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Welfare reform critique by HEW secretary at conference
Secretary Eliot Richardson denounced the welfare system as degrading and demoralizing and urged Nixon’s reform plan to set a minimum living floor for the poor. He warned Congress lacks funding for social programs and criticized proposed nationwide health insurance as financially crushing.
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Hichardson
American Public Welfare Association
Richardson
Nixon
Senate
HEW
Rafael Solari
Commonwealth Club of California
Congress
Commonwealth
House
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass