American Council of the Blind
                        Resolution 70-01

     WHEREAS, the College Work Study Program authorized by act of
Congress helps to provide remunerative employment for college and
university students thereby materially assisting them to obtain an
education; and

     WHEREAS, such students may be assigned to do work in the
public interest for nonprofit organizations; and  

     WHEREAS, such an assignment of students could be arranged by
a nonprofit organization to make such student manpower available
for the performance of work in the public interest for nonprofit
organizations and blind individuals in meeting their scholastic and
vocational requirements;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the convention of the
American Council of the Blind, on July 18, 1970, at Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, that a national service plan be sought by A.C.B. to
utilize the resources of the College Work Study Program. 

Adopted by convention July 18, 1970.                  American Council of the Blind
                        Resolution 70-02

     WHEREAS, the Visually Handicapped Merchandisers of Illinois
(licensed Randolph-Sheppard vendors), an affiliate of the Illinois
Federation of the Blind, Inc., petitioned the I.F.B. for help in
efforts to secure redress for a long list of alleged grievances,
reported to have accumulated through years of unsolved conflicts,
problems and accusations between the Vendors on one hand and the
licensing agency, the Illinois Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation, and its nominee agent, Business Opportunities for
the Blind, Inc., on the other; and

     WHEREAS, the I.F.B., an affiliate of the American Council of
the Blind, Inc., in a preliminary investigation, judged the
V.H.M.I. complaints to be not only founded in apparent fact but
also too complex to be readily resolved by the resources within the
I.F.B.; and

     WHEREAS, an appeal to the A.C.B. for legal council and
guidance, was immediately granted; and

     WHEREAS, the A.C.B. gave legal council in preparing formal
charges; and gave the Washington Representative released time to
come to Chicago not less than eleven times between December, 1969
and June, 1970 to direct six months of litigation, administrative
hearings and on site investigations; and

     WHEREAS, previous attempts to resolve these issues without the
help and prestige of a national organization such as A.C.B. failed;
and

     WHEREAS, the success of this effort is evidenced by a written
agreement between the I.D.V.R. and the V.H.M.I. giving the Vendors
a direct voice in the day-to-day management of their program; and

     WHEREAS, this relationship between a licensing agency and the
vendors is thought to be unique within the entire stand program;
and

     WHEREAS, the help given by the A.C.B. to one of its affiliates
shows creativity and progressive imagination with a potential
influence on an established nationwide program for the blind;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Illinois Federation
of the Blind, Inc. hereby thanks the American Council of the Blind,
Inc. for the legal council and professional leadership it gave to
the Visually Handicapped Merchandisers of Illinois, Inc., an
affiliate of the I.F.B. 

Adopted by convention July 18, 1970.                   American Council of the Blind
                        Resolution 70-03

     WHEREAS, the availability of up-to-date technical material in
braille is a continuing problem for visually impaired persons
engaged in technical fields; and

     WHEREAS, the Library of Congress has, through special and
diligent efforts, caused the creation of a braille magazine known
as DATAMATION, especially for the use of those studying or working
in the field of data processing;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the American Council of
the Blind assembled in convention at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, July
18, 1970, express its appreciation and commendation to the Library
of Congress for its interest in the need for technical braille
publications and, in particular, for its development and
publication of DATAMATION, and that the President of the American
Council of the Blind be instructed to forward a copy of this
resolution to the Library of Congress and other appropriate
officials.

Adopted by convention July 18, 1970.                   American Council of the Blind
                        Resolution 70-04

     WHEREAS, the need exists for the accumulation and
dissemination of information and facilities of particular interest
and aid to visually impaired students; and

     WHEREAS, students in attendance at this convention feel that
the American Council of the Blind could be of great assistance in
developing a program and association of visually impaired students
from the secondary level up, and that the purposes of this
organization would include:

     A.   help with social adjustment to the school environment; 
     B.   discussions of study techniques;
     C.   development of materials in special media; 
     D.   investigation of mechanical aids useful to the student;
          and 
     E.   mobility suggestions for students;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the American Council of the
Blind assembled in convention at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this 18th
day of July, 1970, that the President of the American Council of
the Blind be authorized and instructed to appoint such committees
or persons as he shall deem appropriate to develop such a student
organization as an affiliate of the American Council of the Blind
to meet at the next general convention of this body. 

Adopted by convention July 18, 1970.                   American Council of the Blind
                        Resolution 70-05

     WHEREAS, a large number of blind persons are now or soon will
be employed with the Federal Government in G.S. career positions;
and

     WHEREAS, in order for the blind person to continue to advance,
it sometimes becomes necessary for the blind employee to have
access to a reader for the blind; and

     WHEREAS, the time that this reader is utilized may vary a
great deal, depending upon the nature of the work performed; and

     WHEREAS, under certain existing regulations, the employing
agency is not permitted to pay for this reader for the blind which
means that such reader service is inadequate and that the blind
sometimes must, as a practical matter, provide this service at his
own expense or through volunteers; and

     WHEREAS, the problems inherent in some of these alternatives
are obvious; and

     WHEREAS, the Civil Service Commission is currently studying
new regulations dealing with this problem;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the American Council of
the Blind, in convention assembled July 18, 1970, at Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, make it known to the Civil Service Commission and other
appropriate federal agencies and officials that this body is in
support of changes in the Civil Service regulations which would
enable employing agencies to employ additional personnel as a
reader for the blind and that such additional personnel should not
be charged against the existing allotted positions of the agency
and that the employing agency be permitted to assign an employee,
on a part-time basis, to serve as a reader for the blind.

Adopted by convention July 18, 1970.