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/ There are (hose who would have you believe (bat our crit icism of certain aspects of the so called War on Poverty Is simply an Isolated Instance of a small town, craclqmt editor sounding off. Consider these exerpts from a nationwide survey con ducted by the blg^y respected Christian Science Monitor, a great Internatlanal dally of unquestioned Journalistic Integ rity, and Judge for yourself. **ln the first year and a half of chasing after cures for pov erty," says The Monitor, "the Johnson administration's ‘economic opportunity" pro gram has come up practically empty handed." According to the survey, “These are the findings of Mon itor correspondents in some 40 cities across the country, who were asked to evaluate the im pact of the program to date." The Monitor observes that “It Is the community-action pro grams which are presently coming under strong fire from Congress. The House Commit-' tee of Education and Labor has moved to cut back funds dras- ticaUyfrom this part of the pov erty program." '*^ther, the survey states, It is generally conceded throughout the country—and confirmed by OEO director, R Sargent Shrlver, Jr.—that the really poor are not being reached in any numbers yet." Continuing to quote The Mon itor, “Our correspondent there reports that the war on poverty in Vermont has never moved off dead center. The CAP programs have been so ineffective that they haven’t stirred up one ounce of real controversy... The CAP efforts In Burlington, as throu^out the state, have flopped so far, and most have never gotten beyond the applica tion stage." Turning to Newark, N. J., “a Monitor correspondent reckoned diat the controversial CAP In that city Just about stood still In the last year," Cited are “bitter Internal strugidus for control of the pro gram that sapped energy other wise usable In the antipoverty campaign." Exploring further. The Mon itor's survey says, “One lead ing critic, a spokesman for the local ADA claims, “The pro gram Isn’t off the ground in Phlladelidila. The program writers haven’t developed a single program in a year." And a spokesman for the local Chamber of Commerce adds “I don’t see that it’s doing any good, not that It’s bad. I don’t see any activity evident." From Boston, where The Monitor Is published, comes this report: “Because of its ad ministrative. difficulties, the local antipoverty agency has not really gotten off the ground to meet the needs of die poor." And, according to the survey, the report from New York views dlls past year as “chaotic." It says, “In the last year, the program has pretty much stood still. If not gone backward." Still quoting, “One official confided that Atlanta has re ceived 3-1/2 times as much mcmey In grants as OEO guide line figures allow. Now, local officials are complaining. As suming they would continue to receive grants as large as those (Continued on page 8 The N£W BEKN 1^01^ f WBLISHID WIIKLY /V *N THi mART OP NORTH ★★★★★★★★★★ WE PROUDLY PRESENT—WUliam Kenneth Taylor Jon, 15 month old son of Brian and Sherry Anne Wooten Jon of Gouverneur, N. Y., is the latest addi tion to our Mirror gallery of beautiful children. The handsome youngster's adoring grandparents (and who could possibly blame them for such boundless affec tion) are W. z. and Sarah King Martin Wooten of New Bern. Even if we didn’t tell you, you would know that Eunice Wray, whose portraits of juveniles are con sistently delightful, came up with this example of shic excellence. Since we can’t take any of the credit, at least permit us to say with characteristic immodesty that, thanks to Eunice, and some very won derful small fry, The Mirror’s photographs of chil dren have set a standard for even the largest dailies to shoot at. Our readers, God bless them, love kids as much as we do. X ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
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