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Take Available Work
WASHINGTON -The
Senate Agriculture
Committee adopted last
week a food stamp pro
gram reform requiring
that the able-bodied shall
have to accept work,
when available, in order r
to remain eligible to par
ticipate in the program.
The Committee voted
to accept a Helms
amendment to a pro
posal by Senator S.I.
Haykawa to require
work in the private sec- j
tor. The Helms amend
ment gives states the op
tion of establishing a
mandatory work fare
program (in which red- :
pients would? work for
communities; counties or
voluntary agencies in
return for their food
stamps on a minimum
wage basis), or to ha e a
combination of both.
Helms said, "Those ;
three options along
with the provision we
adopted at the sugges
tion of Senators Walter
Huddleston and Alan
Dixon that we have an
'escape clause' for
anyone in a particularly
unusual hardship situa
tion who cannot find
work will provide
stale and local officials
with the tools they need
to assure that able
bodied food stamp reci
pients will no longer be
able, to use benefits in
tended for the truly
needy."
Under the Committee
agreement, by July 1,
1983, states would be re
quired to establish either
a workfare program for
able-bodied food stamp
recipients or to reduce
benefits to households in
which able-bodied reci
pients refuse to accept ,
available employment, j
Helms said the adop
tion of the workfare pro
gram was a "watershed
in the ongoing efforts-Jo
make the food" mp
.program acceptable and I
! accountable to American
taxpayert.", vr-Vo.u -i
"This Is major step j
, in the right direction.
Congress is Increasingly -becoming
aware that the
American ; public is
demanding' a work-ethic
in its welfare system. The
Committee recognizes
that there is great poten
tial far abuse among
able-bodied recipients
who refuse to work,"
said Helms, chairman of
the Agriculture Commit
tee. ,
Helms continued.
"Approximately one
fourth of all food stamp
households contain able
bodied men and women
who are Hot working but
who are receiving food
stamps. This provision
' clearly targets reductions
to those who are unwill
ing, to accept private
employment or a work-
fare assignment. This
provision applies to able
bodied recipients bet
ween the ages of 18 and
60 who ! are . not
employed. This provl
;sion, does however, have
adequate protections for
those who are unable to
work or who have small
children."
Senator ' . Hayakawa's
provision requires food
stamp recipients to ob
tain a job within seven
months after initial par
ticipation in the program
or face disqualification.
Helms added, "Pro
bably more than any
other complaint which I
hear from North Caroli
nians, none is more fre
quent than that ' food
stamp recipients' are un
willing . . to accept
available jobs. I hope
North Carolina will be
leader n implementing
these provisions' ' '
CentraPs Legal Clinic
Helps Students Get
Into Cases
By Edward Bishop
Walter , Jones has
always wanted to be a .
lawyer and now, in his
final semester of law
school, he is having the
opportunity to put what
he has learned in the past
two and one half years at
North Carolina Central's
Law School to some
practical use.
Jones, along with six
teen other third-year '
Central ' students,
handles cases for local
residents who have legal
problems in the areas of
estate planning,
landlord-tenant matters,
bankruptcy, adoption,-:
and divorce.
Working out of the
law school's legal clinic,"
Jones said, "1 am finally '
getting my opportunity
to prove what I can do.
Law school has been the
hardest thing that I have'
ever done in my life, but
being able to help people
makes it all worth it."
The clinic ' was
established at Central by
T. Mdodona Ringer, it's
current director and the
associate dean of the law
school, and Ronald
Belfon, a Central pro
, fessor who is now On
leave and running the
Legal Services of the
U.S. Virgin Islands.
Students who par
ticipate in the clinic are
, given permission by the
North Carolina State Bar
, Association and operate i
j under the supervision of "
four licensed members of . .
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Honored At Luncheon
Two long-time employees of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company were honored at an an
niversary luncheon last week at lhe company's home office. Pictured with NCM president and chief ex
ecutive officer, W.J. Kennedy, III Uenler) are: Mrs. Artelia T. Bryanl (lefl), who observed her 40th anniver
sary, and A.K. Spears, Jr., who observed his 45th anniversary with NCM. ,
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4the state bar.
"The clinic is the only
place where the practical
and the theory of law
school , come together',
said Ms. Susie Powell, a
Central law professor
and supervisor in the
ctyxlc. "Here in the clinic
it all comes together." ."(
"The purpose of thm
: program, is to providi, ,
students with an oppor- '
tunity to develop a '
number of skills that are
related to what they will ,
be doing in a matter of ''
months," said Ringer.
"It is probably one ofl
I the best things that could
; ever happen to , a i
student." ..; x
During the course of
the clinical program,
students interview
clients, draft legal papers
arid represent their
clients in court or during
administrative hearings.
. Jones, a native of New
Bern, said that he puts in
seventy hdurs a week in
the clinic. He has handl
ed divorce cases, child
custody disputes, and
guardianships cases;
"I do this not only
because it is schoql, but .
because of sense of
duty,",: said Jones, a
Navy veteran, "I am not
only'Qjterested in making
money. I am interested .
in working. as. a lawyer -
and as a good one.",
Students in the pro
gram are working in .
Raleigh, Fayetteville, I
Durham . and several
other cities throughout;
the state. The clinic is .
associated with North
--Central Legal Services of .
Durham and many of the
clients are referred by the
legal services outfit to
the clinic at Central.
"The students are
handling themselves
well," said Ms. Powell a
former Legal Services
director in North
Carolina, "It will make
them better lawyers."
YOUR VOTE
June 29
Can Change t he Course of
Black History for at Least
The Mext TEN Years
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his'new'policy. . !
"The Justice Depart-:
ment'i new plan places
incredible pressure on at- i
torneys to either agree to
represent the Haitians or
: allow them to remain in v
4 detention", she ' con-.
tinued, "again; we see '
the ' Administration -establishing
' a
discriminatory Haitian
only' policy for release."
Mrs. ' Chisholm also
agreed with other Hai
tian advocates, that str
ingent' bond conditions
would be an impediment
to release. Despite these
drawbacks s the Con-
' gresswoman voiced relief
that Veveral hundred s
Haitians, who have legal
counsel ; and .sponsor,
1 would probably be
released immediately. .
MrsiIilChishorn
dismissed Justice's claim
that litigation had forced
the detention of the Hai
tians. In fact, she
credited the efforts of
the Haitians' attorneys
' for the change in the Ad
ministration's policy.
"The success of lawsuits
in this area", said Rep.
Chisholm, "forced the -V
Administration's " hand.
They couldn't afford
another court decision
against them." Court
decisions are still pen
ding in the 2nd Circuit
Court of Appeals in New
York and the District
Court in Miami
Mrs. Chisholm con
cluded ,by saying that
"Haitian advocates
would have to closely
evaluate the release
policy before claiming a
complete victory." In
her capacity.as chairman
of the Congressional
Black Caucus Task
Force . on Haitian
Refugees, Mrs.
Chisholm has been an ar-
dent supporter of the
Haitians' claims for
political asylum.
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while an egg is being boiled.
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