Selected
State Reports

State Documents

■ Occupational Outlook Information Report, 1974-198S, Illinois Department of Labor, bureau of employment security (December 1978), 365 pp.

This publication presents projections of occupational requirements through the mid- 1980's based on extensive studies of economic growth, technological change and industrial and occupational trends. Information is presented for the state as a whole and for its nine standard metropolitan statistical areas with populations of 50,000 or more. The report shows the average number of job openings expected annually for each occupation or occupational cluster and average annual openings for 144 selected occupations. It is estimated that nearly 85 percent of all job openings will result from replacement needs rather than employment growth.

■ The 1980 Federal Budget: An Illinois Perspective, Illinois Commission of

Intergovernmental Cooperation, research memorandum no. 65 (February 22, 1979), 73 pp. It is difficult to estimate the possible impact of the Carter budget on Illinois state government because of intangibles such as changes in population, unemployment, inflation, and

congressional modification of factors used in formula allocations. Another complicating factor is that most figures concerning grants to agencies are based on the state fiscal year (July 1 to June 30) while the proposed budget is based on the federal fiscal year (October 1 to September 30). Nonetheless, it is possible to make some estimates and provide some guidelines to the impact of portions of the budget on specific areas. This report attempts to do this in a wide variety of areas, including rehabilitation, food and nutrition, employment and training programs, education and criminal justice.

■ Used Oil Recycling in Illinois: A Review and Public Analysis, Illinois Institute of National Resources, document no. 78/27 (August 1978), 47pp.

Between 80 and 100 million gallons of industrial oils are purchased by Illinois industries annually. Their use results in the disposal of approximately 50-80 million gallons of potentially recoverable used oil. This report gives an inventory of industrial used oils in the state, an analysis of industrial used oil samples, federal and state used oil regulations and industrial used oil policies; the authors conclude that much more could be done in the area of reuse and recovery of industrial oils, and they recommend an industrial education program, a state-supported used oil testing facility, use of Illinois energy bond monies to subsidize in-plant used oil recovery demonstration systems, and designation of used oil recovery equipment as pollution control equipment.

■ A Guide to Environmental Benefits Assessment in Economic Impact Studies, report of the Environmental Management Program, Governors State University, to the Illinois Institute for Environmental Quality, IIEQ no. 77/32 (October 1977), 450pp.

Illinois is the only state to require economic impact studies to be conducted for all new pollution control regulations and proposed revisions of these regulations. The law provides that enviromental benefits be evaluated in each economic impact study, and this guide provides a framework for addressing such benefits.

■    "Day Care," initial report by the Illinois House Committee on Human Resources, Subcommittee on Day Care (January 27, 1978), 12pp. plus attachments.

Illinois was unable to claim all of the special federal funds made available for child day care services under P.L. 94-401. This report finds the primary reason to be the division of responsibility for day care planning, budgeting, programming and regulation between the state Department of Public Aid and the Department of Children and Family Services. A number of related issues also are addressed.

■    "Adult Day Care in Illinois," Illinois Department on Aging (February 1977), 19pp. plus appendices.

Adult day care services can help reduce premature institutionalization of the aged. This report describes existing programs, including the unique characteristics of each. Among the conclusions: Alternative care community services for the aged should be planned and administered by a single agency or organizational unit.

■    "Financial Regulation in Illinois," special issue, Illinois Insurance, Illinois Department of Insurance (January 1978), 24pp.

This special issue of the Department of Insurance newsletter is designed "to communicate the regulatory goals and philosophies" as background for the department's report of the same name (see "Selected State Reports," July 1977).

■    "Cost of Solid Waste Management in Northeast Illinois" by Michael Friedman, Illinois Institute for Environmental Quality, no. IIEQ 77/37 (December 1977), 48pp.

This report is based on a survey of 255 municipalities in the six-county Chicago metropolitan area, with a combined population of about 3.3 million; because of differences in scale, Chicago itself was excluded from the survey. Comparative information on the costs of solid, waste management is organized by type of collection: municipal, contract, franchise and private.

■    "Residential Moving: Tips on Planninga Successful Move within Illinois," Illinois Commerce Commission [1978].

This leaflet outlines the protection provided by users of moving companies regulated by the commission and offers the commission's additional assistance.

■     Governing Illinois Under the 1970 Constitution, edited by P. Allan Dionisopoulos, Center for Governmental Studies, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb 60115 (1978), 87pp.

This is a revised edition of an earlier volume of the same name; the original articles have been updated and a number of new ones have been added. It also includes the complete U.S. and Illinois Constitutions, as well as procedures for the proper use and display of the flag.

Other Reports
■ Chicago Politics Papers, available from Center for Urban Affairs, Northwestern University, 2040 Sheridan Road, Evanston 60201 ($4.00 per copy). This new series of monographs on recent developments in the Chicago political arena is sponsored jointly by the Northwestern Center for Urban Affairs and the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Of the eight announced papers in the series, five have appeared:

1. "The Last of the Great Urban Machines and the Last of the Great Urban Mayors? Chicago Politics 1955-1977" by Kathleen Anne Kemp and Robert L. Lineberry suggests that the old strategies of coalition-building — through the distribution of material benefits — may no longer work in the face of new demands by both black and white voters for symbolic representation within the city's political system.

2.  Joseph Zikmund II, author of "Mayoral Voting in Chicago: the Daley-Bilandic Era," analyzes six area/ voter blocs and shows how the machine maintains a solid core of support and then varies its coalitions to achieve victory.

3. In her paper, "Latinos and Chicago Politics," Joanne M. Belenchia points out that while Latinos are the second largest minority population in Chicago, there has not yet been an elected Latino city official. The author suggests that although a united Latino political movement may have some impact citywide, a more likely approach to power is through community-level coalitions with non-Latinos. Such efforts have been made more difficult by citizenship problems among Mexican residents and the disruption caused by urban renewal projects.

4.  Michael B. Preston in "Black Machine Politics in the Post-Daley Era" argues that the position of blacks in Chicago politics is not likely to change dramatically in the short run but that the Machine is now increasing its efforts to make elected black officials accountable, which may encourage black participation in electoral politics.

5.  In his paper, "The Political Machine, the Urban Bureaucracy, and the Distribution of Public Services," Kenneth R. Mladenka presents data suggesting that the Machine, contrary to popular assumptions, does not simply trade services for votes and does not use services to keep desired voters in the city. The allocation of such services is based more on bureaucratic than political considerations and is due to the technological complexity and growing professionalism in public administration.

Items listed under State Documents have been received by the Documents Unit, Illinois State Library, Springfield, and are usually available from public libraries in the state through inter-library loan. Items listed under Other Reports may be obtained through the issuing agency or publisher./ A. J.M.■

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