo

p-er

atio

n w

ith th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

cre

ate

a "t

hink

fact

ory"

to th

or-

ough

ly s

tudy

and

doc

umen

t hum

an r

esou

rce

prob

lem

s an

d m

ake

inno

vativ

e re

com

men

datio

ns to

the

Gov

erno

r, th

e Le

gisl

atur

e, a

ndth

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

.

Our

sta

te c

an u

se s

uch

an in

stitu

tion,

as

also

rec

omm

ende

d in

Cha

pter

I, th

at c

ould

be

inde

pend

ent a

nd d

raw

on

a br

oad

spec

trum

of p

eopl

e to

wor

k on

a v

arie

ty o

f pro

blem

s.S

tate

gov

ernm

ent s

houl

d al

so h

ave

a ch

ance

to e

xper

imen

tw

ith n

ew p

rogr

ams

on a

sm

all s

cale

to a

sses

s th

eir

effe

ctiv

enes

san

d de

velo

p th

em fo

r us

e on

a w

ider

sca

le. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Gov

erno

r be

pro

vide

d an

"E

xper

i-m

enta

l and

Dem

onst

ratio

n P

roje

ct F

und"

for

the

1969

-71

bien

-ni

um to

dev

elop

new

hum

an r

esou

rce

prog

ram

s.

Act

ivity

in s

tate

gov

ernm

ent m

ust b

e ac

com

pani

ed b

y ad

e-qu

ate

disp

ersi

on o

f inf

orm

atio

n to

the

publ

ic. O

bvio

usly

, peo

ple

do n

ot g

ain

from

pro

gram

s th

ey d

o no

t kno

w e

xist

. The

y m

ust

know

wha

t is

offe

red

and

whe

re s

o th

ey m

ay ta

ke a

dvan

tage

of

stat

e go

vern

men

t ser

vice

s. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

an

appr

ooria

te e

xist

ing

stat

e ag

eric

f be

desi

gnat

ed a

nd fu

nded

to p

rovi

de r

oman

res

ourc

es p

ublic

info

r-m

atio

n an

d ed

ucat

iona

l pro

gram

s to

dev

elop

a b

ette

r un

der-

stan

ding

of s

ubcu

lture

s in

Was

hing

ton.

Page 16: Urban Washington: Apathy or Action? Report of the Governor ... · The Governor selected Secretory of State A. Ludlow Kramer to chair the Council. Secretary Kramer has an extensive

Fin

ally

, one

are

a th

at r

equi

res

imm

edia

te a

ttent

ion

is1;

19

prob

lem

of d

ay-c

are

cent

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Eve

ry h

earin

g w

e he

ld in

clud

edm

othe

rs w

ho w

ould

be

wor

king

if th

ey c

ould

affo

rd to

hav

eso

meo

ne ta

ke c

are

of th

eir

child

ren

durin

g w

orki

ng h

ours

. Day

-ca

re c

ente

rs n

ow e

xist

. Com

mer

cial

cen

ters

, how

ever

, cos

t rou

gh ly

$3.5

0 pe

r ch

ild o

er d

ay. O

ther

cen

ters

exi

st th

at a

re c

heap

er, t

utno

ne a

re p

lent

iful e

noug

h. In

add

ition

, man

y of

the

mot

hers

wor

kat

odd

hou

rs a

s ni

ght c

lerk

s, w

aitr

esse

s, a

nd s

imila

r jo

bs w

hile

moa

t day

-car

e ce

nter

s ar

e op

en ju

st fr

om 8

:00

a.m

. to

5:00

p.m

.B

ecau

se w

e la

cked

the

time

to d

eter

min

e th

e ex

tent

of t

his

prob

lem

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pub

lic A

ssis

tanc

e an

dth

e D

epar

tmen

t of E

mpl

oym

ent S

ecur

ity th

orou

ghly

exa

min

e th

epr

oble

m o

f "da

y-ca

re c

ente

rs"

in th

e S

tate

of W

ashi

ngto

n an

d ac

tim

med

iate

ly to

impr

ove

the

avai

labi

lity

of d

ay-c

are

faci

litie

s fo

rth

e lo

wer

-inco

me

grou

ps.

CO

NC

LUS

ION

Ove

r al

l, th

e C

ounc

il's

Job

Tra

inin

g an

d O

ppor

tuni

ties

Com

-m

ittee

foun

d th

at th

e em

ploy

men

t pro

blem

in W

ashi

ngto

n is

not

one

of h

avin

g fa

r m

ore

qual

ified

app

lican

ts th

an a

vaila

ble

jobs

.In

fact

, it w

as fo

und

that

ther

e ar

e m

ore

high

-leve

l job

s th

anhe

r'h

ers

are

qual

ified

app

lican

ts. A

t thi

s po

int i

n hi

stor

y, th

eref

ore,

we

afe

able

to a

ttack

job

prob

lem

s th

at a

re m

ore

subt

le a

ndco

mpi

ex, s

uch

as th

ose

of u

nder

empl

oym

ent,

the

lack

of e

ntre

pre-

neur

ial s

kills

am

ong

the

poor

, and

the

com

plic

ated

cau

satio

n of

h. -

d-co

re u

nem

ploy

men

t.T

he C

omm

ittee

str

ongl

y co

ncur

s w

ith th

e E

duca

tion

Com

mitt

eeth

at th

ere

is a

crit

ical

nee

d fo

r m

ore

rele

vant

and

sop

hist

icat

edvo

catio

nal-t

echn

ical

cou

rses

in W

ashi

ngto

n's

seco

ndar

y sc

hool

s,ad

voca

tes

that

the

prop

osed

hum

an r

esou

rces

pub

lic in

form

atio

nag

ency

mus

t gre

atly

impr

ove

publ

ic k

now

ledg

e of

the

man

yfe

dera

l, st

ate,

loca

l, an

d pr

ivat

e jo

b tr

aini

ng p

rogr

ams,

and

cal

lsfo

r m

ore

effe

ctiv

e co

ordi

natio

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all

job

trai

ning

pro

gram

s to

less

en d

uplic

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d w

aste

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se tr

aditi

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app

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blem

s, h

owev

er, a

re fa

r fr

om a

dequ

ate

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rban

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hing

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hing

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citiz

ens

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oth

the

priv

ate

and

publ

ic s

ecto

rsm

ust n

ow r

ecom

mit

thei

r re

sour

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that

hav

e so

lved

the

prob

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of jo

b qu

antit

y to

sol

ving

the

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pro

blem

of j

ob q

ualit

y.N

ot o

nly

wou

ld o

ur s

tate

s ec

onom

y im

prov

e as

the

hum

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sour

ce is

mor

e fu

lly d

evel

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, but

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e qu

ality

and

mea

n-in

g of

indi

vidu

al li

ves

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ilies

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ld b

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prov

ed. W

eca

nnot

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ing

less

than

this

in o

ur S

tate

of W

ashi

ngto

n.

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een

the

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dard

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hou

sing

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mun

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tude

tow

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habi

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n im

pact

on

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attit

ude

and

capa

bilit

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ker

and

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ain

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b. S

tude

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rho

mes

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e th

e m

ost d

iffic

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n in

adj

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g to

sch

ool.

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's h

ousi

ng c

ondi

tions

hav

e an

ext

ensi

ve im

pact

on

his

heal

th,

sens

e of

prid

e, a

nd fa

mily

sol

idar

ity.

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dditi

on to

thes

e so

cial

-cul

tura

l con

side

ratio

ns, t

he U

rban

Affa

irs C

ounc

il ha

d an

othe

r pr

ime

reas

on fo

r co

nsid

erin

g W

ash-

ingt

on's

hou

sing

pro

blem

. Thi

s is

the

effe

ct th

at h

ousi

ng h

as o

nth

e ec

onom

y. T

he c

onst

ruct

ion

indu

stry

is o

ne o

f the

gre

ates

tso

urce

s of

jobs

for

the

unem

ploy

ed. E

xpan

ded

cons

truc

tion

activ

-ity

, as

a la

rge

segm

ent o

f an

expa

nded

eco

nom

y, c

an m

ater

ially

affe

ct th

e lif

e of

eac

h ci

tizen

.T

he H

ousi

ng C

omm

ittee

cam

e to

grip

s w

ith th

e m

any

prob

-le

ms

of h

ousi

ng in

a v

arie

ty o

f way

s. N

umer

ous

mee

tings

wer

ehe

ld w

ith m

en w

ho p

osse

ssed

kno

wle

dge

and

expe

rtis

e in

this

field

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e of

thes

e pe

ople

wer

e: L

este

r G

illis

, Pre

side

nt o

f the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Con

fere

nce

of B

uild

ing

Offi

cial

s; R

ay A

dam

s, D

irec-

tor

of th

e S

eattl

e H

ousi

ng A

utho

rity;

Dav

id G

uren

, Coo

rdin

ator

of

"Ope

ratio

n E

qual

ity"

of th

e S

eattl

e U

rban

leag

ue; W

alte

r H

und-

ley,

Dire

ctor

of t

he S

eattl

e M

odel

Citi

es p

rogr

am; A

ndre

w H

ess,

Reg

iona

l Dire

ctor

of t

he S

eattl

e H

ousi

ng A

dmin

istr

atio

n; C

urt P

e-te

rson

, one

of t

he s

tate

's le

adin

g yo

ung

build

ers;

and

Dr.

Art

hur

Gre

y, C

hairm

an o

f the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Urb

an P

lann

ing

at th

eU

nive

rsity

of W

ashi

ngto

n.In

add

ition

, the

Com

mitt

ee r

ecei

ved

exte

nsiv

e re

sear

ch a

ndan

alys

es o

f the

acc

umul

ated

dat

a fr

om th

e st

affs

of t

he P

lann

ing

and

Com

mun

ity A

ffairs

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ncy,

the

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iona

l Ass

ocia

tion

ofH

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ng a

nd R

edev

elop

men

t Offi

cial

s, a

nd th

e A

mer

ican

Ply

woo

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ssoc

iatio

n. M

any

othe

r in

divi

dual

s w

ere

cont

acte

d th

roug

h co

r-re

spon

denc

e.T

he U

rban

Affa

irs C

ounc

il st

aff h

as s

uppl

emen

ted

the

info

rma-

tion

the

Com

mitt

ee g

athe

red

with

dat

a fr

om b

uild

ing

dire

ctor

san

d ho

usin

g di

rect

ors

in v

ario

us c

ities

in W

ashi

ngto

n an

d in

for-

mat

ion

on h

ousi

ng p

rogr

ams

from

sev

eral

sta

tes

acro

ss th

e na

-tio

n.

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Was

hing

ton'

s gr

eate

st h

ousi

ng p

robl

em is

the

shor

tage

of

hous

ing.

The

maj

or c

ause

of t

his

shor

tage

is th

e un

prec

eden

ted

grow

th o

f thi

s st

ate

in th

e pa

st fo

ur y

ears

. Eve

n w

ith a

vera

gegr

owth

con

ditio

ns, i

t is

diffi

cult

for

new

hou

sing

con

stru

ctio

n to

keep

pac

e w

ith th

e ne

w p

opul

atio

n. W

ith th

e ex

trao

rdin

ary

grow

th th

at W

ashi

ngto

nis

expe

rienc

ingp

artic

ular

ly in

the

Pug

et S

ound

reg

ionc

ritic

al h

ousi

ng p

robl

ems

hove

dev

elop

ed.

The

se c

ritic

al p

robl

ems

can

be c

ateg

oriz

ed in

to fo

ur g

ener

alar

eas.

acq

uisi

tion

and

disp

ersa

l of i

nfor

mat

ion,

con

stru

ctio

n,m

aint

enan

ce, a

nd s

ocia

l cho

ice.

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id g

row

th h

as tr

ansf

orm

edho

usin

g fr

om m

erel

y a

loca

l con

side

ratio

n to

at l

east

a r

egio

nal,

and

in s

ome

case

s, a

sta

te p

robl

em. Y

et. a

t thi

s tim

e, w

e ha

ve n

oco

ordi

nate

d in

form

atio

n on

eith

er th

e ne

eds

of r

esid

ents

in v

ar-

ious

are

as o

r on

the

activ

ities

of g

over

nmen

t and

con

stru

ctio

nin

dust

ries.

As

the

hous

ing

prob

lem

bec

omes

mor

e cr

itica

l, m

ore

info

rmct

ion

is a

ccum

ulat

ed, b

ut it

is s

till g

athe

red

and

disp

erse

dby

a v

arie

ty o

f age

ncie

s w

ith a

mul

tiplic

ity o

f mot

ives

. Coo

rdi-

nate

d in

form

atio

n an

d co

mpr

ehen

sive

atta

cks

on th

is v

ital p

rob-

lem

doe

s no

t now

exi

st in

any

mor

e th

an a

n in

form

al fa

shio

n.T

he p

robl

em o

f con

stru

ctio

n ha

s th

ree

maj

or a

reas

that

mus

tbe

res

olve

di

all W

ashi

ngto

n re

side

nts

are

to h

ave

adeq

uate

hous

ing.

Con

stric

tion

has

not p

rodu

ced

enou

gh r

esid

entia

l uni

ts,

nor

in th

e rig

ht p

lace

.: an

d in

the

right

pric

e ra

nge.

We

cann

otfa

ult t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

indu

stry

. Pub

lic u

tiliti

es a

nd tr

ansp

orta

tion

rout

es h

ave

exer

ted

a m

ajor

influ

ence

on

whe

re h

ousi

ngis

plac

ed, z

onin

g re

gula

tions

ofte

n de

term

ine

wha

t typ

e of

hou

se is

built

, and

fina

ncia

l inc

entiv

es a

nd g

ener

al c

redi

t con

ditio

ns o

ften

cont

rol t

he q

uant

ity a

nd q

ualit

y of

hou

sing

.H

ousi

ng m

aint

enan

ce is

ano

ther

pro

blem

that

pla

gues

us.

One

of t

he b

est w

ays

to r

educ

e th

e pr

essu

re fo

r ne

w h

ousi

ng is

to im

prov

e an

d m

aint

ain

pres

ent h

ousi

ng. Y

et, w

e ar

e no

t doi

ngan

ade

quat

e jo

b. W

ashi

ngto

n st

ates

taxa

tion

polic

ies

cont

ribut

eto

this

phe

nom

enon

as

they

act

ually

pen

aliz

e th

e pe

rson

who

impr

oves

his

pro

pert

y, w

hile

pro

vidi

ng r

ewar

ds to

the

pers

onw

ho a

llow

s ho

usin

g to

sit

and

deca

y. M

any

com

mun

ities

do

not

even

hav

e m

inim

um h

ousi

ng o

r bu

ildin

g co

des.

In g

ener

al, w

eha

ve to

be

muc

h m

ore

conc

erne

d w

ith m

aint

enan

ce a

nd r

esto

ra-

tion

of o

ur h

ousi

ng in

Was

hing

ton

stat

e.T

he p

robl

em a

rea

give

n th

e m

ost p

ublic

ity is

the

prob

lem

of

soci

al c

hoic

e. T

he U

rban

Affa

irs C

ounc

il be

lieve

s th

at e

very

indi

-vi

dual

sho

uld

have

the

free

dom

to li

ve in

any

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d he

choo

ses.

Thi

s be

lief e

ntai

ls m

ore

than

fair

hous

ing

prac

tices

, al-

thou

gh th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent a

nd e

nfor

cem

ent o

f a s

tate

wid

e op

enho

usin

g la

w is

one

of o

ur r

ecom

men

datio

ns. I

t is

our

belie

f tha

tev

ery

indi

vidu

al s

houl

d be

abl

e to

obt

ain

clea

n an

d de

cent

hous

ing

that

he

can

affo

rd, w

heth

er h

e ch

oose

s to

live

in c

ity o

rth

e su

burb

, whe

ther

in p

ublic

or

priv

ate

hous

ing.

Thi

s co

nditi

ondo

es n

ot n

ow e

xist

. Man

y pe

ople

are

not

free

to li

ve w

here

they

ple

ase,

and

cle

an a

nd d

ecen

t hou

sing

is n

ot a

vaila

ble

toth

em w

here

ver

they

live

. The

Urb

an A

ffairs

Cou

ncil

Hou

sing

FIN

OM

PO

OM

ill

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Com

mitt

ee, w

hile

it fa

vors

a to

tally

inte

grat

ed s

ocie

ty, c

hans

not

feel

this

vie

w s

houl

d be

forc

ed o

n pe

ople

any

mor

e th

an th

evi

ew o

f a s

egre

gate

d so

ciet

y, a

nd, c

onse

quen

tly, o

ur p

ropo

sals

are

aim

ed a

t mak

ing

hous

ing

avai

labl

e w

here

ver

peop

le li

ve.

AC

QU

ISIT

ION

AN

D D

ISP

ER

SA

L O

F IN

FO

RM

AT

ION

The

pro

blem

of i

nfor

mat

ion

has

thre

e as

pect

sgen

eral

citi

zen

awar

enes

s, s

tate

wid

e co

ordi

natio

n, a

nd c

once

rned

and

inno

vativ

ein

put b

y in

dust

ry. A

ll th

ree

mus

t be

fully

dev

elop

ed if

the

hous

-in

g si

tuat

ion

is e

ver

to im

prov

e fo

r al

l res

iden

ts o

f Was

hing

ton

rath

er th

an ju

st a

priv

ilege

d gr

oup.

If w

e ar

e to

sol

ve th

is p

robl

em th

roug

h co

ncer

ted

actio

n,ev

eryo

ne m

ust b

e m

ade

awar

e th

at a

pro

blem

exi

sts.

So

far,

man

y gr

oups

hav

e la

bore

d lo

ng to

con

vinc

e pe

ople

that

poo

rho

usin

g do

es e

xist

. The

pro

blem

is m

ore

than

that

. We

feel

the

need

for

an a

war

enes

s of

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f hou

sing

and

the

vario

us fa

ctor

s th

at a

ffect

it. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

loca

tion

of h

igh-

way

s in

fluen

ces

hous

ing

loca

tions

. Unf

ortu

nate

ly, h

ighw

ays

have

been

pla

nned

with

littl

e el

se c

onsi

dere

d th

an c

onst

ruct

ing

the

long

est r

oad

per

dolla

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he s

econ

d as

pect

of t

he in

form

atio

n pr

oble

m is

the

need

for

stat

ewid

e co

ordi

natio

n. In

a h

ighl

y m

obile

soc

iety

, peo

ple

may

live'

and

wor

k in

pla

ces

far

apar

t. C

onse

quen

tly, w

e ne

ed to

kno

wth

e ho

usin

g ne

eds

and

hous

ing

supp

lies

of r

egio

ns o

ften

enco

m-

pass

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mor

e th

an o

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is a

rea

coul

d be

use

d fo

r is

to fi

nd fo

xing

prog

ram

s to

enc

oura

ge p

rope

rty

cons

erva

tion.

Ano

ther

are

o th

at n

eeds

muc

h st

udy

is in

tere

st r

ates

and

disc

ount

s. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

prop

osed

sta

te h

ousi

ng a

genc

y un

-de

rtak

e a

com

preh

ensi

ve e

xam

inat

ion

of in

tere

st r

ates

and

dis

-co

unts

whi

ch te

nd to

influ

ence

the

qual

ity o

f hou

sing

.

Man

y fa

mili

es a

re p

ayin

g re

nt 1

:-Io

tis

hig

her

than

nor

mal

hous

e pa

ymen

ts. S

ince

this

cou

ntry

bel

ieve

s in

prid

e of

ow

ner-

ship

, one

of t

he m

ost p

rodu

ctiv

e st

eps

we

coul

d ta

ke in

con

serv

-in

g ho

usin

g w

ould

be

to e

nabl

e m

ore

hom

e ow

ners

hip.

Man

ype

ople

cou

ld s

uppo

rt h

ouse

pay

men

ts b

ut lo

ck th

e as

sets

nec

es-

sary

for

a do

wn-

paym

ent.

if th

ey c

ould

get

cre

dit f

or th

e do

wn-

paym

ent,

they

cou

ld b

uy h

omes

and

hav

e th

is p

ride

of o

wne

r-sh

ip. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

fina

ncia

l ass

ista

nce

be g

iven

by

the

Sta

tefo

r ho

me

owne

rshi

p to

low

-inco

me

peop

le w

ho d

o no

t hav

ees

tabl

ishe

d cr

edit

ratin

gs. S

OC

IAL

CH

OIC

E

The

res

tric

tions

on

any

indi

vidu

al's

free

dom

to li

ve w

here

he

wis

hes

in c

lean

and

dec

ent h

ousi

ng a

re m

any

and

com

plex

. No

repo

rt c

on h

ope

to c

onsi

der

them

all.

We

hove

sel

ecte

d w

hat w

ebe

lieve

ore

the

maj

or, c

o. w

iter-

prod

uctiv

e re

stric

tions

.T

he fi

rst,

and

the

mos

t pub

liciz

ed, i

s ra

cial

dis

crim

inat

ion.

Whi

le th

e U

. S. S

upre

me

Cou

rt h

as n

ow d

ecla

red

all h

ousi

ngop

en, i

t pro

vide

s no

pro

visi

ons

for

enfo

rcin

g th

is ju

dgm

ent o

ther

than

the

long

and

cos

tly c

ourt

pro

cedu

re. T

hus,

this

sta

te n

eeds

ala

w th

at w

ill s

et u

p en

forc

emen

t pro

cedu

res

to in

sure

that

this

mos

t unj

ust a

nd d

elib

erat

e re

stric

tion

is r

emov

ed. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Legi

slat

ure

pass

a s

tate

wid

e op

enho

usin

g lo

w w

hich

will

ass

ure

acce

ss to

all

hous

ing

rega

rdle

ss o

fra

ce, c

olor

or

cree

d by

pay

ing

spec

ial a

ttent

ion

to e

nfor

cem

ent

prov

isio

ns.

Oth

er m

ore

subt

le a

nd le

ss d

elib

erat

e re

stric

tions

als

o im

-pi

nge

on in

divi

dual

free

dom

. The

loca

tion

of h

ighw

ays,

for

ex-

ampl

e, h

as a

maj

or in

fluen

ce o

n w

here

hou

sing

will

be

built

.U

ntil

rece

ntly

, how

ever

, hig

hway

des

igne

rs h

ave

show

n pr

imar

yin

tere

st in

fina

ncia

l con

side

ratio

ns, w

ith li

ttle

or n

o at

tent

ion

tohu

man

, env

ironm

enta

l or

resi

dent

ial p

robl

ems.

Thi

s of

ten

mea

nsth

ot h

ighw

ays

are

built

thro

ugh

low

-inco

me

neig

hbor

hood

sw

here

pro

pert

y va

lues

are

low

er. T

his

forc

es p

eopl

e ou

t of t

heir

hom

es w

ithou

t any

dire

ct in

fluen

ce in

that

cho

ice.

The

loca

tion

of p

ublic

util

ities

als

o pl

ays

a cr

ucia

l rol

e, a

ndev

en th

e co

nstr

uctio

n in

dust

ry m

ust w

ait f

or th

e ut

ilitie

s be

fore

they

can

dev

elop

on

area

whe

re p

eopl

e w

ould

like

toliv

e.

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Zon

ing

regu

latio

ns e

nter

in a

lso.

By

spec

ifyin

g to

o na

rrow

ly th

ety

pe o

f bui

ldin

g in

a g

iven

are

a, z

onin

g ca

n en

cour

age

"inco

me

ghet

tos"

alm

ost a

s co

unte

rpro

duct

ive

to s

ocie

ty a

s ra

cial

one

s.P

ublic

tran

spor

tatio

n al

so s

hape

s ho

me

loca

tion.

The

sub

ur-

ban

wor

ker

in W

ashi

ngto

n to

day

coul

d no

t net

to w

ork

with

out

his

car,

and

thos

e w

ho c

anno

t affo

rd o

car

can

not l

ive

in th

esu

burb

s. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

appr

opria

te s

tate

and

loca

l age

ncie

sin

sure

that

all

tran

spor

tatio

n sy

stem

s, c

omm

unic

atio

n sy

stem

s,an

d ut

ilitie

s be

pla

nned

toge

ther

to d

evel

op in

tegr

ated

str

uctu

res

for

ease

of m

aint

enan

ce, f

utur

e ch

ange

, and

land

con

serv

atio

n.

Com

mun

icat

ion

syst

ems

and

utili

ties

not o

nly

dete

rmin

ew

here

peo

ple

will

live

, but

als

o th

eir

envi

ronm

ent.

Tel

epho

nepo

les,

util

ity p

oles

and

o m

aze

of o

verh

ead

wire

s fo

rm a

blo

t on

the

land

scap

e an

d a

real

det

rimen

t to

a pl

easa

nt h

ome.

The

re-

fore

, We

reco

mm

end

that

the

conn

ectin

g lin

es fo

r co

mm

unic

atio

nsy

stem

s an

d ut

ilitie

s be

pla

ced

unde

rgro

und

whe

reve

r po

ssib

le b

yut

ilizi

ng e

xist

ing

stat

utes

.

Act

ion

that

forc

es p

eopl

e to

live

whe

re th

ey c

anno

t get

tow

ork,

or

in a

pre

dete

rmin

ed s

ocia

l gro

up, o

r in

uns

atis

fact

ory

hous

ing

ore

in n

o w

ay to

the

bene

fit o

f soc

iety

in g

ener

al. W

edi

rect

our

effo

rts

to r

emov

ing

them

.A

ny p

ublic

con

stru

ctio

n pr

ojec

t may

forc

e pe

ople

to m

ove

from

whe

re th

ey h

ove

chos

en to

live

. Sin

ce p

rimar

y co

nsid

erat

ion

has

ofte

n be

en g

iven

to la

nd v

alue

s, lo

w-in

com

e pe

ople

are

mov

ed fo

r m

ore

than

oth

ers.

Eve

n th

ough

thes

e pe

ople

are

com

-pe

nsat

ed fo

r th

e lo

ss o

f the

ir pr

oper

ty, t

heir

prop

erty

is u

sual

ly o

fsu

ch lo

w v

alue

that

they

hav

e ex

trem

e di

fficu

lty in

get

ting

relo

-ca

ted.

Sin

ce p

ublic

act

ion

forc

es th

ese

peop

le to

mov

e, p

ublic

actio

n sh

ould

hel

p th

em r

eloc

ate.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

bas

ic r

eloc

atio

n te

sts

be p

rovi

ded

tope

ople

mov

ed b

y a

gove

rnm

enta

l act

ion.

It is

impo

rtan

t tha

t the

indi

vidu

al h

as th

e op

port

unity

topa

rtic

ipat

e in

the

crea

tion

of h

is n

ew e

nviro

nmen

t. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

peo

ple

who

hav

e ac

ute

hous

ing

prob

-le

ms

and

need

s pa

rtic

ipat

e in

dev

elop

ing

the

solu

tions

to th

eir

envi

ronm

enta

l pro

blem

s an

d ne

eds

thro

ugh

invo

lvem

ent i

n pl

an-

ning

pro

cess

es, c

itize

n ad

viso

ry c

ounc

ils, a

nd th

roug

h re

pres

ento

-

Hon

of p

rofe

ssio

nal p

lann

ers

who

se fu

nctio

n is

to a

dvoc

ate

thei

rpo

sitio

n.

Fin

ally

, any

citi

zen

con

be d

ecei

ved

in r

eal e

stat

e tr

ansa

c-tio

ns. B

y m

isre

pres

entin

g th

e ar

ea h

e is

sel

ling,

the

sale

sman

inef

fect

forc

es p

eopl

e to

live

in p

lace

s th

ey m

ight

oth

erw

ise

avni

d.T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

legi

slat

ion

to p

rote

ct th

e pu

blic

from

zon

ing

mis

repr

esen

tatio

n in

the

purc

hase

of r

eal p

rope

rty.

dpr

hti

.411

11 CO

NC

LUS

ION

As

a st

ate,

we

have

faile

d to

mee

t our

hou

sing

cha

lleng

e.O

ur s

tate

gov

ernm

ent d

oes

not e

ven

have

a h

ousi

ng a

genc

y.T

here

are

no

regi

onal

hou

sing

age

ncie

s. M

any

loca

l com

mun

ities

,in

clud

ing

the

seco

nd la

rges

t in

the

stat

e, d

o no

t hav

e th

em.

One

can

not o

vers

tate

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f a p

erso

n liv

ing

in a

dece

nt h

ome.

It a

ffect

s pe

ople

's h

ealth

, edu

catio

n, jo

b pe

rfor

m-

ance

, and

gen

eral

psy

chol

ogic

al a

nd s

ocia

l wel

l-bei

ng.

Hou

sing

is a

bas

ic h

uman

nee

d. It

is th

e re

spon

sibi

lity

of th

ew

hole

soc

iety

. It i

s th

e jo

int r

espo

nsib

ility

of b

usin

ess,

gov

ern-

men

t, an

d th

e in

divi

dual

wor

king

toge

ther

to c

reat

e a

habi

tabl

ean

d en

joya

ble

plac

e fo

r ci

viliz

ed p

eopl

e. N

ow is

the

time

toac

cept

this

res

pons

ibili

ty.

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CH

AP

TE

R li

tH

EA

LTH

CA

RE

if w

e as

citi

zens

are

to c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

solu

tion

of th

e ur

ban

heal

th p

robl

ems,

we

mus

t und

erst

and

and

beco

me

invo

lved

.W

ith s

uch

invo

lvem

ent,

the

answ

ers

to th

e qu

estio

n, "

Wha

t can

I do?

" w

ill b

egin

to a

ppea

r. If

our

res

pons

ibili

ties

are

broa

dene

dto

mak

e us

e of

wha

t we

have

lear

ned,

we

will

hav

e op

ened

a n

ewlin

e. o

f com

mun

icat

ion

that

our

soc

iety

so

urge

ntly

nee

ds. W

ew

ill le

ive

gene

rate

d so

me

new

dia

logu

es b

etw

een

the

iort

unut

ean

d th

e ...

Inte

rluna

r., b

etw

een

thos

e w

ho o

re r

ich

in h

ealth

and

thos

e w

ho a

re d

epriv

ed o

f the

ade

quat

e he

alth

ser

vice

s, a

nd,

hope

fully

, bet

wee

n m

ere

and

his

God

in w

hose

han

ds o

ur fu

ture

ultim

atel

y lie

s.'

The

men

tal a

nd p

hysi

cal h

ealth

of o

n in

divi

dual

is p

roba

bly

his

sing

le g

reat

est c

once

rn. T

hrou

ghou

t its

exi

sten

ce, t

he U

rban

Affa

irs C

ounc

il ha

s di

rect

ed it

's e

ffort

s to

impr

ovin

g th

e w

elfa

re o

fth

e in

divi

dual

by

help

ing

to a

llevi

ate

the

gene

ral p

robl

ems

ofur

ban

resi

dent

s. T

hus,

the

heal

th o

f our

citi

zens

mus

t be

one

ofou

r pr

imar

y co

ncer

ns. W

ashi

ngto

n m

ust s

eek

to im

prov

e th

ehe

alth

of i

ts c

itize

ns th

roug

h th

e de

liver

y of

opt

imum

hea

lth c

are

serv

ices

to e

very

one

in th

e st

ate.

Jus

t as

on il

l soc

iety

can

not

nour

ish

heal

thy

peop

le, i

ll pe

ople

Can

not b

uild

a h

ealth

y so

ciet

y.O

ptim

um h

ealth

car

e fo

r W

ashi

ngto

n ci

tizen

s is

not

onl

y a

hu-

man

itaria

n du

ty, i

tis

a n

eces

sary

pre

preq

uisi

te to

exp

ande

dgr

owth

.T

he H

ealth

Cor

e C

omm

ittee

beg

an it

s ta

sk b

y se

ekin

g a

broo

dov

ervi

ew o

f the

man

y pr

oble

ms

rela

ted

to p

rovi

ding

opt

imum

heal

th c

ore

for

all c

itize

ns. T

hey

met

with

the

dire

ctor

s of

sta

tede

part

men

ts w

ith h

ealth

-rel

ated

pro

gram

s. T

hey

met

with

add

icts

and

with

alc

ohol

ics.

The

y ta

lked

with

o v

arie

ty o

f hea

;pr

ofes

-si

onal

s, a

nd w

ith m

any

lay

citiz

ens.

The

y to

ured

mig

rant

cam

ps,

heal

th fa

cilit

ies,

citi

es, a

nd r

ural

are

as T

hey

read

res

earc

h re

-po

rts,

par

ticip

ated

in n

umer

ous

cor.

fere

nces

, and

list

ened

to h

ours

of r

epor

ts a

nd d

iscu

ssio

ns.

The

Com

mitt

ee r

ealiz

ed th

at to

con

side

r oi

l the

man

y pr

ob-

lem

s in

hea

lth th

at n

eede

d co

rrec

tion

or im

prov

emen

t wou

ld b

eim

poss

ible

. The

y fu

lly r

ecog

nize

d co

nsid

erab

le n

eeds

in s

uch

area

s as

men

tal i

llnes

s, m

enta

l ret

arda

tion,

pro

blem

s in

cide

nt to

agin

g, h

ighw

ay s

afet

y, a

nd m

any

mor

e. N

eith

er th

e tim

e no

r th

ene

cess

ary

expe

rtis

e w

as a

vaila

ble,

how

ever

, to

unde

rtak

e to

tal

stud

y. C

onse

quen

tly, t

he C

omm

ittee

lim

ited

its c

once

rn to

thos

esp

ecifi

c ar

eas

in w

hich

they

felt

they

cou

ld e

ffect

ivel

y co

ncen

trat

e

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rob

rond

o by

Mon

/. W

. Mo1

1,90

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N,&

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orry

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.,rt

, the

Wre

pten

gtee

Ste

er. P

atei

tAA

pta

19, 1

961.

thei

r ef

fort

s to

pro

blem

s w

hich

are

of m

ajor

con

cern

in o

ur u

rban

cent

ers.

The

pro

blem

s of

pro

vidi

ng o

ptim

um h

ealth

cor

e to

the

citiz

ens

of W

ashi

ngto

n or

e m

uch

the

som

e as

thos

e of

the

natio

n. T

hese

prob

lem

: cen

ter

arou

nd th

e de

liver

y of

hea

lth c

ore

serv

ices

. As

the

leve

l of a

fflue

nce

of o

ur s

ocie

ty h

as g

row

n, o

vr c

itize

ns h

ave

com

e to

acc

ept h

ealth

car

e as

a s

ocia

l rig

ht r

athe

r th

an a

nec

onom

ic p

rivile

ge. A

s te

chno

logy

has

pro

duce

d m

ore

effe

ctiv

em

eans

for

over

com

ing

illne

ss a

nd c

omm

unic

atio

ns m

edia

hav

ere

late

d su

ch in

form

atio

n to

the

publ

ic.,

the

publ

ic h

as c

ome

toex

pect

mor

e an

d m

ore

from

our

hea

lth c

ore

syst

em. F

or to

o m

any

of o

ur c

iizen

s, h

owev

er, a

dequ

ate

heal

th c

ore

still

rem

ains

an

econ

omic

priv

ilege

inac

cess

ible

to th

em.

We

mus

t, th

eref

ore,

firs

t exa

min

e ou

r he

alth

cor

e sy

stem

inor

der

" le

term

ine

why

hea

lth c

are

rem

ains

an

inac

cess

ible

eco

-no

m;.:

pr.

vile

ge fo

r so

me

peop

le. T

he fi

rst d

iffic

ulty

is th

at o

urhe

a'th

car

e sy

stem

is, i

n fa

ct, n

o sy

stem

at a

ll. R

athe

r, it

is a

mos

aic

of s

ervi

ces

root

ed in

indi

vidu

alis

m a

nd p

lura

lism

and

prov

ided

by

a va

riety

of p

ublic

and

priv

ate

reso

urce

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mon

g th

em

any

elem

ents

nec

essa

ry to

ren

der

thes

e he

alth

ser

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s m

ore

resp

onsi

ve to

hum

an n

eeds

are

citi

zen

awar

enes

s, p

rofe

ssio

nal

sens

itivi

ty, m

anpo

wer

, and

coo

rdin

ated

pla

nnin

g.

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Citi

zen

awar

enes

s is

the

stim

ulus

for

solu

tion

of a

ny p

ublic

prob

lem

and

con

side

rabl

e ef

fort

has

bee

n de

vote

d to

mak

ing

our

citiz

ens

awar

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hing

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s he

alth

pro

blem

s. T

o m

any

of u

s,ho

wev

er, t

hese

effo

rts

do n

ot h

ave

imm

edia

te a

nd p

erso

nal i

m-

pact

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se w

ho e

at w

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arel

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el th

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ed fo

r nu

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onal

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food

sto

mp

prog

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s. T

hose

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e re

ceiv

ed g

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dent

al c

ore

rare

ly fe

el th

e ne

ed fo

r flu

orid

atio

n an

d m

ore

dent

ists

. Tho

se w

hone

ver

pay

on e

ntire

hos

pita

l bill

ror

ely

feel

the

impa

ct o

f sky

rock

-et

ing

hosp

ital c

osts

. Onl

y w

hen

such

peo

ple

are

conf

ront

ed w

ithth

e si

ck a

nd th

ose

too

poor

to a

fford

hea

lth s

ervi

ces,

do

thy

beco

me

conc

erne

d w

ith th

e pr

oble

.,s o

f hea

lth c

ore,

A s

econ

d as

pect

of t

he c

itize

n aw

aren

ess

prob

lem

is th

e la

ckof

info

rmat

ion

amon

g m

any

of th

ose

who

nee

d co

re. K

now

ledg

eab

out f

r3e

imm

uniz

atio

n cl

inic

s, d

enta

l ser

vice

s, c

harit

y ho

spita

ls,

and

Con

sulta

tion

serv

ices

doe

s no

t rea

ch m

any

of th

e pe

ople

that

desp

erat

ely

need

suc

h pr

ogra

ms.

Am

ong

thes

e pe

ople

, the

lack

of in

form

atio

n ab

out h

ow to

mai

ntai

n go

od h

ealth

is a

lso

am

ajor

pro

blem

. Kno

win

g ab

out n

utrit

ion

and

how

to o

btai

n it

inex

pens

ivel

y, a

bout

fam

ily p

lann

ing

and

wel

l-chi

ld c

linic

s, a

bout

prev

entin

g in

fect

ion,

and

the

dang

ers

of d

rug

abus

e co

uld

help

alle

viat

e m

any

prob

lem

s. M

any

peop

le s

impl

y do

not

kno

w w

hat

to r

ealis

tical

ly e

xpec

t fro

m th

e he

alth

pro

fess

iona

l.C

lose

ly r

elat

ed to

citi

zen

awar

enes

s is

pro

fess

iona

l sen

sitiv

ity.

The

doc

tor

or d

entis

t who

has

con

cent

rate

d hi

s ac

adem

ic s

tudi

esin

tech

nica

l cou

rses

can

not b

e ex

pect

ed to

be

fully

cog

nizo

ut o

fth

e va

st r

ange

of s

ocia

l pro

blem

s re

late

d to

per

sona

l hea

lth. T

heph

ysic

ian

who

trav

els

from

his

sub

urba

n ho

me

to h

is s

ubur

ban

clin

ic o

r hi

s do

wnt

own

offic

e ra

rely

witn

esse

s th

e cr

itica

l nee

ds o

fth

e va

st n

umbe

r of

peo

ple

who

eith

er o

re n

ot a

ble

or n

ot in

clin

edto

com

e to

him

. The

pro

blem

ofte

n is

cem

poun

ded

by th

e at

titud

eof

the

inte

rmed

iarie

s be

twee

n th

e pa

tient

and

the

heal

th p

rofe

s-si

onal

.C

onse

quen

tly, t

he p

rofe

ssio

nal

isof

ten

isol

ated

on

two

coun

ts. T

hose

inst

itutio

ns th

at p

ut a

pre

miu

m o

n te

chni

cal e

xcel

-le

nce

at th

e ex

pens

e of

the

hum

an r

elat

ions

hip

betw

een

patie

ntan

d pr

ofes

sion

al h

ave

done

muc

h to

alie

nate

the

peop

le th

atm

ost n

eed

prof

essi

onal

ser

vice

s.A

noth

er m

ajor

pro

blem

are

a is

hea

lth m

anpo

wer

. The

hea

lthfie

ld c

an u

se m

any

mor

e pe

ople

bot

h in

teac

hing

and

vim

inis

ter-

ing

heal

th c

ore.

It m

ust a

ttrac

t man

y pe

ople

who

are

now

une

du-

cate

d, u

nem

ploy

ed, a

nd in

a r

acia

l or

ethn

ic m

inor

ity w

ho h

ove

the

pote

ntia

l to

beco

me

qual

ified

hea

lth c

ore

pers

onne

l. R

estr

ic-

tive

licen

sing

pol

icie

s, o

n ap

pare

nt la

ck o

f com

mitm

ent t

o he

alth

voca

tiona

l edu

catio

n, a

nd th

e im

men

se fi

nanc

ial c

ost t

o th

e in

di-

vidu

al w

ho w

ishe

s to

bec

ome

a he

alth

pro

fess

iona

l hav

e al

lad

ded

to th

is p

robl

em.

The

fina

l pro

blem

is th

e on

e in

whi

ch o

ur s

tate

has

see

n th

e

O

mos

t enc

oura

ging

pro

gres

s. T

his

prob

lem

is th

e ne

ed fo

r co

ordi

-na

ted

plan

ning

. The

Gov

erno

r's C

ompr

ehen

sive

Hea

lth P

lann

ing

Cou

ncil

is a

hop

eful

sig

n fo

r th

e fu

ture

. Cou

ncils

like

this

one

need

to b

e fo

rmed

on

regi

onal

, cou

nty,

and

com

mun

ity le

vels

as

wel

l. P

eopl

e fr

om a

ll w

alks

of l

ife, b

oth

publ

ic a

nd p

rivat

e, n

eed

to w

ork

toge

ther

to a

ssur

e he

alth

car

e fo

r al

l citi

zens

. Hea

lth c

are

will

be

impr

oved

if a

ll el

emen

ts in

bot

h th

e pr

ivat

e an

d pu

blic

sect

or a

re fi

tted

toge

ther

in a

com

preh

ensi

ve p

lan.

Up

until

this

year

, how

ever

, no

grou

ps in

the

stat

e ha

ve d

one

this

com

preh

en-

sive

pla

nnin

g. T

he la

ck o

f pla

nnin

g an

d co

ordi

natio

n ha

s le

d to

was

te o

n th

e pa

rt o

f bot

h go

vern

men

t and

the

heal

th p

rofe

ssio

ns.

Hos

pita

ls h

ave

need

less

ly d

uplic

ated

bot

h m

achi

nes

and

serv

ices

,pr

ofes

sion

als

have

tend

ed to

con

cent

rate

geo

grap

hica

lly a

way

from

the

area

s of

gre

ates

t nee

d, a

nd g

over

nmen

t has

spo

nsor

edpr

ogra

ms

that

do

not r

each

the

peop

le w

ho h

ave

the

grea

test

need

for

such

ser

vice

.T

he h

ealth

pro

fess

iona

ls c

anno

t pro

vide

hea

lth c

are

by th

em-

selv

es. T

hey

need

the

coop

erat

ion

of th

e co

mm

unity

, the

gov

ern-

men

t, pr

ivat

e en

terp

rise

and

priv

ate

grou

ps in

ord

er to

pro

vide

care

for

all o

ur c

itize

ns. W

e ne

ed p

lann

ing

in o

rder

to b

ring

the

full

stre

ngth

of o

ur h

ealth

car

e re

sour

ce. t

o pr

ovid

e op

timum

heal

th c

are

for

all o

ur c

itize

ns.

DE

NT

AL

CA

RE

A p

erso

n's

teet

h ar

e of

ten

his

mos

t neg

lect

ed h

ealth

pro

blem

beca

use

peop

le w

ith e

xtre

mel

y de

caye

d te

eth

and

gum

dis

ease

sco

n ap

pear

to b

e pe

rfec

tly h

ealth

y, a

nd b

ecau

se d

enta

l exp

ense

sar

e of

ten

not c

arrie

d in

hea

lth in

sura

nce

prog

ram

s.T

his

negl

ect h

as e

xten

sive

per

sona

l and

soc

ial i

mpa

ct. T

heco

nsta

nt p

ain

of a

chin

g te

eth

mak

es c

once

ntra

tion

on a

job

orfc

mily

car

e di

fficu

lt, a

nd le

ads

to a

nti-s

ocia

l beh

avio

r.F

or to

o m

any

dent

ists

hav

e be

en u

naw

are

of th

e ex

tent

of t

hepr

oble

m. D

enta

l clin

ics

usua

lly -

ire lo

cate

d in

dow

ntow

n of

fices

or

subu

rban

cen

ters

, aw

ay fr

om lo

w-in

com

e or

min

ority

are

as. T

hede

ntis

t can

not l

eave

his

equ

ipm

ent.

He

usua

lly p

rom

ises

full

coop

erat

ion

to th

ose

patie

nts

that

will

com

e to

him

. But

to p

eopl

ew

ithou

t the

mea

ns o

f tra

nspo

rtat

ion

or th

e ne

cess

ary

soci

al b

ack-

ing

in th

e fo

rm o

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f-re

spec

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h. T

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unp

rese

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tere

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arity

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ceth

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the

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tal c

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ble.

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refo

re,

We

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the

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ked

impr

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ent o

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tal h

ygie

need

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in th

e S

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ashi

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lth d

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poor

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to c

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end

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all

dent

al p

rofe

ssio

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hav

e an

inte

rnsh

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o r

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nom

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step

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slat

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sta

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fluor

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cavi

ties

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r de

ntal

pro

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ass

up th

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port

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pro

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alm

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tep

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enta

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Dep

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lic A

ssis

tanc

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for

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uner

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Mor

e th

an ju

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ate

to th

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ople

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ate

ser

ving

in th

ese

prog

ram

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also

man

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mili

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nce

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ntal

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ually

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ntal

help

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er. T

he p

rivat

e an

d pu

blic

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tors

sho

uld

wor

k to

geth

erto

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ve th

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em. T

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,

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Was

hing

ton

Sta

te D

enta

l Ass

ocia

tion

and

the

appr

opria

te s

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visi

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ing

Cou

ncil

subc

omm

ittee

on

Man

pow

er a

nd th

e S

tate

Dep

artm

ent o

fH

ealth

's M

anpo

wer

Pro

ject

mak

e a

thor

ough

stu

dy o

f den

tal

man

pow

er o

vaita

bilit

y, d

istr

ibut

ion,

and

util

izat

iun.

We

sugg

est a

tim

e pe

-iod

of fr

om tw

elve

to e

ight

een

mon

ths

as th

e m

axim

um w

aitin

g tim

e fo

r th

e re

sults

of a

ny s

tudy

in a

nar

ea a

s vi

tal a

s he

alth

. HE

AR

TH

MA

NP

OW

ER

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ough

bot

h th

e D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

nnd

the

Com

preh

en-

sive

Hea

lth P

lann

ing

Cou

ncil

are

stud

ying

hea

lth m

anpo

wer

prob

lem

s, th

e C

ounc

ils H

ealth

Cor

e C

omm

ittee

con

side

red

them

too

impo

rtan

t to

igno

re.

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pro

blem

are

ais

the

trai

ning

of h

e'71

th m

anpo

wer

.A

mon

g he

alth

cor

e pe

rson

nel,

we

foun

d on

unf

ortu

nate

lack

of

sens

itivi

ty to

the

prob

lem

s of

the

poor

and

min

oriti

es a

nd, g

ener

-al

ly, t

o th

e so

cial

and

eco

nom

ic im

plic

atio

ns o

f hea

lth c

are.

Muc

hof

this

inse

nsiti

vity

ste

ms

from

the

pure

ly te

chni

cal t

rain

ing

give

nm

ost o

f our

hea

lth p

rofe

ssio

nals

. Hea

lth c

are

trai

ning

mus

t in-

clud

e th

e so

cial

and

eco

nom

ic a

spec

ts o

f hea

lth c

are.

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refo

re,

a.

We

rate

/WM

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that

hum

an r

elat

ions

trai

ning

bot

h in

cou

rse

wor

k an

d in

inte

rnsh

ip w

ith o

n em

phas

is o

n so

cio-

Cul

ture

sen

si-

tivity

be

reqv

ired

for

the

trai

ning

of a

ll pe

rson

nel i

nvol

ved

inhe

alth

car

e in

the

stat

e of

Was

hing

ton.

The

third

pro

blem

ore

o is

the

requ

irem

ents

for

heal

th p

rofe

s-si

onal

sta

tus.

Nor

onl

y co

uld

our

trai

ning

inst

itutio

ns d

o fo

r m

ore

to m

ake

heal

th tr

aini

ng a

vaila

ble

to a

ll gr

oups

, but

als

o ou

rce

rtifi

cotio

n pr

oced

ures

cou

ld b

e m

ade

mor

e fle

xibl

e to

allo

w fo

rpo

i-a-p

rofe

ssio

nal h

ealth

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e ai

des.

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Our

hea

lth p

rofe

ssio

nal s

choo

ls h

ave

not d

one

enou

gh to

trai

n m

embe

rs o

f cul

tura

l and

rac

ial m

inor

ities

. At p

rese

nt, t

here

are

only

four

Neg

ro d

entis

ts a

nd o

nly

19 N

egro

phy

sici

ans

prac

-tic

ing

in o

ur s

tate

. Onl

y on

e of

thes

e pr

actic

es o

utsi

de K

ing

Co:

:nty

. Adm

issi

ons

prog

ram

s ha

ve n

ot d

evot

ed e

noug

h ef

fort

tore

crui

ting

mem

bers

of m

inor

ities

gro

ups.

The

y ra

rely

use

:ndi

ge-

nous

per

sons

as

recr

uite

rsE

xist

ing

prog

ram

s ha

ve d

iffic

ulty

re-

crui

ting

"qua

lifie

d" c

andi

date

s du

e to

edu

catio

nal a

nd c

ultu

ral

prob

lem

s st

retc

hing

bac

k to

the

qual

ity o

f ins

truc

tion

in th

e se

c-on

dary

and

prim

ary

grad

es a

nd th

e lo

ck o

f pre

-sch

ool t

rain

ing

inth

e ho

me.

Spe

cial

col

lege

pro

gram

s in

clud

ing

tuto

ring

and

spec

ial

odm

issi

cns

polic

ies

mus

t be

crea

ted

to b

ring

mor

e of

thes

e pe

o-pl

e in

to h

ealth

-rel

oted

fiel

ds. T

here

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ion

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tran

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limin

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tate

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ical

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ally

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hea

lth p

rofe

ssio

n m

ust b

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oug'

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use

all t

he r

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rces

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re,

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We

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ngly

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med

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need

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add:

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con

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ensi

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lth M

an-

pow

er P

roje

ct o

f the

Was

hing

ton

Sta

te D

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t of H

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cal

l for

mor

e an

d ex

tend

ed u

se o

f par

apro

fes-

sion

als,

and

as

we

have

alre

ady

note

d, th

ere

is a

def

inite

nee

dfo

r al

terin

g tr

aini

ng p

rogr

ams

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our

heal

th p

iofe

ssio

nols

. The

re-

fore

, We

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inat

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ashi

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rd a

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rmat

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ram

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ritio

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ve n

ot b

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adeq

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ritio

n no

t onl

y pr

even

tshe

alth

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heal

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l inf

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atio

n th

at e

very

one

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t rec

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re-

fore

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gthe

ning

the

exis

ting

nutr

ition

al h

ealth

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ram

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e S

tate

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artm

ent o

f Hea

lth to

pro

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furt

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ser

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the

com

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vel b

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irect

ass

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nce

and

cons

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tion.

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resp

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ble

for

the

trem

endo

us in

crea

se in

the

cost

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faci

lity

serv

ices

in th

e pa

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w y

ears

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efa

ctor

s, li

ke th

e ris

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nur

ses'

sal

arie

s, a

re fu

lly ju

stifi

ed a

ndne

cess

ary,

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fact

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the

cost

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ospi

tal s

ervi

ces

has

risen

for

mor

e sh

arpl

y th

an o

ther

com

para

ble

serv

ices

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gest

s ro

omfo

r im

prov

emen

t. H

ealth

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litie

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ve s

how

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tle o

r no

tend

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cy to

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k w

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ach

othe

r. H

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tals

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e ne

edle

ssly

dup

li-ca

ted

each

oth

er's

mac

hine

ry in

stea

d of

wor

king

out

tim

e-sh

orin

gpl

ans.

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t mac

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, for

inst

ance

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ser

ve a

hal

f a m

illio

npe

ople

. The

city

of S

poka

ne (

popu

latio

n ap

prox

imat

ely

187,

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has

two

such

mac

hine

s an

d is

in th

e pr

oces

s of

rec

eivi

ng a

third

. The

list

of e

xam

ples

like

this

one

are

ext

ensi

ve. H

ealth

faci

lity

plan

ning

cou

ld b

e m

ode

far

mor

e ef

ficie

ntif

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ting

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bilit

atio

n. T

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,

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mm

end

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info

rmat

iona

l and

edu

catio

nal p

rogr

ams

on th

e ef

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s of

dru

g ab

use

curr

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impr

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incl

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rogr

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ce o

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stru

c-tio

n an

d sh

ould

wor

k w

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e ap

prop

riate

age

ncie

s. T

he s

erie

s of

prog

ram

s sh

ould

he

deve

lope

d w

ithin

12

mon

ths.

Ano

ther

ste

p is

to r

ecog

nize

all

addi

ctio

ns a

nd il

lnes

ses

for

wha

t the

y ar

e an

d tr

eat t

hem

acc

ordi

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part

icul

ar, a

lcoh

ol-

ism

is a

n ill

ness

, and

to tr

eat a

lcoh

olic

s as

crim

inal

s is

not

onl

yin

appr

opria

te, b

ut it

is in

hum

ane.

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ntie

s an

d m

unic

ipal

ities

shou

ld c

reat

e ap

prop

riate

pro

gram

s ra

ther

than

res

ortin

g to

"dru

nk ta

nks.

- T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

all

publ

ic a

genc

ies

in th

e S

tate

of W

ash-

ingt

on a

ccep

t the

con

cept

of a

lcoh

olis

m a

s an

illn

ess

and

adop

tth

e S

tate

Hea

lth D

epar

tmen

t's p

olic

y to

war

d th

e em

ploy

ee w

ithdr

inki

ng p

robl

ems.

The

Sta

te H

ealth

Dep

artm

ent p

olic

y gr

ants

suc

h em

ploy

ees

sick

leav

e an

d he

lps

with

trea

tmen

t for

a r

easo

nabl

e pe

riod

oftim

e. In

no

case

is a

drin

king

pro

blem

alo

ne a

rea

son

for

imm

edia

te d

ism

issa

l.F

inal

ly, w

e m

ust c

ontin

ue to

ded

icat

e ef

fort

to r

ehab

ilita

tion.

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add

icts

add

to th

e ra

nks

of o

ur c

rimin

al e

lem

ent a

nd to

the

hope

less

and

the

poor

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y so

cial

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efit

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e fr

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e pe

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, and

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y so

cial

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rom

not

The

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lth D

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tmen

t has

two

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ram

s in

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ctio

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rst i

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e pr

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m o

f the

Alc

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m S

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n. T

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r th

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hing

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te D

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rain

ing

Cen

ter

for

pers

ons

who

wor

k pr

ofes

sion

ally

with

oko

holic

s; a

ndpr

esen

ting

wor

ksho

ps fo

r se

cond

ary

scho

ol te

ache

rs.

The

gro

up in

Was

hing

ton

Sta

te th

at s

uffe

rs th

e m

ost f

rom

the

prob

lem

s of

alc

ohol

ism

is th

e A

mer

ican

Indi

ans.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Sta

te H

ealth

Dep

artm

ent's

pro

gram

be e

xpan

ded

to in

clud

e at

leas

t one

mor

e fie

ld r

epre

sent

ativ

e, o

nIn

dian

, who

se p

rimar

y re

spon

sibi

lity

wou

ld b

e to

initi

ate

mor

epr

ogra

ms

on a

lcoh

olis

m w

ithin

Indi

an g

roup

s.

Ano

ther

Sta

te H

ealth

Dep

ortm

ent p

rogr

am th

at s

houl

d be

note

d is

that

on

smok

ing

and

heal

th. T

he h

ealth

dan

gers

of

smok

ing

are

now

wel

l doc

umen

ted.

Effo

rts

devo

ted

to a

llevi

atin

gth

e pr

oble

ms

of s

mok

ing

are

esse

ntia

l to

any

port

of a

hea

lthca

re p

rogr

am. T

here

fore

,

We

endo

rse

the

obje

ctiv

es o

f the

Sm

okin

g an

d H

ealth

Pro

-gr

am o

f the

Sta

te H

ealth

Dep

ortm

ent w

hich

incl

ude

five

regi

onal

teac

her

wor

ksho

ps; p

eer-

grou

p pr

ogra

ms;

sm

okin

g ex

hibi

ts a

tte

enag

e, fa

irs; t

he d

evel

opm

ent o

f loc

al in

tera

genc

y co

unci

ls fo

red

ucat

iona

l pro

gram

s; c

oord

inat

ion

with

the

Was

hing

ton

Sta

teIn

tera

genc

y C

ounc

il on

Sm

okin

g an

d H

ealth

; the

form

atio

n an

ddi

strib

utio

n of

new

slet

ters

and

pam

phle

ts s

uppo

rtin

g pr

ogra

mac

tiviti

es; a

nd o

stu

dent

*va

luat

ion

prog

ram

.

TH

E F

AR

M L

AB

OR

ER

The

mig

rant

form

labo

rer

suffe

rs u

nder

som

e of

the

wor

sthe

alth

con

ditio

ns o

f any

gro

up o

f citi

zens

in th

e st

ate

of W

ash-

ingt

on. H

e ha

s nu

mer

ous

heal

th p

robl

ems,

and

we

can

only

cons

ider

a fe

w o

f the

maj

or o

nes.

The

firs

t is

the

envi

ronm

ent i

n w

hich

he

lives

. For

m la

bor

cam

ps a

re n

otor

ious

for

thei

r un

sani

tary

, uns

afe,

and

fire

-hoz

ord-

ous

cond

ition

s. W

ashi

ngto

n's

labo

r ca

mps

ors

not

exc

eptio

ns to

this

rep

utat

ion.

Imm

edia

te a

nd c

onst

ant a

ttent

ion

mus

t be

give

nto

mak

ing

them

saf

er a

nd m

ore

heal

thy

plac

es to

live

. The

loca

lhe

alth

cor

e of

ficer

is r

espo

nsib

le fo

r se

eing

that

labo

r ca

mp

oper

ator

s m

eet t

he s

tand

ards

and

abi

de b

y al

l rul

es s

et d

own

byth

e S

tate

Boa

rd o

f Hea

lth u

nder

RC

W 4

3.20

. In

man

y ca

ses,

how

ever

, the

loca

l hea

lth d

epor

tmen

t doe

s no

t hav

e th

e ne

ces-

I

`20

f4

p

sorr

y re

sour

ces

to s

ee th

at th

ese

requ

irem

ents

are

met

. The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

sta

te g

rant

-in-a

id p

rogr

ams

be e

stab

-lis

hed

by th

e W

ashi

ngto

n S

tate

Hea

lth D

epar

tmen

t to

help

the

loca

l hea

lth o

ffice

rs fu

lfill

the

stan

dard

s es

tabl

ishe

d by

the

Sta

teB

oard

of H

ealth

und

er R

CW

43.

20.

Sin

ce th

e fu

ndin

g w

ould

tnen

be

done

in m

any

case

s by

the

Sta

te H

ealth

Dep

artm

ent,

they

sho

uld

see

that

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

carr

ied

out.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Was

hing

ton

Sta

te D

epar

tmen

t of

Hea

lth h

ave

the

final

res

pons

ibili

ty to

see

that

the

requ

irem

ents

set u

p by

the

Sta

te B

oard

of H

ealth

for

farm

labo

r ca

mps

are

met

.

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In m

any

com

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sta

te, t

he s

tove

:s p

lace

d in

the

door

way

of e

ach

shel

ter,

form

ing

a da

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ous

fire

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rd. T

here

-fo

re, W

e re

com

men

d o

re-

exam

inat

ion

and

enfo

rcem

ent o

f the

fire

safe

ty c

odes

rel

ated

to fa

rm la

bor

com

ps.

Hea

lth s

ervi

ces

are

ofte

n no

t ava

ilabl

e to

mig

rant

labo

rers

and

thei

r fa

mili

es. E

ith'r

due

to la

ngua

ge d

iffic

ultie

s or

dis

tanc

e,th

ese

peop

le h

ave

rece

ived

ver

y lit

tle c

ore.

We

need

to e

xpen

dco

nsid

erab

le e

ffort

in o

rder

to a

ssur

e th

at th

ey d

o re

ceiv

e th

e ca

rew

e w

ould

like

all

peop

le in

Was

hing

ton

to h

ave.

Ofte

n la

ngua

ge a

nd c

ultu

ral b

arrie

rs e

xist

bet

wee

n lo

cal

heal

th d

epar

tmen

ts a

nd th

e pe

ople

they

sho

uld

serv

e. O

ne o

f the

best

way

s to

ove

rcom

e th

ese

barr

iers

is th

roug

h th

e us

e of

indi

geno

us c

ouns

elor

s. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

indi

geno

us (

bilin

gual

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te)

coun

selo

rs b

e ut

ilize

d by

loca

l hea

lth d

epar

tmen

ts e

ither

on

avo

lunt

ary

or e

mpl

oyee

bas

is.

One

of t

heir

maj

or r

espo

nsib

ilitie

s w

ould

be

to h

elp

the

wor

kers

bec

ome

wel

l inf

orm

ed r

egar

ding

the

avai

labi

lity

ofhe

alth

ser

vice

s.S

ince

labo

r ca

mps

on

a fa

rm a

re u

sual

ly d

ista

nt fr

om a

nyhe

alth

car

e fa

cilit

ies,

We

reco

mm

end

that

loca

l hea

lth o

ffice

rs w

ork

with

thei

r co

m-

mun

ities

thro

ugh

civi

c ac

tion

to c

reat

e he

alth

ref

erra

l cen

ters

inpr

oxim

ity to

form

labo

r ca

mps

.

Com

mun

ity a

ctio

n, w

ith it

s at

tend

ant b

enef

its o

f inv

olve

men

tan

d cr

eatio

n of

civ

ic p

ride,

see

ms

to b

e th

e be

st m

etho

d of

crea

ting

thes

e he

alth

ref

erra

l cen

ters

. The

cen

ters

can

be

quite

plai

n. T

he c

omm

unity

just

nee

ds to

see

that

o c

lean

and

san

itary

ploc

e is

pro

vide

d w

here

the

doct

or a

nd n

urse

can

brin

g in

thei

req

uipm

ent a

nd w

ork.

Thi

s ci

vic

appr

oach

has

bee

n ve

ry s

ucce

ss-

ful i

n B

ritis

h C

olum

bia.

In a

dditi

on to

cre

atin

g th

ese

cent

ers,

the

com

mun

ity m

ust s

eeth

at th

ey a

re s

taffe

d. O

ne w

ay to

sta

ff th

ese

cent

ers

is th

roug

h a

join

t effo

rt b

y th

e lo

cal h

ealth

dep

ortm

ent a

nd th

e lo

cal m

edic

also

ciet

y. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

a p

ublic

hea

lth n

urse

be

mod

e av

aila

ble

in h

ealth

ref

erra

l cen

ters

on

a re

gula

r ba

sis,

and

that

the

loca

lm

edic

al s

ocie

ty p

rovi

de m

edic

al s

ervi

ces

on v

ario

us p

aym

ent

base

s.

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

AL

SA

NIT

AT

ION

One

of t

he p

rimar

y de

term

inan

ts o

f a p

erso

n's

heal

th is

the

envi

ronm

ent i

n w

hich

he

lives

. Uns

afe

hous

ing,

filth

y st

reet

s, a

ndpo

llute

d ai

r al

l cau

se h

ealth

pro

blem

s an

d in

crea

se th

e bu

rden

on

Was

hing

ton'

s al

read

y in

suffi

cien

t hea

lth c

are

serv

ices

. Ste

ps m

ust

be ta

ken

to a

ssur

e a

heal

thfu

l env

ironm

ent i

f our

hea

lth c

are

syst

em is

eve

r go

ing

re b

e su

ffici

ent.

Air,

wat

er, l

and,

and

noi

se p

ollu

tion

are

sign

ifica

nt c

ause

s of

heal

th p

robl

ems

with

in o

ur m

oder

n ur

ban

soci

ety.

Thu

s, o

ne o

fth

e m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t ste

ps w

e ca

n ta

ke to

impr

ove

heal

th in

Was

hing

ton

is to

act

upo

n th

e re

com

men

datio

ns p

rese

nted

in th

eP

hysi

cal E

nviro

nmen

t Cha

pter

imm

edia

tely

.W

e al

so s

houl

d ac

t on

the

reco

mm

enda

tion

of th

e H

ousi

ngC

omm

ittee

reg

ardi

ng th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f min

imum

, uni

form

hous

ing

code

s th

roug

hout

the

stat

e. M

oreo

ver,

We

reco

mm

end

the

re-e

valu

atio

n or

ado

ptio

n by

app

ropr

iate

loca

l gov

ernm

ent a

genc

ies

of h

ousi

ng c

odes

and

the

enfo

rcem

ent

of th

ese

code

s as

they

rel

ate

to h

ealth

con

ditio

ns.

In g

ener

al, e

nviro

nmen

tal s

anita

tion

is a

pro

blem

of a

n en

tire

com

mun

ity. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

in lo

calit

ies

whe

re u

nsan

itary

con

ditio

nsex

ist (

debr

is, r

oden

ts, f

ilth,

etc

.), t

hat l

ocal

citi

zens

ass

ist i

n th

ecr

eatio

n of

sel

f-he

lp p

roje

cts.

MA

TE

RN

AL

AN

D C

HIL

D H

EA

LTri

CA

RE

The

infa

nt m

orta

lity

rote

in o

ur s

tate

, as

the

entir

e na

tion,

ishi

gher

than

in m

ost E

urop

ean

notio

ns. I

n ar

eas

that

ore

pre

dom

i-na

ntly

blo

ck o

r In

dian

, the

infa

nt m

orta

lity

rote

is s

ubst

antia

llyhi

gher

. The

refo

re, w

ell-b

aby

clin

ics,

pre

birt

h co

unse

ling,

and

fam

-ily

pla

nnin

g ar

e se

rvic

es th

at m

ust b

e m

ode

avai

labl

e to

all

peop

le th

roug

hout

the

stat

e of

Was

hing

ton.

Con

sequ

ently

, it

isw

ith a

sen

se o

f dee

p co

ncer

n th

at,

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rse

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ctiv

es fo

r th

e 19

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hing

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ude

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the

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ealth

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eps

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is d

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the

stat

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hing

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te M

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stio

n du

ring

the

post

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r. T

his

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mitt

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d th

e C

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ns A

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ion

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cus-

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ade

a th

orou

gh in

vest

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e ex

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g st

ot-

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med

ical

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psy

chol

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al p

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ems

surr

ound

ing

term

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tion

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ancy

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s gr

oup

cons

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div

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seg

men

ts o

fou

r st

ate

incl

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g bo

th R

oman

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test

ant c

lerg

y-m

en. T

he r

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t and

pro

pose

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gisl

atio

n th

at r

esul

ted

from

Citi

zens

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rtio

n D

iscu

ssio

n G

roup

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ove

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se-

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tly a

dopt

ed b

y th

./ P

ublic

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and

the

Was

hing

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n S

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s M

edic

al S

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ty's

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se o

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es. T

he M

edic

alS

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ty w

ill p

rese

nt th

is le

gisl

atio

n to

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ture

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ther

e or

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any

reas

onab

le a

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rsua

sive

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nion

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th fo

r an

d ag

ains

t abo

rtio

n. T

he th

eolo

gi-

cal a

nd p

hilo

soph

ical

vie

ws

pres

ente

d by

b,th

pro

pone

nts

and

oppo

nent

s or

e to

be

reco

gniz

ed a

nd r

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cted

. The

refo

re, t

heW

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els

that

sta

te g

over

nmen

t sho

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not a

ssum

e a

posi

tion

of im

posi

ng th

roug

h th

e co

ersi

on o

f pol

ice

pow

er th

e vi

ewpo

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ne g

roup

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te th

at th

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l exc

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gits

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zens

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sed

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the

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tion

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rin

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than

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y st

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ce o

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sta

te r

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y10

0,00

0 gi

rls o

r w

omen

dev

elop

sev

ere

med

ical

com

plic

atio

ns,

and

appr

oxim

atel

y 10

,000

girl

s or

wom

en d

ie. O

ne o

f the

arg

u-m

ents

they

pre

sent

in fa

vor

of le

galiz

ing

abor

tion

is th

at it

occ

Las

regu

larly

now

but

ofte

n in

less

than

dec

ent s

anita

ry c

ondi

tions

.S

ince

the

ques

tion

of te

rmin

atio

n of

pre

gnan

cy is

vita

lly im

-po

rtan

t in

the

field

of u

rban

pro

blem

s,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Was

hing

ton

Sta

te L

ogi'

lour

. giv

eca

rafu

l con

side

ratio

n, th

roug

h pu

brec

hea

rings

ope

n to

all

grou

psw

ho w

ant t

o be

hea

rd, t

o th

e pr

opos

ed le

gisl

atio

n pr

epar

ed b

yth

e W

ashi

ngto

n S

tate

Med

ico

Soc

iety

whi

ch w

ould

:

1. M

ake

the

crim

inal

abo

rtio

n la

ws

inap

plic

able

to p

hysi

-ci

ans,

incl

udin

g os

teop

athi

c ph

ysic

ians

, and

to w

omen

unde

r th

e ca

re o

f a p

hysi

cian

;2.

Req

uire

that

, exc

ept i

n a

tr.z

dica

l em

erge

ncy,

any

term

ina-

tion

of a

pre

gnan

cy m

ay b

e pe

rfor

med

in a

hos

pita

lac

cred

ited

by th

e Jo

int C

omm

issi

on o

n A

ccre

dita

tion

ofH

ospi

tals

or

at m

edic

al fa

cilit

ies

appr

oved

by

the

Sta

teB

oard

of H

ealth

; and

3.P

rovi

de th

at n

o ho

spita

l, ph

ysic

ian

or o

ther

per

son

obje

ct-

ing

to th

e te

rmin

atio

n of

a p

regn

ancy

wou

ld h

ave

a le

gal

oblig

atio

n to

per

form

or

assi

st in

the

perf

orm

ance

of s

uch

a pr

oced

ure.

We

furt

her

reco

mm

end

that

o c

omm

issi

on, w

ith b

road

rep

re-

sent

atio

n, in

clud

ing

lay

citiz

ens,

ele

cted

offi

cial

s, c

lerg

ymen

, med

-ic

al p

rofe

ssio

nals

, et a

l, be

form

ed to

furt

her

stud

y th

e qu

estio

nof

term

inat

ion

of p

regn

ancy

and

its

lega

lizat

ion

in W

ashi

ngto

nst

ate.

DE

LIV

ER

Y O

F H

EA

LTH

CA

RE

SE

RV

ICE

S T

OM

INO

RIT

Y A

ND

LO

W-I

NC

OM

E G

RO

UP

S

Thr

ough

out t

his

repo

rt, e

mph

asis

has

bee

n gi

ven

to th

e pr

ob-

lem

s in

volv

ed in

del

iver

ing

heal

th c

are

serv

ices

to a

il of

Was

hing

-to

n's

resi

dent

s. T

he p

robl

ems

pecu

liar

to m

inor

ity a

nd lo

w-in

com

egr

oups

hav

e be

en p

artic

ular

ly s

tres

sed.

To

help

res

olve

thes

epr

oble

ms,

We

reco

mm

end

that

inno

vativ

e pr

ogra

ms

be d

evel

oped

,fin

ance

d, a

nd im

plem

ente

d, w

hich

wou

ld d

emon

stra

te im

prov

edm

etho

ds o

f del

iver

ing

heal

th s

ervi

ces

to lo

w-in

com

e ci

tizen

s, th

uspa

ving

the

way

for

broa

der

prog

ram

s w

hich

will

mak

e ad

equa

tehe

alth

car

e av

aila

ble

to th

ose

who

se n

eeds

are

the

grea

test

.

A k

now

ledg

e of

the

prev

entio

nal p

rogr

ams

coul

d pr

even

tm

any

heal

th p

robl

ems

and

coul

d re

duce

the

need

for

rem

edia

lhe

alth

cor

e se

rvic

es a

mon

g th

ese

grou

ps. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

elem

enta

ry a

nd s

econ

dary

edu

ca-

tiona

l sys

tem

s in

tens

ify th

eir

effo

rts

to e

duca

te y

oung

peo

ple

rega

rdin

g th

e ut

iliza

tion

of h

ealth

ser

vice

s.

Whi

te th

e st

ate

does

pro

vide

man

y se

rvic

es to

low

-inco

me

and

min

ority

gro

ups,

they

ore

not

bei

ng ',

illy

used

. Eve

ry e

ffort

mus

t be

mad

e to

hel

p th

ese

peop

le ta

ke a

dvan

tage

of t

hese

vita

lse

rnce

s. T

here

fore

,

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We

reco

mm

end

an e

duca

tiona

l and

info

rmat

iona

l pro

gram

toac

quai

nt th

e m

inor

ity a

nd lo

w-in

com

e gr

oups

with

ava

ilabl

ehe

alth

ser

vice

s in

the

stat

e of

Was

hing

ton.

The

Offi

ce o

f the

Sup

erin

tend

ent o

f Pub

lic In

stru

ctio

n, in

coo

p-er

atio

n w

ith th

e D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

, sho

uld

take

the

resp

onsi

-bi

lity

for

prod

ucin

g th

is a

dditi

onal

effo

rt. T

he p

rogr

ams

in o

ursc

hool

s sh

ould

be

deve

lope

d to

ove

rcom

e cu

ltura

l and

lang

uage

diffe

renc

e.

GE

NE

RA

L P

OLI

CY

RE

CO

MM

EN

DA

TIO

NS

The

nec

essa

ry fi

rst

,lep

to s

olvi

ng h

ealth

car

e pr

oble

ms

in-

volv

es in

form

atio

n in

the

fo-m

of p

lann

ing

and

publ

icity

. The

impl

emen

tatio

n of

sol

utio

ns w

ill r

equi

re c

oord

inat

ion

and

coop

er-

atio

n. C

onse

quen

tly, a

ser

ies

of e

ffort

s m

ust c

ontin

ue to

be

mad

ein

pla

nnin

g an

d co

ordi

natio

n to

insu

re a

dequ

ate

heal

th c

are

serv

ice

in th

e st

ate

of W

ashi

ngto

n.W

e st

rong

ly e

ndor

se th

e co

mpr

ehen

sive

hea

lth p

lann

ing

con-

cept

. The

refo

re, i

n ad

ditio

n to

con

tinui

ng th

e S

tate

Cou

ncii,

We

reco

mm

end

mor

e ra

pid

orga

niza

tion

of c

ount

y an

d re

-gi

onal

Com

preh

ensi

ve H

ealth

Pla

nnin

g C

ounc

ils to

ass

ure

cont

inu-

ing

eval

uatio

n an

d pl

anni

ng o

f hea

lth c

are

for

all r

esid

ents

of t

hest

ate. A

s a

gene

ral p

olic

y,

We

reco

mm

end

that

all

depa

rtm

ents

of S

tate

gov

ernm

ent w

ithhe

alth

-rel

ated

func

tions

eva

luat

e th

eir

exis

ting

heal

th p

rogr

ams

and

serv

ices

for

effe

ctiv

enes

s an

d ef

ficie

ncy,

and

that

coo

pera

tion

be m

aint

aine

d by

all

depa

rtm

ents

to p

recl

ude

dupl

icat

ion

ofef

fort

. In o

rder

to g

ive

our

loca

l hea

lth d

epar

tmen

ts a

s m

uch

help

as

poss

;'ole

and

4o

insu

re th

at th

e ci

tizen

s in

eve

ry a

rea

of o

ur s

tate

rece

ive

care

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

annu

al e

valu

atio

n an

d an

alys

is o

f all

prog

ram

s of

the

loca

l hea

lth d

epar

tmen

ts b

y th

e W

ashi

ngto

nS

tate

Hea

lth D

epar

tmen

t be

mad

e m

ore

exte

nsiv

e an

d m

ore

effe

ctiv

e, p

erha

ps b

y gi

ving

the

Sta

te D

epar

tmen

t bud

geta

rypo

wer

, to

assu

re th

at th

e lo

cal d

epar

tmen

ts m

eet m

inim

um s

tanc

e-ar

ds. To

assu

re th

at p

ublic

hea

lth s

ervi

ces

are

adeq

uate

ly c

onsi

d-er

ed,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Gov

erno

r ap

poin

t a r

epre

sent

ativ

efr

om th

e S

tate

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lth to

ser

ve o

n th

e T

raffi

c S

afet

yC

omm

issi

on.

To

assu

re c

onsi

dera

tion

of th

e m

edic

cl-h

ealth

ram

ifica

tions

cf

high

way

des

ign,

We

reco

mm

end

that

hea

lth c

are

prof

essi

onal

s be

incl

uded

inth

e m

ulti-

disc

iplin

e de

sign

team

app

roac

h pr

epar

ed fo

r th

e ro

ut-

ing

and

desi

gn o

f new

tran

spor

tatio

n ro

utes

by

the

Was

hing

ton

Sta

te D

epar

tmen

t of H

ighw

ays

(or,

if c

reat

ed, t

he S

tate

Dep

art-

men

tT

rans

port

atio

n).

Fin

ally

, sin

ce a

ll qu

estio

ns o

f hum

an w

elfa

re m

ust i

nclu

deco

nsid

erat

ion

of h

ealth

, and

sin

ce th

e pr

oble

ms

of o

ur lo

w-in

-co

me

peop

le a

re a

lmos

t alw

ays

conn

ecte

d w

ith th

eir

phys

ical

and

men

tal h

ealth

,W

e re

com

men

d th

e in

clus

ion

of m

edic

al a

nd h

ealth

rep

rese

nt-

ativ

es o

n al

l adv

isor

y co

mm

ittee

s th

at d

eal w

ith lo

w-in

com

e an

dm

inor

ity g

roup

s.C

ON

CLU

SIO

N

in h

is k

eyno

te a

ddre

ss to

the

Gov

erno

r's C

onfe

renc

e on

Com

-pr

ehen

sive

Hea

lth P

lann

ing,

Gov

erno

r D

anie

l J. F

vons

sum

ma-

rized

the

esse

nce

of o

ur s

tate

's h

ealth

pro

blem

s ve

ry w

ell:

"V/e

hav

e cr

eate

d a

syst

em fo

r de

liver

ing

heal

th c

are

whi

chha

s co

nver

ted

wha

t sho

uld

be a

bas

ic r

ight

into

an

econ

omic

priv

ilege

. And

we

have

faile

d in

larg

e re

spec

t to

mak

e go

odhe

alth

ava

ilabl

e to

thos

e w

ho n

eed

it m

ost a

t any

thin

g ne

ar th

epr

ice

they

can

affo

rd.

Ask

the

chie

f of a

pov

erty

-str

icke

n In

dian

trib

e ab

out h

ospi

tal

insu

ranc

e pl

ans;

Or

ask

the

soci

al w

orke

r in

our

cen

tral

city

are

as a

bout

affo

rdin

g de

cent

hos

pita

l car

e an

d re

gula

r ph

ysic

al c

heck

-ups

.A

sk th

em, a

nd y

ou w

ill fi

nd th

at it

isst

ill p

ossi

ble

in o

uraf

fluen

t soc

iety

to b

e to

o yo

ung

to q

ualif

y fo

r M

edic

are,

too

poor

to a

fford

insu

ranc

e, to

o ig

nora

nt to

ask

for

help

, and

too

sick

toca

re o

ne w

ay o

r th

e ot

her.

"T

he p

ublic

in g

ener

al a

s w

ell a

s th

e he

alth

pro

fess

iona

ls m

ust

beco

me

fully

aw

are

of th

e ne

ed fo

r im

med

iate

, effe

ctiv

e ac

tion

inth

e he

alth

fiel

d. A

per

son'

s he

alth

is to

o im

port

ant a

mat

ter

toig

nore

. The

rec

omm

enda

tions

pre

sent

ed in

this

rep

ort a

re m

erel

ya

begi

nnin

g. T

he n

eed

for

lay

citiz

ens

to g

et in

volv

ed a

s in

divi

d-ua

ls in

the

regi

onal

com

preh

ensi

ve h

ealth

pla

nnin

g co

nfer

ence

san

d co

unci

ls c

anno

t be

over

stat

ed. T

he p

robl

ems

of h

ealth

car

em

anpo

wer

, fac

ilitie

s, d

eliv

ery,

etc

., ar

e of

far

too

grea

t a m

agni

-tu

de a

nd d

epth

fcr

peop

le to

not

join

with

pro

fess

iona

ls in

form

ulat

ing

defin

itive

rev

isio

ns a

nd s

olut

ions

.

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AP

TE

R IV

ED

UC

AT

ION

Mos

t peo

ple

thin

k th

at o

ur s

yste

m o

f for

mal

edu

catio

n is

basi

cally

sou

nd, a

nd th

at a

ll th

at is

nee

ded

is th

e ex

tens

ion

ofth

e ba

sica

lly g

ood

educ

atio

n to

all

stud

ents

. But

my

impr

essi

onof

wha

t stu

dent

s ha

ve le

arne

d af

ter

elev

en o

r tw

elve

yea

rs in

the

publ

ic s

choo

ls in

dica

tes

that

our

edu

catio

nal s

yste

m is

piti

fully

inad

equa

te to

the

need

s of

mod

ern

Am

eric

a.1

Edu

catio

n is

the

corn

er s

tone

in th

e liv

es o

f urb

an m

en a

ndw

omen

. The

ir m

ater

ial a

nd s

ocia

l suc

cess

is g

reat

ly a

ffect

ed b

yth

e sk

ills

they

hav

e de

velo

ped

or k

now

ledg

e th

ey h

ave

gain

ed in

thei

r sc

hool

ing.

Edu

catio

n is

eas

ily th

e m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t asp

ect o

fth

eir

prep

arat

ion

for

adul

t life

.T

he h

isto

rical

ly s

tron

g se

nse

of c

once

rn, s

ensi

tivity

, and

com

-m

itmen

t to

educ

atio

nal e

xcel

lenc

e in

the

Sta

te o

f Was

hing

ton

has

ripen

ed w

ith th

e gr

owth

of o

ur u

rban

are

as. S

choo

ls u

ndou

bted

lyre

ceiv

e m

ore

clos

e sc

rutin

y an

d cr

itici

sm th

an a

ny o

ther

gov

ern-

men

tal i

nstit

utio

n. E

duca

tion

is n

ot s

een

as th

e re

spon

sibi

lity

ofpr

ofes

sion

al e

duca

tors

and

inst

itutio

ns a

lone

. All

citiz

ens

and

thei

r el

ecte

d of

ficia

ls m

ust b

e in

volv

ed in

this

vita

l pro

cess

.T

he E

duca

tion

Com

mitt

ee th

us u

nder

took

to p

oint

out

, as

ala

y-ci

tizen

s' g

roup

, spe

cific

act

ion

that

sho

uld

be ta

ken

to m

ake

educ

atio

n a

trul

y re

leva

nt a

nd m

eani

ngfu

l pre

para

tion

for

life

for

Was

hing

ton'

s ci

tizen

s. T

o th

is e

nd, i

t met

with

rep

rese

ntat

ives

from

the

Edu

catio

n C

omm

issi

on o

f the

Sta

tes,

the

Offi

ce o

f the

Sup

erin

tend

ent o

f Pub

lic In

stru

ctio

n, th

e D

irect

or o

f Occ

upat

iona

lE

duca

tion

for

Sea

ttle,

and

mem

bers

of t

he J

oint

Com

mitt

ee o

nE

duca

tion

of th

e Le

gisl

atur

e. It

als

o m

et w

ith th

e T

ax A

dvis

ory

Cou

ncil,

the

Dire

ctor

of t

he S

tate

Div

isio

n of

Voc

atio

nal E

duca

tion,

a re

pres

enta

tive

of th

e C

oord

inat

ing

Cou

ncil

for

Occ

upat

iona

lE

duca

tion,

and

the

Dire

ctor

of t

he S

tate

Boa

rd fo

r C

omm

unity

Col

lege

s. T

he O

ffice

of t

he S

uper

inte

nden

t of P

ublic

Inst

ruc-

ttion

and

the

Join

t Com

mitt

ee o

n E

duca

tion

prov

ided

add

ition

al m

ate-

rial.

The

Edu

catio

n C

omm

ittee

ois

o he

ld h

earin

gs w

ith p

aren

ts,

stud

ents

, and

teac

hers

in th

e C

entr

al A

rea

of S

eattl

e an

d th

eH

illto

p D

istr

ict o

f Tac

oma.

The

sta

ff ha

s ga

ined

a v

ast a

mou

nt o

f inf

orm

atio

n fr

om th

ese

sour

ces.

Oth

er m

ater

ial w

as p

rodu

ced

from

the

findi

ngs

of th

eN

on-U

rban

Sec

tor

Com

mitt

ee a

nd th

e Jo

b T

rain

ing

and

Opp

ortu

n-iti

es C

omm

ittee

of t

he U

rban

Affa

irs C

ounc

il.T

he s

choo

ls in

Was

hing

ton

shou

ld p

rovi

de W

ashi

ngto

n re

si-

'Tes

timon

y re

ceiv

ed a

t the

Tac

oma

Edu

catio

n C

omm

ittee

hea

ring

on J

une

19, 1

968,

by

Ste

ven

For

tson

, a T

acom

a hi

gh s

choo

l tea

cher

,

dent

s w

ith a

dequ

ate

prep

arat

ion

for

them

to ta

ke th

eir

plac

es in

soci

ety

as c

ontr

ibut

ing

citiz

ens.

We

say

-sho

uld-

bec

ause

in a

ner

a of

an

expa

ndin

g ec

onom

y, im

men

se p

opul

atio

nsh

ifts,

and

cont

inui

ng te

chno

logi

cal a

nd s

ocia

l cha

nge,

alm

ost a

llsc

hool

s ha

ve d

one

an in

adeq

uate

job.

The

ir sh

ortc

omin

gs h

ave

ava

riety

of c

ause

s, a

ll of

whi

ch m

ust b

e re

med

ied

befo

re e

duca

-tio

n ca

n fu

lfill

its s

ocie

tal r

ole.

The

cau

ses

can

be c

ateg

oriz

ed a

s fin

ance

s, o

rgan

izat

ion,

per

-so

nnel

, and

cur

ricul

um. W

hile

we

cert

ainl

y do

not

thin

k th

at th

ean

swer

to a

ll ou

r ed

ucat

iona

l pro

blem

s is

sim

ply

to p

rovi

de m

ore

mon

ey to

sch

ool d

istr

icts

, the

ref

orm

s w

e ad

voca

te d

o ta

kem

oney

, and

con

sequ

ently

, fin

ance

s ar

e an

ess

entia

l firs

t ste

p. in

the

past

, and

eve

n to

day.

sch

ool d

istr

icts

are

lim

ited

by th

eam

ount

of m

oney

they

can

rai

se o

n pr

oper

ty ta

xes

with

in th

edi

stric

t. S

peci

ai le

vies

hav

e be

com

e on

ann

ual f

eatu

re in

mos

tar

eas

of th

e st

ate.

Som

e sc

hool

dis

tric

ts s

impl

y ca

nnot

rai

sesu

ffici

ent f

unds

to im

prov

e th

eir

scho

ols

due

to a

n el

ecto

rate

that

eith

'is

uns

ympa

thet

ic o

r fe

els

over

taxe

d. T

he s

tate

mus

t ass

ert a

mor

e ac

tive

role

in s

choo

l fin

anci

ng. A

way

to a

void

the

unce

r-ta

inty

, pub

lic e

xpen

se, a

nd la

ck o

f lon

g ra

nge

plan

ning

cau

sed

by s

peci

al le

vies

mus

t be

deve

lope

d. C

ompr

ehen

sive

tax

refo

rm is

the

only

ans

wer

.T

he s

econ

d m

ajor

cau

se o

f edu

catio

nal p

robl

ems

is s

choo

lor

gani

zatio

n. S

choo

l dis

tric

ts, s

choo

l adm

inis

trat

ors,

and

indi

vid-

ual s

choo

ls o

ften

have

bee

n ei

ther

unw

illin

g or

una

ble

to c

hang

esi

gnifi

cant

ly to

mee

t the

rap

idly

cha

ngin

g ed

ucat

iona

l nee

ds o

fou

r m

oder

n ur

ban

soci

ety.

Thi

s re

luct

ance

to c

hang

e ha

s he

lped

to c

ause

de

fact

o se

gre-

gatio

n, a

liena

tion

of s

tude

nts,

stif

ling

of te

ache

rs, l

imite

d cu

rric

u-lu

m, n

eedl

ess

dupl

icat

ion,

and

an

inef

ficie

nt u

se o

f tax

paye

rs'

mon

ey. T

he u

nwill

ingn

ess

of m

any

scho

ol d

istr

icts

to c

onso

lidat

eor

eve

n co

oper

ate,

par

ticul

arly

in u

rban

are

as, h

as h

elpe

d ca

use

stud

ents

of c

ultu

ral m

inor

ities

to c

once

ntra

te in

one

or

two

scho

ols

rath

er th

an to

dev

elop

a m

ulti-

raci

al e

duca

tiona

l opp

ortu

nity

thro

ugho

ut th

e m

etro

polit

an a

rea.

Thi

s sa

me

unw

illin

gnes

s in

the

stat

e ha

s ca

used

sch

ool d

istr

icts

to n

eedl

essl

y du

plic

ate

prog

ram

sth

at c

ould

be

com

bine

d, a

nd m

ade

it im

poss

ible

for

som

e di

s-tr

icts

to p

rovi

de v

ital a

nd n

eces

sary

opp

ortu

nitie

s to

thei

r st

u-de

nts. The

org

aniz

atio

n in

indi

vidu

al s

choo

ls h

as, i

n m

ost i

nsta

nces

,fo

rced

stu

dent

s to

wor

k at

the

sam

e pa

ce r

egar

dles

s of

per

sona

ldi

ffere

nces

, and

has

thw

arte

d th

e te

ache

r w

ho w

ould

like

to tr

yne

w in

nova

tions

in te

achi

ng. S

choo

l adm

inis

trat

ors

have

foun

dfe

w w

ays

to c

hann

el th

e ne

w s

tude

nt a

war

enes

s an

d co

ncer

n in

toco

nstr

uctiv

e m

easu

res.

Stu

dent

inte

rest

and

des

ire to

lear

n ar

eus

ually

not

fully

stim

ulat

ed a

nd a

ll to

o of

ten

disc

oura

ged

by th

etr

aditi

onal

org

aniz

atio

nal p

atte

rn.

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or c

ause

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duca

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l sho

rtco

min

gs is

sch

ool

pers

onne

l pra

ctic

es. T

each

er a

nd a

dmin

istr

ator

trai

ning

, rec

ruit-

men

t, sa

larie

s, c

aree

r ad

vanc

emen

t, an

d re

tent

ion

curr

ently

do

not d

o an

ade

quat

e jo

b of

attr

actin

g th

e m

ost t

alen

ted

and

exce

ptio

nally

inte

llige

nt m

en a

nd w

omen

in o

ur s

ocie

ty to

the

educ

atio

n pr

ofes

sion

. Mos

t col

lege

stu

dent

s co

nsid

er te

ache

r-tr

aini

ng c

ours

es to

be

irrel

evan

t, to

lack

rea

l sub

stan

ce, a

nd to

be

inte

llect

ually

unr

espe

ctab

le. S

tude

nt te

achi

ng a

nd o

bser

vatio

n ex

-pe

rienc

es r

arel

y in

volv

e w

ork

with

cul

tura

l min

ority

stu

dent

s.R

ecru

itmen

t tec

hniq

ues

usua

lly a

re li

mite

d to

the

trad

ition

al c

lass

-ro

om te

ache

r ca

tego

ry a

nd th

e hi

ghly

mot

ivat

ed w

hite

, mid

dle-

clos

s pe

rson

. Tea

cher

s' s

alar

ies

are

impr

ovin

g bu

t stil

l are

far

from

com

para

ble

to o

ther

pro

fess

ions

, e.g

., la

w a

nd m

edic

ine,

and

to p

rivat

e in

dust

ry. C

aree

r ad

vanc

emen

t for

mos

t tea

cher

sm

eans

leav

ing

the

clas

sroo

m to

go

into

adm

inis

trat

ion.

The

cla

ss-

room

teac

her

is o

ften

not f

ree

to e

xper

imen

t with

inno

vatio

ns o

rto

ado

pt u

niqu

e st

yles

and

tech

niqu

es. A

ll th

ese

fact

ors

have

cont

ribut

ed to

the

loss

of m

ore

than

hal

f of o

ur te

ache

rs w

hobe

gan

teac

hing

five

yea

rs a

go. T

his

phen

omen

on m

ust n

ot b

eal

low

ed to

con

tinue

.

Fin

ally

, one

of t

he g

reat

est c

halle

nges

to o

ur s

choo

ls is

toke

ep o

ur c

urric

ulum

cur

rent

with

the

rapi

d, v

ast c

hang

es in

our

mod

ern,

urb

an s

ocie

ty. T

he w

ord

hear

d m

ost o

ften

in e

duca

tion

hear

ings

and

mee

tings

is ir

rele

vanc

e. It

mus

t des

crib

e m

uch

ofw

hat i

s ta

ught

in c

lass

room

s to

day.

Stu

dent

s w

ho w

ill b

e lo

okin

g fo

r a

job

afte

r hi

gh s

choo

l are

chan

nele

d in

to c

olle

ge p

repa

rato

ry c

ours

es th

at h

ave

little

rel

a-tio

n to

thei

r fu

ture

.C

ours

es in

citi

zens

hip,

in o

ccup

atio

nal s

kills

, and

in jo

b op

-po

rtun

ities

usu

ally

are

rel

egat

ed to

o la

te in

the

educ

atio

nal p

roc-

ess

and

give

n se

cond

ary

cons

ider

atio

n. W

e ha

ve c

olle

ge p

repa

ra-

tory

pro

gram

s in

our

sec

onda

ry s

choo

ls th

at o

ften

do n

ot p

repa

reou

r ch

ildre

n to

suc

ceed

in c

olle

ge a

nd v

ocat

iona

l pro

gram

s th

atof

ten

do n

ot p

repa

re th

em to

hol

d a

job.

Too

ofte

n w

e us

ete

xtbo

oks

that

are

ant

iqua

ted

or c

ultu

rally

bia

sed

and

prov

ide

little

inte

llect

ual s

rimul

us to

the

stud

ents

.T

he c

urric

ulum

of o

ur p

ublic

sch

ools

is p

artic

ular

ly ir

rele

vant

to s

tude

nts

of a

min

ority

rac

ial o

r et

hnic

bac

kgro

und.

The

whi

te,

mid

dlec

lass

orie

ntat

ion

of o

ur c

urric

ulum

ofte

n ha

s so

littl

e re

la-

tion

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e lif

e ex

perie

nce

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inor

ity c

hild

ren

that

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ome

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nter

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d in

sch

ool a

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e th

e pe

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cial

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ols

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aris

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how

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ition

al fu

nds

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deve

lope

d. S

peci

al le

vies

, a m

ajor

par

t of s

choo

l fin

anci

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the

pres

ent t

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are

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ed to

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atio

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oubt

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see

the

budg

et in

crea

se in

the

next

bie

nniu

m.

In a

sta

te w

here

pro

pert

y ta

xes

are

one

of th

e le

adin

g ar

gu-

men

ts fo

r co

mpr

ehen

sive

tax

refo

rm, a

noth

er p

rope

rty

tax

has

anin

here

nt d

isad

vant

age.

Add

ition

al fu

nds

soug

ht b

y sc

hool

sth

roug

h sp

ecia

l pro

pert

y ta

x le

vies

tend

to b

e fo

r pr

ojec

ts th

atha

ve w

ide

popu

lar

appe

al, s

uch

as a

thle

tic fa

cilit

ies,

inst

ead

ofne

w te

xtbo

oks

or s

peci

al e

duca

tiona

l opp

ortu

nitie

s. C

lear

ly th

esy

stem

we

have

of r

aisi

ng fu

nds

mus

t be

chan

ged

if th

e S

tate

isgo

ing

to u

phol

d its

com

mitm

ent t

o eq

ual e

duca

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l opp

ortu

nity

for

all r

esid

ents

of W

ashi

ngto

n. T

here

fore

,

Page 38: Urban Washington: Apathy or Action? Report of the Governor ... · The Governor selected Secretory of State A. Ludlow Kramer to chair the Council. Secretary Kramer has an extensive

We

reco

mm

end

com

preh

ensi

ve ta

x re

form

as

a ne

cess

ary

step

to s

olvi

ng m

ajor

pro

blem

s of

sch

ool f

inan

cing

.

We

are

conv

ince

d th

at th

e S

tate

of W

ashi

ngto

n is

in n

eed

ofta

x re

form

for

man

y re

ason

s, n

ot th

e le

ast o

f whi

ch is

the

maj

orpr

oble

m o

f sch

ool f

inan

cing

. Tax

ref

orm

doe

s no

t sim

ply

mea

nta

x in

crea

se.

The

rou

te th

at g

ener

ally

is fa

vore

d no

w is

the

adop

tion

of a

n in

com

e ta

x, th

e lim

itatio

n of

the

prop

erty

tax,

are

duct

ion

or e

limin

atio

n of

the

Bus

ines

s an

d O

ccup

atio

n ta

x, a

ndth

e ex

empt

ion

of fo

od a

nd p

resc

ribed

dru

gs fr

om a

low

ered

sal

esta

x. T

ax r

efor

m is

crit

ical

ly n

eede

d. It

can

not b

e po

stpo

ned

any

long

er.

Edu

catio

n is

too

impo

rtan

t to

depe

n,i o

n su

ch a

n un

satis

fac-

tory

sys

tem

as

spec

ial l

evie

s. T

he c

urre

nt s

iwat

ion

in P

ort A

ngel

esan

d B

ellin

gham

whe

re s

tude

nts

are

bein

g de

priv

ed o

f enr

ichm

ent

prog

ram

s in

the

arts

and

ath

letic

s ex

empl

ify th

e dr

astic

effe

cts

levy

failu

res

can

have

on

a co

mm

unity

. The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

bulk

of s

choo

l fin

anci

ng fo

r re

gula

rne

eds

be m

et b

y st

ate

gove

rnm

ent.

Thi

s in

volv

es a

shi

fting

of p

riorit

ies

in th

e Le

gisl

atur

e so

the

nece

ssar

y m

oney

will

be

avai

labl

e. It

invo

lves

an

appo

rtio

nmen

tsy

stem

that

rec

ogni

zes

the

spec

ial n

eeds

of v

ario

us d

istr

icts

and

the

heav

ier

burd

en th

at m

any

dist

ricts

hav

e to

bea

r. It

invo

lves

ade

finiti

on o

f "re

gula

r ne

eds"

, a d

efin

ition

that

mus

t be

flexi

ble

enou

gh to

allo

w fo

r co

nsta

nt im

prov

emen

t in

educ

atio

n. T

hepr

oble

ms

are

not i

nsur

mou

ntab

le, a

nd th

e de

ficie

ncie

s of

the

spec

ial l

evy

may

soo

n be

a m

uch

mor

e di

fficu

lt ta

sk to

ove

rcom

e.T

he s

peci

al le

vy is

not

with

out m

erit,

how

ever

. It h

as p

rove

nits

elf a

s a

way

to r

aise

fund

s fo

r ne

w p

rogr

ams

and

spec

ial

faci

litie

s. W

e fe

elit

shou

ld c

ontin

uebe

use

d fo

r th

ose

pur-

pose

s. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

spe

cial

levi

es fo

r sc

hool

fina

nce

purp

oses

be li

mite

d to

spe

cial

pro

gram

s ov

er a

nd a

bove

nor

mal

req

uire

-m

ents

.

We

cann

ot o

verly

str

ess

the

need

for

scho

ol d

istr

icts

and

scho

ols

with

in d

istr

icts

to w

ork

toge

ther

. To

com

bat d

e fa

cto

segr

egat

ion,

that

is s

egre

gatio

n by

fact

and

not

by

law

, to

prov

ide

equa

l opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r sp

ecia

l pro

gram

s, to

allo

w in

di-

vidu

al a

reas

to s

peci

aliz

e in

thos

e su

bjec

ts th

ey c

an te

ach

best

,sc

hool

dis

tric

ts m

ust c

oope

rate

. Thi

s co

oper

atio

n in

volv

es tr

ansf

ers

(on

a vo

lunt

ary

basi

s) fr

om o

ne s

choo

l to

anot

her

and

from

one

scho

ol d

istr

ict t

o an

othe

r. T

rans

fers

incu

r sp

ecia

l pro

gram

s of

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stm

ent a

nd m

ore

tran

spor

tatio

n. F

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uld

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ble

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ram

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Page 39: Urban Washington: Apathy or Action? Report of the Governor ... · The Governor selected Secretory of State A. Ludlow Kramer to chair the Council. Secretary Kramer has an extensive

We

reco

mm

end

legi

slat

ion

to m

ake

it po

ssib

le fo

r th

e lo

cal

scho

ol d

istr

ict t

o co

ver

the

cost

and

be

reim

burs

ed fr

om th

e S

tate

tran

spor

tatio

n fu

nd.

For

stu

dent

s in

volv

ed in

inte

rdis

tric

t pro

gram

s,

We

reco

mm

end

that

sch

ool d

istr

icts

be

reim

burs

ed fo

r th

atpo

rtio

n of

the

cost

of t

rans

fers

from

out

side

the

scho

ol d

istr

ict

that

is n

ot c

over

ed b

y th

e st

ate

allo

tmen

t.

For

sch

ools

that

are

invo

lved

with

tran

sfer

stu

dent

s,

We

reco

mm

end

allo

tting

fund

s fo

r pr

ogra

ms

to a

id in

exp

edit-

ing

and

impl

emen

ting

scho

ol c

oope

ratio

n an

d in

tegr

atio

n su

ch a

sth

e fo

llow

ing:

a.or

ient

atio

n of

sta

ff in

rec

eivi

ng s

choo

ls in

volv

ed in

tran

s-fe

r pr

ogra

ms;

b.pr

ovis

ion

for

supp

ortiv

e re

sour

ces

in r

ecei

ving

sch

ools

,su

ch a

s H

ome-

Sch

ool A

ides

(se

e P

erso

nnel

sea

ion

of th

isch

apte

r) to

ass

ist i

n co

mm

unic

atio

n an

d lia

ison

with

the

pare

nts

of tr

ansf

er s

tude

nts;

and

c.pr

ovis

ion

for

staf

f mem

bers

in r

ecei

ving

sch

ools

to p

artic

i-pa

te in

inst

ruct

iona

l pla

nnin

g an

d de

velo

pmen

t for

the

adop

tion

of th

e in

stru

ctio

nal p

rogr

am to

cha

nges

bro

ught

abou

t by

the

tran

sfer

or

inte

grat

ion

proc

ess.

Fin

ally

, we

shar

e th

e co

nvic

tion

of m

ost A

mer

ican

s th

at o

urco

llege

s ca

n pr

ovid

e a

uniq

ue s

et o

f opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r th

ose

qual

ified

to a

ttend

. The

se o

ppor

tuni

ties

shou

ld n

ot b

e re

serv

edon

ly fo

r th

ose

afflu

ent e

noug

h to

pay

thei

r ow

n w

ay. T

hese

op-

port

uniti

es a

re a

vaila

ble

at b

oth

publ

ic a

nd p

rivat

e in

stitu

tions

,an

d w

e sh

ould

mak

e th

e fu

llest

use

of b

oth

to e

duca

te o

ur y

oung

peop

le. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

stat

e fin

anci

al a

ssis

tanc

e to

wor

thy

and

need

yst

uden

ts in

the

Sta

te o

f Was

hing

ton

who

wis

h to

atte

nd p

ublic

or

priv

ate

inst

itutio

ns o

f hig

her

lear

ning

in th

is s

tate

.

The

sta

ndar

ds fo

r se

lect

ing

wor

thy

stud

ents

hov

e be

en d

evel

-op

ed. T

he s

tand

ards

mus

t be

flexi

ble

enou

gh to

allo

w fo

r th

eap

plic

ant w

ith c

apab

ility

but

with

a p

oor

reco

rd, d

ue to

hom

een

viro

nmen

t or

raci

al o

r cu

ltura

l fac

tors

.T

he s

tand

ards

for

need

y st

uden

ts m

ust a

lso

be th

orou

ghen

ough

to in

clud

e bo

th th

e po

or a

nd th

e pe

rson

with

an

aver

age

inco

me

who

has

man

y ch

ildre

n in

sch

ool s

imul

tane

ousl

y. S

uch

stan

dard

s as

the

Par

ents

' Con

fiden

tial S

tate

men

t pub

lishe

d by

the

Col

lege

Ent

ranc

e E

xam

inat

ion

Boa

rd, d

o al

low

for

fact

ors

like

larg

e fa

mili

es. S

omet

hing

sim

ilar

coul

d be

ada

pted

to th

e sp

ecia

lne

eds

of W

ashi

ngto

n.

OR

.;AN

IZA

TIO

NA

n iro

nic

ailm

ent o

f Was

hing

ton

educ

atio

n is

that

it h

as to

om

any

scho

ol d

istr

icts

and

too

few

pro

gram

s. M

any

scho

ols

acro

ssth

e S

tate

are

com

petin

g w

ith e

ach

othe

r to

teac

h in

the

trad

ition

alw

ay, w

ith th

e sa

me

resu

lts. O

ur e

xpan

ding

tech

nolo

gica

l eco

n-om

y an

d th

e he

ight

ened

con

scio

usne

ss o

f tho

se w

ho d

o no

tsu

ccee

d w

ith th

is ty

pe o

f edu

catio

n, h

owev

er, m

ean

we

no lo

nger

can

affo

rd th

e de

sire

of e

very

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d ac

ross

the

stat

e to

dupl

icat

e ot

her

neig

hbor

hood

s' s

choo

ls.

Sch

ool o

rgan

izat

ion

shou

ld id

eally

pro

vide

sev

eral

pos

itive

feat

ures

; non

e of

whi

ch is

ade

quat

ely

prov

ided

now

. The

firs

t is

flexi

bilit

y to

exp

erim

ent a

nd to

cor

rect

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erro

rs o

f the

pas

t. It

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t our

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ire to

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t ind

ivid

ual a

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ator

s ac

ross

the

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e,bu

t rat

her

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ult t

he s

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m th

at e

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es it

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icul

t or

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rs v

ery

little

ince

ntiv

e fo

r th

e in

divi

dual

teac

her

or th

e in

divi

d-ua

l sch

ool t

o ex

perim

ent a

nd c

hang

e. T

he o

nly

ongo

ing

stim

uli

for

expe

rimen

tatio

n ar

e fe

dera

l titl

e ac

t fun

ds. T

he S

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e m

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e of

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l opp

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Page 40: Urban Washington: Apathy or Action? Report of the Governor ... · The Governor selected Secretory of State A. Ludlow Kramer to chair the Council. Secretary Kramer has an extensive

One

of t

hese

vita

l opp

ortu

nitie

s is

to a

ttend

sch

ool w

ith a

cultu

rally

div

erse

gro

up. M

ost d

istr

icts

hav

e pr

oven

thei

r in

abili

tyto

do

this

with

out c

onsc

ious

effo

rt. W

e m

ust e

ither

pro

vide

that

cons

ciou

s ef

fort

or

deve

lop

an o

rgan

izat

ion

that

pro

vide

s th

edi

vers

ity w

e ne

ed.

The

rel

atio

nshi

p of

the

vario

us e

lem

ents

with

in a

ny g

iven

scho

ol is

a m

ajor

pro

blem

. Stu

dent

s m

ust b

e gi

ven

mor

e re

spon

si-

bilit

y fo

r th

eir

own

lear

ning

pro

cess

. Thi

s in

volv

es th

eir

rela

tion-

ship

s w

ith b

oth

the

teac

hers

and

the

scho

ol a

dmin

istr

atio

n. S

choo

lor

gani

zatio

n sh

ould

mak

e a

plac

e fo

r th

is in

crea

sed

resp

onsi

bil-

ity, a

nd it

mus

t be

one

in w

hich

stu

dent

s ca

n co

ntrib

ute

cons

truc

-tiv

ely,

and

not

be

forc

ed in

to in

diffe

renc

e or

rev

olt.

Tea

cher

s ar

e th

e ot

her

elem

ent w

ithin

the

scho

ol th

at n

eed

anex

pand

ed r

ole.

The

indi

vidu

al te

ache

r sh

ould

be

free

r to

exp

eri-

men

t and

cha

nge

inhi

s cl

assr

oom

, and

teac

hers

col

lect

ivel

ysh

ould

be

able

to e

xert

influ

ence

alo

ng w

ith s

tude

nts

on th

esh

apin

g of

gen

eral

edu

catio

nal p

olic

ies.

Sch

ool o

rgan

izat

ion

mus

tpr

ovid

e fo

r th

is fr

eedo

m a

nd in

fluen

ce.

Our

edu

catio

nal s

yste

m s

houl

d so

meh

ow d

evel

op th

e ab

ility

to w

ork

with

the

vast

am

ount

of e

duca

tion

that

goe

s on

out

side

the

scho

ol c

lass

room

.O

ur fi

rst r

ecom

men

datio

n is

obv

ious

. In

an e

ra o

f cha

nge,

scho

ols

mus

t be

free

to b

ring

them

selv

es u

p to

dat

e an

d ad

apt t

o

the

wor

ld a

roun

d th

em. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

pro

visi

ons

be m

ade

for

impl

emen

ting

flexi

bilit

y in

adm

inis

trat

ion

to e

xper

imen

t with

new

pro

gram

s,ne

w m

etho

dolo

gies

, and

var

iatio

ns in

inst

ruct

iona

l org

aniz

atio

n.

Pro

visi

ons

for

flexi

bilit

y m

ust b

e m

ade

both

by

the

scho

olbo

ards

and

by

the

indi

vidu

al s

choo

l adm

ir ,tr

atio

n. F

irst,

the

scho

ol e

stab

lishm

ent,

incl

udin

g st

ate

orga

niza

tions

and

loca

lsc

hool

boa

rds,

mus

t enc

oura

ge a

nd, i

n so

me

case

s, fi

nanc

e ex

per-

imen

tatio

n. S

econ

d, th

e in

divi

dual

sch

ool m

ust p

lan

to a

dapt

toch

angi

ng c

ondi

tions

. The

sch

ool a

dmin

istr

atio

n sh

ould

enc

oura

geits

teac

hers

to e

xper

imen

t and

sho

uld

aid

in p

lann

ing

such

item

sas

use

of c

lass

room

s fo

r te

am te

achi

ng, c

ontin

uous

pro

gres

scl

asse

s, a

nd s

imila

r pr

ogra

ms.

As

an a

id to

flex

ibili

ty a

nd to

incr

ease

d ed

ucat

iona

l opp

or-

tuni

ty, c

oope

ratio

n an

d, in

som

e ca

ses,

con

solid

atio

n m

ust b

een

cour

aged

inal

l are

as o

f our

sta

te. C

oope

ratio

n of

all

the

scho

ols

with

in a

met

ropo

litan

are

a, b

oth

subu

rban

and

urb

an, i

sne

cess

ary

if w

e ar

e to

pro

vide

to a

ll th

e op

port

unity

to a

ttend

scho

ol w

ith a

cul

tura

lly d

iver

se s

tude

nt b

ody.

Ano

ther

con

cept

isth

e m

agne

t sch

ool,

havi

ng s

ome

scho

ols

with

in a

giv

en d

istr

ict

offe

r sp

ecia

l pro

gram

s. T

he s

yste

m o

f vol

unta

ry tr

ansf

ers

coul

d be

enco

urag

ed b

y a

regi

on o

f sch

ools

whe

re o

ne s

choo

l spe

cial

ized

part

icul

arly

in th

e hu

man

ities

, one

par

ticul

arly

in th

e na

tura

lsc

ienc

es, o

ne p

artic

ular

ly in

mod

ern

occu

patio

nal s

kills

suc

h es

keyp

unch

ing,

and

oth

er s

choo

ls s

peci

aliz

ing

in o

ther

pro

gram

s.T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

gre

ater

atte

ntio

n be

giv

en to

reg

iona

lpl

anni

ng a

nd s

choo

l dis

tric

t con

solid

atio

n or

coo

pera

tion

both

inru

ral a

nd u

rban

are

as.

The

Sta

te o

f Was

hing

ton

has

337

scho

ol d

istr

icts

, ran

ging

insi

ze fr

om H

arts

tene

with

4 s

tude

nts

to S

eattl

e w

ith 9

0,27

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u-de

nts.

All

try

to o

ffer

a co

mpl

ete

rang

e of

pro

gram

s, c

ausi

ng b

oth

dupl

icat

ion

of th

e pr

ogra

ms

ever

yone

can

affo

rd. a

nd a

res

tric

tion

of th

ose

volu

ntar

y pr

ogra

ms

only

the

wel

l-end

owed

dis

tric

ts c

anaf

ford

. We

resi

dent

s of

Was

hing

ton

stat

e ar

e de

priv

ing

our

chil-

dren

of e

duca

tiona

l opp

ortu

nitie

s by

our

insi

sten

ce o

n ne

arly

tota

llo

cal i

sola

tion.

We

ore

not r

ecom

men

ding

that

loca

l lre

as g

ive

up a

ll co

ntro

l, in

fact

, we

hope

eac

h co

mm

unity

will

take

ast

rong

inte

rest

in th

e ed

ucat

ion

its y

oung

peo

ple

rece

ive

and

take

step

s to

insu

re it

s qu

ality

. A q

ualit

y ed

ucat

ion

for

all s

tude

nts

mus

t com

e, h

owev

er, b

efor

e th

e ho

pe o

f som

e pe

ople

for

com

-pl

ete

loca

l aut

onom

y. C

oope

ratio

n an

d, in

som

e ca

ses,

con

solid

a-tio

n ar

e ne

cess

ary

thro

ugho

ut th

e S

tate

in o

rder

to in

sure

that

ever

y ch

ild h

as a

n op

port

unity

to r

ecei

ve a

goo

d ed

ucat

ion.

Page 41: Urban Washington: Apathy or Action? Report of the Governor ... · The Governor selected Secretory of State A. Ludlow Kramer to chair the Council. Secretary Kramer has an extensive

De

fact

o or

invo

lunt

ary

segr

egat

ion

caus

es in

num

erab

le p

rob-

lem

s. It

pro

mot

es u

nequ

al s

choo

ling

and

thus

inad

equa

te p

repa

-ra

tion

for

man

y of

our

you

ng p

eopl

e. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Sta

te o

f Was

hing

ton

set a

hig

hpr

iorit

y fo

r th

e re

sour

ces

nece

ssar

y to

res

olve

the

prob

lem

s ar

isin

gfr

om d

e fa

cto

segr

egat

ion.

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--A

l4.

raw

4111

P

on+

The

bas

ic g

uide

line

is to

pro

vide

qua

lity

educ

atio

n fo

r al

l. T

om

eet t

his

guid

elin

e, w

e ne

ed to

impr

ove

scho

ols

whe

reve

r th

eyex

ist.

We

then

mus

t do

ever

ythi

ng w

e ca

n to

enc

oura

ge in

tegr

a-tio

n. M

agne

t sch

ools

, spe

cial

ized

cen

ters

, and

wid

espr

ead

volu

n-ta

ry tr

ansf

er p

rogr

ams

are

som

e of

the

way

s to

pro

ceed

. Al-

thou

gh w

e st

rong

ly b

elie

ve in

inte

grat

ion,

we

also

bel

ieve

that

forc

ed in

tegr

atio

n is

as

bad

for

som

e st

uden

ts, b

oth

blac

k an

dw

hite

, as

forc

ed s

egre

gatio

n is

for

man

y ot

hers

. If w

e ca

n cr

eate

a sy

stem

that

inte

grat

es a

s a

natu

ral p

art o

f the

pro

cess

thro

ugh

attr

actio

n to

var

ious

sch

ools

for

spec

ializ

ed o

ppor

tuni

ties,

we

will

not h

ave

forc

ed s

egre

gatio

n or

forc

ed in

tegr

atio

n.T

o ef

fect

ivel

y en

cour

age

inte

grat

ion,

we

mus

t inv

olve

mor

eth

an s

mal

l loc

al a

reas

to h

ave

the

nece

ssar

y re

sour

ces

and

dive

r-si

ty. I

t will

invo

lve

tota

l met

ropo

litan

are

as, r

athe

r th

an o

nly

the

urba

n or

sub

urba

n se

ctio

n. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

sub

urba

n sc

hool

dis

tric

ts w

hich

sur

roun

dan

urb

an c

ente

r be

enc

oura

ged

to p

artic

ipat

e in

the

effo

rts

toco

mba

t de

fact

o se

greg

atio

n th

roug

h su

ch te

chni

ques

as

"edu

ca-

tiona

l par

ks"

to F

rnpr

ove

inte

r-gr

oup

rela

tions

bot

h w

ithin

and

betw

een

the

vario

us s

choo

l dis

tric

ts.

We

alre

ady

have

out

lined

sev

eral

fund

ing

mea

sure

s th

atw

ould

hel

p to

enc

ovra

cie.

coo

pera

tion.

The

Sta

te a

lso

mus

t mak

epr

ovis

ions

for

the

cost

to e

ach

dist

rict o

f tra

nsfe

r st

uden

ts fr

omou

tsid

e th

e di

stric

t, an

d fo

r th

e ne

cess

ary

addi

tiona

l sta

ff. T

head

ditio

nal s

taff

shou

ld in

clud

e ta

lent

ed te

ache

rs a

nd c

ouns

elor

sw

ho c

an m

ake

the

adju

stm

ent e

asie

r fo

r th

e st

uden

ts. H

ome-

scho

ol a

ides

ccn

hel

p to

pro

vide

the

com

mun

icat

ion

and

guid

-an

ce th

at s

tude

nts

from

ano

ther

are

a m

ay n

eed.

Not

onl

y m

ust d

istr

icts

wor

k to

geth

er a

nd s

choo

ls w

ithin

adi

stric

t wor

k to

geth

er, b

ut a

ll th

e el

emen

ts th

at m

ake

up a

nin

divi

dual

sch

ool m

ust w

ork

toge

ther

. The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

cha

nnel

s of

com

mun

icat

ion

and

dial

ogue

be im

prov

ed b

etw

een

the

stud

ent,

the

pare

nt, t

he te

ache

r, th

ead

min

istr

atio

n, a

nd m

embe

rs o

f the

sch

ool e

stab

lishm

ent.

One

met

hod

of im

prov

ing

com

mun

icat

ion

is th

e us

e of

the

Hom

e-S

choo

l Aid

e. A

per

son

from

the

com

mun

ity c

ould

ser

ve o

na

full-

time,

par

t-tim

e, o

r vo

lunt

ary

basi

s as

a li

aiso

n be

twee

npa

rent

s an

d sc

hool

teac

hers

, adm

inis

trat

ors,

and

mem

bers

of

scho

ol b

oard

s.S

urpr

isin

gly,

one

of t

he c

hann

els

of c

omm

unic

atio

n of

ten

foun

d w

antin

g is

bet

wee

n te

ache

rs a

nd th

e sc

hool

est

ablis

hmen

t,in

clud

ing

scho

ol b

oard

s, d

istr

ict s

taff,

and

sch

ool a

dmin

istr

ator

s.W

e no

w h

ave

on in

stitu

tion,

how

ever

, tha

t can

ser

ve a

s th

ene

eded

cha

nnel

of c

omm

unic

atio

n. A

n am

endm

ent t

o R

CW

41.0

6.15

0, p

asse

d by

the

last

ses

sion

of t

he L

egis

latu

re, a

utho

r-iz

es c

olle

ctiv

e ba

rgai

ning

for

all p

ublic

em

ploy

ees.

Ano

ther

law

,th

e P

rofe

ssio

nal N

egot

iatio

ns A

ct, p

rovi

des

this

pow

er fo

r K

thro

ugh

12 te

ache

rs. T

he b

arga

inin

g ta

ble

coul

d se

rve

as th

edi

scus

sion

cen

ter

whe

re te

ache

rs c

an v

oice

thei

r co

ncer

ns to

sch

ool

adm

inis

trat

ors

and

mem

bers

of t

he s

choo

l est

ablis

hmen

t. T

heba

rgai

ning

tabl

e, h

owev

er, w

here

it d

oes

exis

t, is

not

ser

ving

as

a ch

anne

l of c

omm

unic

atio

n. T

he tr

oubl

e is

not

inhe

rent

in c

olle

c-tiv

e ba

rgai

ning

. Rat

her,

it s

tem

s fr

om th

e in

expe

rienc

e of

bot

hte

ache

rs a

nd s

choo

l est

ablis

hmen

ts in

usi

ng c

olle

ctiv

e ba

rgai

ning

skill

s. W

orks

hops

hav

e be

en h

eld

to r

esol

ve th

is. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

bot

h m

embe

rs o

f sch

ool e

stab

lishm

ents

and

teac

her

grou

ps s

triv

e to

incr

ease

thei

r sk

ills

in th

e ke

y ar

eaof

col

lect

ive

barg

aini

ng.

Ski

lls c

an b

e in

crea

sed

thro

ugh

both

pra

ctic

e an

d tr

aini

ng. W

ear

e re

com

men

ding

bot

h. T

he p

eopl

e co

ncer

ned

coul

d ob

tain

trai

n-in

g du

ring

the

sum

mer

or

in n

onsc

hool

hou

rs fr

om la

bor

rela

tions

expe

rts

in b

oth

unio

ns a

nd b

ig b

usin

ess.

The

y co

uld

then

use

this

trai

ning

to r

e-ex

amin

e th

e po

sitio

n of

the

clas

sroo

m te

ache

r, h

issa

lary

, and

oth

er c

aree

r in

cent

ives

.

Page 42: Urban Washington: Apathy or Action? Report of the Governor ... · The Governor selected Secretory of State A. Ludlow Kramer to chair the Council. Secretary Kramer has an extensive

The

pos

ition

of t

he c

lass

room

teac

her

does

nee

d th

e co

mpr

e-he

nsiv

e re

-exa

min

atio

n th

at c

olle

ctiv

e ba

rgai

ning

can

pro

vide

. In

mos

t cas

es, t

he te

ache

r is

trul

y no

t fre

e to

exp

erim

ent w

ithin

the

clas

sroo

m, a

nd u

sual

ly d

oes

not c

ontr

ibut

e to

gen

eral

sch

ool

polic

y. S

choo

l pla

nnin

g to

o of

ten

is d

one

by h

igh-

leve

l sch

ool

adm

inis

trat

ors

and

affe

cted

by

legi

slat

ive

deci

sion

s w

ithou

t eve

rco

nsul

ting

the

clas

sroo

m te

ache

r th

at m

ust i

mpl

emen

t tha

t pla

n-ni

ng. W

hile

the

Pro

fess

iona

l Neg

otia

tions

Act

and

som

e sc

hool

dist

ricts

pro

vide

for

teac

her

invo

lvem

ent,

we

wis

h to

furt

her

en-

cour

age

it. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

teac

hers

hav

e in

crea

sed

oppo

rtun

ities

to p

artic

ipat

e in

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd p

lann

ing

of n

ew p

rogr

ams

that

ada

pt to

the

chan

ging

con

ditio

ns in

the

scho

ol a

nd c

omm

u-ni

ty. T

each

ers

coul

d se

rve

mor

e ex

tens

ivel

y on

com

mitt

ees

to p

lan

new

pro

gram

s bo

th in

indi

vidu

al s

choo

ls a

nd in

sch

ool d

istr

icts

.T

he o

ther

par

ty w

ho la

cks

a vo

ice

in p

lann

ing

and

deve

lop-

men

t is

the

stud

ent.

To

plan

for

educ

atin

g st

uden

ts w

ithou

tco

nsid

erin

g th

eir

sugg

estio

ns is

not

onl

y ill

ogic

al, b

ut it

als

o ad

dsto

stu

dent

res

entm

ent.

We

are

not s

ugge

stin

g th

at s

tude

nts

shou

ld h

ave

the

final

say

, but

we

ore

sugg

estin

g th

at th

ey s

houl

dbe

list

ened

to. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

stu

dent

s ha

ve g

reat

er o

ppor

tuni

ties

tom

ake

reco

mm

enda

tions

for

the

impr

ovem

ent o

f gen

eral

sch

ool

polic

ies.

One

of t

he e

asie

st w

ays

to p

rovi

de g

reat

er o

ppor

tuni

ties

is to

incl

ude

stud

ents

on

plan

ning

and

dev

elop

men

t com

mitt

ees.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

stu

dent

s (o

n th

e hi

gh s

choo

l and

col

lege

leve

ls)

have

opp

ortu

nitie

s to

par

ticip

ate

as m

embe

rs o

f fac

ulty

and

com

mun

ity p

lann

ing

and

advi

sory

com

mitt

ees

that

dev

elop

reco

mm

enda

tions

for

the

impr

ovem

ent o

f ins

truc

tion.

At l

east

one

cha

nge

is s

ure

to r

esul

t if b

oth

the

teac

hers

and

the

stud

ents

hav

e a

voic

e in

pla

nnin

g. T

his

chan

ge is

in th

ecl

assr

oom

sch

edul

ing.

Con

sist

ent w

ith th

e te

stim

ony

rece

ived

inal

l hea

rings

and

inte

rvie

ws,

We

reco

mm

end

that

sch

ools

dep

art f

rom

the

trad

ition

al lo

ck-

step

type

of i

nstr

uctio

nal o

rgan

izat

ion

in w

hich

all

stud

ents

in a

clas

sroo

m g

roup

are

com

pelle

d to

mov

e at

the

som

e pa

ce w

ithth

e sa

me

teac

her,

in th

e so

me

clas

sroo

m, u

sing

the

sam

e le

sson

plan

and

text

book

and

all

with

in th

e sa

me

time

form

at o

f one

perio

d a

day,

five

day

s a

wee

k fo

r a

full

sem

este

r.T

o re

plac

e th

is lo

ck-s

tep

type

of o

rgan

izat

ion,

We

reco

mm

end

inst

ruct

iona

l org

aniz

atio

n w

hich

mak

es it

pos

-si

ble

for

stud

ents

to a

ssum

e m

ore

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r th

eir

own

lear

ning

pro

cess

.

Thi

s or

gani

zatio

n m

ay b

e co

ntin

uous

pro

gres

s sc

hool

s as

inF

lorid

a an

d as

Sea

ttle

is tr

ying

now

, it m

ay b

e m

ore

inde

pend

ent

stud

y pr

ojec

ts a

s ar

e us

ed in

som

e of

our

sci

ence

cou

rses

now

, it

may

be

anyt

hing

that

allo

ws

the

stud

ent t

o ta

ke m

ore

resp

onsi

-bi

lity.

It m

ay m

ean

usin

g sc

hool

-ser

vice

aid

es a

nd in

stru

ctio

nal

assi

stan

ts s

o th

at th

e te

ache

r is

free

for

mor

e in

divi

dual

ized

inst

ruct

ion,

to w

ork

with

eac

h st

uden

t at h

is in

divi

dual

way

of

lear

ning

. Qui

te a

few

sch

ool d

istr

icts

hav

e ch

ange

d in

this

res

-pe

ct, b

ut a

ll ot

hers

mus

t joi

n in

this

crit

ical

ref

orm

.If

the

scho

ol e

stab

lishm

ent l

iste

ns to

eith

er th

e te

ache

rs o

r th

est

uden

ts, d

isag

reem

ents

und

oubt

edly

will

dev

elop

. The

teac

he-

has

prof

essi

onal

neg

otia

tions

as

his

final

rec

ours

e. T

he s

tude

ntal

so s

houl

d ha

ve s

uch

a m

echa

nism

. The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

dia

logu

e an

d co

nsul

tatio

n w

ith s

choo

lpe

rson

nel a

s w

ell a

s on

e an

othe

r be

com

e le

gitim

ate

stud

ent

activ

ities

to th

e de

gree

that

suc

h is

com

patib

le w

ith th

e in

tegr

ityof

the

scho

ol p

rogr

am a

nd th

e so

urce

of a

utho

rity

in th

e sc

hool

.

Fin

ally

, our

edu

catio

nal s

yste

m o

ften

eith

er m

erel

y re

gist

ers

the

educ

atio

n ou

r yo

ung

peop

le r

ecei

ve o

utsi

de th

e cl

assr

oom

or

igno

res

it en

tirel

y. O

ur e

duca

tiona

l sys

tem

mus

t do

bette

r. It

mus

tpr

ovid

e th

e le

arni

ng to

ols

to a

bsor

b th

is o

utsi

de e

duca

tion,

and

itm

ust e

ncou

rage

the

abso

rptio

n ev

eryw

here

it o

ccur

s. A

n ea

sy s

tep

scho

ols

can

take

is to

ope

n th

eir

faci

litie

s du

ring

nons

choo

lT

he a

ctua

l phy

sica

l pla

nt o

f a s

choo

l can

ser

ve a

s a

com

mun

ityce

nter

and

rec

reat

ion

plac

e w

ith v

ery

little

add

ition

al c

ost t

oan

yone

. It c

erta

inly

wou

ld c

osi l

ess

than

con

stru

ctin

g ot

her

build

-in

gs. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

the

incr

ease

d us

e of

sch

ool f

acili

ties

for

recr

e-..t

iona

l and

com

mun

ity c

ente

r pu

rpos

es d

urin

g no

nsch

ool h

ours

inco

oper

atio

n w

ith lo

cal r

ecre

atio

n or

gani

zatio

ns.

Ano

ther

edu

catio

nal e

xper

ienc

e of

gre

at v

alue

for

urba

n ch

il-dr

en is

that

of s

umm

er c

amps

. A la

rge

num

ber

of c

hurc

hes,

YM

CA

's, B

oy S

cout

, Girl

Sco

ut, a

nd C

ampf

ire G

irl g

roup

s, m

il;ta

ryun

its, c

orpo

ratio

ns, a

nd p

rivot

e in

divi

dual

s ha

s'e

recr

eatio

nal

land

, ofte

n fu

lly e

quip

ped

cam

ps th

at r

emai

n id

le th

roug

h m

uch

of th

e ye

ar. T

hey

coul

d be

use

d to

sen

d m

any

child

ren

to s

umm

eran

d w

eeke

nd c

amps

. In

New

Yor

k S

tate

, for

exa

mpl

e, e

duca

tors

foun

d th

at th

ose

stud

ents

who

had

bee

n to

a s

umm

er c

amp

read

muc

h be

tter

than

thos

e w

ho h

ad n

ever

bee

n ou

t of t

he c

ity.

The

refo

re,

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We

endo

rse

the

idea

of s

umm

er c

amps

for

yout

h (p

artic

ular

lyfo

r th

ose

who

can

not o

ther

wis

e af

ford

trip

s ou

t of t

he c

ity)

and

reco

mm

end

that

they

be

enco

urag

ed b

y pu

blic

and

priv

ate

agen

-ci

es. T

wo

othe

r pr

ogra

ms

also

impr

esse

d us

as

part

icul

arly

val

ua-

ble

in e

duca

ting

youn

g pe

ople

. The

se w

ere

the

sum

mer

inte

rnan

d N

ew C

aree

rs p

rogr

ams

in s

tate

gov

ernm

ent.

The

sum

mer

inte

rn p

rogr

am is

prim

arily

for

grad

uate

stu

dent

s. T

hey

wor

k in

the

vario

us d

epar

tmen

ts o

f sta

te g

over

nmen

t dur

ing

the

sum

mer

.O

ften

they

do

sign

ifica

nt w

ork,

as

wel

l as

lear

n ho

w o

vr s

tate

gove

rnm

ent f

unct

ions

. The

y be

com

e in

volv

ed in

suc

h pr

ojec

ts a

sta

x re

sear

ch, c

onst

itutio

nal r

efor

m, a

nd th

e pr

epar

atio

n of

legi

sla-

tion.

Thi

s pr

ogra

m c

ould

be

expa

nded

bot

h to

incl

ude

mor

e pe

ople

on th

is le

vel a

nd to

incl

ude

thos

e w

ith le

ss e

duca

tiona

l tra

inin

g.M

any

high

sch

ool g

radu

ates

cou

ld fi

t int

o su

mm

er p

rogr

ams

that

wou

ld a

cid

trem

endo

usly

to th

eir

know

ledg

e ab

out s

tate

gov

ern-

men

t. T

he s

tate

cou

ld b

enef

it fr

om th

e fr

esh,

new

idea

s th

ese

peop

le o

ften

pres

ent.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

vario

us s

tate

dep

artm

ents

con

tinue

toex

pand

the

sum

mer

inte

rn p

rogr

ams

at a

ll le

vels

of t

rain

ing.

The

oth

er p

rogr

am th

at im

pres

sed

us w

as th

e N

ew C

aree

rspr

ogra

m a

dmin

iste

red

in W

ashi

ngto

n by

the

Sta

te O

ffice

of E

co-

nom

ic O

ppor

tuni

ty. T

his

prog

ram

pro

vide

s an

opp

ortu

nity

for

thos

e no

t equ

ippe

d, th

roug

h la

ck o

f sch

oolin

g, to

do

wel

l on

the

Civ

il S

ervi

ce e

xam

. Spe

cial

trai

ning

pro

gram

s ar

e de

velo

ped

that

trai

n th

ese

peop

le w

hile

on

the

job.

Bot

h ca

reer

s in

sta

te g

over

n-m

ent a

nd a

trem

endo

us a

mou

nt o

f kno

wle

dge

are

gain

ed. T

here

-fo

re, W

e re

com

men

d th

at th

e va

rious

sta

te d

epar

tmen

ts c

ontin

ue to

expa

nd th

eir

use

of th

e N

ew C

aree

r pe

ople

.

k

PE

RS

ON

NE

LM

any

of th

e pr

oble

ms

of p

erso

nnel

wou

ld b

e so

lved

by

scho

ol o

rgan

izat

ions

that

wer

e de

sign

ed to

mak

e th

e be

st u

se o

fou

r ed

ucat

ors.

Eve

n if

orga

niza

tion

wer

e re

vam

ped,

how

ever

, we

wou

ldha

ve p

erso

nnel

pro

blem

s. T

he p

robl

em o

f per

sonn

el m

ust b

eat

tack

ed d

irect

ly,

in o

rder

to b

ring

abou

t cru

cial

edu

catio

nal

refo

rm.

Edu

catio

n su

ffers

from

at l

east

thre

e pr

oble

ms

rega

rdin

g pe

r-so

nnel

recr

uitm

ent,

trai

ning

, and

ret

entio

n. B

efor

e w

e be

gin

todi

scus

s ea

ch p

robl

em in

divi

dual

ly, w

e m

ust s

tres

s th

e re

latio

nshi

pam

ong

the

thre

e. If

rec

ruitm

ent w

ere

bette

r, w

e w

ould

hav

ebe

tter

educ

ator

s, e

ven

if no

cha

nges

wer

e m

ade

in tr

aini

ng. I

ftr

aini

ng w

ere

bette

r, w

e w

ould

attr

act m

ore

indi

vidu

als

to e

duca

-tio

n an

d eq

uip

them

so

that

they

wou

ld s

tay

in th

e fie

ld.

The

pro

blem

of r

ecru

itmen

t is

appa

rent

in m

any

way

s. T

hefir

st is

the

kick

of m

inor

ity p

erso

ns in

the

field

of e

duca

tion.

Ano

ther

pro

blem

is in

the

field

of v

ocat

iona

l edu

catio

n. M

any

peop

le a

re e

xtre

mel

y w

ell q

ualif

ied

and

will

ing

to te

ach

abou

t

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et, t

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indi

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ot te

ach

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s an

d th

e sc

hool

dis

tric

ts o

nly

need

to u

seth

ese

teac

hers

effe

ctiv

ely.

Man

y yo

ung

peop

le w

ould

look

forw

ard

to te

achi

ng a

s an

expe

rienc

e, e

ven

thou

gh th

ey w

ould

rec

oil f

rom

the

thou

ght o

f it

as a

car

eer.

If ou

r sc

hool

dis

tric

ts w

ould

allo

w th

ese

youn

gpe

ople

to te

ach

for

a w

hile

, thr

ough

spe

cial

cat

egor

ies

like

in-

stru

ctio

nal a

ssis

tant

s, w

e w

ould

hav

e th

e be

nefit

of m

any

youn

gpe

ople

in e

duca

tion,

and

per

haps

this

wou

ld in

duce

man

y to

mak

e ed

ucat

ion

a ca

reer

.T

he p

ract

ice

of u

sing

lay

inst

ruct

ors,

whi

ch is

pre

vale

nt in

man

y co

llege

s th

roug

hout

the

natio

n, c

ould

be

used

mor

e ex

ten-

sive

ly in

all

Was

hing

ton

scho

ols.

As

gues

t lec

ture

rs o

r gu

est

inst

ruct

ors,

exp

erts

in v

ario

us fi

elds

in in

dust

ry, g

over

nmen

t and

rese

arch

cou

ld s

hare

thei

r kn

owle

dge

and

prac

tical

exp

erie

nce

with

stu

dent

s.T

rain

ing

is a

noth

er k

ey to

impr

ovin

g ed

ucat

ion

in o

ur s

tate

.W

e m

ust e

quip

our

edu

cato

rs to

wor

k ef

fect

ivel

y w

ith a

ll th

epr

oble

ms

educ

atio

n in

Was

hing

ton

pres

ents

. Thi

s tr

aini

ng m

ust

incl

ude

met

h th

at is

not

incl

uded

now

. The

firs

t is

broa

der

cade

tte

achi

ng. T

he p

ract

ical

exp

erie

nce

mat

ched

with

cla

ssro

om e

valu

-at

ion

is a

mat

chle

ss w

ay to

trai

n te

ache

rs, a

nd it

pro

vide

s an

oppo

rtun

ity n

ot o

nly

to e

xper

imen

t with

new

teac

hers

, but

with

new

teac

hing

pro

cedu

res

as w

ell.

Like

sum

mer

inte

rns

in s

tate

gove

rnm

ent,

cade

t tea

cher

s co

uld

be a

rea

l inn

ovat

ing

and

mod

-er

nizi

ng fo

rce

as w

ell a

s an

exc

elle

nt le

arni

ng e

xper

ienc

e fo

rfu

ture

teac

hers

. Thi

s ca

nnot

be

done

in n

ine-

wee

k pe

riods

. We

sugg

est u

p to

a y

ear

of c

adet

teac

hing

, with

cla

ssro

om e

valu

a-tio

n an

d m

ore

expe

rienc

ed te

ache

rs to

hel

p th

e ca

det m

ake

the

best

use

of t

he c

adet

teac

hing

opp

ortu

nity

.N

ext,

trai

ning

mus

t pay

mor

e at

tent

ion

to th

e sp

ecia

l pro

b-le

ms

of e

duca

tion

that

cer

tain

are

as o

f our

sta

te p

rese

nt. T

hey

mus

t lea

rn th

e sp

ecia

l pro

blem

s an

d th

e sp

ecia

l opp

ortu

nitie

sth

at o

ur u

rban

cor

es p

rese

nt. A

ltern

ativ

ely,

they

sho

uld

lear

n th

esp

ecia

l pro

blem

s an

d op

port

uniti

es o

f Was

hing

ton'

s ru

ral a

reas

.A

bove

all,

they

mus

t lea

rn th

e di

fficu

lties

of a

nd th

e w

ays

to d

eal

with

peo

ple

of v

ario

us c

ultu

ral g

roup

s. M

ost t

each

ers

who

gre

wup

in a

n al

l-whi

te n

eigh

borh

ood,

wen

t to

all-w

hite

sch

ools

and

then

try

to te

ach

blac

k ch

ildre

n en

d up

in a

teac

hing

situ

atio

nth

at is

not

so

muc

h lu

dicr

ous

as p

athe

tic. W

hile

we

mak

e a

defin

ite e

ffort

to tr

ain

mor

e te

ache

rs fr

om th

ese

min

ority

gro

ups

we

mus

t tra

in a

ll te

cche

rs a

s be

st w

e ca

n to

wor

k w

ith th

ese

min

ority

gro

ups.

Tea

cher

trai

ning

als

o sh

ould

incl

ude

mor

e tr

aini

ng fo

r th

ein

tere

sts

we

wan

t our

sch

ools

to e

ncou

rage

. Com

mun

ity r

elat

ions

,th

e go

vern

men

tal p

roce

ss, a

nd th

e re

latio

nshi

p of

cla

ssro

om o

f-

fairs

to w

orld

affa

irs s

houl

d be

con

cern

s at

eve

ry s

choo

l. W

ene

ed te

ache

rs tr

aine

d to

teac

h th

ese

subj

ects

.T

rain

ing

mus

t not

sto

p w

ith th

e te

ache

r or

with

the

teac

hing

cert

ifica

te. W

e m

ust m

ake

sure

that

adr

nini

st-a

tors

are

pre

pare

dfo

r th

e pr

oble

ms

that

sch

ools

in o

ur d

iver

se a

nd c

hang

ing

stat

efa

ce. W

e m

ust h

ave

adm

inis

trat

ors

that

can

ado

pt to

the

chan

ges

and

impr

ove

the

qual

ity o

f edu

catio

n in

the

proc

ess.

Tea

cher

s an

d ad

min

istr

ator

s sh

ould

look

on

thei

r tr

aini

ng a

s a

cont

inui

ng p

roce

ss th

at g

oes

on a

s lo

ng a

s th

ey a

re a

live.

The

chan

ce to

exp

erim

ent s

houl

d be

ava

ilabl

e to

bot

h, a

s w

ell a

s th

ech

ance

to o

btai

n m

ore

form

aliz

ed tr

aini

ng th

roug

hout

thei

r ed

u-ca

tiona

l car

eers

.T

each

er r

eten

tion

is o

ne o

f the

maj

or p

robl

ems

we

face

in th

efie

ld o

f edu

cctio

n. O

ne o

f the

mos

t effe

ctiv

e w

ays

to r

etai

npe

ople

is to

pay

them

wel

l. E

duca

tion

sala

ries

mus

t be

com

peti-

tive

with

the

priv

ate

sect

or, b

oth

to r

ecru

it an

d re

tain

peo

ple

ined

ucat

ion,

and

to k

eep

them

from

goi

ng to

oth

er s

tate

s.M

oney

is n

ot th

e on

ly a

nsw

er, h

owev

er. M

ost p

eopl

e en

ter

educ

atio

n be

caus

e of

per

sona

l con

vict

ions

rat

her

than

its

finan

cial

prom

ise,

and

fact

ors

othe

r th

an m

oney

are

impo

rtan

t. O

ne a

rea

that

edu

catio

n ha

s be

en n

otab

ly la

x in

pro

vidi

ng is

the

oppo

rtun

-ity

for

pers

onal

adv

ance

men

t with

in th

e fie

ld. T

each

ers

adva

nce

out o

f tea

chin

g in

to a

dmin

istr

atio

n, r

athe

r th

an in

to m

ore

resp

on-

sibi

le p

ositi

ons

in te

achi

ng it

self.

One

of t

he w

ays

to r

etai

n te

ache

rs th

en, w

ould

be

to p

rovi

dea

serie

s of

cat

egor

ies,

with

atte

ndan

t sal

arie

s an

d pr

estig

e, s

o th

ete

ache

r co

uld

adva

nce

with

out l

eavi

ng th

e fie

ld. A

ser

ies

from

teac

her's

aid

e to

teac

hing

ass

ista

re to

teac

her

to m

aste

r te

ache

rto

cha

irman

of a

dep

artm

ent o

r gr

ade

coul

d be

use

d in

sch

ools

at

alm

ost a

ny le

vel,

and

wou

ld b

e a

stro

ng in

duce

men

t to

stay

with

teac

hing

.A

noth

er w

ay to

ret

ain

clas

sroo

m te

ache

rs is

to g

ive

them

mor

e re

spon

sibi

lity.

If th

e te

ache

r fe

lt le

ss r

estr

icte

d in

the

clas

s-ro

om a

nd fr

eer

to e

xper

imen

t, he

cou

ld a

dvan

ce h

imse

lf by

incr

easi

ng h

is te

achi

ng p

rofic

ienc

y.F

inal

ly, t

he w

hole

pro

blem

of p

erso

nnel

is b

ound

in th

epr

oble

ms

of e

duca

tion.

If o

ur s

choo

ls a

re to

be

trul

y ef

fect

ive

inst

rum

ents

for

prep

arin

g ou

r yo

ung

to ta

ke th

eir

plac

e in

soc

iety

,ed

ucat

ion

mus

t attr

act,

trai

n, a

nd r

etai

n so

me

of th

e m

ost i

ntel

li-ge

nt a

nd ta

lent

ed p

eopl

e in

our

ent

ire s

ocie

ty. I

mpr

ovin

g ou

rsc

hool

s an

d im

prov

ing

the

peop

le w

orki

ng in

them

go

hand

-in-

hand

. Nei

ther

can

be

done

with

out t

he o

ther

, and

eac

h ef

fort

inon

e ar

ea a

dds

to th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

of e

ffort

s in

the

othe

r. T

here

-fo

re, w

e m

ake

the

follo

win

g re

com

men

datio

ns.

New

and

inno

vativ

e pr

ogra

ms

in te

ache

r tr

aini

ng a

re v

itally

need

ed. T

here

fore

,W

e re

com

men

d th

at te

ache

r tr

aini

ng p

rogr

ams

incl

ude:

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r T

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lp th

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oom

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her

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e pr

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ms,

and

pro

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ief f

or o

verc

row

ded

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ols,

whi

le r

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ctic

e an

d ex

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nce

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ch th

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te w

ith o

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nees

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ruct

ors

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her

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ning

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itutio

n.T

rain

ing

in h

uman

rel

atio

ns in

volv

es n

ot o

nly

the

psyc

holo

gyof

the

stud

ent,

but a

lso

the

sens

itivi

ties

of v

ario

us c

ultu

ral m

inor

i-tie

s. It

invo

lves

trai

ning

in w

orki

ng w

ith th

e pa

rent

and

the

hom

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nmen

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wel

l as

the

stud

ent.

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dditi

on to

thos

e no

w in

trai

ning

inst

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ns, p

rese

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ay te

ache

rs a

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dmin

istr

ator

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sosh

ould

rec

eive

suc

h tr

aini

ng. T

here

fore

,

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reco

mm

end

that

all

scho

ol te

ache

rs a

nd a

dmin

istr

ator

sre

ceiv

e se

nsiti

vity

trai

ning

.

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elop

men

t of s

ensi

tivity

to c

omm

unity

nee

ds in

volv

es a

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prec

iatio

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bot

h th

e sp

ecia

l opp

ortu

nitie

s an

d th

e sp

ecia

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oble

ms

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any

giv

en a

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pres

ents

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cher

s th

at w

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ant t

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ach

in u

rban

cen

ters

, for

inst

ance

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uld

be m

ade

awar

e of

the

raci

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nd in

com

e pr

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ms

thei

r st

uden

ts fa

ce, a

s w

ell a

s th

ecu

ltura

l and

soc

ial o

ppor

tuni

ties

of th

ese

stud

ents

. The

sam

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rtof

trai

ning

sho

uld

be g

iven

to te

ache

rs th

at w

ill b

e in

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al a

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rtun

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ning

inst

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ns d

evel

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cial

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uain

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with

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nic

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in-

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step

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war

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duca

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an

inte

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beco

r.e

dire

ctly

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lved

in e

duca

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not o

nly

thro

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scho

lar-

ship

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o th

roug

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anin

g th

eir

expe

rts

to te

ach

for

shor

t

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e re

com

men

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at s

choo

l dis

tric

ts b

roac

htn

the

oppo

rtun

ities

they

offe

r th

eir

stud

ents

by

usin

g la

y-ci

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s as

act

ing

inst

ruct

ors.

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help

sol

ve th

e pr

oble

m o

f tea

cher

ret

entio

n,W

e re

com

men

d th

at p

rogr

ams

be d

evel

oped

to a

llow

the

teac

her

to p

rogr

ess

in h

is c

aree

r w

ithou

t lea

ving

the

teac

hing

field

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have

als

o su

gges

ted

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a s

erie

s of

cat

egor

ies

with

atte

ndan

t sal

arie

s an

d pr

estig

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ight

be

a w

ay o

f allo

win

gte

ache

rs to

pro

gres

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here

fore

,

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mm

end

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inst

ruct

iona

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ista

nts

and

serv

ice

aide

sbe

use

d w

here

ver

feas

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inst

ruct

iona

l ass

ista

nt, a

s de

fined

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the

Sta

te B

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of

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catio

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a p

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n w

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ssis

ts in

inst

ruct

ion

unde

r th

e su

per-

visi

on o

f cer

tifie

d pe

rson

nel.

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or s

he c

ould

be

a co

llege

gra

du-

ate

with

out s

peci

al e

duca

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l tra

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e or

she

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ld b

e on

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the

man

y yo

ung

peop

le w

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like

to tr

y te

achi

ng a

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expe

rienc

e, b

ut a

re n

ot w

illin

g to

com

mit

them

selv

es to

it a

s a

care

er. T

his

cate

gory

wou

ld a

llow

Was

hing

ton

to u

se th

ese

peo-

ple

as a

ssis

tant

s in

the

clas

sroo

m, a

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opef

ully

indu

ce m

any

ofth

em to

go

on to

bec

ome

teac

hers

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ould

be

one

of th

e m

ost

effe

ctiv

e re

crui

tmen

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in e

duca

tion.

it w

ould

als

o pr

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supp

ly o

f int

ellig

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ng m

en a

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to h

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as

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tate

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rd o

f Edu

catio

n,is

a p

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n w

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orks

dire

ctly

und

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uper

visi

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f a r

outin

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red

on a

par

t-tim

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sis

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ven

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to h

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with

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l aid

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ch a

sbu

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str

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rmal

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tem

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olun

teer

s an

dhi

red

pers

onne

l cou

ld b

e us

ed. D

ropo

uts

coul

d be

attr

acte

d ba

ckby

offe

ring

them

a jo

b. T

he te

ache

r's a

ide

wou

ld p

rovi

de a

noth

erco

ntac

t with

edu

catio

n th

at ju

st m

ight

stim

ulat

e a

desi

re to

ent

erth

e te

achi

ng p

rofe

ssio

n. A

lso,

the

cate

gory

wou

ld r

elie

ve th

ete

ache

r fr

om tr

ivia

and

ena

ble

him

to d

o a

mor

e ef

fect

ive

job

ofsi

mpl

y te

achi

ng.

Ano

ther

ret

entio

n de

vice

we

have

men

tione

d, in

add

ition

toca

tego

ries,

is th

e op

port

unity

for

less

form

aliz

ed p

rogr

ess

thro

ugh

an in

crea

se in

teac

hing

pro

ficie

ncy.

We

mus

t giv

e th

e te

ache

rm

ore

free

dom

in th

e cl

assr

oom

and

allo

w h

im to

incr

ease

his

own

teac

hing

ski

lls th

roug

h ex

perim

enta

tion

and

furt

her

trai

ning

.In

this

pro

cess

, the

opp

ortu

nity

for

addi

tiona

l tra

inin

gis

an

inte

gral

par

t. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

incr

ease

d op

port

uniti

es fo

r te

ache

rs to

take

sabb

atic

als

for

furt

her

trai

ning

that

bro

aden

s th

eir

expe

rienc

ean

d ba

ckgr

ound

.

Fin

ally

, the

per

sonn

el in

cur

sch

ools

mus

t be

able

to u

nder

-st

and

and

wor

k ef

fect

ivel

y w

ith th

e ho

me

envi

ronm

ent.

To

wor

kw

ith th

e co

mm

unity

, the

sch

ool m

ust b

e ab

le to

com

mun

icat

ew

ith it

. Yet

, man

y pa

rent

s, li

ke th

eir

child

ren,

lack

the

back

-gr

ound

of e

xper

ienc

e to

rel

ate

effe

ctiv

ely

to th

e sc

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situ

atio

n.T

hey

are

wea

k in

com

mun

icat

ion

skill

s an

d do

not

feel

at e

ase

with

peo

ple

such

as

teac

hers

who

rep

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nt s

tatu

s an

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thor

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ety.

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hig

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fam

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rent

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ther

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ther

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the

pare

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n so

pre

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with

ear

ning

a li

ving

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that

they

do

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the

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h on

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ctiv

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trad

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ive

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t with

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,

We

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mm

end

that

sch

ools

em

ploy

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ne-S

choo

l Aid

es w

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e in

the

com

mun

ity to

impr

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icat

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with

par

ents

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the

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n* H

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rs o

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irr ',

radi

ate

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qua

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educ

atio

n if

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stu

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firs

t pro

blem

in W

ashi

ngto

n sc

hool

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urric

ulum

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mus

toe

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rel

evan

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s m

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e re

leva

nt to

he

life

expe

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the

stud

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ng th

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art

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mod

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rel

ate

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subj

ect t

o th

e st

uden

t and

wha

t he

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unte

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de th

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. The

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cy o

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par

ticul

ar c

ours

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ten

is m

ore

a fu

nc-

tion

of th

e sk

ill o

f the

teac

her

rath

er th

an th

e co

urse

mat

eria

lits

e:f.

Thu

s, m

ater

ials

mus

t be

desi

gned

to h

elp

the

teac

her

and

the

stud

ent t

o re

late

s it

to th

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lives

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orld

.S

choo

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ricul

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e re

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re th

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dom

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r in

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the

imag

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sch

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tly, t

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in in

all

cour

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vern

men

tal p

roce

ss, a

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e ed

ucat

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l sys

tem

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cap

italiz

eon

inst

itutio

ns th

at a

ffect

eve

ry s

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nt a

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irect

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an

info

rmed

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ocra

cy.

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ricul

um h

as b

een

orie

nted

tow

ard

the

colle

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stu

-de

nt. I

n a

stat

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here

80

per

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he s

tude

nts

do n

ot g

o on

toga

in o

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r's d

egre

e, th

is s

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m is

unf

air

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inap

prop

riate

for

mos

t of o

ur s

tude

nts.

Con

sequ

ently

, effe

ctiv

e co

urse

s th

at w

illpr

epar

e th

ose

not g

oing

on

to c

olle

ge to

live

and

wor

k or

e vi

tally

need

ed. T

his

mea

ns tr

uly

rele

vant

and

sop

hist

icat

ed v

ocat

iona

ltr

aini

ng a

nd te

rmin

al c

ours

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the

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r su

bjec

ts.

The

col

lege

s, p

artic

ular

ly th

e co

mm

unity

col

lege

s, m

ust r

ecog

-ni

ze th

ese

fact

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d th

is n

eed.

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y m

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e w

illin

g to

acc

ept

stud

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with

out a

col

lege

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nted

sec

onda

ry e

duca

tion.

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veal

l, 'h

ey m

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e fle

xibl

e en

ough

to a

llow

sec

onda

ry s

choo

ls to

offe

r te

rmin

al e

duca

tiona

l opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r so

me

peop

le w

hile

prep

arin

g ot

hers

to g

o on

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s m

eans

an

enlig

hten

ed a

ttitu

deto

war

d co

urse

req

uire

men

ts a

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will

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ess

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llow

spe

cial

prog

ram

s to

not

pre

judi

ce a

n ap

plic

ant's

cha

nces

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dmis

sion

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ur s

choo

ls n

eed

to s

timul

ate

on in

tere

st in

stu

dent

s of

the

com

mun

ity a

roun

d th

em. T

his

invo

lves

not

so

muc

h sp

ecifi

cco

urse

s as

the

met

hod

in w

hich

they

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taug

ht. T

he u

se o

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ips

in th

e co

mm

unity

as

illus

trat

ions

and

the

stud

y of

con

trov

er-

sial

topi

cs in

the

com

mun

ity h

elp

to p

rom

ote

this

con

cern

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scho

ols

them

selv

es, p

artic

ular

ly th

e in

stitu

tions

of h

ighe

r le

arni

ng,

need

to b

ecom

e in

volv

ed in

the

com

mun

ity. W

e co

n no

long

eraf

ford

the

luxu

ry o

f non

invo

lvem

ent o

f aca

dem

icia

ns in

the

life

and

prob

lem

s of

our

mod

ern

soci

ety.

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trem

endo

us r

esou

rces

of

our

scho

ols

need

to b

e br

ough

t to

bear

on

the

prob

lem

s of

our

soci

ety,

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onl

y be

caus

e ou

r w

orld

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pro

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ut b

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sein

volv

emen

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grea

test

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ning

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erie

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in th

e w

orld

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fore

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pres

ent t

he fo

llow

ing

reco

mm

enda

tions

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ery

cruc

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o th

e m

atte

r of

urb

an a

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et, d

issa

tisfa

ctio

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s be

en e

xpre

ssed

on

seve

ral c

ount

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ne,

mem

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he U

rban

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il fr

om th

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ster

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rt o

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ate

expr

esse

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need

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e pl

anne

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ith a

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kgro

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e w

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ate,

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r ha

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e so

cial

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ifica

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of

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r w

ork.

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obv

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wer

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at w

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ed m

ore

plan

ners

with

a d

uol b

ackg

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d in

bot

h ph

ysic

al a

nd s

ocia

l asp

ects

of

urba

n de

sign

. The

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re,

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reco

mm

end

that

cou

rses

of d

rban

pla

nnin

g an

d re

late

dso

cio-

econ

omic

pro

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com

mun

ity d

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xpan

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ours

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ent

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pre

pare

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at a

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ngto

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fiel

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al n

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the

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,

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mm

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ater

em

phas

is b

e gi

ven

to te

achi

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uden

ts a

bout

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vario

us '"

clus

ter

skill

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rofe

ssio

ns in

whi

ch th

ere

are

need

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ight

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r pr

omis

e af

ter

grad

uatio

n.

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skill

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ired

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y in

volv

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uch

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e th

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ar e

ver

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ht b

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ills

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ng, a

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enta

l as-

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all

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our

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ols

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d be

teac

hing

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mm

end

seco

ndar

y sc

hool

s or

a c

ombi

-no

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scho

ots

for

spec

ific

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iedi

vidu

al s

choo

l may

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le to

affo

rd th

e fa

cilit

ies

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ssor

y to

teac

h ae

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anic

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r in

stan

ce. A

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tire

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ol d

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how

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n oc

cupa

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r, o

r us

e th

e m

agne

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or w

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ve a

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port

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ured

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y of

ten

serv

e as

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ion

base

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ity fo

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uden

t to

see

if he

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lly w

ants

mor

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ter

high

sch

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cal n

atur

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able

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em to

per

form

man

y co

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at w

ould

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ise

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e pe

rfor

med

.T

he fi

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rea

whe

re th

ey m

ust c

ontin

ue a

nd e

xpan

d th

eir

emph

a-si

s is

voc

atio

nal t

rain

ing.

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refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

com

mun

ity c

olle

ges

offe

r m

ore

trai

ning

inba

sic

occu

patio

nal s

kills

to h

igh

scho

ol d

ropo

uts.

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h st

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houl

d be

pla

ced

on a

job

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rst a

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her

sent

to th

e co

llege

por

t-tim

e to

lear

n th

e vo

catio

nal s

kills

and

rece

ive

allie

d ba

sic

educ

atio

n. T

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pro

gram

s sh

ould

not

be

limite

d to

hig

h sc

hool

gra

duat

es, b

ecau

se th

e gr

eate

st n

eed

isfo

und

amon

g th

e dr

opou

ts. T

hey

are

the

peop

le w

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eally

suf

fer

from

lack

of t

rain

ing

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cons

eque

nt in

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ty to

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b.H

igh

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ol d

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sho

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mic

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lity

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ld b

een

cour

aged

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o bo

ck to

sch

ool.

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ce m

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r or

hav

epr

oble

ms

of h

ome

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r hi

gh s

choo

l rec

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mak

eth

em u

nwill

ing

to r

etur

n an

d un

able

to fu

nctio

n in

a h

igh

scho

olen

viro

nmen

t, th

e co

mm

unity

col

lege

cou

ld o

ffer

spec

ial p

rogr

ams

to e

quip

thes

e pe

ople

for

colle

ge. T

here

fore

,W

e re

com

men

d th

at c

omm

unity

col

lege

s de

velo

p ne

w p

ro-

gram

s to

edu

cate

hig

h sc

hool

dro

pout

s w

ho c

ould

go

on to

colle

ge if

if t!

-9y

hod

the

nece

ssar

y pr

epar

atio

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mun

ity c

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ld p

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le in

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deve

lopm

ent o

f priv

ate

ente

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e sk

ills.

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rses

in s

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activ

ities

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ent h

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ate

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dust

ry a

nd th

e co

mm

unity

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ugh

the

com

mun

ity c

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ge. T

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clas

ses

not o

nly

wou

ld tr

ain

som

e o'

the

resi

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s to

hol

d jo

bs,

they

als

o co

uld

trai

n th

e co

mm

unity

to c

reat

e jo

bs. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

com

mun

ity c

olle

ges

offe

r m

ore

trai

ning

inm

anag

eria

l ski

lls to

res

iden

ts o

f dis

adva

ntag

ed a

reas

so

they

may

dev

elop

or

mai

ntai

n pr

ivat

e bu

sine

sses

.

Fin

ally

, we

live

in a

div

erse

and

mul

ti-gr

oup

soci

ety.

Our

educ

atio

n m

ust t

ake

note

of t

his

fact

. Our

sch

oo!s

sho

uld

ac-

quai

nt u

s w

ith th

e va

lues

of s

uch

dive

rsity

and

how

to u

se it

toou

r cd

vant

age.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

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com

mun

ity c

olle

ges

prov

ide

cour

ses

1 in

sens

itivi

ty tr

aini

ng.

Cou

rses

in h

ow to

dea

l with

cul

tura

l and

rac

ial d

iffer

ence

s ar

epa

rtic

ular

ly v

alua

ble

for

peop

le w

ho li

ve a

nd w

ork

with

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edi

ffere

nces

. Sup

ervi

sors

in b

usin

esse

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d te

ache

rs in

sch

ools

ore

the

two

prim

e ex

ampl

es. I

f we

are

ever

to s

olve

the

prob

lem

of

our

hard

-cor

e un

empl

oyed

, for

inst

ance

, the

teac

hers

who

trai

nth

ese

peop

le a

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e su

perv

isor

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at h

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em m

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e se

nsiti

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cour

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the

cont

ribut

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e W

ashi

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e U

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s. T

here

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,

We

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mm

end

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inst

itutio

ns o

f hig

her

educ

atio

n de

velo

pan

d of

fer

cour

ses

in th

e cu

lture

and

con

trib

utio

ns o

f Afr

o-A

mer

i-ca

ns a

nd o

ther

min

ority

gro

ups.

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eove

r, s

uch

cour

ses

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only

a fi

rst s

tep

sinc

e on

ly tw

enty

per

cent

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he s

tude

nts

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ashi

ngto

n go

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ge. B

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asic

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lly a

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ain

the

fulle

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ders

tand

ing

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appr

ecia

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utio

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very

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fore

,

Page 49: Urban Washington: Apathy or Action? Report of the Governor ... · The Governor selected Secretory of State A. Ludlow Kramer to chair the Council. Secretary Kramer has an extensive

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der

to k

eep

up w

ith th

e ch

angi

ng r

equi

rem

ents

of a

gro

win

gst

ate.

Con

sequ

ently

, it m

erits

a s

tudy

gro

up o

f its

ow

n to

hel

pbr

ing

educ

atio

n up

-to-

dote

in W

ashi

ngto

n an

d ho

pefu

lly in

sure

its fl

exib

ility

and

ado

ptab

ility

in th

e fu

ture

. The

refo

re.

We

reco

mm

end

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

stu

dy o

f st

atew

iee

and

loca

lnr

anag

erne

nt s

yste

ms,

pro

cedu

res,

and

man

pow

er u

tiliz

atio

nw

ithin

the

stat

e sy

stem

of

publ

ic in

erud

ion.

Inc

lude

d in

this

stu

dyw

ould

, of

cour

se, b

e a

stud

y of

the

pres

sing

pro

blem

s of

sch

ool

reve

nue

and

reve

nue,

dis

trib

utio

n w

hich

is s

orel

y ne

eded

.

Thi

s st

udy,

to b

e ob

ject

ive

and

succ

essf

ul, w

ill n

eed

the

back

ing

and

activ

e co

oper

atio

n of

key

sta

te a

nd lo

cal o

ffici

als,

and

the

publ

ic a

s w

ell.

It sh

ould

be

wel

l pub

liciz

ed s

o th

at it

sim

port

ance

is c

onve

yed

and

unde

rsto

od b

y th

e ci

tizen

s of

the

stat

e. The

cou

ncil'

or

task

forc

e se

lect

ed to

per

form

it s

houl

d ho

ve in

its m

embe

rshi

p ed

ucat

ion

adm

inis

trat

ors,

rep

rese

ntat

ives

of t

hebu

sine

ss c

omm

unity

, tax

aut

horit

ies

and

a nu

mbe

r of

pub

licm

embe

rs o

f var

ious

bac

kgro

unds

incl

udin

g yo

ung

peop

le. T

here

,sh

ould

be

a pr

oper

bal

ance

of i

nter

ests

on

the

coun

cil a

nd th

em

embe

rs m

ust b

e se

lect

ed s

olel

y on

the

basi

s of

thei

r qu

alifi

ca-

tions

. An

activ

e re

cord

of p

artic

ipat

ion

and

cont

ribut

ion

to c

ivic

and

gove

rnm

enta

l act

iviti

es s

houl

d ce

rtai

nly

be o

con

side

ratio

n in

mak

ing

the

sele

ctio

ns.

The

stu

dy s

houl

d re

ceiv

e ne

cess

ary

fund

s fr

om th

e Le

gisl

atur

eto

do

the

job,

incl

udin

g pr

ovis

ion

for

nece

ssar

y st

aff.

CO

NC

LU

SIO

N

Dur

ing

the

post

-Spu

tnik

dec

ade,

our

Am

eric

an s

choo

ls h

ave

deve

lope

d ex

celle

nt p

rogr

ams

in th

e ph

ysic

al s

cien

ces

and

inm

athe

mat

ics.

Now

, the

urb

an c

risis

is fo

rcin

g ou

r ed

ucat

iona

lsy

stem

to m

atch

that

exc

elle

nce

in th

e so

ciol

sci

ence

s, th

e hu

man

-iti

es, a

nd in

voc

atio

nal-t

echn

ical

edu

catio

n. W

e ha

ve a

lso

lear

ned

that

it is

nec

essa

ry fo

r ou

r ch

ildre

n's

educ

atio

n to

pre

pare

them

for

the

entir

e sc

ope

of li

fe r

athe

r th

an m

erel

y fo

r fu

ture

em

ploy

-m

ent. The

bas

ic o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re a

nd p

atte

rn o

f com

mun

ity-

adm

inis

trat

ion-

teac

her-

stud

ent i

nter

rela

tions

hips

of o

ur p

rese

ntsc

hool

sys

tem

wer

e fo

rmul

ated

man

y ye

ars

ago

and

have

sur

-vi

ved

with

onl

y sl

ight

mc,

dific

atio

ns in

spi

te o

f vas

t cha

nges

that

hove

occ

urre

d in

the

soci

ety

they

ser

ve.

Not

hing

less

than

a c

ompl

ete

reap

prai

sal o

f our

edu

catio

nal

syst

em is

a v

ital n

eces

sity

at t

his

time

in u

rban

Was

hing

ton.

Man

y sc

hool

s ha

ve b

een

expe

rimen

ting

with

the

chan

ges

that

we

prop

ose.

Man

y te

ache

rs a

nd a

dmin

istr

ator

s ho

ve b

een

adap

ting

read

ily to

the

chan

ges

that

are

ess

entia

l to

the

urba

nch

ild. W

hile

som

e ch

ange

s de

velo

ped

by in

divi

dual

sch

ools

and

pers

onne

l ore

com

men

dabl

e, th

ey o

re n

ot e

xten

sive

eno

ugh

tom

eet t

he n

eeds

of u

rban

Was

hing

ton.

Our

legi

slat

ors,

sch

ool b

oard

mem

bers

, col

lege

trus

tees

and

rege

nts,

and

oll

prof

essi

onal

edu

cato

rs m

ust r

e-ex

amin

e th

e di

rec-

tion

and

prio

ritie

s in

sch

ool f

inan

cing

, org

aniz

atio

n, p

erso

nnel

,an

d cu

rric

ulum

. Onl

y by

impr

ovin

g ou

r ed

ucat

iona

l sys

tem

tom

ake

it m

ore

rele

vant

, per

sona

lized

, sen

sitiv

e, a

nd e

ffect

ive

can

we

trul

y re

solv

e th

e lo

ng-r

un u

rban

pro

blem

s in

the

Sta

te o

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ngto

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thro

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ut h

is li

fe b

y th

e en

viro

nmen

t tha

t sur

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unds

him

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mus

t con

side

r th

e ef

fect

of p

hysi

cal e

nviro

nmen

ton

the

tota

l man

, his

phy

sica

l, m

enta

l, an

d sp

iritu

al m

akeu

p.A

n ar

ea fo

und

to w

arra

nt im

med

iate

atte

ntio

n w

as th

e ne

edfo

r fr

eque

nt h

uman

inte

ract

ion.

Our

citi

es b

ring

peop

le to

geth

erin

ano

nym

ous

crow

ds, a

nd o

ur s

ubur

bs k

eep

them

ano

nym

ousl

yap

art.

The

re is

a c

ritic

ol n

eed

for

activ

ity th

at p

rom

otes

a fe

elin

gof

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d an

d co

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unity

.C

itize

ns o

f Was

hing

ton

stat

e lo

ng h

ave

take

n gr

eat p

ride

inth

e st

ate'

s be

autif

ul, n

atur

al e

nviro

nmen

t. It

is w

ith a

rea

l sen

seof

con

cern

and

urg

ency

, the

refo

re, t

hat t

he C

omm

ittne

has

not

edth

e ra

pidl

y in

crea

sing

pol

lutio

n of

Was

hing

ton'

s w

ater

, air

and

land

, and

the

visu

al u

glin

ess

of W

ashi

ngto

n's

cong

este

d ur

ban

area

s. T

he C

omm

ittee

has

not

ed a

gen

eral

lack

of a

war

enes

s,kn

owle

dge,

and

sop

hist

icat

ion

on th

e pa

rt o

f the

sta

te's

citi

zens

rega

rdin

g ur

ban

desi

gn, p

lann

ing,

and

aes

thet

ics.

Was

hing

ton

citiz

ens

mus

t bec

ome

awar

e of

the

need

for

thes

e el

emen

ts o

flif

e. O

nly

thro

ugh

an in

form

ed a

nd a

ctiv

e ci

tizen

ry c

an o

ur s

tate

achi

eve

a be

autif

ul a

nd p

leas

ing

envi

ronm

ent.

last

ly, t

he C

omm

ittee

not

ed th

at c

itize

ns o

f Was

hing

ton

need

to b

e or

gani

zed

in a

way

that

is c

ondu

cive

to m

eani

ngfu

l,pe

rson

al in

volv

emen

t of i

ndiv

ival

s in

the

gove

rnm

enta

l pro

cess

.T

his

only

can

be

done

thro

ugh

smal

ler

gove

rnm

enta

l uni

ts th

atpr

ovid

e th

e di

rect

line

of p

erso

nal i

nvol

vem

ent t

hat i

s ne

eded

.W

ithou

t thi

s in

volv

emen

t, pr

oble

ms

of th

e ph

ysic

al e

nviro

nmen

tan

d go

vern

men

t in

gene

ral w

ill n

ever

be

solv

ed.

Was

hing

ton'

s ur

ban

area

s do

not

nee

d to

bec

ome

incr

eas-

ingl

y di

rty

and

ugly

and

thus

cau

se g

reat

er a

liena

tion

and

uglie

rbe

havi

or. I

nste

ad, t

hey

can

beco

me,

bec

ause

of t

he u

niqu

e op

-po

rtun

ities

one

find

s in

an

urba

n ce

nter

, an

envi

ronm

ent i

n w

hich

man

can

ach

ieve

his

fulle

st a

nd h

ighe

st p

oten

tial.

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BA

N L

IVA

BIL

ITY

The

pro

blem

of m

akin

g ou

r ci

ties

a re

war

ding

pla

ce to

live

isa

com

plex

one

, and

no

citiz

ens'

com

mitt

ee c

ould

hop

e to

stu

dy it

to it

s fu

ll ex

tent

in n

ine

mon

ths.

We

have

foun

d, h

owev

er, a

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area

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whe

re a

sign

ifica

nt c

ontr

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ng. O

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ities

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e gr

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sora

pidl

y an

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om s

o m

any

dire

ctio

ns th

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ttle

plan

ning

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ldad

equa

tely

ant

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ate

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grow

th. T

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lem

is n

ot li

mite

d to

Was

hing

ton,

but

, in

cont

rast

to o

ther

are

as o

f the

cou

ntry

, we

still

have

the

spac

e to

rec

tify

it. T

he b

uilii

ng o

f new

citi

es, o

f dem

on-

stra

tion

livin

g ar

eas,

and

of m

oder

n in

dust

rial s

ites,

is a

pro

ject

we

mus

t em

bark

on

with

out d

elay

.T

hese

new

citi

es c

an b

e to

tally

pla

nned

. The

pla

nner

s ca

nex

perim

ent w

ith v

ario

us s

yste

ms

of ta

xatio

n, w

ith v

ario

us fo

rms

of g

over

nmen

t, an

d w

ith v

ario

us m

odes

of t

rans

port

atio

n. T

hein

form

atio

n gu

ined

con

pro

vide

not

onl

y re

wor

ding

hom

e si

tes

inth

ese

new

are

as, b

ut a

lso

can

be u

sed

to im

prov

e ex

istin

g ci

ties.

One

of o

ur m

ajor

phy

sica

l env

ironm

ent p

robl

ems

is th

e de

-si

gn o

f Was

hing

ton'

s su

burb

s. T

he s

ubur

ban

area

s, w

here

mos

tof

Was

hing

ton'

s gr

owth

has

occ

urre

d in

the

last

dec

ade,

are

bui

ltin

a s

praw

ling

fash

ion

that

cau

ses

soci

o-ps

ycho

logi

col i

sola

tion

of p

eopl

e an

d a

lack

of t

rue

com

mun

ity id

entif

icat

ion.

The

sub

ur-

bani

te d

rives

from

his

hom

e to

a s

hopp

ing

cent

er, t

o o

scho

ol, t

oa

recr

eatio

n si

te, t

o a

chur

ch, a

nd to

o p

lace

of e

mpl

oym

ent.

He

does

not

mee

t and

inte

ract

with

his

nei

ghbo

rs w

ithin

cor

resp

ond-

ing

neig

hbor

hood

faci

litie

s. W

ashi

ngto

n's

subu

rbs

are

ofte

n no

t"c

omm

uniti

es,-

but

are

mer

ely

plac

es o

f res

iden

cy. T

his

fact

has

cont

ribut

ed g

reat

ly to

the

isol

atio

n an

d su

bseq

uent

alie

natio

n of

mod

ern

urba

n m

on.

Nor

hov

e ou

r ur

ban

core

s be

en fr

ee fr

om th

is fo

rced

isol

atio

n.O

ur u

rban

citi

zens

are

thro

wn

toge

ther

in a

nony

mou

s cr

owds

and

hove

littl

e op

port

unity

to in

tera

ct m

eani

ngfu

lly w

ith th

eir

imm

edi-

ate

neig

hbor

s. T

he r

esul

tant

lack

of p

erso

nal i

dent

ifica

tion

with

the

plac

e w

here

one

live

s, a

nd th

e la

ck o

f em

path

y fo

r on

e's

neig

hbor

s is

a tr

aged

y of

our

mod

em ti

mes

.C

omm

unity

cen

ters

, inv

olve

men

t in

com

mun

ity im

prov

emen

tpr

ojec

ts, a

nd in

crea

sed

polit

ical

act

ivity

at t

he g

rass

roo

ts le

vel

all c

on w

ork

to o

verc

ome

this

isol

atio

n. C

omm

unity

impr

ovem

ent

proj

ects

ena

ble

neig

hbor

s to

wor

k to

geth

er a

nd to

take

prid

e in

the

impr

ovem

ents

they

join

tly c

reat

e. A

sen

se o

f con

cern

and

afe

elin

g of

bel

ongi

ng o

ll ca

n be

gen

erat

ed b

y a

city

that

isde

sign

ed w

ith c

onsi

dera

tion

give

n to

the

sens

e of

com

mun

ity.

Our

citi

es th

at h

ave

not b

een

built

that

way

can

cha

nge,

and

the

proc

ess

of c

hang

e its

elf c

an w

ork

to s

olve

our

pro

blem

s. T

here

-fo

re, w

e pr

opos

e th

e fo

llow

ing

reco

mm

enda

tions

.T

o he

lp o

verc

ome

both

the

feel

ing

of a

liena

tion

in th

e su

burb

and

the

feel

ing

of a

nony

mity

in th

e ce

ntra

l city

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Pla

nnin

g an

d C

omm

unity

Affa

irs

O

Age

ncy,

the

scho

ols,

the

Inte

rage

ncy

Com

mitt

ee o

n O

utdo

or R

ec-

reat

ion,

and

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Par

ks a

nd R

ecre

atio

n w

ork

toen

cour

age

the

deve

lopm

ent,

in a

ll ne

ighb

orho

ods

of W

ashi

ngto

nci

ties,

com

mun

ity le

isur

e-tim

e re

crea

tion

cent

ers,

whe

re a

ll ag

egr

oups

teen

ager

s, y

oung

adu

lts, f

amili

es, a

nd s

enio

r ci

tizen

sca

n m

eet t

oget

her

free

ly fo

r th

e pu

rsui

t of i

ndoo

r an

d ou

tdoo

rre

crea

tion,

hob

bies

and

voc

atio

nal t

rain

ing.

The

se c

ente

rs c

ould

use

exi

stin

g fa

cilit

ies

such

as

chur

ches

and

scho

ols.

The

y co

uld

be e

labo

rate

or

fairl

y si

mpl

e. T

he o

nly

requ

irem

ent i

s th

at th

ey p

rovi

de a

mee

ting

plac

e fo

r al

l peo

ple

from

a g

iven

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d.T

o so

lve

hous

ing

prob

lem

s, w

e al

read

y ha

ve r

ecom

men

ded

prov

idin

g fu

nds

to p

lann

ing

orga

niza

tions

with

in o

ur c

omm

uni-

ties.

To

enco

urag

e go

od p

lann

ing

with

in o

ur c

omm

uniti

es e

ven

furt

her,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Pla

nnin

g an

d C

omm

unity

Affa

irsA

genc

y in

itiat

e pr

ogra

ms

to p

rovi

de p

rofe

ssio

nal d

esig

n ad

viso

ryse

rvic

es to

inte

rest

ed c

omm

uniti

es to

dev

elop

pla

ns fo

r co

mm

u-ni

ty im

prov

emen

t in

term

s of

thei

r pa

ttern

s of

dev

elop

men

t,ap

pear

ance

, and

hum

an li

vabi

lity.

Citi

zen

invo

lvem

ent a

lway

s m

ust b

e th

e m

otiv

atin

g fo

rce

for

any

trul

y ef

fect

ive

chan

ge. T

he b

est t

ool o

ur s

tate

has

for

enco

ur-

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agin

g in

volv

emen

t is

our

scho

ol s

yste

m. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

seco

ndar

y sc

hool

cur

ricul

um r

equi

re-

men

t cal

ling

for

one

sem

este

r of

Was

hing

ton

stat

e hi

stor

y be

broa

dene

d to

em

brac

e th

e fu

ll re

spon

sibi

lity

of c

itize

nshi

p w

ithpa

rtic

ular

em

phas

is o

n **

visu

al li

tera

cy**

am

ong

our

youn

g pe

ople

and

enco

urag

emen

t of a

sen

se o

f civ

ic p

ride.

**V

isua

l lite

racy

" re

fers

to a

n ae

sthe

tic s

ensi

tivity

to th

e w

orld

of s

ight

. Our

you

ng p

eopl

e sh

ould

be

c-Ig

niza

nt o

f bot

h th

eug

lines

s an

d th

e be

auty

that

sur

roun

ds th

em. H

opef

ully

, thi

slit

erac

y w

ill m

otiv

ate

them

to w

ork

for

the

beau

ty a

nd a

gain

stth

e ug

lines

s th

roug

h co

nstr

uctiv

e in

volv

emen

t in

the

plan

ning

and

desi

gn o

f our

citi

es.

Sta

te g

over

nmen

t sho

uld

then

rew

ord

this

invo

lvem

ent w

ithre

cogn

ition

. The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

a G

over

nor's

Aw

ards

Com

mis

sion

be

Inst

itute

d an

nual

ly to

com

men

d th

ose

pers

ons,

bot

h th

e pu

blic

and

priv

ate

sect

or, t

hat m

ake

sign

ifica

nt c

ontr

ibut

i.ms

to th

eim

prov

emen

t of t

heir

mtv

ironm

ent.

An

Aw

ards

Com

mis

sion

ent

ails

littl

e co

st, y

et it

cer

tain

ly c

anpr

ovid

e si

gnifi

cant

enc

oura

gem

ent t

o ci

tizen

s an

d gr

oups

to b

e-co

me

invo

lved

with

impr

ovin

g th

e ph

ysic

al e

nviro

nmen

t.F

inal

ly, t

he a

nsw

er to

rni

;ny

of o

ur p

hysi

cal e

nviro

nmen

t

prob

lem

s co

uld

be th

e de

velo

pmen

t of e

ntire

ly n

ew c

omm

uniti

es.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Sta

te o

f Was

hing

ton

(thr

ough

app

ro-

pria

te d

epar

tmen

ts)

take

the

lead

ersh

ip in

gui

ding

the

deve

lop-

men

t of e

ntire

ly n

ew c

omm

uniti

es, w

ith g

reen

bel

ts b

etw

een,

whi

ch m

ight

set

a n

ew s

tand

ard

and

beco

me

a m

odel

for

all

com

mun

ities

in th

e st

ate

to e

mul

ate.

Thu

s, w

e m

ake

the

sam

e re

com

men

datio

n to

sol

ve p

hysi

cal

envi

ronm

ent p

robl

ems

that

we

mad

e to

sol

ve h

ousi

ng p

robl

ems.

Thi

s du

plic

atio

n is

one

mor

e ex

ampl

e of

the

inte

rrel

ated

ness

of

both

pro

blem

s an

d so

lutio

ns th

at a

re n

eces

sary

to s

olve

urb

anpr

oble

ms.

PR

OP

ER

TY

TA

XA

TIO

N

Pro

pert

y ta

xatio

n ha

s on

ext

ensi

ve in

fluen

ce o

n th

e qu

ality

of

our

phys

ical

env

ironm

ent.

The

use

of l

and

is la

rgel

y de

term

ined

by p

rope

rty

taxe

s th

at m

ake

the

diffe

renc

e be

twee

n pr

ofit

and

loss

and

bet

wee

n re

tent

ion

and

sale

. Was

hing

ton

has

at le

ast

thre

e m

ajor

pro

blem

s th

at m

ust b

e re

solv

ed if

we

are

to u

sepr

oper

ty ta

xatio

n as

an

impr

ovem

ent t

ool f

or th

e w

elfa

re o

f our

stat

e ra

ther

than

as

on o

bsta

cle.

The

firs

t is

the

need

for

diffe

ring

rate

s of

ass

essm

ent.

The

Con

stitu

tion

of W

ashi

ngto

n sa

ys a

ll la

nd m

ust b

e ta

xed

at it

shi

ghes

t pot

entia

l mar

ket v

alue

. Alth

ough

man

y of

the

argu

men

tsfo

r th

is r

ulin

g ap

pear

to b

e so

und,

they

ove

rlook

its

impa

ct o

nth

e ph

ysic

al e

nviro

nmen

t. G

reen

belts

, his

toric

al s

ites,

and

res

iden

-tia

l par

ks a

ll su

ffer

beca

use

of th

is p

rovi

sion

. Gov

ernm

ent s

houl

dbe

free

to u

se ta

xatio

n to

pro

mot

e ar

eas

of g

reen

and

are

as o

fhi

stor

ical

inte

rest

, rat

her

than

bei

ng r

equi

red

to d

isco

urag

e th

em.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

the

pass

age

of im

plem

entin

g le

gisl

atio

n fo

rH

ouse

Joi

nt R

esol

utio

n 1

to p

erm

it no

n-ur

ban

prop

erty

ass

ess-

men

t on

the

basi

s of

pre

sent

, rat

her

than

pot

entia

l use

.

In th

e po

st, t

he s

tate

cou

ld a

ct in

one

of t

wo

way

s re

gard

ing

farm

s an

d fo

rest

s in

clo

se p

roxi

mity

to a

n ur

ban

area

. It c

ould

take

con

trol

ove

r th

em a

nd m

ake

them

into

par

ks a

nd g

reen

belts

.O

r, it

cou

ld ta

x th

em a

t the

ir lo

catio

n's

high

est v

alue

and

thus

driv

e th

e fo

rmer

or

fore

ster

out

of b

usin

ess

and

the

land

into

resi

dent

ial a

nd in

dust

rial u

rban

use

. With

this

legi

slat

ion,

the

stat

e co

uld

tax

such

are

as o

n th

eir

pres

ent u

se, t

hat i

s th

eir

valu

eas

a fo

rm o

r a

fore

st, r

ecei

ve s

ome

tax

retu

rn, a

llow

the

pres

ent

owne

r to

con

tinue

his

occ

upat

ion,

and

allo

w th

ese

area

s to

rem

ain

a w

elco

me

and

nece

ssar

y re

lief o

f gre

en in

an

othe

rwis

e

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tota

lly u

rban

are

a.T

he im

plem

entin

g le

gisl

atio

n m

ust c

onsi

der

the

inci

Fr

dan-

ger

of la

nd tp

ecul

atio

n an

d th

e pr

actic

al p

robl

ems

of r

each

ing

a

Ir.

P*

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1.1

fair

asse

ssm

ent o

n la

nd s

ubje

ct to

suc

h po

tent

ial u

ses

as r

esid

en-

tial a

nd in

dust

rial d

evel

opm

ent.

Acc

ordi

ngly

, we

wou

ld fa

vor

appl

icat

ion

of th

e ne

w a

sses

smen

t prin

cipl

e on

ly to

land

whi

chha

s be

en e

ffect

ivel

y zo

ned

or r

eser

ved

by o

pen

spac

e co

vena

nts,

and,

furt

her,

that

ret

roac

tive

pena

lties

be

impo

sed

whe

re c

hang

ein

ow

ners

hip

and

usag

e m

ay r

efle

ct ta

x ev

asio

n.A

sim

ilar

prob

lem

is fo

und

with

in u

rban

are

as. M

any

old

build

ings

and

site

s or

e of

sig

nific

ant h

isto

rical

inte

rest

. An

offic

ebu

ildin

g, fo

r ex

ampl

e, m

ay d

ate

from

the

foun

ding

of a

city

and

still

be

used

for

offic

e sp

ace.

With

ris

ing

tax

cost

s, h

owev

er, i

tm

ay b

ecom

e un

prof

itabl

e to

mai

ntai

n an

d pr

eset

re

such

a b

uild

-in

g. T

he c

ity is

face

d w

ith a

noth

er d

ilem

ma.

It e

on e

ither

take

over

the

site

or

build

ing

itsel

f and

lose

all

tax

retu

rn, o

r it

can

see

the

build

ing

torn

dow

n to

mak

e ro

om fo

r so

met

hing

mor

epr

ofita

ble.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

enc

oura

gem

ent b

e gi

ven

by a

ppro

pria

teta

x re

lief l

egis

latio

n fo

r th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd p

rese

rvat

ion

ofhi

stor

ical

site

s an

d bu

ildin

gs d

esig

nate

d by

an

ofR

cial

age

ncy

leec

h as

ate

Sta

te H

isto

rical

Site

s C

ounc

il).

The

pre

sent

pro

pert

y ta

x st

ruct

ure

itsel

f is

the

seco

nd p

robl

emth

at p

reve

nts

taxa

tion

from

bei

ng o

n ef

fect

ive

impr

ovem

ent t

ool

for

the

phys

ical

env

ironm

ent.

As

poin

ted

out i

n C

hapt

er II

I, w

hen

a pe

rson

impr

oves

his

pro

pert

y, h

e is

ass

esse

d m

ore

;n tu

xes,

whi

le if

he

lets

it de

terio

rate

, his

toxe

s ac

tual

ly d

ecre

ase.

Thi

ssy

stem

is in

here

ntly

unf

air

and

coun

terp

rodu

ctiv

e. T

he P

hysi

cal

Env

ironm

ent C

omm

ittee

con

curs

with

the

reco

mm

enda

tion

mod

ein

this

reg

ard.

One

hin

dran

ce :n

our

tax

syst

em is

not

a s

tate

tax,

but

aru

ling

of th

e na

tiona

l Int

erna

l Rev

enue

Ser

vice

. The

trou

ble

lies

inth

e m

olte

r of

dep

reci

atio

n al

low

ance

s on

dem

oliti

on o

f det

erio

-ra

ted

build

ings

.T

he In

tern

al R

even

ue S

ervi

ce p

erm

its o

n ex

istin

g ow

ner

tow

rite

off h

is b

asis

on

a re

al e

stat

e im

prov

emen

t if h

e de

cide

s to

tear

it d

own

alon

g w

ith w

ritin

g of

f the

cos

t of d

emol

ition

, but

ifa

new

ow

ner

buys

a p

iece

of p

rope

rty

with

the

inte

nt o

f rem

ov-

ing

on o

ld b

uild

ing,

he

mus

t cha

rge

it to

the

valu

e of

the

land

and

also

cha

rge

the

dem

oliti

on c

osts

to th

e va

lue

of th

e la

nd.

In o

ther

wor

ds, t

he In

tern

al R

even

ue S

ervi

ce is

art

ifica

lly p

ut-

ting

up a

bar

rier

betw

een

the

deve

lope

r w

ho w

ishe

s to

des

troy

on o

ld b

uild

ing

and

rebu

ild w

ith a

new

use

. Our

rec

omm

ende

dam

endm

ent o

f the

inco

me

tax

regu

latio

n w

ould

rel

ease

the

tal-

ents

and

res

ourc

es o

f som

ethi

ng in

the

neig

hbor

hood

of 1

00,0

00pr

ofes

sion

al in

vest

ors

and

deve

lope

rs o

n th

is p

robl

em o

f rem

ov-

ing

olde

r bu

ildin

gs fr

om u

rban

are

as. H

owev

er, t

he s

tate

can

do

noth

ing

but n

otify

Con

gres

s of

this

pro

blem

and

req

uest

app

ro-

pria

te a

ctio

n. T

here

fore

,W

e re

com

men

d th

at th

e S

tate

Leg

isla

ture

mem

oral

ize

Con

-gr

ess

to d

irect

the

Inte

rnal

Rev

enue

Ser

vice

, thr

ough

the

appr

opri-

ate

actio

ns, t

o ch

ange

the

rulin

g re

gard

ing

depr

ecia

tion

allo

w-

ance

s on

dem

oliti

on o

f det

erio

rate

d bu

ildin

gs.

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The

Hou

sing

Cha

pter

rec

omm

ende

d au

thor

izin

g se

lf-liq

uida

-tio

n of

cos

ts b

y co

mm

uniti

es. O

ne o

f the

rne

th.x

is th

e co

mm

uni-

ties

can

use

to s

elf-

liqui

date

cos

ts is

thro

ugh

tax

allo

catio

n fin

anc-

ing.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

Ace

nec

essa

ry le

gisl

atio

n be

pas

sed

auth

oris

-in

g ta

x al

loca

tion

finan

cing

of u

rban

dev

elop

men

t pro

ject

s by

loca

l gov

ernm

ents

.

We

are

prop

osin

g th

at S

ectio

n R

CW

35.

81.1

00 (

5) b

e re

-pe

aled

. Thi

s se

ctio

n of

the

Sta

te U

rban

Ren

ewal

Low

con

stitu

tes

on in

adeq

uate

atte

mpt

at a

tax

allo

catio

n m

etho

d of

fina

ncin

gde

velo

pmen

t pro

gram

s as

thes

e ta

x te

chni

ques

will

be

desc

ribed

belo

w. I

t doe

s no

t mak

e m

anda

tory

the

requ

irem

ent t

hat a

llta

xing

age

ncie

s w

ithin

the

boun

darie

s of

a r

enew

al p

roje

ct p

ar-

ticip

ate

in th

e fin

anci

ng p

lan.

Suc

h a

chan

ge, h

owev

er, p

roba

bly

wou

ld r

equi

re a

con

stitu

tiona

l rev

isio

n un

der

our

pres

ent l

aws.

In s

umm

ary,

tax

allo

catio

n fin

anci

ng w

orks

in th

e fo

llow

ing

man

ner:

whe

reve

r a

loca

l div

isio

n of

gov

ernm

ent w

hich

eng

ages

in r

ev'to

lizat

ion

activ

ities

(fo

r pr

esen

t pur

pose

s th

ese

activ

ities

are

usua

lly u

rban

ren

ewal

act

iviti

es),

cer

tain

cos

ts o

re in

curr

ed w

hich

ore

not r

eim

burs

able

und

er a

ny p

rese

nt p

rogr

ams.

In s

ome

case

sth

ese

cost

s co

nstit

ute

the

loca

l sho

re o

f fed

eral

ly a

ssis

ted

pro-

gram

s. In

oth

er c

ases

, a lo

cal g

over

nmen

tal u

nit m

ay w

ish

toen

gage

in a

ctiv

ities

whi

ch a

re n

ot fe

dera

lly a

ssis

ted

and

the

cost

invo

lved

may

be

com

plet

ely

loca

l and

alm

ost c

ompl

etel

y no

n-re

imbu

rsab

le.

Tax

allo

catio

n fin

anci

ng p

rovi

des

a so

urce

of r

eim

burs

emen

tfo

r th

ese

cost

s in

eith

er a

ppro

ach.

A p

roje

ct a

rea

is d

elin

eate

d in

a b

light

ed d

istr

ict.

At t

he d

ate

of th

e oF

icia

l ini

tiatio

n of

suc

h a

proj

ect,

all o

f the

ad

valo

rem

prop

erty

ass

esse

d va

lues

with

in th

e pr

ojec

t ore

froz

en. F

rom

that

time

on. a

lt of

the

agen

cies

rec

eivi

ng m

illag

e re

venu

es fr

om th

ispr

ojec

t are

gua

rant

eed,

thro

ugh

the

life

of th

e pr

ojec

t and

its

exec

utio

n, th

e pr

evai

ling

rate

at a

ny fu

ture

dat

e of

mill

age

reve

nues

bas

ed u

pon

this

froz

en a

d va

lore

m v

olrt

ion.

As

time

goes

on,

the

activ

ities

of t

he lo

cal g

over

ning

bod

y en

gagi

ng in

the

deve

lopm

ent a

ctiv

ity w

ithin

the

proj

ect a

rea

crea

te p

rivat

ede

velo

pmen

t whi

ch, i

n tu

rn, i

ncre

ases

the

ad v

alor

em b

ase

with

inth

e pr

ojec

t. It

is th

is in

crem

ent o

f c,..

sess

ed v

alue

whi

ch is

one

of

the

two

key

fact

ors

in p

rovi

ding

th s

:ype

of f

inan

cing

to th

e lo

cal

gove

rnm

enta

l uni

t eng

agin

g in

suc

h ac

tiviti

es. T

he o

ther

fact

or is

the

man

dato

ry p

artic

ipat

ion

of a

ll ot

her

taxi

ng a

genc

ies

in th

isfin

anci

ng p

lan

with

in th

e pr

ojec

t bou

ndar

ies.

The

then

com

bine

d m

illag

e ra

te o

f all

taxi

ng a

genc

ies

will

be

appl

ied

from

yea

r to

yea

r ag

ains

t the

incr

ease

, if a

ny, o

f the

asse

ssed

val

uatio

n of

the

proj

ect a

nd th

e re

sult

of s

uch

appl

ica-

non

shal

l be

depo

site

d in

a s

peci

al fu

nd to

rep

ay th

e ju

risdi

ctio

n

whi

ch h

as e

ngag

ed in

the

proj

ect a

ctiv

ities

to r

eim

burs

e its

cos

ts,

if an

y. O

nce

all c

osts

of t

his

unit

of g

over

nmen

t hav

e be

enre

imbu

rsed

, the

n th

e to

tal a

sses

sed

valu

atio

n of

the

com

plet

edpr

ojec

t sha

ll be

app

lied

agai

nst t

he s

epar

ate

mill

age

rate

s in

effe

ct a

t tha

t tim

e an

d al

l tax

ing

agen

cies

sha

ll sh

are

in th

ein

crea

sed

reve

nues

.T

his

type

of f

inan

cing

can

be

used

eith

er a

s a

repa

ymen

t of

adva

nces

in c

ash

by th

e un

it of

gov

ernm

ent e

ngag

ing

in p

roje

ctac

tiviti

es o

r co

n be

ple

dged

as

repa

ymen

t for

the

issu

ance

of

bond

s w

hich

wou

ld b

e au

thor

ized

und

er th

is p

ort.

Suc

h bo

nds

are

tax

exem

pt a

nd h

ove

succ

essf

ully

bee

n so

ld in

oth

er ju

risdi

ctio

ns.

A s

tudy

sho

uld

be m

ode

as to

the

advi

sabi

lity

in th

e S

tate

of

Was

hing

ton

of m

akin

g su

ch fi

nanc

ing

avai

labl

e no

t onl

y w

ithin

Urb

on R

enew

al p

roje

cts

but a

lso

with

in a

ny o

t! er

pro

ject

s w

hich

are

in n

eed

of d

evel

opm

ent b

ut w

hich

do

not n

eed

Urb

an R

e-ne

wal

act

iviti

es. F

or in

stan

ce, m

ost c

entr

al b

usin

ess

dist

ricts

in th

eve

ry c

ore

are

not ,

uffic

ient

ly b

light

ed to

war

rant

the

appl

icat

ion

of U

rban

Ren

ewal

act

ion

unde

r a

stat

e en

ablin

g le

gisl

atio

n. O

nth

e ot

her

hand

, mos

t cor

e ar

eas

are

grea

tly in

nee

d of

mun

icip

otac

tiviti

es s

uch

as la

ndsc

apin

g, m

alls

, par

king

, sto

rm a

nd s

anita

ryse

wer

s, s

tree

t lig

htin

g, v

est p

ocke

t par

ks, p

laza

s, a

nd tr

affic

im-

prov

emen

ts. S

uch

a co

mbi

ned

mun

icip

al p

rogr

am u

sual

ly g

oes

hand

in h

and

with

priv

ate

deve

lopm

enta

l act

ivity

on

the

bala

nce

of th

e la

nd w

ithin

the

core

. Tax

allo

catio

n fin

anci

ng c

ould

be

Page 55: Urban Washington: Apathy or Action? Report of the Governor ... · The Governor selected Secretory of State A. Ludlow Kramer to chair the Council. Secretary Kramer has an extensive

used

to r

eim

burs

e th

e ci

ty fo

r ac

tiviti

es o

f thi

s ki

nd w

hich

ore

not

othe

rwis

e re

imbu

rsab

le fr

om s

uch

sour

ces

os a

rter

ial f

unds

, wat

erpo

llutio

n, m

atch

ing

fund

s, fe

dera

l bea

utifi

catio

n gr

ants

, etc

. Eve

nin

the

case

of m

atch

ing

fund

s, th

e lo

cal s

hare

of s

uch

activ

ities

mig

ht b

e re

imbu

rsed

thro

ugh

tax

incr

emen

t fin

anci

ng.

Fin

ally

, Was

hing

ton

resi

dent

s m

ust b

e as

sure

d th

at th

e as

ses-

sors

, tho

se w

ho a

dmin

iste

r th

e pr

oper

ty s

ox la

ws,

are

the

fines

tca

liber

pos

sibl

e. 1

; pro

pert

y ta

xatio

n is

to b

e a

soci

al b

enef

itra

ther

than

a s

ocia

l cos

t. th

en p

rofe

ssio

nals

mus

t be

trai

ned

and

qual

ified

to a

dmin

iste

r .t

with

this

vie

w in

min

d. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Sta

te D

epor

tmen

t of R

even

ue, c

oope

r-at

ing

with

cou

nty

gove

rnm

ents

, be

give

n re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

trai

ning

and

eva

luat

ion

of p

rope

rty

asse

ssor

s. W

e fu

rthe

r re

com

-m

end

that

the

Mas

ter

App

rais

ers

Inst

itute

(M

AR

be

requ

este

d to

deve

lop

stat

utor

y pr

ofes

sion

al s

tand

ards

that

wou

ld s

ent*

as

prer

equi

site

s to

the

offic

e of

cou

nty

asse

ssor

.

TkA

NS

PO

RT

AT

ION

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

rout

ing

pose

s at

leas

t tw

o m

ajor

pro

blem

s.F

irst,

tran

spor

tatio

n ro

utes

ore

the

grea

test

sin

gle

influ

ence

of t

helo

catio

n, d

evel

opm

ent a

nd c

hara

cter

of u

rban

gro

wth

. Sec

ond,

high

way

des

igne

rs h

ave

all t

oo fr

eque

ntly

sho

wn

an a

ppal

ling

disr

egar

d to

bot

h th

e ef

fect

of h

ighw

ay c

onst

ruct

ion

on fa

cets

of

urba

n E

t oth

er th

an tr

ansp

orta

tion

and

the

man

y al

tern

ativ

em

etho

ds o

f tra

nspo

rtat

ion.

Bui

ldin

g ne

w fr

eew

ays

is c

erta

inly

not

the

cure

-all

solu

tion

for

all o

f our

sta

te's

urb

an tr

ansp

orta

tion

need

s. W

hen

a ne

w fr

ee-

woy

is c

onst

ruct

ed, t

he b

enef

its to

the

publ

ic a

re im

med

iate

lyu:

Jvio

vs--

high

spe

ed a

cces

s to

the

Cen

tral

City

; sev

enty

mile

s an

hour

thro

ugh

aree

. whi

ch p

revi

ousl

y ha

d be

en to

rtur

ousl

y sl

ow.

Dis

tanc

e be

com

es m

easu

red

in m

inut

es r

athe

r th

an m

iles.

Wha

t is

not s

o ob

viou

s or

os

plea

sant

to c

onte

mpl

ate

are

the

soci

al c

osts

whi

ch m

ay a

lso

resu

lt. T

he r

ibbo

n of

a h

igh

spee

d fr

eew

ayco

nal

so r

esul

t in

a di

srup

tion

of th

e so

cial

fabr

ic o

f com

mun

ities

thro

ugh

whi

ch it

pas

ses.

Peo

ple,

fam

ilies

, nei

ghbo

rhoo

ds, a

ndco

mm

unity

gro

wth

pat

tern

s al

l bec

ome

the

vict

ims.

Thi

s do

es n

otha

ve to

be

the

case

.U

rban

tran

spor

tatio

n sh

ould

be

guid

ed b

y th

e fo

llow

ing

con-

side

ratio

ns_

Firs

t, an

urb

an tr

ansp

orta

tion

syst

em s

houl

d be

a to

ol fo

rsh

apin

g th

e gr

owth

of t

he m

etro

polit

an a

rea

and

shou

ld h

ave

asit;

prim

ary

purp

ose

the

impr

ovem

ent o

f the

qua

lity

of th

e en

vi-

ronm

ent.

Sec

ond,

ther

e sh

ould

be

a lo

cally

evo

lved

sol

utio

n th

at r

efle

cts

a ba

lanc

e of

tran

spor

tatio

n m

odes

mos

t app

ropr

iate

for

that

part

icul

ar a

rea.

Thi

rd, p

refe

rent

ial f

undi

ng s

houl

d no

t be

the

basi

s up

onw

hich

mod

e se

lect

ion

is m

ade.

Fou

rth,

in o

rder

that

tran

spor

tatio

n sy

stem

sca

n be

pla

nned

and

prog

ram

med

inte

llige

ntly

, ass

ured

long

-ter

m fu

ndin

g fo

r al

lse

lect

ed m

odes

is e

ssen

tial.

Sea

ttle,

alo

ng w

ith C

hica

go, B

altim

ore,

and

a fe

w o

ther

com

-m

uniti

es, i

s us

ing

who

t has

com

e to

be

know

n as

the

Des

ign

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Tea

m A

ppro

ach

in p

lann

ing

new

, coo

rdin

ated

sys

tem

s. T

o a

perh

aps

less

ee d

egre

e, th

is a

ppro

ach

can

also

be

used

in e

xten

d-in

g an

d im

prov

ing

exis

tinj s

yste

ms.

Our

feel

ing

is th

at th

e ul

ti-m

ate

plan

sho

uld

not r

efle

ct th

e do

min

ance

of a

ny o

ne d

isci

plin

e.R

athe

r, w

e sh

ould

brin

g to

geth

er o

f the

ince

ptio

n a

colle

ctio

n of

skill

s al

l of w

hom

, wor

king

coo

pera

tivel

y, w

ill p

rodu

ce a

fina

lpr

oduc

t tha

t rep

rese

nts

a bl

endi

ng o

f eac

h, h

opef

ully

, in

the

right

prop

ortio

n. T

he b

asic

ass

umpt

ion

is th

at th

ere

ore

envi

ronm

enta

l,so

cial

, and

eco

nom

ic c

onsi

dera

tions

wk.

ich

shou

ld a

lso

be e

x-pl

ored

and

dev

elop

ed a

s a

com

pone

nt o

f our

tran

spor

tatio

n pl

an.

The

des

ign

team

will

con

sist

of a

n en

gine

er, a

n ec

onom

ist,

anar

chite

ct, a

n ur

ban

desi

gner

, and

, mos

* im

port

antly

, the

ele

cted

offic

ial o

r po

licy

mak

er. O

ther

ski

lls s

houl

d be

add

ed a

s ap

prop

ri-at

e. T

he u

rban

des

ign

spec

ialis

t add

s o

dim

ensi

on w

hich

has

hith

erto

not

bee

n av

aila

ble.

He

is a

n in

divi

dual

who

, by

trai

ning

and

expe

rienc

e, b

ridge

s se

vera

l of t

he s

kills

invo

lved

and

, in

addi

tion,

he

shou

ld b

e ca

pabl

e of

rel

atin

g th

e to

tal p

roje

ct to

the

com

mun

ity a

nd v

ice

vers

o. It

is a

lso

impe

rativ

e th

at th

e de

cisi

onm

aker

be

activ

ely

invo

lved

on

o co

ntin

uing

bas

is. T

he p

oint

of a

l:th

is is

that

the

com

mun

ity v

iew

poin

t is

mod

e a

part

of t

he p

roje

ctan

d th

e ul

timat

e pl

an r

epre

sent

s a

prod

uct w

hich

is a

ccep

tabl

e to

the

peop

le a

nd c

ompa

tible

with

com

mun

ity g

oals

.T

hus,

the

prob

lem

of t

rans

port

atio

n is

the

need

for

coor

dina

-tio

n am

ong

tran

spor

tatio

n sy

stem

s, a

nd p

lann

ing

that

take

s in

toac

coun

t the

soc

ial,

econ

omic

, and

env

ironm

enta

l im

pact

of e

very

tran

spor

tatio

r. r

oute

.In

ord

er to

insu

re th

at a

ll m

odes

of t

rans

port

atio

n ar

epl

anne

d to

geth

er, a

nd th

at n

o on

e m

etho

d do

min

ates

to s

uch

ode

gree

that

it a

nd o

ther

s ar

e us

ed in

effe

ctiv

ely,

we

need

a s

ingl

eag

ency

cha

rged

with

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r th

e w

hole

fiel

d of

tran

spor

tatio

n. T

here

fore

,W

e re

com

men

d th

e cr

eatio

n of

a S

tat.

Dep

artm

ent o

f Tra

ns-

port

atio

n, w

ith o

ver-

all r

espo

nsib

ility

for

prom

otin

g ba

lanc

edtr

ansp

erta

tion

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate,

to m

eet t

he n

eeds

of o

bur

-ge

onin

g po

pula

tion,

for

who

m a

utom

obile

tran

spor

tatio

n al

one

does

not

pro

vide

an

adeq

uate

sol

utio

n.In

add

ition

to p

lann

ing

oil t

ypes

of t

rans

port

atio

n to

geth

er,

we

mus

t pla

n tr

ansp

orta

tion

rout

es w

ith a

ttent

ion

give

n to

mor

eth

an m

erel

y m

ovin

g pe

ople

and

goo

ds. T

here

fore

,W

e re

com

men

d th

at th

e S

tate

dev

elop

(pe

rhap

s th

roug

h th

epr

opos

ed D

epar

tmen

t of T

rans

port

atio

n) a

mei

tidis

eipl

ine

desi

gnlo

om a

ppro

ach

in th

e ro

utin

g an

d de

sign

of n

ew tr

ansp

orta

tion

rout

es w

hich

wou

ld r

ecog

nize

thei

r so

da!,

econ

omic

, and

env

iron-

men

tal i

mpa

ct o

n co

mm

uniti

es.

In th

is r

egor

d, th

e U

rban

Affa

irs C

ounc

il pa

ssed

the

follo

win

gre

solu

tion

on M

ay 2

0, 1

968,

com

men

ding

the

inte

r-di

scip

linar

y

desi

gn te

am a

ppro

ach

used

by

the

Citi

zens

Adv

isor

y C

omm

ittee

of th

e S

poka

ne M

etro

polit

an A

rea

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Stu

dy, w

hich

isas

follo

ws-

Wbr

reas

this

app

roac

h to

hig

hway

des

ign

thro

ugho

ut u

rban

settl

emen

ts fo

r th

e fir

st ti

me

embr

aces

soc

iolo

gica

l and

env

iron-

men

tal c

onsi

dera

tion,

in a

dditi

on to

pur

ely

econ

omic

fact

ors,

and

Whe

reas

the

effe

ct o

f im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e H

ighw

ay D

epar

t-m

ent a

ppro

ach

requ

ires

its u

se a

t the

con

cept

ion

of n

ew h

ighw

aypl

anni

ng b

efor

e th

e ba

sic

rout

ing

of th

e hi

ghw

ay 4

est

ablis

hed.

Be

it re

solv

ed th

at,

1. T

he U

rban

Affa

irs C

ounc

il co

rnm

eno

the

Hig

hway

Dep

art-

men

t for

spo

nsor

ing

and

part

icip

atin

g in

this

stu

dy;

2. T

hat t

he U

rban

Affa

irs C

ounc

il re

com

men

d th

at th

e S

tate

Hig

hway

Dep

artm

ent i

mpl

emen

t the

des

ign

philo

soph

yre

pres

ente

d in

the

stud

y, th

roug

h a

pilo

t pro

ject

enc

om-

pass

ing

the

nort

h/so

uth

free

way

pro

pose

d fo

r S

poka

ne;

and

3. T

hat t

he S

tate

Hig

hway

Dep

artm

ent d

evel

op th

e m

uti-d

is-

cipl

ine

capa

bilit

ies

in th

e D

epar

tmen

t to

unde

rtak

e th

isco

mpr

ehen

sive

app

roac

h to

new

hig

hway

des

ign.

last

ly, t

he C

ounc

il ha

s no

ted

that

pub

lic tr

ansp

orta

tion,

i.e.

,hi

ghw

ays,

nav

al tr

ansp

orta

tion,

ear

ly r

ailro

ad c

onst

ruct

ion,

etc

.,ha

s al

way

s be

en g

over

nmen

t sup

port

ed. I

tis

onl

y rig

ht, t

hen,

that

the

vario

us fo

rms

of u

rban

rap

id tr

ansi

t, bu

ses,

trai

ns, o

rm

onor

ails

, sho

uld

also

be

adeq

uate

ly s

uppo

rted

by

gove

rnm

ent

fund

s.

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PO

LLU

TIO

N

Pol

lutio

n is

one

of t

he m

ost o

bvio

us e

nviro

nmen

tal e

ffect

s of

urba

n gr

owth

. Whe

n w

e ho

ve s

een

the

com

plex

ity o

f cop

ing

with

indi

vi6v

ol is

olat

ed o

ffend

ers,

we

con

real

ize

the

prob

lem

of a

lle-

viat

ing

pollu

tion

by r

egio

nal a

utho

ritie

s. E

ach

regi

on, i

n ad

ditio

nto

eac

h co

mm

unity

, mus

t mak

e a

full

com

mitm

ent t

o co

mba

ting

pollu

tion,

and

giv

e th

e pr

oble

m c

onst

ant a

ttent

ion.

A41

1

The

Sta

te o

f Was

hing

ton

has

set a

nat

ionw

ide

exam

ple

byth

e es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f mod

el a

ir po

llutio

n la

ws.

The

form

ulat

ion

ofst

atew

ide

wat

er q

ualit

y st

anda

rds

is w

ell u

nder

woy

. Nev

erth

e-le

ss, w

e di

scov

er m

any

area

s of

env

ironm

enta

l pol

lutio

n w

hich

requ

ire u

rgen

t otte

ntio

n if

we

ore

to m

aint

ain

the

dist

inct

ive

qual

ity o

f life

and

hea

lth in

the

Sta

te o

f Was

hing

ton.

One

diff

icul

ty In

volv

ed in

atta

ckin

g po

llutio

n is

its

inte

rrel

a-te

dnes

s w

ith a

ll of

the

envi

ronm

ent.

We

may

dec

ide

that

bur

ning

our

garb

age

is p

ollu

ting

the

air,

so

we

dum

p it.

But

this

dum

ping

polk

tes

the

land

, so

we

thro

w it

in o

ur r

iver

s, a

nd g

et w

ater

pollu

tion

inst

ead.

In o

rder

to e

limin

ate

pollu

tion,

we

mus

t pla

nw

ith a

mul

tiple

-use

con

cept

inst

ead

of m

erel

y ch

angi

ng o

ne fo

rmof

pol

lutio

n in

to a

noth

er. T

here

fore

,W

e re

com

men

d th

at a

ll po

llutio

n co

ntro

l act

iviti

es b

e co

nsol

i-da

ted

unde

r on

e ag

ency

dire

ctly

res

pons

ible

to th

e G

over

nor.

Thr

ee fo

rms

of p

ollu

tion

ore

beco

min

g m

ore

exte

nsiv

e no

w

from

a la

ck o

f gov

ernm

enta

l aut

horit

y an

d fin

anci

ng fo

r co

ntro

l.W

e ho

ve a

ir an

d w

ater

pol

lutio

n ag

enci

es, b

ut n

o co

mpa

rabl

ele

vel o

f pro

gram

in s

olid

was

tes

that

pol

lute

our

land

. The

refo

re,

We'

rec

omm

end

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of a

sta

te c

ompr

ehen

sive

solid

was

te p

lan

(pos

sibl

y by

the

prop

osed

Sta

te P

ollu

tion

Con

trol

Age

ncy)

, the

dev

elop

men

t of c

ontr

ol s

tand

ards

, the

pro

mot

ion

ofco

ordi

nate

d pl

anni

ng, a

nd p

rovi

sion

for

cont

rolli

ng s

olid

was

teop

erat

ions

and

enf

orci

ng s

tand

ards

.S

peci

fic c

ontr

ols

over

the

grow

ing

prob

lem

of d

ispo

sal o

fju

nked

aut

omob

iles

shou

ld b

e in

clud

ed in

any

com

preh

ensi

veso

lid w

aste

pro

gram

.T

he s

econ

d fo

rm o

f pol

lutio

n w

ith n

o sp

ecifi

c co

ntro

ls, o

ther

than

act

ion

toke

n ag

ains

t offe

nder

s by

the

Coa

st G

uard

, is

the

oil

spill

age

in P

uget

Sou

nd. T

he s

pille

d oi

l can

drif

t ont

o m

any

beac

hes,

and

the

owne

r of

eac

h be

ach

is e

xpec

ted

to c

lean

it u

p.O

bvio

usly

, the

par

ty th

at s

pille

d th

e oi

l sho

uld

clea

n it

up. O

ften,

how

ever

, by

the

time

the

stat

e co

uld

forc

e th

e ac

tual

offe

nder

toac

t, th

e oi

l has

spr

ead

so b

adly

that

mor

e da

mag

e an

d ad

di-

tiona

l exp

ense

are

ent

aile

d. T

here

fore

,W

e re

com

men

d th

e en

actm

ent o

f leg

isla

tion

pert

aini

ng to

oil

spill

age

in s

tate

wat

ers

and

Pug

et S

ound

, whi

ch w

ould

pro

hibi

tth

e di

scha

rge

of o

ily w

aste

in th

ese

wat

ers,

est

ablis

h pe

nalti

esfo

r su

ch d

isch

arge

, and

giv

e th

e st

ate

the

pow

er a

nd fi

nanc

es to

clea

n up

oil

spill

s an

d as

sess

the

cost

s of

the

oper

atio

n ag

ains

tth

e of

fend

ing

part

y.T

he th

ird fo

rm is

aut

omot

ive

exha

ust.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

prop

osed

Sta

te P

ollu

tion

Con

trol

Age

ncy

be r

espo

nsib

le fo

r th

e in

spec

tion

of a

nd e

nfor

cem

ent o

ffe

dera

l sta

ndar

ds fo

r m

ovin

g ve

hicl

es in

this

sta

te.

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in a

dditi

on to

all

of th

ese

prog

'nm

s, w

e m

ust r

ecog

nize

oth

erty

pes

of p

ollu

tion

whe

n tr

ying

to r

emov

e th

e pr

oble

m o

f apo

llute

d en

viro

nmen

t. T

he u

glin

ess

of o

ur c

ities

is o

ver

y re

alfo

rm o

f "vi

sual

pol

lutio

n" th

at h

as a

dem

onst

rabl

e ba

d ef

fect

on

soci

al b

ehav

ior.

Pro

gram

s to

rem

ove

and

prev

ent t

his

uglin

ess

mus

t be

incl

uded

in a

ny p

lann

ing

that

hop

es to

impr

ove

our

citie

s an

d m

ake

them

cle

an a

nd p

leas

ant p

lace

s to

We.

The

re-

fore

, We

reco

mm

end

that

the

prop

osed

Sta

te P

ollu

tion

Con

trol

Age

ncy

be o

f su

ch s

top*

that

it d

eals

with

the

prob

lem

s of

the

dege

nera

te e

ffec

t on

soci

al b

ehav

ior

of "

visu

al p

ollu

tion"

.

To

cr;c

1lo

cal c

omm

uniti

es in

thei

r fig

ht a

gain

st u

rban

ugl

ines

s,

We

reco

mm

end

tin.:

legi

slat

ion

be e

nact

ed w

here

by a

esth

etic

sm

ay b

e in

clud

ed a

s o

prop

er s

tand

ard

for

zoni

ng p

urpo

ses.

The

Sta

te P

ollu

tion

Con

trol

Age

ncy

mus

t als

o se

t con

trol

stan

dard

s fo

r no

ise

polk

ition

'inc

ludi

ng s

onic

boo

ms.

Fin

anci

ng p

ollu

tion

cont

rol i

s an

othe

r m

ajor

pro

blem

. The

finan

cial

inco

pabi

lttie

s of

man

y co

mm

uniti

es to

impl

emen

t the

stat

e's

requ

irem

ents

ser

ious

ly r

educ

es th

e et

Tec

tiven

ess

of th

est

ate'

s pr

ogra

m to

con

trol

wat

er p

ollu

tion.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Stat

e Po

llutio

n C

ontr

ol A

genc

y in

ves-

tsga

te th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f a

revo

lvin

g fu

nd a

nd a

des

ign

:ent

ice

e4 a

ssis

t gov

ernm

enta

l uni

ts w

ith th

e de

sign

and

fin

anci

ng o

fco

llect

ion

and

trea

tmen

t fac

ilitie

s.

GO

VE

RN

ME

NT

AL

MO

DE

RN

IZA

TIO

N

Our

pre

sent

for

ms

oflo

cal g

over

nmen

t wer

e co

ncei

ved

befo

reW

ashi

ngto

n ex

perie

nced

trem

endo

us g

row

th. C

onse

quen

tly, t

hey

are

not o

rgan

ized

or

equi

pped

to c

ope

effe

ctiv

ely

with

pro

blem

sof

urb

an g

row

th.

Tw

o pr

inci

ples

ore

ess

entia

l for

effe

ctiv

e lo

cal g

over

nmen

t.O

ne, l

ocal

gov

ernm

ent s

houl

d be

abl

e to

sol

ve a

reaw

ide

vob-

fern

s th

roug

h on

are

awid

e fo

rm o

f gov

ernm

ent.

For

exa

mpl

e,m

any

peop

le li

ve o

utsi

de th

e ci

ty li

mits

and

driv

e to

wor

k on

city

stre

ets.

Roo

d m

aint

enan

ce, t

raffi

c co

ntro

l and

par

king

con

gest

ion

are

agr

eat e

xpen

se to

the

city

, yet

thos

e dr

iver

s pa

y lit

tle in

city

taxe

s. Als

o, m

any

prob

lem

s of

pol

lutio

n, tr

ansp

orta

tion,

com

mun

ica-

tion,

and

indu

stria

l dev

elop

men

t can

be

hand

led

mor

e ef

fect

ivel

yon

o r

egio

nal b

asis

rat

her

than

o c

omm

vnity

one

. Unf

ortu

nate

ly,

few

form

s of

gov

ernm

ent e

xist

on

a re

gion

al b

asis

. Som

e fo

rmof

coo

rdin

atio

n or

coo

pera

tion

betw

een

loca

l gov

ernm

enta

l uni

ts

shou

ld b

e de

velo

ped

in e

very

reg

ion

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate.

In o

rder

to h

andl

e ar

eaw

ide

prob

lem

s on

an

area

wid

e ba

sis,

man

y of

the

gove

rnm

ents

we

have

in th

e st

ate

toda

y w

ill h

ave

toco

mbi

ne o

r an

nex

grea

ter

area

s un

der

thei

r ju

risdi

ctio

n. C

ities

shou

ld id

eally

incl

ude

the

entir

e m

etro

polit

an a

rea,

so

'hey

con

mos

t effe

ctiv

ely

hand

le s

uch

prob

lem

s as

sch

oolin

g, tr

ansp

orta

-tio

n, a

nd p

ollu

tion.

No

long

er c

an th

e su

burb

exp

ect t

o us

e a

city

's r

oads

, sch

ools

and

wor

k in

its

indu

strie

s w

ithou

t hel

ping

topa

y fo

r th

e go

vern

men

t nec

essa

ry fo

r th

ose

priv

ilege

s. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

a p

ositi

ve a

nnex

atio

npo

licy

be e

nact

edth

roug

h le

gisl

atio

n w

hich

, whi

le m

aint

aini

ng a

ppro

pria

te s

afe-

guar

ds, w

ill e

ncou

rage

con

solid

atio

n an

d ex

pans

ion

ofin

corp

o-ra

ted

area

s in

the

inte

rest

of

effi

cien

t gov

ernm

ent.

We

offe

r no

spe

cific

rec

omm

enda

tions

, sin

ce m

any

com

mitt

ees

have

dev

elop

ed e

xcel

lent

met

hods

. The

Leg

isla

tive

Cou

ncil

Com

-m

ittee

on

Loca

l Gov

ernm

ent t

his

year

and

the

Citi

zens

Adv

isor

yC

omm

ittee

to th

e Jo

int C

omm

ittee

on

Urb

an A

rea

Gov

ernm

ent i

n19

62 o

re ju

st tw

o of

the

man

ygr

oups

one

cou

ld s

ite. W

e or

ere

com

endi

ng th

at th

e su

gges

tions

of g

roup

s lik

e th

ese

be in

corp

o-ra

ted

into

a c

reat

ive

onne

xatio

n po

licy

and

that

the

Legi

slat

ure

enac

t suc

h a

polic

y.O

ne o

f the

ele

men

ts o

f a c

reat

ive

anne

xatio

n po

licy

is th

e

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poss

ibili

ty o

f com

bine

d ci

ty-c

ount

y go

vern

men

ts. Y

et, s

ever

alpr

oble

ms

exis

t tha

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faci

ngru

ral c

itize

ns th

at th

e ur

ban

ones

enc

ount

er.

The

rur

alar

eas

have

thei

rdi

sadv

anta

ged

pers

ons

and

blig

hted

are

as ju

st a

s th

e ur

ban

cent

ers

do. T

heN

egro

and

the

core

cit;

ghe

tto a

rem

atch

ed b

y th

e In

dian

and

the

rese

rvat

ion,

and

the

mig

rant

and

the

farm

labo

r ca

mp.

It is

a p

robl

em th

atus

ually

is m

ore

diffi

cult

to s

ee, a

nd e

qual

lydi

fficu

lt to

sol

ve.

EM

PLO

YM

EN

T

The

mai

n em

ploy

men

t pro

blem

inru

ral a

reas

is th

e ne

ed fo

rm

ore

job

oppo

rtun

ities

.T

here

is a

gre

at n

eed

fcr

mer

eru

ral

indu

strie

s. T

rain

ing

that

equ

ips

peop

lefo

r ru

ral j

obs

is a

lso

esse

ntia

l. O

ne o

f the

gre

ates

t ben

efits

rura

l job

s ca

n pr

ovid

e is

toke

ep th

e ru

ral u

nem

ploy

ed fr

om m

igrc

ting

to th

e ci

ty a

nd, o

s a

cons

eque

nce,

add

ing

toth

e un

empl

oyed

ther

e. If

our

sta

te c

anpr

ovid

e op

port

uniti

es fo

r pe

ople

in r

ural

are

as, w

ew

ill im

prov

eth

e w

elfa

re o

f bot

h ur

ban

and

non-

urba

n ar

eas.

We

mus

t em

phas

ize

that

job

oppo

rtun

ities

are

the

core

of t

heno

n-ur

ban

prob

lem

. Onl

y w

hen

the

bulk

of t

he jo

b op

port

uniti

essh

ifted

to th

e ur

ban

cent

ers

did

peop

lefo

llow

. It i

s a

subs

tant

ial

prob

lem

for

the

non-

urba

n se

ctor

con

stan

tlyto

pro

mot

e jo

b op

-po

rtun

ities

. If p

eopl

e ha

ve jo

bs, t

hey

will

sta

y to

dev

elop

ade

-qu

ate

gove

rnm

ent,

educ

atio

n,an

d so

cial

ser

vice

s, if

they

do

not

have

jobs

, the

,- u

sual

ly m

ust l

eave

.T

here

fore

, with

in th

e un

it fo

rno

nind

ustr

ial a

reas

rec

omm

ende

d in

Cha

pter

II,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Sta

teD

epar

tmen

t of C

omm

erce

and

Eco

nom

ic D

evel

opm

ent e

stab

lish

aru

ral s

ervi

ces

sect

ion

who

se

Page 62: Urban Washington: Apathy or Action? Report of the Governor ... · The Governor selected Secretory of State A. Ludlow Kramer to chair the Council. Secretary Kramer has an extensive

prim

ary

job

and

resp

onsi

bilit

y w

ould

be

aidi

ng r

ural

com

mun

ities

to s

urve

y th

eir

need

s an

d po

tent

ials

in a

ttrac

ting

appr

opria

tein

dust

ries.

In a

dditi

on to

job

trai

ning

and

edu

catio

n re

com

men

datio

nsth

roug

hout

all

chap

ters

of o

ur r

epor

t,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Em

ploy

men

t Sec

urity

revi

ew M

anpo

wer

Dev

elop

men

t and

Tra

inin

g A

ct (

MD

TA

) pr

o-gr

ams

in th

e S

tate

of W

ashi

ngto

n in

ord

er to

dev

elop

mor

eap

prop

riate

pro

gram

s fo

r m

eetin

g ru

ral n

eeds

.

FA

RM

LA

BO

RE

RS

Far

m la

bore

rs, e

spec

ially

mig

rant

s, m

ake

up o

ne g

roup

of t

heru

ral p

oor,

and

suf

fer

the

prob

lem

s of

poo

r ev

eryw

here

. Pro

blem

sth

at th

e C

ounc

il's

Non

-Urb

an S

ecto

r C

omm

ittee

focu

sed

upon

incl

uded

thos

e of

hea

lth (

cove

red

ir. C

hapt

er V

), e

mpl

oym

ent,

hous

ing

educ

atio

n, a

nd th

e la

ck o

f gov

ernm

enta

l ser

vice

s.

ts

Mig

rant

wag

e le

vels

are

a s

ubst

antia

l im

pedi

men

t to

the

solu

tion

of a

ll th

e ot

her

prob

lem

s. W

hile

we

appl

aud

the

hear

-in

gs th

at a

re b

eing

hel

d to

con

side

r fa

rm la

bore

rs fo

r go

vern

-

men

tal p

rogr

ams

of in

dust

rial i

nsur

ance

and

min

imum

wag

es, w

eco

nsid

er th

e lo

ng-r

ange

pro

blem

to b

e on

e of

sel

ectiv

e su

bsid

y of

cons

umer

pric

ing

of th

e pr

oduc

ts o

f mig

rant

labo

rers

by

pres

ent

wag

e le

vels

. No

over

-all

solu

tion

of th

e ni

gran

t pro

blem

can

be

achi

eved

with

out r

ecog

nizi

ng th

at th

e co

st e

f for

m p

rodu

ce w

illev

entu

ally

hav

e to

ref

lect

a ju

st a

nd a

deat

.late

wag

e to

the

som

ede

gree

that

this

cos

t ref

lect

s th

e ot

her

cos'

s of

pro

duct

ion.

The

Far

m H

ousi

ng A

utho

rity

prov

ides

long

-ter

m 3

per

cen

tlo

ans

to n

on-p

rofit

cor

pora

tions

for

the

cons

truc

tion

of fa

rm la

bor

hous

ing.

Thi

s F

eder

al lo

on a

ssis

tanc

e pr

ogra

m is

aim

ed a

t rel

iev-

ing

the

mig

rant

hou

sing

sho

rtag

e by

enc

oura

ging

con

stru

ctio

nth

roug

h lo

w-c

ost l

oans

. Loa

ns p

rese

ntly

are

mad

e di

rect

ly to

tax-

exem

pt b

odie

s (c

ount

ies,

mun

icip

aliti

es, e

tc.)

at t

he in

tere

stra

te o

f 3 p

er c

ent.

Als

o, th

e go

vern

men

t will

insu

re (

in e

ssen

ce,

co-s

ign)

loan

s fr

om p

rivat

e so

urce

s to

priv

ate

part

ies

for

cons

truc

-tio

n pu

rpos

es a

nd p

ay a

ny in

tere

st c

harg

es r

esul

ting

from

rat

esov

er 5

per

cen

t. G

over

nmen

t ins

ured

loan

s fr

or..

priv

ate

sour

ces

can

gene

rally

be

obta

ined

on

a sh

ort t

erm

bas

s (2

to 3

yea

rs)

for

appr

oxim

otel

y 61

/2 p

er c

ent.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

Far

m H

ousi

ng A

utho

rity

prog

ram

s pr

es-

ently

ava

ilabl

e to

non

-pro

fit o

rgan

izaf

inns

for

3 pe

r ce

nt c

onst

ruc-

tion

mon

ey p

ayab

le o

ver

a lo

ng te

rm fo

r fa

rm k

door

ers'

hou

sing

be e

xten

ded

to in

divi

dual

farm

ers.

Per

haps

the

best

pro

cedu

re w

ould

be

for

the

stat

e to

set

asi

defu

nds

to p

ay a

ny in

tere

st c

harg

es a

bove

3 p

er c

ent.

One

of t

he m

ajor

diff

icul

ties

in h

elpi

ng m

igra

nt fa

rm la

bore

rsis

that

man

y of

them

spe

ak S

pani

sh fa

r m

ore

fluen

tly th

anE

nglis

h. T

he S

ecre

tary

of S

tate

now

pub

lishe

s vo

ter

info

rmat

ion

inS

pani

sh. :

n ad

ditio

n,W

e re

com

men

d th

at th

e D

epar

tmen

ts o

f Hea

lth, P

ublic

Ass

ist-

ance

, and

Em

ploy

men

t Sec

urity

and

loca

l sch

ool d

istr

icts

be

en-

cour

aged

to e

mpl

oy b

iling

ual a

ides

abl

e to

com

mun

icat

e w

ithpe

ople

in th

e m

igra

nt s

trea

m.

Man

y of

the

child

ren

of m

igra

nt fo

rm la

bore

rs le

ave

scho

ol in

Apr

il an

d do

not

rej

oin

until

late

Oct

ober

or

Nov

embe

r be

caus

eof

the

need

for

them

to h

elp

in th

e fie

lds.

Con

sequ

ently

, man

y of

thes

e ch

ildre

n fa

ll fa

rthe

r an

d fa

rthe

r be

hind

in s

choo

l. T

here

fore

,W

e re

com

men

d th

at th

e W

ashi

ngto

n S

tate

Offi

ce o

f the

Sup

er-

inte

nden

t of P

ublic

Inst

ruct

ion

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d its

mig

rant

divi

sion

and

imm

edia

tely

req

uest

add

ition

al fu

nds

from

the

Fed

-er

al D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

, Edu

catio

n an

d W

elfa

re u

nder

the

mig

rant

sec

tion

of th

e E

lem

enta

ry a

nd S

econ

dary

Edu

catio

n A

ct.

The

se fu

nds

shou

ld b

e m

ade

avai

labl

e fo

r di

rect

edu

catio

nal

assi

stan

ce to

mig

rant

and

Mex

ican

-Am

eric

an c

hild

ren.

The

div

i-si

on s

houl

d ac

tivel

y en

cour

age

mor

e sc

hool

dis

tric

ts to

pro

vide

sum

mer

sch

ool p

rogr

ams

for

thes

e ch

ildre

n. W

here

thes

e su

mm

er

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scho

ol p

rogr

ams

are

mad

e av

aila

ble,

fund

s fo

r tr

ansp

orta

tion

toan

d fr

om s

choo

ls a

nd h

ealth

ser

vice

s sh

ould

be

incl

uded

in th

ebu

dget

.

ED

UC

AT

ION

Sin

ce it

was

foun

d th

at s

choo

ls h

ave

man

y of

the

sam

epr

oble

ms

in th

e ru

ral a

reas

as

in u

rban

are

as, w

e w

ill d

uplic

ate

gene

ral r

ecom

men

datio

ns c

over

ed w

ell i

n C

hapt

er I.

The

pro

b-le

ms

cons

ider

ed h

ere

are

thos

e pe

culia

r to

the

non-

urba

n ar

eas.

Abo

ve a

ll, th

e S

tate

of W

ashi

ngto

n m

ust r

ecog

nize

the

diffe

r-in

g ed

ucat

iona

l nee

ds o

f the

non

-urb

an s

ecto

rs. T

he n

on-u

rban

sect

or n

eeds

teac

hers

and

adm

inis

trat

ors

with

spe

cial

trai

ning

tore

late

wel

l with

rur

al a

reas

and

rur

al p

eopl

e. Q

uite

ofte

n a

sem

antic

bar

rier

exis

ts b

etw

een

the

teac

her

and

his

stud

ent.

Man

y tim

es th

e te

ache

r an

d st

uden

t com

e fr

om e

ntire

ly d

iffer

ent

cultu

ral b

ackg

roun

ds, e

spec

ially

in r

elat

ion

to M

exic

an-A

mer

ican

san

d In

dian

s. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

curr

icul

um in

col

lege

s of

edu

catio

nin

clud

e te

ache

r tr

aini

ng a

nd e

xper

ienc

e to

wor

k w

ith m

inor

itygr

oups

in a

way

con

sist

ent w

ith m

inor

ity c

ultu

ral b

ackg

roun

ds.

The

voc

atio

n tr

aini

ng fi

eld

prov

ides

a g

ood

exam

ple

of th

edi

ffere

nce

betw

een

urba

n an

d no

n-ur

ban

requ

irem

ents

. The

citi

esha

ve la

rge

indu

strie

s th

at h

ave

thei

r ow

n tr

aini

ng p

rogr

ams.

A

plan

t lik

e B

oein

g, fo

r ex

ampl

e, w

ould

rat

her

have

hig

h sc

hool

grad

uate

s th

at it

can

trai

n to

bec

ome

mec

hani

cs th

an h

igh

scho

oldr

cpot

.,ts

with

mec

hani

cal t

rain

ing.

Sm

all r

ural

indu

strie

s, h

uvv-

ever

, can

not a

fford

thei

r ow

n tr

aini

ng p

rogr

ams.

Con

sequ

ently

,th

ey c

an h

ire o

nly

the

expe

rienc

ed o

r th

e tr

aine

d. A

n ef

fect

ive

voca

tiona

l tra

inin

g pr

ogra

m in

rur

al a

reas

wou

ld a

ssur

e th

atpe

ople

from

the

rura

lco

uld

be h

ired.

At p

rese

nt, h

owev

er,

mos

t ind

ivid

ual r

ural

sch

ools

are

too

smal

l to

offe

r an

ext

ensi

vevo

catio

nal-t

echn

ical

pro

gram

. The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

occ

upat

iona

l ski

lls c

ente

rs b

e de

velo

ped

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

to a

llow

for

trai

ning

in te

chni

cally

spe

cial

-iz

ed fi

elds

.

An

occu

patio

nal s

kills

cen

ter

is a

irai

nirg

inst

itutio

n fo

r m

od-

ern

skill

s. B

y co

nsol

idat

ing

a nu

mbe

r of

ski

lls in

to o

ne in

stitu

tion,

it ca

n ob

tain

a la

rge

enou

gh s

tude

nt b

ody

and

an e

ffici

ent

enou

gh o

pera

tion

that

it c

an o

ffer

the

late

st e

quip

men

t as

aids

and

the

late

st in

ski

lls a

s cu

rric

ulum

. Suc

h fa

cilit

ies

as la

bora

tor-

ies

for

trai

ning

labo

rato

ry a

ssis

tant

s, fu

lly e

quip

ped

gara

ges

for

trai

ning

aut

o m

echa

nics

, and

qua

lifie

d te

ache

rs in

al!

field

s ar

epo

ssib

le u

sing

this

con

cept

.A

lso,

rur

al c

hild

ren

ofte

n ha

ve to

cho

ose

earli

er th

an u

rban

child

ren

whi

ch d

irect

ion

thei

r ed

ucat

ion

will

take

sin

ce th

ey d

one

ed a

dditi

onal

trai

ning

to w

ork

in th

e sm

alle

r ru

ral i

ndus

trie

s.T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

cou

nsel

ing

pruv

ram

s be

exp

ande

d in

elem

enta

ry s

choo

ls.

The

str

onge

r vo

catio

nal e

mph

asis

nec

essa

ry in

non

-urb

ansc

hool

s sh

ould

not

ore

juci

ice

thos

e th

at o

re w

illin

g an

d ca

pabl

eof

abs

orbi

ng a

nd u

sing

an

acad

emic

pro

gram

bey

ond

high

scho

ol. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

inst

itutio

ns o

f hig

her

educ

atio

n br

oade

nth

eir

norm

al e

ntra

nce

requ

irem

ents

to in

clud

e st

uden

ts w

ho h

ave

take

n a

siza

ble

amou

nt o

f voc

atio

nally

orie

nted

cou

rses

in s

ec-

onda

ry s

choo

l.

The

add

ition

al e

mph

asis

on

voca

tiona

l tra

inin

g w

e ar

e ad

vo-

catin

g w

ill r

equi

re m

any

mor

e vo

catio

nal t

each

ers.

The

Div

isio

nof

Voc

atio

nal E

duca

tion

does

offe

r se

para

te p

roce

dure

s fo

r su

chte

ache

rs. F

or e

xam

ple,

to te

ach

a su

bjec

t lik

e au

to m

echa

nics

, ate

ache

r m

ust h

ave

com

plet

ed a

trai

ning

or

appr

entic

eshi

p pr

o-gr

am in

mec

hani

cs a

nd w

orke

d at

his

voc

atio

n fo

r a

min

imum

of

thre

e ye

ars.

He

can

then

obt

ain

a on

e-ye

ar c

ertif

icat

e to

teac

hau

to m

echa

nics

. The

refo

re,

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We

reco

mm

end

that

all

scho

ol d

istr

icts

take

full

adva

ntag

e of

the

spec

ial c

ertif

icat

ion

for

voca

tiona

l tea

cher

s in

ord

er to

pro

vide

expa

nded

trai

ning

in v

ocat

iona

l ski

lls.

The

se te

ache

rs c

ould

do

mor

e th

an m

erel

y te

ach

a m

echa

nica

lsk

ill. A

sch

ool d

istr

ict c

ould

hire

suc

h a

teac

her

to tr

avel

to a

llel

emen

tary

and

sec

onda

ry s

choo

ls w

ithin

the

dist

rict a

nd a

cqua

int

youn

g pe

ople

with

the

adva

ntag

es o

f and

pre

requ

isite

s fo

r hi

svo

catio

n. Y

oung

peo

ple

then

will

hav

e a

bette

r id

ea n

ot o

nly

ofw

hat t

hey

wan

t to

do in

thei

r sc

hool

ing,

but

als

o w

hat o

ppor

tuni

-tie

s th

ey h

ave

afte

r gr

adua

tion.

Fin

ally

, the

sch

ool i

n th

e ru

ral a

rea

is o

ften

a m

ore

impo

rtan

tse

gmen

t of t

he c

omm

unity

than

in u

rban

are

as. R

ural

peo

ple

rely

on it

to p

rom

ote

com

mun

ity in

volv

emen

t, bo

th b

y its

cou

rses

and

its fu

nctio

n as

a c

omm

unity

cen

ter.

The

que

stio

ns o

f cur

ricul

uman

d co

nsol

idat

ion

mus

t alw

ays

cons

ider

this

impo

rtan

t com

mun

ityro

le th

e sc

hool

s pl

ay.

Am

ong

the

man

y ro

les

thes

e sc

hool

s fu

lfill,

they

sho

uld

pro-

vide

muc

h of

the

stim

ulus

with

in a

sm

all t

own

fcr

com

mun

ity;n

valv

emen

t. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Offi

ce o

f the

Sup

erin

tend

ent o

f Pub

licIn

stru

ctio

n pr

epar

e U

p-to

-dat

e an

d m

ore

rele

vant

mat

eria

ls fc

rte

achi

ng a

bout

loca

l gov

ernm

ents

in th

e S

tate

of W

ashi

ngto

n in

orde

r to

stim

ulat

e un

ders

tand

ings

and

invo

lvem

ent i

n co

mm

unity

affa

irs.

In a

dditi

on, t

he v

ery

exis

tenc

e of

a s

choo

l sys

tem

and

its

build

ings

hel

ps to

hol

d sm

all c

omm

uniti

es to

geth

er. T

he b

uild

ings

are

ofte

n us

ed fo

r co

mm

unity

cul

tura

l and

rec

reat

iona

l cen

ters

.T

he q

ualit

y of

edu

catio

n is

a fo

cus

of c

omm

unity

con

cem

. The

fact

is, h

owev

er, t

hat t

he s

ize

limita

tion

in s

mal

l sch

ools

' sta

ffs.

equi

pmen

t, an

d su

ch d

epriv

e so

me

rura

l stu

dent

s of

an

adeq

uate

educ

atio

n. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

all

stud

ents

in n

on-u

rban

are

as o

f Was

h-in

gton

hav

e th

e op

port

unity

for

the

broa

dest

pos

sibl

e ed

ucat

iona

lex

perie

nce,

thro

ugh

such

tech

niqu

es a

s ed

ucat

iona

l par

ks, o

ccu-

patio

nal s

kills

cen

ters

, and

con

solid

atio

n of

sch

ool d

istr

icts

.H

owev

er,

We

also

rec

omm

end

that

prio

r to

any

dec

isio

n fo

r sc

hool

cons

olid

atio

n, th

at th

e lo

cal c

omm

uniti

es ta

ke p

art i

n th

e de

cisi

onm

akin

g pr

oces

s to

insu

re fu

ll co

nsid

erat

ion

of th

e sp

ecifi

c ne

eds

.f th

e co

mm

unity

, the

val

ue o

f a d

ecen

tral

ized

, per

sona

lized

educ

atio

nal e

xper

ienc

e, th

e va

lue

of a

hig

h de

gree

of c

omm

unity

invo

lvem

ent i

n sc

hool

affa

irs, a

nd th

e co

mm

unity

cen

ter

role

the

scho

ols

ofte

n pl

ay in

sm

all c

omm

uniti

es.

HE

ALT

H C

AR

E

Rur

al c

itize

ns s

uffe

r fr

om a

lack

of h

ealth

cor

e se

rvic

es m

ore

than

alm

ost a

ny o

ther

peo

ple

in th

e st

ate.

One

of t

he p

robl

ems

has

been

the

inab

ility

of c

ount

y he

alth

dep

artm

ents

, eith

erth

roug

h la

ck o

f fun

ds o

r la

ck o

f qua

lifie

d, e

ffect

ive

pers

onne

l, or

both

, to

deliv

er th

e m

inim

al le

vel o

f hea

lth c

are.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

an

inte

rim s

tudy

be

mad

e on

the

rela

-tio

nshi

p be

twee

n lo

cal h

ealth

dep

artm

ents

and

the

Sta

te H

ealth

Dep

artm

ent.

Car

eful

con

side

ratio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

the

poss

i-bi

lity

of g

ivin

g th

e S

tate

Dep

artm

ent e

ither

the

pow

er to

with

hold

fund

s fr

om a

loca

l dep

artm

ent t

hat d

oes

flat d

o an

effe

ctiv

e jo

bor

ass

ume

ful!

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r al

l loc

al h

ealth

dep

artm

ents

.A

noth

er p

robi

em th

at w

as n

ot m

entio

ned

else

whe

re is

the

prev

alen

ce o

f dis

ease

, par

ticul

arly

ski

n di

seas

e am

ong

mig

rant

child

ren.

Mig

rant

labo

rers

' chi

ldre

n of

ten

are

kept

out

of s

choo

lbe

caus

e th

eir

heal

th c

ondi

tion

is a

haz

ard

to th

e sc

hool

. The

sest

uden

ts, h

owev

er, n

eed

thei

r ea

ucat

ion

even

mor

e th

an o

ther

stuc

l?.n

ts a

nd s

ome

mea

ns m

ust b

e fo

und

to e

nabl

e th

em to

rece

ive

it. T

here

fore

,W

e re

com

men

d th

at th

e S

tate

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lth m

ake

ast

udy

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith th

e O

ffice

of t

he S

uper

inte

nden

t of

Pub

lic In

stru

ctio

n of

the

prob

lem

s en

coun

tere

d by

chi

ldre

n ha

ving

heal

th p

robl

ems,

suc

h as

con

tagi

ous

skin

dis

ease

s, a

nd m

ake

reco

mm

enda

tions

for

solu

tions

.

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TR

AN

SP

OR

TA

TIO

N

The

crit

ical

pro

blem

of r

ural

isol

atio

n co

uld

be r

esol

ved

with

an a

dequ

ate

tran

spor

tatio

n sy

tsem

.R

ural

are

as h

ave

a di

ffere

nt p

robl

em w

ith tr

ansp

orta

tion

than

urba

n ar

eas.

In u

rban

are

as, t

he p

robl

em is

to m

ove

larg

eam

ount

of g

oods

and

a la

rge

num

ber

of p

eopl

e sh

ort d

ista

nces

.In

rur

al a

reas

, the

pro

blem

is to

mov

e sm

alle

r am

ount

s an

d a

smal

ler

num

ber

long

er d

ista

nt.z

s. T

hus,

in a

ny s

tudy

of t

rans

por-

tatio

n in

this

sta

te, w

e m

ust r

ecog

nize

the

diffe

ring

prob

lem

s of

our

urba

n an

d ru

ral a

reas

. The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Gov

erno

r ap

poin

t a c

itize

ns a

dvis

ory

com

mitt

ee to

the

appr

opria

te s

tate

dep

ortm

ent t

o st

udy

and

mak

e re

com

men

datio

ns c

once

rnin

g th

e pr

oble

ms

of p

ublic

and

priv

ate

tran

spor

tatio

n in

rur

al a

reas

.

Benton-Franklin

Chelan-Douala.

Clans-Jefferson

Clark-Skemenia

Comlits-Wahkiakve

Grant

leland

Xitamp

Xittltaa

Okanogan

Pend Oreille

Skagit

Snohomish

Spoken* County

Thureton-Maeon

Walla Walla

Whetcom

Whiter.,

Yakima

Spokane City

SANITATION ACTIVITIES

WASHINGTON STATE .

1966

Total Sanitation Serviette Reported Ter 100

Population. By Health Dietrict

Average of .11 reporting

Health Districts

1

01

23

45

67

99

10

11

12

I)

14

15

Service:I Per 100 P

letInn

LAW

AN

D J

US

TIC

E

Tw

o pr

oble

ms

appe

ar e

spec

ially

to tr

oubl

e th

e ru

ral a

reas

.T

he fi

rst

is th

e fa

ct th

at m

any

coun

ty a

nd s

mal

l tow

n la

wen

forc

emen

t offi

cial

s ar

e hi

red

and

serv

e w

ithou

t eve

r re

ceiv

ing

adeq

uate

, up-

to-d

ate

trai

ning

. Sin

ce tw

o S

tate

age

ncie

s ar

e tr

ying

to in

corp

orat

e th

e la

test

in la

w e

nfor

cem

ent t

echn

ique

s, in

clud

ing

com

mun

ity r

elat

ions

, no

grea

t bar

rier

exis

ts to

mak

ing

this

info

r-m

atio

n an

d ex

pert

ise

avai

labl

e to

hel

p ou

t the

rur

al la

w e

nfor

ce-

men

t offi

cial

. The

Was

hing

ton

Sta

te L

aw E

nfor

cem

ent O

ffice

rT

rain

ing

Com

mis

sion

is c

urre

ntly

dev

elop

ing

prog

ram

s in

com

mu-

nity

col

lege

s fo

r th

is p

urpo

se. T

he P

lann

ing

and

Com

mun

ity A

f-fa

irs A

genc

y is

als

o w

orki

ng in

this

are

a si

nce

they

hav

e be

ende

sign

ated

by

the

Gov

erno

r to

adm

inis

ter

the

Fed

eral

Om

nibu

sC

rime

Legi

slat

ion

and

fund

s. T

o as

sure

that

app

ropr

iate

act

ions

are

toke

n in

this

are

a,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Gov

erno

r de

sign

ate

a S

tate

age

ncy

topr

ovid

e st

aff s

ervi

ces

to lo

cal l

aw e

nfor

cem

ent a

genc

ies,

esp

e-ci

ally

in r

ural

are

as, f

or m

ore

exte

nsiv

e an

d so

phis

ticat

ed tr

ain-

ing.

In a

dditi

on to

:ow

enf

orce

men

t tec

hniq

ues,

thes

e se

rvic

essh

ould

incl

ude

trai

ning

in c

omm

unity

rel

atio

ns.

A s

econ

d pr

oble

m w

as m

entii

oned

ofte

n at

our

hea

rings

.P

eopl

e te

stifi

ed th

at fo

od p

rices

wer

c ab

norm

ally

hig

h in

pov

erty

and

min

ority

are

as. T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Con

sum

er P

rote

ctio

n D

ivis

ion

of th

eA

ttorn

ey G

ener

al's

Offi

ce s

tudy

and

, if a

ppro

pria

te, a

ct o

n th

eal

lege

d pr

obie

m o

f inc

onsi

sten

t pric

es in

food

mar

kets

in th

ear

eas

serv

ing

the

poor

and

min

oriti

es.

The

Offi

ce o

f Eco

nom

ic O

ppor

tuni

ty's

lega

l ass

ista

nce

shou

ldbe

use

d m

ore

read

ily b

y th

e ru

ral c

omm

unity

. Rur

al to

wns

sho

uld

inst

itute

pub

lic d

efen

ders

.

CIT

IZE

N IN

VO

LVE

ME

NT

IN C

IVIC

AF

FA

IRS

A m

ajor

pro

blem

foun

d th

roug

hout

our

sta

te, b

ut o

f par

ticul

arsi

gnifi

canc

e in

sm

alle

r co

mm

uniti

es, i

s th

e de

plor

able

lack

of

citiz

en in

volv

emen

t in

civi

c af

fairs

. Man

y ci

tizen

s ar

e un

awar

e of

how

they

can

be

activ

e. K

now

ledg

e of

wha

t the

indi

vick

al c

itize

nan

d ci

tizen

gro

ups

can

do to

effe

ct c

hang

es in

the

com

mun

ityw

ould

enc

oura

ge m

ore

activ

e an

d m

eani

ngfu

l par

ticip

atio

n.T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

act

ion

whi

ch w

ould

stim

ulat

e ci

tizen

invo

lvem

ent i

n co

mm

unity

affa

irs b

e st

imul

ated

and

initi

ated

by

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loca

l gov

ernm

ents

, com

mun

ity c

olle

ges,

sec

onda

ry s

choo

ls, a

ndpr

ivat

e gr

oups

.C

itize

n ad

viso

ry g

roup

s, s

uch

as th

e U

rban

Affa

irs C

ounc

il,ca

n do

muc

h bo

th to

stim

ulat

e in

volv

emen

t and

to s

erve

as

am

eans

of c

ultiv

atin

g ch

ange

. The

se g

roup

s sh

ould

follo

w th

epr

inci

ple

of b

road

-bas

ed r

epre

sent

atio

n. S

ince

muc

h re

form

inhe

alth

car

e, h

ousi

ng, p

hysi

cal e

nviro

nmen

t, et

c., a

ffect

s di

sadv

an-

tage

d pe

rson

s, th

ey s

houl

d be

incl

uded

on

such

gro

ups.

The

re-

fore

, We

reco

mm

end

the

incr

ease

d us

e in

city

, cou

nty

and

stat

ego

vern

men

ts o

f citi

zens

adv

isor

y gr

oups

that

wou

ld in

clud

e di

s-ad

vant

aged

per

sons

.O

ne o

f the

gre

ates

t dan

gers

Was

hing

ton

face

s is

that

it w

illlo

se th

e in

tere

st a

nd in

volv

emen

t of i

ts y

oung

peo

ple.

The

you

ngm

en a

nd w

omen

of t

oday

gra

duat

e fr

om h

igh

scho

ol a

nd/o

rco

llege

wan

ting

to ta

ke th

eir

plac

e in

soc

iety

, and

ofte

n ar

e ro

ost

will

ing

to w

ork

to im

prov

e it.

The

larg

e nu

mbe

r of

vol

unte

ers

for

the

Pea

ce C

orps

and

VIS

TA

is a

n ill

ustr

atio

n of

the

will

ingn

ess

tobe

act

ivis

ts. O

ften,

how

ever

, thi

s w

illin

gnes

s to

hel

p an

d w

ork

isde

stro

yed

by th

e fe

elin

g of

alie

natio

n ex

perie

nced

by

toda

y's

youn

g pe

ople

. In

rura

l are

as, m

any

yout

hs fe

el th

ey c

an d

ono

thin

g to

impr

ove

the

qual

ity o

f life

aro

und

them

. Con

sequ

ently

,th

ey le

ave

or b

ecom

e ap

athe

tic.

One

of t

he fi

rst s

teps

to c

hann

elin

g th

eir

yout

hful

ene

rgie

sin

to c

onst

ruct

ive

proj

ects

is to

pro

vide

them

with

an

oppo

rtun

ityto

par

ticip

ate

as fu

lly a

s po

ssib

le in

the

affa

irs o

f the

ir co

mm

u-ni

ty. T

here

fore

,W

e re

com

men

d th

at th

e vo

ting

age

be lo

wer

ed to

1S

yea

rs o

fag

e in

ord

er to

enc

oura

ge a

nd m

cs;n

tain

inte

rest

and

invo

lvem

ent

of y

outh

in c

omm

unity

affa

irs.

You

ng p

eopl

e be

twee

n th

e ag

es o

f 18

and

21 w

ould

mak

eup

less

than

10

per

cent

of t

hose

elig

ible

to v

ote

if th

e le

gal a

gew

ere

low

ered

. The

com

mun

ity, h

owev

er, w

ould

ben

efit

enor

-m

ousl

y fr

om th

e in

volv

emen

t thi

s ac

tion

wou

ld s

timul

ate

and

the

ener

gy th

is in

clus

ion

coul

d to

rn in

to c

onst

ruct

ive

chan

nels

.

GO

VE

RN

ME

NT

AL

RE

OR

GA

NIZ

AT

ION

Tw

o rh

anzi

es in

pre

sent

day

gov

ernm

ent i

n W

ashi

ngto

n co

uld

be o

f eno

rmou

s be

nefii

, par

ticul

arly

to th

e ru

ral a

reas

of o

urst

ate.

One

, the

mul

ti-se

rvic

e ce

nter

con

cept

cou

ld b

e us

ed m

ore

exte

nsiv

ely.

In r

ural

are

as, p

eopl

e of

ten

have

to tr

avel

a lo

ngw

ay 4

o ta

ke a

dvan

tage

of g

over

nmen

tal s

ervi

ces

such

as

heal

thca

re a

nd e

mpl

oym

ent c

ouns

elin

g. H

avin

g el

l ser

vice

s ne

ar o

nean

othe

r w

ould

gre

atly

red

uce

tran

spor

tatio

n pr

oble

ms.

Mul

ti-se

rv-

ice

cent

ers

also

mak

e re

ferr

als

and

serv

ice

on a

l! .."

.obl

erps

eas

ier

for

the

citiz

en to

obt

ain.

The

refo

re,

0111

0au

cAtio

to-S

EIN

ICE eE

NT

EI2

IRT

Era

k>,

ILL

L L

RE

AL

M

IA/S

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

mul

ti-se

rvic

e ce

nter

con

cept

be

adop

ted

as th

e on

goin

g pa

ttern

of h

uman

res

ourc

e-re

late

d de

-pa

rtm

ents

thro

ugh

the

stat

e of

Was

hing

ton.

Tw

o, w

e w

ere

stru

ck b

y th

e ne

edle

ss d

uplic

atio

n of

man

ygo

vern

men

ts a

nd th

e in

abili

ty o

f loc

aliz

ed g

over

nmen

t to

atta

ckar

eaw

ide

prob

lem

s. A

lso,

man

y of

our

gov

ernm

enta

l uni

ts a

re s

osm

all t

hat t

hey

sim

ply

do n

ot h

ave

the

reso

urce

s to

do

anad

equa

te jo

b. C

onso

lidat

ion

is a

com

plex

pro

blem

, how

ever

, and

cons

olid

atio

n th

at r

emov

es lo

cal r

epre

sent

atio

n is

no

solu

tion

atal

l. T

here

fore

, we

stro

ngly

con

cur

with

the

reco

mm

enda

tion

inC

hapt

er IV

cal

ling

for

the

form

atio

n of

a s

tate

wid

e co

mm

issi

onon

the

mod

erni

zatio

n of

loca

l gov

ernm

ent.

TA

XA

TIO

N

Few

res

iden

ts o

f Was

hing

ton

are

satis

fied

with

our

sys

tem

of

taxa

tion.

For

thos

e in

Was

hing

ton'

s ru

ral a

reas

, it p

oses

sev

eral

part

icul

ar h

ards

hips

. One

is th

e re

lianc

e on

the

prop

erty

tax.

Pro

pert

y ta

xes

may

be

the

only

feas

ible

tax

in a

reas

of m

uch

land

and

few

peo

ple.

How

ever

, tax

es d

esig

ned

for

area

s w

here

each

indi

vidu

al h

olds

a s

mal

l am

ount

of p

rope

rty

(as

in u

rban

area

s) w

ork

undu

e ha

rdsh

ips

on r

ural

are

as w

ith la

rge

amou

nts

of la

nd p

er p

erso

n. T

here

fore

, we

conc

ur w

ith th

e re

com

men

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in C

hapt

er I

for

com

preh

ensi

ve ta

x re

form

incl

udin

g lim

iting

prop

erty

taxe

s to

25

per

cent

of t

rue

and

fair

prop

erty

val

ue a

tth

e 40

-mill

Om

it.ou

r pr

esen

t wel

fare

sys

tem

mak

es p

rovi

sion

s fo

r re

gu-

lar

prop

erty

tax

char

ges,

it d

oes

not p

rovi

de fo

r sp

ecia

l cha

rges

.If

a sp

ecia

l lev

y is

impo

sed,

for

inst

ance

, the

wel

fare

rec

ipie

nts'

allo

wan

ce d

oes

not i

ncre

ase.

Sin

ce th

e in

crea

se is

ofte

n a

high

perc

enta

ge o

f wha

t the

y w

ould

nor

mal

ly s

pend

on

food

and

clot

hing

, vre

lfolz

rec

ipie

nts

are

unde

rsta

ndab

ly r

eluc

tant

to fa

ceth

ese

spec

ial c

harg

es_

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sequ

ently

, the

y be

com

e a

forc

e vo

ting

agai

nst s

peci

al le

vies

and

bon

ding

issu

es a

nd, t

hus,

ret

ard

prog

-re

ss fo

r th

e en

tire

com

mun

ity, I

n no

n-ur

ban

area

s w

hich

hav

ehi

gher

per

cent

ages

of -

unem

ploy

ed a

nd s

enio

r ci

tizen

s, th

is fo

rce

agai

nst p

rogr

ess

beco

mes

a c

ritic

al p

robl

em. T

here

fore

,

We

nace

mm

encl

that

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pub

lic A

ssis

tanc

eal

low

mer

e fu

nds

to w

elfa

re r

ecip

ient

s w

hen

they

are

ass

esse

dsp

ecia

l pro

pert

y ch

arge

s.

Ano

ther

rur

al h

ards

hip

is th

at th

e di

fficu

lties

of c

omm

unic

a-tio

n an

d tr

ansp

orta

tion

mak

e sp

ecia

l ele

ctio

ns e

xtre

mel

y di

fficu

lt.T

he r

equi

rem

ent o

f 60

per

cent

for

spec

ial l

evie

s is

an

unre

alis

ticnu

mbe

r to

exp

ect a

nyon

e or

any

issu

e to

rec

eive

and

unf

air

in a

dem

ocra

tic r

epub

lic th

at is

pre

mis

ed o

n a

maj

ority

rul

e ba

sis.

Thi

sis

par

ticul

arly

true

in r

ural

are

as w

here

com

mun

icat

ion

is m

ore

diffi

cult

and

the

inhe

rent

tend

ency

is to

vot

e "n

o" w

hen

in d

oubt

.T

here

fore

,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Sta

te C

onst

itutio

n be

am

ende

d to

allo

w a

sim

ple

maj

ority

of t

hose

vot

ing

to d

eter

min

e th

e pa

ssag

eor

failu

re o

f spe

cial

levi

es a

nd b

ondi

ng is

sues

.

On

a m

ore

posi

tive

note

, tax

atio

n po

licie

s ca

n be

use

d as

ast

rong

indu

cem

ent f

or in

dust

ry to

mov

e in

to r

ural

are

as. T

axin

cent

ives

can

enc

oura

ge b

usin

ess

to lo

cate

thei

r pl

ants

in a

reas

such

as

rura

l com

mun

ities

that

hav

e un

empl

oym

ent p

robl

ems.

Thi

s fie

ld is

hig

hly

com

plex

, so

we

offe

r no

sId

ecifi

c re

com

men

da-

tions

. We

do, h

owev

er, s

tron

gly

urge

that

bot

h th

e st

ate

and

loca

lgo

vern

men

ts u

se ta

x in

cent

ives

to e

ncou

rage

indu

stry

to m

ove

into

are

as o

f une

mpl

oym

ent.

Sin

ce m

any

smal

l mun

icip

aliti

es s

impl

y do

not

hav

e an

ode

-cr

iate

tax

base

, the

y ca

nnot

pro

vide

ess

entia

l gov

ernm

ent s

erv-

iz...

. Man

y ca

nnot

qua

lify

for

tede

ral p

rogr

ams

due

to a

lack

of

mat

chin

g fu

nds.

Yet

, the

nee

ds o

f the

se c

omm

uniti

es r

equi

refu

nds.

Hea

lth c

are

faci

litie

s, s

choo

l bui

ldin

gs, e

tc.,

are

all e

xpen

-si

ve. R

oad

repa

irs a

nd fi

re p

rote

ctio

n of

ten

cove

r m

ore

area

than

in u

rban

cen

ters

. Sta

te a

id to

com

mun

ities

is b

oth

nece

ssar

y an

def

ficie

nt o

n a

bloc

k-gr

ant b

asis

. How

ever

, a fo

rmul

a th

at s

ends

paltr

y am

ount

s to

cer

tain

com

mun

ities

is a

lmos

t wor

se th

an o

neth

at s

ends

no

mon

ey to

thes

e co

mm

uniti

es a

t all.

We

need

toin

sure

that

blo

ck g

rant

s to

com

mun

ities

and

all

stat

e ai

d or

e us

edin

a w

ay th

at p

rovi

des

the

mos

t hel

p to

the

com

mun

ity. T

here

fore

,W

e re

com

men

d th

at m

ore

soph

istic

ated

fo.-

mul

as b

e us

ed to

dist

ribut

e bl

ock

gran

ts o

f sta

te f.

.ntd

s to

loca

l com

mun

ities

.F

inal

ly, i

n C

hapt

er II

I the

ext

rem

ely

effe

ctiv

e ro

le th

e 4t

ate

coul

d pl

ay in

hel

ping

loca

l com

mun

ities

obt

ain

fede

ral f

unds

was

men

tione

d. T

he. s

ome

proc

edur

e co

uld

be u

sed

;:or

all p

rogr

ams

inw

hich

the

fede

ral g

over

nmen

t giv

es g

rant

s to

loca

l com

mun

ities

on a

blo

ck-g

rant

bcc

:.. T

here

fore

,W

e re

com

men

d th

at r

ole

Pla

nnin

g an

d C

omm

unity

Affa

irsA

genc

y de

term

ine

thos

e co

mm

uniti

es th

at c

ar n

ot q

ualif

y fo

r fe

d-er

al p

rogr

ams

die

to a

lack

of m

atch

ing

fund

s an

d pr

ovid

e st

ate

fund

s fo

r a

port

ion

of th

e no

n-fe

dera

l fun

ding

req

uire

men

ts in

thos

e ca

ses.

TH

E A

GE

DM

any

of o

ur r

ural

cou

ntie

s ar

e be

com

ing

retir

emen

t hav

ens

for

the

elde

rly. A

s ha

s be

en n

oted

, with

this

gro

up c

omes

spe

cial

prob

lem

s.A

pro

blem

that

has

not

bee

n m

entio

ned

is th

e qu

ality

of t

heir

lives

. The

phy

sica

l tol

l of y

ears

and

soc

iety

's s

eem

ing

indi

ffere

nce

to th

eir

prob

lem

s ca

use

man

y el

derly

peo

ple

to w

ithdr

aw fr

omso

ciet

y. T

his

with

draw

al th

ough

, is

a hi

ndra

nce

to th

e co

mm

unity

.T

hese

peo

ple

may

vot

e "n

o" o

r si

mpl

y no

t vot

e on

spe

cial

levi

es:

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bond

issu

es, o

ne s

uch.

Con

sequ

ently

, as

a st

ep to

war

ds im

r_sr

ove-

men

t: ea

ch c

omm

unity

nee

ds to

ass

ure

that

its

olde

r ci

tizen

s ha

vefu

ll an

d ac

tive

lives

. The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Sta

te C

ounc

il on

Agi

ng s

tudy

the

prob

lem

of e

nviro

nmen

tal c

ondi

tions

of t

he a

ped

in th

e S

tate

of

Was

hing

ton

with

a v

iew

to p

rovi

ding

for

full,

act

ive

lives

for

our

seni

or c

itize

ns.

Of p

artic

ular

con

cern

are

thos

e se

nior

citi

zens

who

can

no

long

er li

ve a

lone

but

do

not w

ant t

he h

ospi

tal a

tmos

pher

e of

anu

rsin

g ho

me.

Som

e so

lutio

n to

thei

r di

lem

ma

mus

t be

foun

d.A

lso,

Was

hing

ton

citiz

ens

alw

ays

have

res

erve

d th

e hi

stor

icrig

ht o

f par

ents

to g

ive

thei

r ho

mes

to th

eir

child

ren.

Yet

, in

the

case

of o

ur o

lder

citi

zens

on

wel

fare

, thi

s hi

stor

ic r

ight

is n

otal

low

ed. T

he r

ecip

ient

s m

ust r

ecei

ve "

fair

mar

ket v

alue

- fo

r an

yas

set t

hey

give

to s

omeo

ne, a

nd th

ey c

anno

t rec

eive

wel

fare

es

long

as

they

hav

e ca

sh o

r sa

vina

s as

sets

gre

ater

than

$20

0. T

hey

can

live

in th

eir

own

hous

e an

d st

ill r

ecei

ve w

elfa

re p

aym

ts.

As

a co

mpr

omis

e m

easu

re, w

e be

lieve

that

they

sho

uld

be a

ble

toai

ve th

e ho

use

to th

eir

child

ren

and

yet c

ontin

ue to

live

in it

and

rece

ive

wel

fare

pay

men

ts.

Thi

s pr

oced

ure

wou

ld n

ot c

ost t

he s

tate

any

mor

e an

d ye

t, it

wou

ld a

llow

thes

e el

derly

per

sons

to b

e su

re th

at h

is c

hild

ren

will

have

a h

ome

afte

r hi

s de

ath

with

out h

avin

g to

wai

t for

set

tle-

men

t of a

will

or

havi

ng to

pay

inhe

ritan

ce ta

xes.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

wel

fare

rr

cipi

ents

be

allo

wed

to q

uit-

clai

m d

eed

thei

r pr

oper

ty w

hile

res

ervi

ng li

fe e

stat

e pr

ivile

ges

with

out l

osin

g th

eir

wel

fare

pay

men

ts.

IND

IAN

AF

FA

!RS

Indi

ans

are

the

mos

t dis

adva

ntag

ed g

roup

in W

ashi

ngto

nst

ate.

Indi

an r

eser

vatio

ns a

re o

ften

wor

se p

lace

s to

live

in th

anur

ban

ghet

tos.

An

inor

dina

te c

omm

itmen

t in

time,

effo

rt, a

ndfu

nds

will

be

nece

ssar

y in

ord

er to

pro

vide

ade

quat

e se

rvic

es a

ndjo

b op

port

uniti

es to

thes

e pe

ople

.In

dian

s ho

ve a

n un

ders

tand

able

sen

se o

f prid

e, h

owev

er, t

hat

mak

es it

diff

icul

t for

out

side

rs to

wor

k w

ith th

em. C

onse

quen

tly, a

serio

us c

omm

itmen

t to

help

ing

the

Indi

ans

mus

t inc

lude

usi

ngIn

dian

s as

con

tact

peo

ple.

The

se p

eopl

e ha

ve v

ast n

eeds

inhe

alth

, job

opp

ortu

nitie

s, e

duca

tion,

and

all

othe

r go

vern

men

tal

serv

ices

. Con

sequ

ently

, the

se d

epar

tmen

ts o

f gov

ernm

ent m

ust

use

or h

i-e In

dian

s if

they

are

to b

ecom

e ef

fect

ive.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

ence

that

thos

e st

ate

agen

ices

loca

ted

in c

ount

ies

havi

ng a

larg

e nu

mbe

r of

Indi

ans

fol:o

w th

e S

tate

Dep

artm

ent o

fE

mpl

oym

ent S

ecur

ity's

lead

and

take

ste

ps to

attr

act I

ndia

ns to

thei

r st

aff i

n or

der

to in

crea

se c

omm

unic

atio

n an

d th

e le

vel o

fse

rvic

e to

this

gro

up.

Hea

lth p

robi

ems

a-e

a m

ajor

han

dica

p to

Indi

ans

in th

isst

ate.

The

refo

re,

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

Com

preh

ensi

ve H

ealth

Pla

nnin

gC

ounc

il st

udy

in d

epth

the

heal

th n

eeds

of I

ndia

n ci

tizen

s in

the

Sta

te o

f Was

hing

ton,

cal

ling

upon

trib

al m

embe

rs, b

oth

on a

ndof

f the

res

erva

tion,

Indi

an g

roup

s, a

nd c

pp:o

p:ia

te a

genc

ies

both

fede

ral a

nd s

tate

hav

ing

som

e re

spon

sibi

lity

in th

is a

rea

to h

elp

,sur

e th

at th

e he

alth

nee

ds, i

nclu

ding

den

tal,

of th

e In

dian

citiz

ens

will

be

adeq

uate

ly m

et.

Fin

ally

, in

line

with

our

rec

omm

enda

tions

LI t

he fi

rst c

hapt

er,

We

reco

mm

end

that

sch

ool d

istr

icts

ser

ving

mem

bers

of I

n-di

an y

oung

ster

s un

dert

ake

to a

ttrac

t Ind

ians

, bot

h pr

ofes

sion

alan

d no

n-pr

ofes

sion

al, t

o th

eir

staf

fs.

GE

NE

RA

L R

EC

OM

ME

ND

AT

ION

ST

he o

ver-

all i

mpr

essi

on w

e ar

e le

ft w

ith is

that

rur

al c

itize

nsfe

el e

vent

s ar

e sw

irlin

g pa

st th

em. G

over

nmen

t is

beco

min

gin

crea

sing

ly c

once

rned

with

the

prob

lem

s of

the

citie

s at

the

expe

nse

of th

e ru

ral a

reas

, and

indu

stry

is c

hoos

ing

the

city

near

ly 1

00 p

er c

ent o

f the

tim

e. R

ural

citi

zens

and

gov

ernm

ent

need

hel

p in

wor

king

with

eac

h ot

her

to im

prov

e ou

r ru

ral a

reas

and,

thus

, im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

of l

ife fo

r al

l of W

ashi

ngto

n.T

here

fore

,W

e re

com

men

d th

at th

e G

over

nor

appo

int a

Citi

men

s A

dvis

ory

Cou

ncil

on R

ural

Affa

irs w

hi -

h w

ould

wor

k w

ith th

e D

epar

tmen

t.of

Agr

icul

ture

, the

Offi

ce o

f Eco

nom

ic O

ppor

tuni

ty, a

nd th

e P

lan-

ning

end

Com

mun

ity A

ffairs

Age

ncy

to p

rovi

de c

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tion

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rban

ills

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