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Washington, D. C. — (fiNS) — Protestant, Catholic and Jewish spokesmen urged Congress to pass the Guaranteed Employment Act of 1968 providing one million mew public sector jobs for the unemployed.Joint testimony was giwen the House subcommittee considering the bill by Father John McCarthy for the U.S. Catholic Conference, Dr. v Grover Bagby for the National Council of Churches, and Eabbi Richard G. Hirseh, representing the Synagogue Council of America.“Our opposition to poverty,” the statement declared, “is rootedl deepJn our Judeo-Christian heritage, which affirms that obedience to tlue will ofGod demands that the-hungi^y be^fed,the naked he clothed, and Justice beestablished in the land.”%•The statement further noted that in U.S. society, “a job not only tendstance by society, but it also affects one’s attitude about oneself.’*Only by securing “meaningful and creative*’ jobs will the poor achieve “security, dignity, and a sense of freedom and self-determination,’*To those who ask if the country can afford the proposed legislation, the statement continued, ttie question must be posed, “Can vwe affordnot to pass this legislation?*“Our society has already paid thehigh price of unemployment in the toll of riots, racial tension* frustration and despair. Th^ are sochi costs, wjiich should not be measured only in dollars spent, but in spent human lives.”If unemployment continues unabated, the statement warned, tlie result wilt~be “even more devastating-^#-man stultification” and the ^“ultimate destruction of the American Dream.”The churchmen called forr• Support for an Office of Guaranteed Employment Opportunity which would provide “useful employment opportunities” for all those willingand able to work.• Support for the bill’s emphasis on education and training.• Support for the involvement of private non-profit organizations, but a caution that those organizations not
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Rochester Courier Journal
Rochester, New York, US
Fri, May 17, 1968
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