0hoursa6to1advantagefortheJapanese. Developmentofthislegislationwasstimulatedinlargemeasure bythegroundbreakingworkofthebipartisanComisiononthe SkilsoftheAmericanWorkforce,chairedbyformerLaborSecre- tariesBilBrockandRayMarshal.Their190report,America's Choice,corectlyidentifiedthechoicefacingtheNationhigh skilsorlowages.Thereportsumonsustoaction,beforeour curenteconomicdeclinebecomesireversible. Onanisueofthismagnitude,alsectorsofsocietymustpartici- patescholsandcoleges,stateandlocalgovernments,busines, andlabor,comunityorganizations,andmanyothers.Thisisnot apartisanisue,norisitconfinedto