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...MOOD OF THE COUNTRY: "It's one of fear, really?fear of the worker's losing his job, fear of businessmen for the collapse of their companies, fear of the wealthy losing their resources, fear of the blue-collar worker that he may lose his job to a black, the fear by whites of blacks, the fear of older persons that they won't have sufficient resources to live. There is a sense of apprehension among young people as to whether they can do anything about the problems that they see in the country. There is fear about ending...
...prices, the only one who can afford to be sick is Howard Hughes"). The program's interlocutor, Gene Kelly, did not dance, and his material did not sing. Most of the sting in the first two weeks came from sassy Teresa Graves (formerly of Laugh-In) and the blue-collar couple, Warren Berlinger and Pat Finley. The elderly Burt Mustin and Queenie Smith were wry and especially welcome, considering that old people have heretofore been virtually anathema to television...
Faith in individualism is reflected in the lack of organization among the white majority. Only about 25 per cent of the work force is unionized, primarily in the blue-collar mass production sector. This degree of unionization is one of the lowest in the West. White-collar clerical, governmental and other service positions, filled primarily by the white majority and in an expanding sector of the economy, have resisted unionization almost totally. Although recent improvements in organization in this sector have been evidenced by wild-cat police and postal worker strikes, much work needs to be done...
...left have a key responsibility in effecting a change of white majority consciousness. We must demonstrate that the existing social-economic system is the cause of working class alienation. The cure is not Nixon or Wallace but a socialistic participatory democracy. Organizational work must be done in blue-collar communities to achieve this goal...
Wwhite even succeeded in the Irish and blue-collar areas which were thought to be resentful of his new property tax rate hike and where he is known as "Mayor Black" because of his liberal policies toward the ghettos...