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Capitol Firing Line on Watts violence and welfare policies
A critical column denounces Johnson administration aid after Watts riots, alleging graft and coercion through large welfare funds, war on poverty, and wheat shipments to the Soviet bloc. It also flags alleged nepotism in youth job programs and post office hiring, urging scrutiny of political favoritism.
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Sargeant Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
War On Poverty
Lyndon Johnson
Los Angelos
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District of Columbia
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey
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South Dakota
Ralph Gosch
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