The bill sent to the President called for a 3year program and an authorization of $9.5 billion. It provided that onethird of those funds be allocated to manpower training activities. onethird to special categorical programs such as Job Corps. and onethird to a necessaryif not newconcept of public service employment. Special programs directed toward alleviating the unconscionable existences of migrant workers. Indians. and older Americans were also included. At a time when this Nation is experiencing its highest rate of unemploymentwhen the rate in urban poverty neighborhoods now averages 24.9 percentfour times the national rate of unemployment--and when close to half. 34.9 percent. of our black teenagers are jobless. it is hard to respond to the Presidents veto without emotion or anger.