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Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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uage and have different back-grounds is regarded as being theirown problem, and the need to estab-lish programs built upon servingpeople from different cultures isnot always recognized. The Spanish-speaking want theopportunity to participate in soci-ety, to share, learn, and grow — asindividuals and as a group. Formany centuries, they have been asimple and docile people. This willno longer be true as we move intothe 1980s. As Americans they ex-pect to exercise their rights andresponsibilities in the context ofAmerican society. Reprinted courtesy of Manpower Maga-zine, Department of Labor, ManpowerAdministration. Henry M. Ramirez was confirmed asChairman of the Cabinet Committee onOpportunities for Spanish Speaking peo-ple in November, 1971. He holds a doc-torate degree from Loyola University ofLos Angeles and began his career as alanguage teacher. Prior to his current ap-pointment, he was Director and Chief ofthe Mexican American Studies Division.U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. 2 i
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The Spanish-Surnamed:ABell SystemPerspective Part II Youll find that minorities areleery of people who want to givethem things. Especially if it is agoodie.They know theres acatch someplace. When weoffered to pay people while wetrained them and taught themsome basic English, ice made itvery plain that we wanted themto give us good and honest workin return. They understood andperformed accordingly. Millie Torres, training center administrator, New York Telephone The preceding article by HenryRamirez outlines the difficultiesfaced by Spanish-surnamed Amer-icans as they continue developingtheir place in the countrys eco-nomic mainstream. To explore thesteps the Bell System is taking toprovide broader opportunities formembers of this minority group.Bell Telephone Magazine inter-viewed Don Liebers, Personnel Di-rector, Human Resources Develop-ment Department, AT&T. Here areexcerpts from that interview: Q. To get to the point, what isthe Bell System doing to provide broad-er employment

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