Alabama Congressman Shocked by i? What would be your thought* if the bank which held your life savings began, a program where, anyone. could more-or-less sra “I need a loan an* Usually** and receive the money? Moat likely yiHL wouldn't. want to do business there anymore. The Department of He^th, 'Education, and Welfare is prtv posing.that it be allowed to do just about the above. It wishes to accept information provided "by a welfare applicant as God’s -truth. Thus, HEW would not investigate to see if the appli cant’s volunteered responses to questions about his. family and .finances are true. There would merely be sppt checks of ten per cent of the cases, plus the Tequirement that blind and dis abled persons undergo a medi cal examination. It is times such as this when 1 shake my head in disbelief. I cannot imagine a more ridic oulous idea. When I realize that it is tax money which HEW spends, I become quite agitated. The Department of Health, Education and Welfare, along with other spenders of the tax payers money, has an obligation to guard these funds against misuse; in other words, against those who are willing to take ad vantage of America’s willingness to help those in need. HEW wants all fifty states to be requited to implement its “declaration of need” proposal July 1st. Federal officials, in or ’der to quiet any public uproar >t might develop over the pro _ itions, are trying to iw a parallel betweemthe pro ihecking federal in: and the proojl dba.followed in the HEW proposal; These officials say that in both oases a person’s state . is accepted. as; the truth s fraud is clearly indicated, iin both -cases spot checks run. ■ But these same, officials con 'veqtiently do nof reveal that in the case of federal income tax returns, there a special set of criminal, laws; which guard against fraud, and which impose stiff penalties when someone is convicted of defrauding the gov ernment; Prosecutors of welfare abuses can only rely on state laws against perjury, and the crime of obtaining money by false pretense. Furthermore, the intensive law enforcement which is available to the Internal Rev enue Service would not be avail able to those wnu spot check on welfare recipients. The same officials, moreover, don’t bother to explain that federal income tax returns are cross checked through the filing of W-2 forms and forms that must be filed by WHAT IS THE ANSWER? by Henry E. Garrett, Ph.D. Professor tmerltus, Psychology, Columbia University Past President, American Psychological Association Q: Dr. Garrett, you have writ ten of something called Pro ject Talent. You said it was done by the Federal govern ment. That seems a queer source for you to be quoting. A: Not at all. throject Talent, was, in part, a ^nationwide com parative survey of the educa tional standing of White and Negro high - school children. There were 773 high schools and some 500,000 students in cluded. On 19 selected tests measuring aptitude and achieve ment in school work, the low est scores were made in an all Negro schools. As the number of Negroes increased in school enrollment, the scores dropped significantly. The all - White schools had the best records. That the government does not SGT. COLE IN THAILAND Sergeant Henry A. Cole, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Cole, Route 2, Dover, is on duty at Ko rat Royal Thai AFB, Thailand. Sergeant Cole is a jet aircraft mechanic and before his arrival in Thailand, he was assigned to Eglin AFB, Fla. He is a 1965 graduate of South Lenoir High School. LOANS — $60 — $600 Money While You Walt GREAT SOUTHERN FINANCE T 210 Middle St. — N*er Bom base its policies on the evidence reflects — wouldn’t you say? -- the difference between science and politics. banks and brokerage firms. In order to add farther credi bility to its, “declaration of fare cites ! fewer than cent of have ing aid and cent of the current benefk sss Of ope per beneficiaries .inohtajyn of welfare are ineligible. I then says that pilot proj " shown that the new won’t increase these si The one difficulty with the fig ures given by HEW is that they don’t agree with an intensive study made of welfare cases in Washingfbh, D. C. showing that over fifty pe^ cent of. the wel fare recipients were ineligible. One of the major demands made by the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy dwihg.thePoorPeo ple’s Campaign wasthe “declar ation of need” plan now being proposed by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Moreover, The Washington Post reports that this proposal “ful fills a promise made by HEW Secretary Wilber J. Cohen to Abernathy” during the march last spring. “Cohen told Aber nathy then that HEW would re quire states to begin develop ing the declaration system,” the Post continues. Not a penny should be denied to those who deserve and qual ify for assistance. But this last minute proposal by the outgoing Administration should be care fully examined. I am hesitant to accept HEW’s statements. I am not at all positive that a thorough investigation of wel fare infractions was made,' much less a thorough testing of the new proposals. I am doubtful that the test cases cited can be honestly compared to what would happen in the nation as a whole. In addition, officials of of HEW have conceded that the new plan, if implemented, could result in additional applicants to the welfare roles. This last we must guard against. The American,people have put up'with a lot from HEW and its administrators, but I sincerely believe that the American peo ple will, not accept anymore fool hardy schemes, and this one seems quite insane. Now is the time to decorate with Blue Ridoe QUALITY paint at LOW COST. A wide selection of paitel colors available; also matching Alkyd semigloss Enamel for wood work and kitchens. Come In today — Well be happy to assist In every way. BUZZARD BUILDING SUPPLY INC. Kinston, N. C. jL. V'"-/‘ > • %r%’\ •* '4*■&•' Social Security Continued from page 1 derives from their 5s as of any given i a trial balance is * Kit the v social Security pro gram is not a voluntary insur ance program that depends on annual; sales. To use poker pa tois, it has ‘locks at the board” because- everybody who earns a buck-up tp $800 per year has to 'nick in' whether lie likes' it or not, and ,SP dees his boss. The reserves on 1ieh1065 thatrslow spiral'sometimes begins to move, too rapidly and people who. living on fixed in comes get caught short in the vicinity of the pocketbook. LAND BID RAISED Last week. Perry-Burton Real ty Company raised the bid on an 18-acre tract of land immediate ly north of Kinston Plaza Shop ping Center, owned by the Kins ton School Board. At an auction earlier this month Virgil Dixon bad been the high bidder at $75,000 for the land. The rais ed bid of $78*900 will, cause the land to be re-advertised and sold again at public auction on January 7th. 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