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Friday, February 17, 1978

THE SAN DIEGO UNION

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PROFESSOR LAMENTS IMPACT ON BLACKS

Law Briefs J.~ 1'1,fy Debate On

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Jobless Youths, Minimum Wage Linked I in the minimum wage tends recent case in Illinois, when By DONALD C. BAUDER low-

Economic, law debate

Public Strike "Should the Right of Collective Bargaining and Strike Be Extended to Public Employes?" is the topic of the second in a series of debates spon- sored by the University of San Diego School of Law. The March 2 debate begins at 8 p.m. in Salomon Lecture Hall, DeSales Hall. U.S. Sen. Jake Garn of Utah will discuss the oppo ing view, while Dean Donald T. Weckstein will support the proposition. Law, Economic~~;y Debates at USD~~;~;tt The eries of law and economics night's of "Should government controls over · energy be limited?" Dr. Edward Mitchell, professor of Business Economics at the University of Michigan, will support the proposition, facing the opposition of Atty. Lee White of White, Fine, and Vervi!Je. l:loth have held posts in the federal government. discussion debate will continue at the University Thursday of San Diego with

Page 25 Congressman, economist debate tonight presented by the University or San Diego School of Law will be held this evening in Salomon Lecture Hall at the university. The subject, "Should th minimum wage law be aboli ·hed?" will be debated by Dr. Walter E. Williams, economist at Temple University taking the pro position, and Rep. Steven J. olarz, congressman from New York, taking the con position. The debate at 8 p.m. is open to the public, and th re i no admi ion charge. Ample parking i provid Th fir t in a erles of d bat

Thursday, Feb. 16, 1978

discriminates against skilled people by preventing them from gett1·ng a 1·ob.

to give an upward push to a governor, to please truck•

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union

The son

and ers and Teamsters Union

other wage levels -

thus Is vociferously support- members who had supported

In 1948, the unemployment And since low-skill~d people rate among American black are disproportionately

set

him, ordered a crackdown

ed by unions.

represented b_y young peo-

youths was 9.2 percent -

Wllliams cited an egre- on truckers operating with-

in out licenses. Of 67 truckers,

less than the I0.4 percent pie, a nd particularly black

today

gious example

SA ' DIEGO - The topic or the first of a se·ies of six ree, public debates on law nd economics to be spon- ored by the University of San Diego School of Law will be at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, In alomon Lecture Hall, De Sales Hall, of the campus on Linda Vista Road . \\'hether the minimum wage law should be abolished will be the subJect defended by Walter E . Williams, Ph.D., associate professor• of economics at Temple Unlver- s1ty. Con11ressman Stephen J. Solarz, D-New York, wlll repre ent the opposition. Williams received all his education in California and Is a columnist in economics for the Philadelplua Tribune. Solarz has been in Con11ress smce 1974 and has a master's degree from Columbia t:niv r 1ty In pubHc law and government.

South Africa. Under apar- "40 or 43 were black," Wil• the1d, blacks are paid 39 Iiams said. "Today, a group cents an hour; whites doing of black truckers is trying to the same work get $1.91. get licenses for interstate "The white labor unions are operation, and are being lobbying for a minimum frustrated bythe ICC," he

yo~ng people, . th e law dis-

rate of white youths.

Today, unemployment cnminates a.gam st th em, al-

th ~ug~ th at

not nece~ari-

among black youths is run-

ning between 42 and 45 per• ly its mtent, said Williams, three times the 14 who has also done extensive cent -

research on relate~ t~plcs at

percent rate of white youths.

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wage law which would elimi- said. nate that differential - the unions have expressly

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the Hoover

and BIAS NOTED

The minimum wage law is War, Peace a nd Revolution at fault. Many studies indi- at S ta nfo rd . cate that it keeps people STUDY DAMAGE ting jobs. Indeed, since the of the minimum wage, you minimum wage was boosted have to look at the wage to $2.65 an hour this year, level and also the extent of black youth unemployment coverage," he said. Not only with fewer skills from get- "In evaluating the damage

law

federal

Simllarly,

stated that they don't want mandates that labor unions this wage gap closed to help tell employers in the con- black people. They want to struction trades which work- / abolish the difference so that ers are available for hire.

protect

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they

WALTER E. WILLIAMS · · ,economics professor

themselves," he said. IIIRE BLACKS

Indeed, all such laws jlnd regulations "discriminate against the newcomer;-' he said Earher ethnic minori- ties, such as Japanese Chi- nese, Irish and Polish, "were despised, but were not blocked by things such as the minimum wage laws and other laws which are employment barriers. They could fight and sweat and at least get their foot on the ladder. Today's la s mean that the people on the boat can pull up the ladder and exclude the ones hQ are most disadvantaged,' he said.

is the bottom pay level rising

has already climbed.

These are the views of inexorably - Companies in South Africa Prof. Walter E. Williams, an her of workers to whom it gerous today," he said. The are finding it economical to economist on the faculty at applies is also increasing. law has not caught up with hire several blacks at 39 Temple University, Phila- Unfortunately, the mini- advancing technology, he cents to replace one white at delphla. Williams, who got mum wage is not the only said. $1.91 - thus ellmlnating his PhD in economics from example of laws which dis- Labor union members white jobs. Closing the gap UCLA in 1972, was inter- criminate against unskilled strongly support minimum would protect the white viewed at a press conference minority groups. Child labor wage legislation to protect workers' jobs, "so that em• prior to a debate on the laws also set up unreason- their own jobs, Williams ployers would then discrimi- mmimum wage which was able barriers to youth said. A company might hire nate on the basis of race," scheduled to be held last employment, he said. "I am three workers making $2 an Williams said. mght on the University of as concerned as anybody hour to do the work of one Another example of gov- San Diego campus. His de- about children working in making $10, constant boosts ernment power denying jobs bate opponent, Rep. Stephen bad conditions, but ma- in the minimum wage block to the disadvantaged is in J. Solarz, D- Y, did not at- chines which were danger- this possibility, he said. the area of licensing, he tend the press conference. ous In 1940 - such as the A related reason is the said but the num-

For example, he cited a

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aren't dan- "trickle up" effect. A boost

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Tuesday, March 28 Head Start Bible Class, 7.30 pm weekly, by Father Ron Rusk and Marsha Morthland, St. Anthony rectoi:y, San Bernardino. Noted econom st John Kenneth Galbraith will discuss "Industrial regulation: the market vs. government" with University of San Diego law school Prof. Bernard H. S1egan, 8 p.m , Salomon Lecture Hall, USO campus. Free. Wednesday, March 29 Principals of Christian living, 9;45 a.m . weekly, by Mrs. Pat Kankowski, St. Therese social center, San Diego. Spanish author and critic Dr. Carlos Miguel Suarez Radii lo will lecture in Spanish at 7 p.m. in Salomon Lecture Hall, University of San Diego Campus, Alcala Park. Free. Thursday, March 30 Baptismal preparation program for pansh team leaders, 7:30 p.m. Center for Christian Ministry, San Bernardino. Sen. Gary Hart of Colorado and Dr. Harold Demsetz, UCLA economics professor, will debate "Should govern- ment deregulation be coupled with deconcentration of industry?", 8 p.m., Salomon Lecture Hall, USO campus, Alcala Park. Free. SOUTHERN CROSS. March 23, 1978-11 Regulating adult entertainment facilities and related uses. public workshop meeting by San Diego City Planning Commission. 3 p.m. Council Chambers. 12th floor, 202 C St. DetaiJs: 236-6460 Friday, March 31 Marriage Preparation Weekend deadline for registra- tion, with $5 deposit for weekend April 7-9, Pope John XXIII Center, 423 W. 18th St., Sa7 Berna•clino. "Meeting Jesus in the Sacraments". retreat by Father Jerome 6 !Vilacqua. OSA. through April 2 Living Waters Retreat, ~darGlen. Details: (417) 337-1213 or (714) 281- 5870 ' Serra Club. wine-tasting benefit for seminary fund, 7 p m , Ballman residence, El CaJon. Saturday, April 1 First Saturday mass in honor of Our Lady of Fatima, 8 a.m. St Mary Magdalene church, San Diego, rosary and Fatima prayers follow, sponsored by Blue Army. Details: 279-3693. "Italian Night", Mercy Hospital Auxiliary, diner-dance, Kana Kai, San Diego. Reservations 273-5014. Mason-Knights dinner-dance for benefit of handi- capped, 6 p.m., San Miguel Hall, Lemon Grove. Details: 466-5869. "Buttons and Bows", mini-lunch card party, Heffernan Institute, YLI. benefit for Charity Activities Fund, St. Vincent de Paul church, San Diego. Details: 269-2439. First Saturday mass, Serra Club, 7:30 am. St Francis Seminary, breakfast following Sunday, April 2 Corporate communion and breakfast. Archconfraternity of the Blessed Sacrament, 9 a.m., St. Joseph Cathedral. Religious of Jesus and Mary will celebrate the 100th anniversary of their arrival in the U.S. and their 40th year in San Diego at a 10:30 a.m. mass celebrated by Bishop Maher at St. Joseph Cathedral. Monday, April 3 Ladies of the lmmaculata, meeting, 7:30 p.m., lmmaculata sacristy, USO campus, Alcala Park.

Around Town

Galbraith Feels Controls Coming On Wage, Prices As An Economist, He Yearns for Day Of Wonderful 60's By RICHARD SPAULDING SAS /J/F'GO DAILY TRANSrRIPTStaff H'ri1tr John Kenneth Galbraith, Harvard economics professor, author and former ambassador to India, was in San Diego last night for a public discussion with Bernard H. Siegan, a University of San Diego law professor, on ''Industrial Regulation: The Market vs Government." Prior to the discussion, USD Law Schoo',\ Third Annual Law and Economic Series, Galbraith had some observations to make. "There is no question, .. he said, that the Carter administration will be employing soml' sort of wage and price control in the "forseeable future.' The U.S , he said, is about the only modern, major government today that does not operate with some sort of income restraint. . The controls usPd during the Nixon administration "weren't very well administrated," Galbraith aid, and they were run by people who d!dn't like them. But, he added, they did work to some degree, adding wryly that "they got Nixon reelec- ted." Galbraith, long one of the nation's best-known economists, noted that the economist today has to accept the fact that he is going to be a very unpopular man in chosing remedies for economic ailml•nts. The curPs, like wage and price controls. he said, come down to a choice• of the "lesser of evils." On the otlwr hand, he said, for the thirty or so , car, aftt•r the ?eprPssion, excluding WWII, it was perfectly wonderful to be an econombt."

Infl~tion ~ver the past years has gr?wn marginally wor.~e... Galbraith said, but has still been somewhat controlled "by taking it out th farmer." on e Now h 'd ' " sat • the expandin :conom! has created demand, whic~ auses increased prices pa t. 1 l for farm ood ' r icu ar y _g s, and re~ulted in the greatly increased Consumer p . Index recently. rice Currently, Galbraith said "th c~nter of_ the inflation probl~m" i: higher union wages which on t th • are passed . 0 e consumer in the for f higher prices. m 0 The Harvard economist q . kl added that b . mc y t .b . y no means was he at- a~1 utmg blame. on the unions. The ~ment, he said, could just as well go. t e other way. Rut either way he ~af1ld,t~he wage-price duel is the key' to in a ion. The current weakening of the !Continued on Page8A) Today's No Time To be an Economist /Continued from Page lA/ dollar on world currency markets is due mainly to two factors, Galbraith sAid. First. he noted, oil imports are "out of control" with Mideast coun- tries piling up huge surpluses of dollars. Secondly, domestic inflation causes many to try and exchange their dollars into a more stable currency. As for the Carter energy bill, Galbraith called it a "pretty pallid thing." He noted that Europe has had enormously high prices on ga~oline for many years without affecting demand. Galbraith wryly took some of the blame for the "pallid thing." He said they (at Harvard) were evidentl,Y remiss in not clueing Energy Secy. James Schlesinger in on the "elasticity of demand." Having made several trips to San Diego in the past campaigning for Democratic candidates, "most of whom lost," he said, Galbraith ob- served tht• "city seems not to have deteriorated abnormally."

John Kenneth Galbralth, noted economist from If ar- vard Univer lty, will partici- pate in the L'niversily of San Diego Law School's third an- nual law and economics se- rie program scheduled for 8 p.m . :-.tarch 28 In Salomon Lecture Hall. Galbraith will debate " Industrial Regula- t Ion : The Market vs . Government" with Bernard H. legan, a law professor at the untverslty. Dolore Olive, corporate pubhc relations director of Executive Women Interna- tional, will be the speaker at the San Diego chapter meet- ing scheduled for 6:15 pm. today at the Vacation Vil- lage Hotel "'Ibe Pede ·trian Transit Mall: How It WIii Affect Centre City" is the title of

topics to be discussed by the Metropolitan Transit Devel- opment Board at two presen- tations scheduled for tomor- row and March 29. The pro- grams will be held at 7:30 a.m. In the Executive Hotel. Tony J. Ale andra will deliver a talk entitled "Cre- ating Productive Relation- ips" dunng the Data Pro- cessing Association, San Diego chapter, meeting to begin at 6 p.m. tomorrow in the Master Host's Inn. He also will give an ad- dress entitled "Professional Development or the Sales Funelion" at 11 : 30 a.m. Wednesday at a meeting of the American Society for Training and Development, San Diego chapter. in the Mission Valley Inn.

BUSINESS BRIEFING

TIie Cubic Western Data Corp., based in San Diego, has been awarded a $416,670 contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to produce a coastal surveying system. The Commerce Depart- ment agency said Cubic's equipment will be used by the ational Ocean Survey to pinpoint surveymg ships in relation to permanent survey markers. John Kenneth Galbraith, economist and Harvard University professor, will speak at the University of San Diego at 8 p.m. Tues- day. He and Bernard H. Siegan of the University of San Diego School of Law will discuss "Industrial Regulation: The Market vs. Government."

,John Kt'nnt'th Galbraith and Bernard H. Siegan will d1 cu "Industrial Rt·gulation. The Market Vs. Govern- .rn nt" March 28 at 8 p.m. at Salomon Lecture Hall at the nlvrrs1ty of an Diego. Galbraith, former ambas, ador to lnrl 1n and t·mc-ritus profe,sor of economic, at Harvard, is t aut or of M1 he Affluent Society." Siegan, d1Stinguished p of r of I w at USD, b a newspa~~olumnist.,, wr te "Otht·r Pt·oplc's Property:· .,,J l) v. * • • -:!.-I - 6 ----~~--- ~--....;;..____J

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GALBRAITH TO SPEAK AT USD LAW SERIES

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Profe or of L w HPrnard H. "lndu tri,11 Regulation: Thi• Market V . CovernmPnt " March 2 in Salomon Lecture Hall at the Univer ity of an Diego. The pr •nt t1on starts t p.m. icgan will d1 cu

Economist John Kenneth Gal- braith and Bernard H. Siegan, Jaw professor, will speak at the Universi- ty of San Diego Law School's third annual Law and Economic Series at 8 p.m. March 28. They will discuss "Industrial Reg- ulation: The Market versus the Government" in USD's Salomon Lecture Hall. The series is open to the public. Galbraith, professor of economics emeritus at Har,ard University, is a former ambassador to India and past president of the American Eco- nomic Association.

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