News Scrapbook 1968-1969

Wirtz Predicts Bright Yl'IJ;P Former Secrclary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz took an op hmistic view of the nal10n's economic life at the first annual meeting of the San Diego Chapter of the lndustri~I Relations Research Association recently at the Un1vers1ty of San Diego

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Saturday, June 28, 1969

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Wirtz told the group of labor and management officials of the San Diego community that in the years since 1961 collective bargaining has developed as a highly effecllve tool, accepted by the public as well as labor and management. " In the early days of the Kennedy administrahon," he said, "a strike meant days and weeks of intense anxiety with the corndors of the Labor Department filled with radio, television and news reporters.·· Not Disruptive Today, strikes still occur, he noted, but are nowhere near as disruptive of the public interest. He affirmed, however, his belief m th right to strike. Raising the question of' the right of public employees to stri e, Wirtz examined the diffc ent type~ of public em ploy ent. Some arc not critical to the public welfare, he said. He also warned his audience to be prepared for the problem of federal employees striking. This, he forsaw, would become a serious issue in a very short lime. A econd point of optimism Wirtz cited was the manpower training programs. These, he said, began with zero persons mvolved in 1961 Today, more than a million people are being trammed for employmcnL. Pick Up l•ailures He saw no particular end lo this phase, commenting, however, lha t the nature of unemployment has changed. "Manpower training programs will have to continue lo pick up the failures of the educational system,'' he said. Loooking forward to 1971 and 1972, the former secretary 'said he was "writing off" 1969 and 1970 as "very bad yea rs," with factors such as the Viet- nam War intruding into economic considerations. Wirtz said he saw no concern for unemployment as the result of the ending of the Vietnam War. "I would resign from the human race tomorrow if I thought the economic life of this nation depended on a war economy." !\'ever Tapped Untold riches of economic potential have never even been tapped, he suggested, citing The final point of his op- timistic report on the state of the economy and its future was the "trementlous possibilities involved in each human being aJJowed lo develop his full potential." The age of the computer makes it possible, Wirtz said, for each man's potential to be measured and each man's use of that potential analyzed. In Own Hands "When the educational system actually becomes what we think it lo be now, and what we hope 1t to be, tremendous economic development will take place. Man has learned that he has his destiny in his own hands. Outside powers can no longer be blamed for the circumstances man finds himself in." Man was created with this power over his life, Wirtz said, and he must learn to utilize this power for his own good. Interim president of the IRRA chapter, Joseph A. Sinclitico, Jr., dean of the USD School of Law, was elected permanent president al the business meeting. Other interim officers elected to permanent posts were A.J. Baffone and Devon Smith, vice presidents, and David A. Ault, treasurer. Baffone is president of district lodge 50, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Smith is industrial relations manager of National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. Ault is a June, 1969, graduate of the USO School of Law. possibi!Jties in recreation and leisure for creating new jobs. •

Prof Given Morocco Post A f<'ulbright-Hays Foundation grant has been awarded to University of San Diego assistant professor Dr. Ben- jamin M. Nyce to teach in Morocco, North Africa. The grant provides for Nyce lo teacti English and American literature al Mohammed V Univer ity in Rabat, for the coming academic year. He leaves for Morocco on July 15. On leave of absence, Nyce will spend at least one year in Morocco. The grant is renewable for a second year. Nyce said the Mohammed V ·university has beeh open only U1ree years and is named for the former ruler of the l>lorth African country. Nyce earned his doctora le at Claremont Graduate School, and his AB at Princeton University..:,,,,.tit.. G.,,,,,. t•/ / Ex-USD Rrof Takes Federal Post In D.C. Copfev News Service WASHINGTON - Dr. Steven IL Schanes, 45, formerly of the University of San Diego faculty, yesterday began his first £ull day of Department of Com- merce duties as director of the Office of Program planning Secretary Maurice H. Stans administered the oath of office to Schanes Tuesday afternoon. Schanes was professor of pol- itical science and academic dean at USD's College for Men. The Office of Program Plan- ning is responsible for develop- ing long-range policies and pro- grams and also for evaluating and reviewing current programs within the department. Schanes taught at Se!on Hall University in New Jersey from 1964 lo 1966. Thep he undertook supervision of the academic program at San Diego He also served as chairman of the USD di¥ision of economics and busi- ness administration. He was appointed this year to the national labor commer- cial panels of the e 1can Ar- bitration Association. He is married to the former Christina Marra of Jers y City, ~hey have five children. Thursday, June 26, 1969

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:\IPdal with Combat V for \"ietnam er\"i1·e. Bish- op Fu1·c~ was honored al_ an l\ICRD parnde ~~t>. ·- terday for se1·\·ke to military and 1·ommu111t~.

Marines Bid ~ishop Furey fond Good-by Churchman Made Honorary Member By Gen. English

USD Auxiliary plans~;! tea for Sister Fidelma

-u,,,_;,._-001. USO Program Includes Ballet And NTC Choir The University of San Diego's The other three concerts in summer cultural program will the series will be July 13, 20 and include a performance the , San Diego Ballet, a concer by 27 at 8 f-m, m the t cater of the the Naval Training Center .Blue- Women s College. jackets Choir and three instru- Featured in the fir t will be mental concerts. cellist Marjorie Hart and pianist The San Diego Ballet will per- Ilana !\fysior. Clarinetist Anne form at 8:30 p.m. July 8 in the, Lloyd Young will be joined by USD College for Women thea- Miss Mysior, Mrs. Hart, pianist ter. The Bluejackets Choir pro- B. Jeffrey Brown, tenor Des- gram will be at 7:30 p.m. July mond .Vaughn and bass Robert 12 in the theater. Caruso on July 20.

On July 27 Miss Mysior and Brown will pr ent a duo piano concert that '\\ill include works of Mozart, Biret, Hindemith and Rachmaninoff.

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ted The Univers,ly of San Diego ' with emphasis in psychology. has awarded b John F. Mc- Gadler, the father of four Geever _.Memorial Fund $50 children began studies at USD scholarships to Mrs Pamela . • ' . olarships Brennan, 24, of 4657 Voltaire st.. m 1957 but_ was interrupted by and Richard M. Gadler, 32, of Army service from 196_1-66. He 4038 Marian st., La lesa. also hopes to tea_ch and JS pursu- . . mg a doctorate m archeology at The sc_holarsh1ps arc given. the University of Oregon annually m memory of_ John F , I hope to spend the rest of McG,eever, the late chairman of ife rgging and ac ing in USD s Educat10n Drpartment. a university- which is my idea Mrs. _Bren_nan grad~ated from, 0 r a good lifetime job" Gadler the Umvers1t} of Ar1wna and, said ' after additional ~tudy in Paris,/ · returned to the United States to begin gradua e studi in educa- tion at USD. She hopes to teach,

Wirtz Urges Defense Spending Reduction To Combat Inflotion

Walface Couts Spiing~, c.. , 0 1 J Mrs. Wallace Springstead, will study at the I'niversity of Guadalajara this summer and will live with a Mexi- can family. He will travel to Mexico by bus with other students and George Parry, principal of Point Loma High School, from which Wallace is graduating this month. ' La Mesa, was honored Friday night at a linen shower given for family members in the home of her aunt Mrs. David B. Martin. ' Miss Martin will be manied July 5 in St. Martin's Catholic Church to John Ear] Vreeiapd .Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Earl Vreeland. The future bride was feted recent] at a lingerie shower given Miss Lynn Anderso . Miss Helen McGahee, who will be a bridesmaid, recently was hostess at a kitchen shower for Miss Martin. Mr. Vreeland was graduated this month from the U.!!.iversity of San Djego College [Qr Men. Miss Martin Just complP.ted her junior year at the University's College for Women where she will continue her stud- ies m the tall. Mrs. J,o~eph E. ~'Co_nnor ga\'e a surprise kitchen shower F nday evenmg m lier home for Miss LYJm An- ~. daughter ol' Mr. and Mrs. Robert Anderson. She will become the bride of Richard Scherer son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Scherer, at a 2 p.m. ce~mo- ny June 28 in the chapel at Our Lady of Peace Acade- He will enter USC -in the fall. JUNE SHOWERS - Miss daughter of Mr. and Mrs. e Martin 1p atrick Martm , r.

Youmans-Schweitzer Rites Held in Chapel Miss Janet Elizabeth Schwejtzec, daughter oe Mr and Mrs. Vance A. Schweitzer of Houston, Texas, recently became the bride of_L~urens William Youmans III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence William Youmans, Jr., of Chula Vista, in rites in Immacula ta Chapel. Archbishop Francis J . Furey officiated at the rites The bride's parents are · former residents of San Ber- for Women, nardino. She is a graduate of Mr. Youmans was graduated Pacific High School, San from Marion High School Bernardmo, and Just completed Pacific Beach, and the USO her junior >ear at the CollegeforMen Hewilleiiiei=" University of San Diego Coll!_Se the Law School at the University of California at Berkeley in September.

To slop inflation. the federal government should cut $6 billion to $7 billion from defense and space spending and use $2 bil- lion of that to take care of re- sulting unemploy!nent, the for- mer U.S. secretarv of labor said here yesterday. · W. Willard Wirtz said he is more worried about inflation I now than he was a year ago when he was a member of the Cabinet and was warning about it "We can't take any more," he said. The ~econd choice to a cut in defense and space spending, he said, is wage and price controls. Wirtz. who said that since his retirement from government with the Johnson administration

nothing,'' came to San Diego lo speak to members of the San Di~go chapter of the ln

Joan Schweitzer, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Anne Dougherty and Karen Kanaga were bridesmaids. John Briskey was best man with Vance and Byron Sch'. weitzer, Bill Gore, David Duncan and George Kilcrease as ushers.

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