If this need is to be metand Im sure we all agree that it must be metthese skilled workers have got to come from someplace. At the present time. approved apprenticeship programs registered with the Department of Labor produce about 40.000 graduate apprentices a year. and about the same number graduate from programs which have not been registered with the Department of Labor. We know from both Government and industry sources that the additional 200.000 and more skilled workers needed each year are simply not forthcoming from our technical schools. from skilled immigrants from abroad. from training programs within industry. and from workers with job experience. We have got to face the fact that there Is a shortage of skilled workers in the United States today and that this shortage will affect our future economic activity just as it affects our economic activity today. There is a very direct casual relationship between the shortage of skilled labor in the construction and home building industries and the inflationary high prices which the American consumer is paying for new homes and plant facilities.
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