New Assignments in International Activities

A member of the Bureau received a 2-year appointment to a community employment development project in Tehran, Iran, through ICA.

The regional director of the Seattle office conducted a 2-month manpower evaluation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He submitted his manpower recommendations to ICA. A member of the staff of the Dallas office has left the Bureau permanently for an ICA assignment in Korea, while a staff member in the Cleveland regional office served for 3 months as an ICA specialist on social insurance in Manila.

The Chief of the Division of Organization and Management in the employment service, under the sponsorship of the Ford Foundation, appraised the manpower situation in Ecuador.

The Bureau's Deputy Director for Program and Policy Development gave the keynote address and participated in the labor administration seminar held in Istanbul, Turkey.

Continued Assignments in Foreign Service

A member of the Bureau completed an employment information assessment in Thailand, and another BES staff member continued his assignment in Tehran, Iran, as an employment security adviser under the sponsorship of ICA.

A representative of the California Department of Employment remained in Lima, Peru, as an adviser to the employment service and labor market information agencies in that country.

The Chief of the Bureau's International Activities Division continued to serve on the Interdepartmental Committee for Reciprocity Information, the Interdepartmental Trade Agreements Committee, and the Interdepartmental Committee on Economic Aspects of SEATO.

Other International Activities

In addition to training and direct technical assistance, the Bureau also prepared several articles and position papers on subjects of international interest. Following the Act of Bogota, a paper was prepared on "The Role of Employment Security Institutions in Latin American Economic Development," showing the relationship of public employment services and economic development.

At the request of ICA, BES, together with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, began developing a "Handbook on Manpower Statistics and Surveys" to be used in lesser developed countries. A member of the California regional office and a member of the Tennessee agency were assigned the responsibility of assembling the Bureau's contribution to the handbook.

The Bureau was asked to draft a position paper on an ILO document, "Conditions of Agricultural Workers," for the use of the U.S. delegates at the ILO meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Comments were made on other ILO reports-"Employment Problems and Policies," "Vocational

Training," and "Equality of Treatment of Nationals and Nonnationals in Social Security"-which were considered at the 45th International Labor Conference in Geneva. In addition, the Bureau prepared comments concerning an Organization for European Economic Cooperation publication, "Examination of Employment Policy."

APPENDIX TABLE 1.-Selected employment service activities, U.S. totals for fiscal years 1956–61, by State for fiscal year 1961

1 The number of applications taken should not be interpreted as a measure of the total number of new job applicants at employment service offices since there are some types of applicants for whom written applications are not taken.