Air* McMillan
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McMillan Says:
“Get Serious On
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Budget Control”
WASHINGTON — Congressman
Alex McMillan today voted against
House Resolution, which combined
H.R. 1066, the original (amine relief
bill and H.R. 1035, e bill to increase
federal support for agriculture pro
grams. Congressman McMillan sup
ported 10W, but opposed 1035.
Congressman McMillan said the
resolution would add |7.6 billion to
tbe 1964 federal budget deficit.
“Those who say they want to reduce
tbe budget deficit and then vote to in
crease spending this year are simply
not being realistic — we have to get
serious on budget control by cutting
spending, not adding to it ”
Tbe famine relief provision includ
ed 6175 million for Africa, an amount
the Congressman supported. But,
the resolution also called for an addi
tional |7.4 billion for agriculture sup
port programs, much of which would
go 10 private ana cooperative
lenders and not directly to farmers.
Congress last year appropriated
$20.2 billion for agriculture and the
$7.4 billion would be above that
amount. The President indicated he
would veto the bill If passed.
Congressman McMillan said “the
farm emergency provision of the
resolution could add over $7.4 billion
to the 1MB deficit Federal spending
programs already in place are suffi
cient to meet the needs of credit
worthy fanners, in the judgment of
the Department of Agriculture.”
The Congressman also noted that
the budget hurting provisions in the
resolution are equivalent to a one
percent acrtaa the board increase in
federal taxes.
Private Sector Job
rl *y;: kar it *f -V . w‘y. j' t -m
Development
5*« Private a^j
program’s focuswUlbeto provide a
Job development and placement ser
vice to economically disadvantaged
and marginally disadvantaged
adults and youths.
- Hie project bbs two components, a
year-round program for adults and a
summer youth program for out-of
school and in-school youths between
the ages of 17 and 21. Jobs for this
project will be provided through
private industry. Recruitment, cer
tification, assessment lob readiness
training, JobroSSa, j£b develop
ment, Job placement and follow-up
services will be provided to all pro
gram participants by the City
Employment and Training Depart
ment ;
currently, recruitment for tbe
adult year-round program is under
way. Adults who wish to be con
sidered for Jobs may contact the City
Employment and Training Depart
ment at 336-3101, visit them at 600
East Trade Street or contact the
Charlotte Area Fund. Goodwill In
dustries, (grSSfEeiguO Chariotto
Mecldenburf-*T8m*r Council, tbe
Community Relations Committee or
the Women's Commission. Certifica
tion will determine tbe applicant’s
eligibility for the program. Except
for income guidelines, eligibility wUl
be the same as wtth the Job Training
Partnership Act (JPTA).
After a qualified applicant has
completed Job readiness training,
he/she will be “matched” to
available Jobe from the Job vacancy
tile maintained by the Employment
end Training Department. Follow
ing a screening process, suitable ap
plicants will be referred to a private
sector employer for a Job interview.
Follow-up will determine if the ap
plicant eras Disced.
Job developers will work with the
private sector throughout Charlotte
to develop Jobe for this program. A
separate Job developer will be
assigned to the Arrewood Industrial
Park. To assist in the development
of Jobe In the Arrowood area,
Charlotte Transit System will in
itiate bus service to and from Ar
rowood beginning Monday, March 4.
The goal of the Prhrte Sector Job
Development/Placernant Project is
to provide private sector Job
placements to approximately 36
adults between now and June 1,1965.
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S Don’t Seem To Mmd Slipping Back Into Obscurity
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By JALYNESTRONG
Post Staff Writer r
First In Series
On a dear day in downtown
Oiarlotte, you can aee street people
everywhere. Such as a day lwt Sun
day. Bright, warm and sunny, the
streets beckoned everyone to enjoy
them. But those who appeared in
largest numbers are the people who
make the streets their home.
They’re easy to recognise. They
wear many layers of drab, ill-fitting
clothes. Their hair is dirty and in
disarray. The women are drawn,
tired looking, the men have stubble
or uncombed knotty beards. They all
seem to have a gray tinge to their
skin and clothes. Almost all of than
carry bags or they push carts full of
their only possessions.
A few weeks to a month ago, when
temperature dipped to the twenties
end terns, these street people were
pended on pie front pages of
newspapers and made the evening
news consistently. Stories of people
barely surviving the elements
makes good copy. But now that the
first warm breesas of test ap
proaching Spring is upon us, the
general public no longer care about
the plight of those who sleep in
storefronts, abandoned buildings,
make-shift shatters, or on park ben
cbot And sidewAiks.
The street people don’t seem to
mind supping back into obscurity.
. The fleeting public attention hasn’t
V changed their lives any;
This particular Sunday, a group of
tWhomeless have gathered at the
First United Methodist Church at
the comer of Eighth St end North
Tryoo. The church otters them cof
fee, biscuits and pastries. They ven
ture in, get what they want, sit down
to eat and maybe convene with so
meone, or read a newspaper, or
simply stare. After a few minutes
they amble out again. They are in no
hurry to go nowhere. ' > t
"Some people like this lifestyle,”
explains a young black man, who
doesn’t wish to be identified. "Then
are no worries, no responsibilities,
no bills. You Just take what is given
to you.”
This young man, "I’m not thirty
yet," he tells, is at the church to help
dispense the coffee and pastries. He
regularly helps out at this program.
Casualty dressed, he has a neat ap
pearance. He’s also articulate and
intelligent. Wearing round, wire
rimmed eyeglasses, flashing a smile
of fine white teeth, he’s handsome,
except for a targe, lagged scar
which mars the right side uhls neck
up to his cheek.
"I’ve been there," he states, in
dicating the street people. He knows
these people, many by name. He
knows their different backgrounds
and their stories. He knows their
habits: who’s on alcohol, who’s on
cocaine or heroin. He knows where
each parson usually hangs out. He
has become a sort of street person
philosopher and as be explains their
lives you realize he’s introducing
you into an entirely different
culture.
“They’ve gotten to the point when
they don’t care anymore,’’ he
begins. "Many people expect things
to stay the same forever. They don’t
like change. But life isn’t like that.
So when things happen to upset their
rotflnes many resort to the bottle
Md Uve on the streets or they just
drop out and live on the streets.”
Nothing changes on the streets
The live, of Unpeople there arofor
the most part uneventful. They eat
at soup lines, the Salvation Army, or :
at various church programs. In bet
ween time they walk the blocks
downtown, or sit in the main library.
They certainly appreciate the new
benches that were placed on Try on
St. For spending money they beg, or
sell blood or .pU«m+ or collect
aluminum and cardboard for recycl
ing. Those who drink later gather
with other alcoholic twiddles and
consume cheap wine. Those who
take drugs can get a dime bag from
pusher in the surrounding low
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