Nixon Welfare Plan Triggers Liberal Backlash in Congress
Washington AP The Nixon administration blasts labor groups and urban lobbies for withholding support from the family assistance plan. HEW Secretary Robert H Finch condemns organized labor and groups like the NAACP Urban League and Catholic charities for not backing a federally funded guaranteed income proposal. Finch warns odds for reform in Congress are very bad and urges decisive action to replace piecemeal welfare with a national program. In Benoni South Africa an American named Benoni questions local origins. town says the name stems from Genesis Chapter 35.