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? Val. A, N?. 32 TjflTiorpst STtA 1 ' 's*;. Left to right are: Charles SBA; Larnie G. Horton, Sp Melvin Gilliam, Bertie Indusi Ford's Fc Would FT by James Smith Staff Writer Five million people will be cut from the food stamp rolls if Congress approves President Ford's new food stamp program. However, a spokesman for the Department of Agriculture said the new plan would increase benefits for some five million of the pooresl recipients and would draw 600,000 additional persons into the program. Ms. Mitzie Reavis, super visor of the Food Stamf program here, disagrees wit! the president's new proposal "According to the new proposed plan, President Fore is asking that you figure ou the gross income of a persor for the _ past 90 days as i means of figuring out hov much a person must pay fo the food stamps," Reavii said. "But, suppose a person ha been laid off his job. It's no fair to the individual to figur out how much he will have t pay on gross income when th individual isn't even work ^ ?? ing. Under the present plan, Ms Reavis stated, "if a person i |INST Contracts in Re * i < Fii "' y*%V p)^2SSfc^ ?~~IB Fuller, president of Fuller Oil 1 tecial Assistant to the Governor; C tries. Inc. 1 >ou stamp. out of work and applies for food stamps, we begin figuring the amount of money the person has made during the month he/she was laid off , their jobs. Keynote Speaker Le< t , by James Smith . Staff Writer "The welfare system is a , system of enslavement which , eventually will cost the federal government so much, it won't , be able to handle it," * charges former Chapel t Hill mayor, Howard Lee.. , Lee, a candidate for F.ieutenant Governor of North v Carolina, was in Winston-" r Salem this past weekend to s speak at the 12th annual conference and workshop of s the Professional Business I Women's League of North e Carolina. ? In a press conference, Lee stated that the welfare system as is, almost encourages people not to work. "It's a system which offers no s encouragement," he said. "It ONj41 WINSTON-SALEM, W.C. giun mms Get ' V- ' .. ' ' , ? m ' *" * ' T 'v . K * *. "' < . . t Company; Wiley Messick, athertne Szucs, SB A; and Program Million Ford's new proposal would also set a standard deduction of $100 per month per J J <r < r r iiuusciiuiu anu jizj IOr household with a member over See FOOD STAMP Page 2 at PBL Meet e Raps Welfi Howard Lee takes away their human dignity." Using as a central theme for his campaign, "Quality over Quantity," Lee feels that 20* " $10.3 M Federal government con- < tracts totaling some $10.3 ( million were awarded last i week to two small, minority- , owned firms in North Carolina. The contracts were announced at a news conference at the Governor's Office by -Dr. Larnie_G_Horton^ Special Assistant for Minority Affairs to Governor Jim Holshouser. On hand for the contractsigning was Wiley S. Messick of?At 1 a n t a ^?U. ^ mail? Business Administration Regional Director, who said a $10 million contract awarded to the Fuller Oil Company of i Fayetteville "is the largest minority business contract ever awarded in this region by the SBA." Also awarded ?was a $300,000 contract to Bertie Industries, Inc., of Windsor to j supply 90,000 coats for food handlers, to the federal Defense Supply Agency (PSA). "We are very proud to be a part of this historical landmark of economic development in North Carolina/' Dr. Horton told the news conference. "Significantly, these contracts today indicate an ideal ire System there* are several issues which must be dealt with. Of the three most important, he cites the welfare system, a proposal on tax reform and improvement in the prison system. Lee was one of several speakers who spoke to the league during their two-day conference and workshop. During the workshop session on Saturday, Mrs. Manderline Scales, a professor at Winston-Salem State University spoke to the group on 4 Training in Effective Communication." Mrs. Dorothy C. Graham, director of Early Childhood Development Plannine Association, sooke to a , ? j the group on "Developing Your Potentials." Attorney Annie Brown Kennedy conducted a workshop in "Finance: Boundaries and Jr \TURDAY APRIL 10, 1976 Winn? v ^^pr ^^p^ J|p working together of federal and state governments with private industry for minority economic development/' The contracts to Fuller Oil Company and Bertie Industries were awarded through Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, under whiclf SBAr is authorized?to-actaa prime contractor for certain types of goods and services and subcontract orders to See MINORITY Page 2 pr ^|^ 1H ^L ^H&v . ..^. i? y' MjH^ ^B> v<* ^ Conyers Speaker At WSSU Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) said in a press conference here that he will nominate Congressman Ronald Dellums of California for president at the Democratic National Convention. "We need to get the country used to seeing blacks in presidential roles," Conyers said before his scheduled speech at WSSU's Annual Honors's Day Program. Convers said that two things ?/ - - ? ? .iecd 10 iiappcn iri *976. One, uwe ought to nominate a president and we should be helping the community find a black candidate to run outside ~ the Democratic and Republican Parties." One of the founders of the Congressional Black Caucus, Conyers said that the Peace and Freedom Party will be running a black female for president though he could not See CONYERS Page 2
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