Shriver Leads Poverty Program With Creative Tension
AP reports Sargent Shriver manages the Office of Economic Opportunity with a crisis atmosphere, recruiting and turning over senior staff to reform antipoverty efforts. Critics warn of poor morale while supporters say his method yields results and hires are chosen personally by Shriver.
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John F. Kennedy
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Minimum wage rise hopes stall amid congressional gridlock
AP notes a proposed raise from 1.25 to 1.75 and extended coverage to 7.9 million more workers faces House Rules Committee resistance and broad employer opposition. It recounts the 1937 push and 1938 enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act, with later expansions and Supreme Court rulings shaping the ongoing debate.
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Johnson
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Afl-Cio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
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