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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
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Under the present plan, Ms
Reavis stated, "if a person i
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figuring the amount of money
the person has made during
the month he/she was laid off
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Keynote Speaker
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, 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
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also set a standard deduction
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takes away their human
dignity."
Using as a central theme for
his campaign, "Quality over
Quantity," Lee feels that
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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
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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
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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
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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
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.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
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