Vel Phillips Papers (Radio scripts, Box 2)

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THANK YOU, AND HELLO AGAIN.

TODAY is Friday IS JOB OPPORTUNITY DAY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT JOBS AVAILABLE IN CITY SERVICE. AS I HAVE TOLD YOU IN THE PAST, IF YOU ARE A UNITED STATES CITIZEN, AND A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE, YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR ONE OF THE MANY POSITIONS THE CITY HAS OPEN. IT IS NOT EVEN NECESSARY, FOR MANY OF THESE JOBS, FOR YOU TO HAVE a HIGH SCHOOL diploma. HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY ON A GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT test TEST IS ALWAYS EQUALLY ACCEPTABLE. AND YOU MAY MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO TAKE THIS TEST NOW THROUGH THE CITY SERVICE COMMISSION.

WITH SUMMER COMING, THE CITY NEEDS NATATORIUM ASSISTANTS. THIS MAY BE A FULL-TIME OR A PART-TIME JOB. IN THE SUMMER, A NUMBER OF SEASONAL ATTENDANTS ARE ALSO HIRED. AS A NATATORIUM ASSISTANT, YOU WILL ASSIST IN SWIMMING INSTRUCTIONS AND COMMUNITY WATER PROGRAMS, ACT AS A LIFEGUARD IN THE NATATORIUM, SUPERVISE DRESSING ROOMS, RENT TRUNKS AND TOWELS, CHECK VALUABLES, AND PERFORM OTHER RELATED DUTIES INVOLVED IN RUNNING THE NATATORIUM. THESE POSITIONS ARE OPEN TO MEN AND WOMEN AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE WHO HAVE A SENIOR LIFE SAVING CERTIFICATE OR HIGHER CERTIFICATE EITHER IN FORCE OR RENEWABLE. IF YOU APPLY FOR ONE OF THESE POSITIONS YOU MUST BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A RED CROSS WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE TIME YOU ARE APPOINTED. NATATORIUM ASSISTANTS ARE PAID $104 TO $121 A WEEK FULL-TIME OR $2.60 AN HOUR IN PART-TIME POSITIONS.

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THE CITY STILL NEEDS SEASONAL LABORERS. AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, THIS IS NOT ALWAYS PLEASANT WORK. LABORERS ASSIST IN ROAD REPAIR WORK; ASHES, RUBBISH, AND GARBAGE collection; DIG TRENCHES; OPERATE AIR HAMMERS; LOAD, AND UNLOAD TRUCKS; AND DO OTHER, OFTEN HARD AND DIRTY WORK, USUALLY OUT-OF-DOORS, AND IN ALL TYPES OF WEATHER. BUT THIS IS WORK WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO THE SMOOTH FUNCTIONING OF THE CITY. SEASONAL LABORERS ARE HIRED FOR THE SUMMER CONSTRUCTION SEASON, LAID OFF IN THE WINTER, AND PUT ON A LIST TO BE REHIRED THE FOLLOWING SPRING. IF YOU ARE A STRONG, HEALTHY YOUNG MAN AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD, LOOKING FOR WORK DURING THE SUMMER VACATION, THIS MAY BE THE TYPE OF JOB YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. EXAMINATIONS ARE BEING HELD DAILY, AND THE PAY FOR THIS SEASONAL POSITION IS $100 A WEEK.

IF YOU CAN TYPE, AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH OFFICE SKILLS AND PROCEDURES, YOU WILL SURELY QUALIFY AS A CLERK-TYPIST WITH THE CITY, AT A STARTING SALARY OF $80 A WEEK. IF YOU ALSO TAKE SHORTHAND, AT ABOUT 80 WORDS A MINUTE, YOU MAY EARN $83 A WEEK AS A CLERK-STENOGRAPHER. THESE ARE BOTH BEGINNING POSITIONS, WITH MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT. THESE POSITIONS REQUIRE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION OR EQUIVALENCY ON THE G.E.D. TEST, BUT HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS MAY APPLY TO BE PLACED IN JOBS AFTER GRADUATION. TESTS FOR CLERK-TYPIST AND CLERK STENOGRAPHER ARE BEING SCHEDULED DAILY.

YOU MAY WISH TO APPLY FOR ONE OF THE STORES CLERK OR STORES CLERK TYPIST POSITIONS OPEN CURRENTLY. THESE POSITIONS PAY $100 TO $117 A WEEK. AS A STORES CLERK, YOUR DUTIES WOULD INCLUDE RECEIVING, HANDLING, AND DISBURSING MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT;

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AND KEEPING ROUTINE RECORDS. IF YOU TYPE, AND WISH TO TAKE THE STORES CLERK-TYPIST JOB, YOU WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO MAKE AND MAINTAIN TYPEWRITTEN RECORDS. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION OR EQUIVALENCY ON A G.E.D. TEST IS REQUIRED. SOME EXPERIENCE IN HANDLING MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT IN A STOREROOM, AND IN KEEPING STOCK AND TABULAR RECORDS WOULD ALSO HELP, ALTHOUGH NOT REQUIRED.

ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS AND DRAFTSMEN NEED SOMEWHAT MORE TECHNICAL TRAINING. FOR THESE POSITIONS, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION OR EQUIVALENCY ON A G.E.D. TEST IS REQUIRED, AND YOU MUST HAVE HAD CERTAIN COURSES OR THEIR EQUIVALENTS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE DRAFTSMAN POSITIONS, YOU MUST HAVE HAD AT LEAST FOUR SEMESTERS OF DRAFTING OR MECHANICAL DRAWING OF AT LEAST HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. APPLICANTS FOR THE ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN JOBS MUST HAVE HAD AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL MATHEMATICS. FOR BOTH OF THESE POSITIONS, THE SALARY IS $104 A WEEK, BUT, SINCE THESE ARE ENTRY-LEVEL POSITIONS, LEADING TO MORE RESPONSIBLE AND TECHNICAL CAREER-TYPE JOBS IN THE FIELDS OF ENGINEERING AND DRAFTING, THE SALARIES WILL GO UP AS YOU DO. AGAIN, EXAMINATIONS FOR BOTH OF THESE POSITIONS ARE BEING GIVEN EVERYDAY.

CITY SERVICE WORK CAN BE AMONG THE MOST REWARDING IN THE WORLD. NO MATTER WHAT YOUR JOB, YOU ALWAYS KNOW THAT YOU ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE FUNCTIONING OF YOUR CITY. NO POSITION IS UNIMPORTANT IN CITY SERVICE. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A PART OF THE WORKING OF THIS GREAT CITY, COME TO CITY HALL, ROOM 706, OR CALL 276-3711, EXTENSION 751. WE PROBABLY HAVE JUST THE JOB FOR YOU.

THAT IS ALL FOR TONIGHT. GOOD-BYE AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

For May 1, 1967 1

ONLY A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AFTER INVESTIGATING THE AFFAIRS OF CONGRESSMAN ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT MR. POWELL WAS MORALLY UNFIT TO CONTINUE SERVING IN THE HALLOWED HALLS OF CONGRESS. AND SO, OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF THE VERY COMMITTEE WHICH CONDUCTED THE INVESTIGATION, HE WAS REFUSED HIS SEAT IN CONGRESS.

EVEN NOW, AFTER BEING OVERWHELMINGLY RE-ELECTED BY HIS CONSTITUENTS IN HARLEM, MR. POWELL HAS NO ASSURANCE THAT HE WILL BE PERMITTED TO TAKE HIS SEAT.

I MENTION THIS AGAIN BECAUSE LAST WEEK THE ETHICS COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE COMPLETED ANOTHER INVESTIGATION OF one of its members -- THIS TIME, SENATOR THOMAS DODD OF CONNECTICUT. SENATOR DODD WAS ACCUSED OF MISCONDUCT AND OF MIS-USING PUBLIC FUNDS, JUST AS REPRESENTATIVE POWELL WAS.

AS YOU WILL RECALL, REPRESENTATIVE POWELL WAS IN TROUBLE MAINLY FOR MIS-USING ABOUT $40,000 IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS. MOST OF THIS MONEY REPRESENTED THE GOVERNMENT SALARY PAID TO HIS WIFE WHILE SHE WAS NOT LIVING WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THE REST WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN SPENT BY MR. POWELL ON PLEASURE TRIPS WHICH HE TOOK AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE. FOR THAT, MR. POWELL WAS KICKED OUT OF CONGRESS.

NOW let's look at SENATOR DODD. THE SENATE ETHICS COMMITTEE FOUND THAT SENATOR DODD HAD DIVERTED AT LEAST $116,000 OF THE MONEY CONTRIBUTED TO HIS CAMPAIGNS FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL USE. more than three times $40,000

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and - if that is not enuf, in addition thereto the committee [ON TOP OF THAT, THE COMMITTEE] FOUND THAT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, SENATOR DODD HAD ACCEPTED PAYMENT FOR HIS TRAVEL EXPENSES FROM BOTH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND FROM PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS. FINALLY, THE COMMITTEE CONCLUDED THAT HE ACTED "INDISCREETLY" BY SERVING AS A MESSENGER BOY FOR A LOBBYIST WHO REPRESENTED BUSINESS INTERESTS IN WESTERN GERMANY.

ADAM CLAYTON POWELL HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF MANY THINGS. BUT NOBODY HAS EVER ACCUSED HIM OF HAVING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, OR OF BEING A MESSENGER BOY FOR PRIVATE INTERESTS. HIS MAIN FAULT WAS IN HANDLING PUBLIC MONEY CARELESSLY -- AND MAKING NO ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL IT. SENATOR DODD TRIED TO COVER UP HIS FINANCIAL AFFAIRS, AND HE WAS EXPOSED ONLY BECAUSE DISGRUNTLED MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF TURNED OVER EVIDENCE TO A NEWSPAPERMAN. IN TERMS OF DOLLARS ALONE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT SENATOR DODD WAS FOUND TO HAVE MIS-USED IS over THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT CHARGED AGAINST MR. POWELL. IN TERMS OF MORAL VALUES, MR. POWELL IS AT LEAST HIS OWN MAN, NOT THE TOOL OF PRIVATE INTERESTS.

SO, WHAT DID THE SENATE ETHICS COMMITTEE RECOMMEND AS PUNISHMENT FOR SENATOR DODD? THEY RECOMMENDED THAT HE BE "CENSURED" BECAUSE HIS CONDUCT MADE THE SENATE LOOK BAD. IN OTHER WORDS, THE SENATE WILL SAY: "YOU'VE BEEN A NAUGHTY BOY, TOMMY. NOW, DON'T DO THAT ANY MORE."