Welfare reform hope shifts as Congress eyed 1975 plan
Editorial argues a three year Joint Economic Committee study proposes replacing aid to families with dependent children and food stamps with an IRS administered system. A $225 tax credit plus a $3600 subsistence grant for a two adult two child family would replace current welfare, with work incentives and a subsistence cutoff at $7200. The piece cites HEW plans and experiments in New Jersey and Pennsylvania as proof it can encourage work without eroding dignity.
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Nixon
Moynihan
Congress
Subcommittee
Joint Economic Committee
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Internal Revenue Service
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Audit Opens Window on FBI Operations
The GAO survey of FBI activities is welcomed as timely and prudent. FBI Director Clarence Kelley cooperates fully, and the audit could improve administration and uncover any bad practices previously blocked by J Edgar Hoover.
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FBI
Chicago Tribune
Government Accounting Office
Clarence Kelley
GAO
the Tribune
J. Edgar Hoover
Kelley
Roosevelt’s WPA Model Shapes Ford CIC Employment Plan
The article contrasts FDR’s 1935 push to fund public works with Ford’s CIC proposal aimed at controlling unemployment. Ford seeks 83,000 jobs to start, with 6 percent threshold, while current public service programs target 170,000 jobs funded by federal aid. The piece notes WPA’s historic scale and aim to remove welfare dependency.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
United States
Ford
Community Improvement Commission
CIC
WFPA
Harry J
Hopkins
WPA
Letter warns against gas tax and rationing advocates nuclear and alternative power
EDITOR: The proposed 10 cent gas tax and rationing of gasoline will push the economy toward recession and collapse. Transportation costs rise, fares increase, utility rates climb, and production cuts cause layoffs. The author urges alternate energy sources such as nuclear power solar energy offshore drilling and urges leaders to pursue cheaper energy rather than higher taxes. Raymond C. Marino Long Beach signs.
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Raymond C. Marino
Long Beach
Unruly Letter Carousel Attacks Hoover and Ford Era
A reader letter tirade accuses Herbert Hoover of avoiding bankers, faults Roosevelt for abandoning the gold standard, and condemns Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The piece also references a Watergate parallel, public manpower use, and critiques President Ford’s Ali White House visit, ending with a quip about a tennis club headline.
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Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Roosevelt
G. E. Rucker Long Beard
Ford
Limor
Greenspan
Franklin Roosevelt
David R. Benry
Long Beach
Open Letter to Pierre Frederic Tochehon
An elderly writer aged 70 submits an open letter addressing Pierre Frederic Tochehon. The author notes decades of activity and a driving license with a single ticket for a wrong U turn, seeking acknowledgment or guidance.
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Enitor
Pierre Frederic Tochehon
Aviving
Mysterious symbol prompts letter on product purity
A reader urges addressing criticism of General Brown by scrutinizing household brands like Tide Vel Gladwrap Best Foods and others. The editor notes the symbol signals non profit Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America certification for cleanliness purity and dietary conformity.
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General Brown
Tide
Gladwrap
Best Foods
Proster and Gambie
Union Carbide
Lever Brothers
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
Mythmakers Misread Ford Leadership Style
The piece argues myths about President Ford are wrong, noting his hard work and steady approach. It highlights his quiet leadership, opposition to pump priming, and preference for basic cures over make-work jobs, stressing his purposeful planning and restraint.
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Washington
White House
David Kernerly
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ford
Brussels
GOF
Jerry
Capitol
Michigan
Betty
TWA
Business Council
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Julius Duscha
New York Times News Service
Marhal Sperl
James Hayes
Agnew
Kleindienst
Muhammad Aliasa
O.K
Ne Plug
Agathocles Long Beach
Jodine McLinden
Richard St.erowaLp
UPI
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