U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
WASHINGTON 25
August 28, 1967
MEMORANDUM #74
TO: AGENCIES ADMINISTERING STATUTES REFERRED TO IN
29 CFR, SUBTITLE A, PART 5.
FROM: Charles Donahue 
Solicitor of Labor
SUBJECT: Employment of enrollees or trainees while
participating in youth, poverty and manpower
training programs on federally financed and
federally assisted projects.
CORRECTION
On August 21, 1967, our published opinion DB-51 on the above
subject was distributed under cover of our Memorandum #73.
It has since come to our attention that, in the process of
duplicating DB-53, the last sentence of the first paragraph
was inadvertently omitted.
It would therefore be very much appreciated if you would
disregard the prior copy or copies of DB-53 you received, and
substitute therefor the attached corrected copy or copies of
DB-53.
Attachment: DB-53

































DB-53
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
WASHINGTON,D.C. 20210
July 26, 1967
Mr. C. J. Haggerty, President
Building & Construction Trades
Department, AFL-CIO
815 Sixteenth Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20006
Dear Mr. Haggerty:
With further reference to our recent discussions regarding methods
of facilitating a fuller participation in youth, poverty, and man-
power training programs this Department, as a matter of policy, will
take no exception to the practice of paying enrollees or trainees
in these programs at rates less than those found to be prevailing
by this office under ,the Davis-Bacon Act and related statutes. This
includes such programs as provided in Title V of the Economic Oppor-
tunity Act, the Youth Corps, and other similar manpower and training
programs. This policy will be observed only in those instances where
agreements have been reached by labor and management and is a part
of a bona fide youth, poverty, or other similar manpower training
program.
We will notify all contracting agencies administering these programs
of the adoption of this policy and will furnish you copies of any
guidelines issued to such agencies effecting its implementation.
We would anticipate the full cooperation of the Building and
Construction Trades Department in participation in such arrangements.
We feel that a concerted effort by all labor, management, and
sponsoring groups, as well as the agencies involved, to carry out the
spirit of this proposal will assist in accomplishing the underlying
objectives of these programs created to ameliorate conditions of un-
employment and poverty throughout the country.
Yours sincerely,
Charles Donahue
Solicitor of Labor





















U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
WASHINGTON 25 
August 28, 1967
MEMORANDUM #74
To: AGENCIES ADMINISTERING STATUTES REFERRED TO IN
29 CFR, SUBTITLE A, PART 5.
FROM: Charles Donahue
Solicitor of Labor 
SUBJECT: Employment of enrollees or trainees while
participating in youth, poverty and manpower
training programs on federally financed and
federally assisted projects.
CORRECTION
On August 21, 1967, our published opinion DB-53 on the above
subject was distributed under cover of our Memorandum #73.
It has since come to our attention that, in the process of
duplicating DB-53, the last sentence of the first paragraph
was inadvertently omitted.
It would therefore be very much appreciated if you would
disregard the prior copy or copies of DB-53 you received, and
substitute therefor the attached corrected copy or copies of
DB-53.
Attachment: DB-53