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Bar association fights for legal services program
William R Smith Jr, president of the American Bar Association, urged lobbying to defeat Reagan’s plan to cut the 300 million dollar Neighborhood Legal Services program. The ABA backs state bar groups, arguing equal justice under law for all, amid decades of conservative hostility to government funded lawsuits and welfare programs.
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