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Describes departmental set-up to handle Michigan in migrants. Chapter 12. Report of Work in Michigan, p. 77-81

pt. 18. Detroit Hearings (Industrial Section) p. 7069-7766. Partial Contents: -Statement [and Testimony] by George Edwards, Director-Secretary, Detroit Housing Commission (p. 7239-7257) -Testimony [and Statement] of Abner E. Larned, State…

Reports results of surveys of housing, employment, and of work of presently existing resource agencies and organizations

Summarizes reports from sub-committees on education, employment practices, migratory labor, housing and voting

Detroit is one of the seven standard metropolitan statistical areas surveyed

Surveys all aspects of employment where federal policies are involved, presenting information from hearings, field investigations, questionnaires, etc,. many of which centered in Detroit. Covers, in Detroit, federal Negro employment, 1960; employment…

Shows race, education, family income, and male employment status as of 1960 for Census tracts

Gives totals by plant and UAW local for October 1941, October 1942, and April 1943

Gives summary figures on Negro employment in Detroit auto plants and in four crafts.

Using fictitious names, describes an actual episode, the closing of an automobile paint factory on Detroit's westside in 1967. Presents case histories of several involved blacks, included a UAW international representative.