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Greg Jones is shown above being presented the
S4OO Service Guild Scholarship Award for a
rising sophomore. Mrs. C. D. Ramsey Jr. (11.
chairman of the Covington Service Guild Scholar
ship program, made the presentation Thursday as
Mrs. Bob Richardson and Mrs. Edward Needham
Aliens
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had been paid below the minimum
wage.
Their employers, he found, felt that
illegal alien workers are more pro
ductive than domestic workers, and
that they are necessary to maintain
or increase profits in small, labor
intensive, highly competitive firms.
'llie main problem of illegals, con
cluded North, is that they make it
more difficult for low-skilled
domestic workers to find decent
paying jobs or to improve wages and
working conditions in the non
unionized secondary labor market.
Economist Michael Piore of the
Massachusetts Institute of Techno
logy agrees with North's findings.
But Piore argues that any policy de
signed to attack the symptom-illegal
aliens-rather than the cause of the
problem--the structure of the labor
market--could make matters worse,
not better, for all disadvantaged
workers.
Piore, who has studied the second
ary labor market in Boston, notes
that fundamental changes began oc
curring in the late sixties. In the mid
sixties, he says, the majority of
workers in the low-paid, non-union
ized market were older immigrants
and native workers, notably blacks
;from the urban ghettos.
; But by the late sixties, “these
;workers reportedly became a good
Ideal more difficult to manage.
^Clashes between employers and su
ipervisors and among employes
.‘themselves became more frequent,"
partly as a result of the generally
prosperous economy and rising
worker expectations.
• But rather than improve the wages
and working conditions, Boston se
condary employers began to recruit a
wave of immigrant workers, legal
■and illegal, from Puerto Rico, Haiti,
the Dominican Republic, Mexico
;and other Latin American countries.
'By 1975 illegal aliens constituted
almost three-fourths of the minority
labor force.
The Administration's proposed
jxdicy of granting a temporary and
limited amnesty to these workers
assures their continuing availability,
:which in turn relieves pressure on
iemployers to improve wages and
working conditions. The result is the
institutionalization of the worst
aspects of the labor market.
When Piore asked a Boston textile
manufacturer what he would do if
“immigrants were no longer avail
able," he was told:
“There will always be immigrants
■to work for us. First there were
Italians and French Canadians, later
there were blacks from the. South.
Now we have Puerto Ricans.
Piore worries that a “crackdown
on illegal immigration, promised by
garter, will only drive the secondary
labor market further “under"
ground.”
; “The aliens are willing to work for
less, and their illegal status makes
Xhem powerless to complain about
^violations of labor statutes. The
employer could clearly profit by
paying les than the minimum wages.
< . by escaping legal health and safety
standards... and by avoiding federal
income tax withholding, social
security taxes, unemployment in
surance and workman s compen
sation."
MIT political scientist Wayne
Cornelius suggests another reason
(why such a crackdown may fail.
“The pressures (to migrate to the
U. S. from Mexico) are so intense ...
that most Mexican illegals are not
likely to be deterred, even by the
most draconian restrictive
measures,” he says.
Cornelius tells of one illegal who
was picked up by the
times and was finally asked, What
Scholarship recipient
(Lr), members of the committee, approved the
presentation. The award is given annually by the
Guild to an outstanding college student entering
the sophomore class. Greg is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Felton Jones and completed his first year at
the University of Georgia with a 3.94 average.
can we do to prevent you from doing
this again?”
The illegal replied, “Shoot me.”
;(The awareness that structural
changes in the U. S. economy may be
the only real answer to the “illegal
alien crisis" has led some U. S. labor
leaders to change their views on how
to deal with the situation.
Union organization of the second
ary labor market, they believe,
would at once improve wages and
working conditions, and at the same
time restrict employers from seeking
cheap labor from an illegal work
force.
Cesar Chavez’s United Farm
Workers Union, which once blamed
illegals for sanitation problems,
Brief Stories Os Long-Remembered Triumphs
A great moment in
sports occurred in
August, 1967 in Newport, g|3|F|l i2ll » jirjilliu,
R.1., when Dick Leach
and Dick Dell beat T' '
Tommy Mozur and f
Lenny Schloss in a rec- I 'h jRv
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Sharpe FFA wins awards
The Sharpe Middle School FFA chapter recently won several
optional and state awards. The chapter received a “superior”
rating in the FFA national safety program, and received state and
area awards in the “Building our American Communities"
program. Shown holding the awards is E. Spearman 111, advisor
to the Sharpe FFA chapter.
Bruce A. Davis, 11.I>.
announces the
opening of
liis office
for the
Practice of Pediatrics
2192-A Salem Road - Fieldstone Mall
k Conyers, Georgia 30207 At
l K 922-6260
crime and low farmworker wages, is
now actively recruiting illegal aliens
into its membership.
The AFL-CIO is campaigning for
reform of the National Labor
Relations Act in away that would
cut the red tape and cost of union
organizing. This would presumably
make it easier to organize the thou
sands of small work places that
make up the secondary labor
market.
Until such fundamental changes
occur, both here and in the under
developed countries which provide
the aliens, many economists believe
the tide of foreign workers, both
legal and illegal, will continue to
swell.
Preserving tropical fruit
There was a time when we could
master the art of canning, freezing
and jelly making with only a half
dozen fruits grown in Georgia and
rest on our laurels. We can still do
that, but there is also a challenge.
Transportation and refrigeration
and the intermingling of cultures has
introduced us to fruits of many
different climates and cultures.
Often to have any at all. there is
more than enough for immediate
use. Home economists from our
neighboring state of Florida
graciously share the results of
research on one such delicacy, the
mango.
These flattish, oval, yellowish -
green, sometimes red or black
freckled fruits are about eight inches
long and contain a large seed. They
are best chilled, pared and sliced for
out of hand eating, salads or ice
cream accompaniment. Ripe fruits
may be used in chutneys. Immature
mangoes lend themselves to
poaching or baking. Puree may
become a dessert sauce or basis for
jam.
Now for preserving any super
abundance. Both green and ripe
fruit may be canned. Use medium
syrup with the immature fruit and
either thin or medium syrup with
ripe fniit. Allow the fruit to stand in
hot syrup several minutes before
FARM VALUES UP
Farm real estate values continue to
climb. A study completed byte U.S.
Department of Agriculture on
February 1 showed farm real estate
up 16 percent from a year earlier.
Farm buildings accounted for 17
percent of the total value. USDA
officials believe the value of farm
land will increase another eight to
ten percent during the year. U.S.
farmland values averaged $456 per
acre in February, and ranged from
$94 per acre in Nevada to $2,051 in
New Jersey.
SHOCK EXPERIENCE
Trying to install a citizensband
(CB) radio antenna on a roof is
dangerous business, according to
Cecil Hammond, Cooperative
Extension Service safety expert. He
says it’s very easy to come in contact
with overhead power lines. In fact,
many of these lines are only a few
feet above roof level. It’s best to steer
clear of power lines altogether when
installing CB equipment.
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THE COVINGTON NEWS — THURSDAY, AUGUST 18,1977
packing and processing in the
boiling water bath ( 15-20 minutes,
depending on whether you use pints
or quarts).
Freezing mangoes compares with
freezing Georgia peaches. They may
be made into a puree with or without
sugar added. They may be packed in
30 percent syrup. Don’t forget they
can be frozen sliced on a baking pan,
then packaged for use. That way
they are easily separated when only a
small amount is needed for garnishes
or eating out of hand.
Good News For Diabetics
Every one of the estimated 10,000,000 diabetics in the ÜB.
will be glad to learn that there is now a simple, easy to use,
meal planner designed especially for them.
This new product takes the drudgery—confusion and uncer
tainty out of diets, which diabetic specialists agree is the single
most important item in the _
control of diabetes.
Every 'Electameal” disc
has 7 breakfast—7 lunch and
14 dinner menus—plus hun
dreds of the exchange combi
nations from the latest Amer
ican Diabetes Association Ex
change lists.
With the “Electameal” mo
notonous, unappetizing meals
are eliminated. You can make
your own selection of the
foods you enjoy and still have
nutritionally balanced meals
with correct daily amounts of
carbohydrates, proteins and
fats.
“Electameal” discs can be
purchased from the Medidisc
Corp, for $2.98 for the kitchen
size (which is 7" in dia.) with
a money-back guarantee if
you are not completely
satisfied.
The microwave oven brings an
additional possibility for preparing
mango jam quickly using powdered
pectin and mango puree. The latest
research indicates best results are
obtained by freezing mango puree to
make jam in small amounts to be
used right away. This eliminates the
need for waterbath processing which
changes the fresh flavor of
microwave mango jam. By
preserving exotic tropical fruits now,
you can have them throughout the
year.
"Electameals” are available
in the following daily food
calories: 800-900-1000-1100-
1200-1300-1400-1500-1600-1700-
1800-1900-2000-2200-2400-3000-
3200.
If you do not know how
many calories you should con
sume daily to maintain your
present weight or lose 1, 2 or
3 pounds per week (80% of
adult diabetics are overweight
and should reduce), an analy
sis form will be sent to you
from which the Medidisc
Corp, can compute your dally
food calorie requirement.
There is no cost or obliga
tion for the analysis form.
Just send a self-addressed
stamped envelope (with zip
code) to the Medidisc Corp.,
P.O. Box 14306, North Palm
Beach, Fla. 33408.
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