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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1981
Page
4
The Reagan era’s bid to unwind federal remedies targets the 1965 legal aid program. While praising cuts in some areas, the piece argues ending federal funding harms access to justice for the poor, urging bar associations to fill the gap and keep equal access to courts alive.
The administration proposes eliminating the 321 million federal program funding most of the nation 6000 legal aid lawyers in civil cases. Law reform suits and wage claims persist, while critics say cutting funding denies equal justice. supporters defend the program as fairness in a complex system.
Ten years after a political clash, President Reagan proposes cutting the Legal Services Corp funding and potentially closing the California Rural Legal Services program. Ralph Abascal recalls past fights while noting the agency’s income limits, caseload, and prior investigations that cleared it of misconduct.
A reader recounts losing a checkbook with checks and register during a visit to SIU in Carbondale. After stopping payment, the book with all checks arrived in the mail the next day from Herrin, Illinois. The returner left no note or address, only a postmark, prompting gratitude to a kind resident in Herrin.
The piece contrasts Reagan era budget cuts with New Deal programs of the 1930s, arguing the current plan would cut social programs and jobs while favoring tax cuts for the wealthy. It urges readers to contact Congress, listing lawmakers and addresses to write to in Washington.
In El Salvador the balance shifts as reformist army officers curb right wing terror and Duarte-backed reforms reshape land ownership. The crackdown cools street uprisings feared by the Reagan team while peasants, long repressed, back guerrilla sympathy yet face relocation from cities and volatile fronts in the mountains. The guerrillas, led by middle class cadres, rely on peasant followers known as the muchachos, and conduct influence through sparsely populated zones and cooperatives.
Los Lagartos near San Salvador forms part of 282 cooperatives created in a government land redistribution effort. Expropriated farms are now owned by 506 adults who share profits, gain higher wages for men, universal benefits, and plan to reinvest in housing and development.
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