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Show Page 2 National Low-Income Area Organizes Poverty © Fight _ Welfare Rights - Organization * By PAUL SWENSON (Deseret News Staff Writer) Is the Community Action Program the only organization that can mobilize community resources and motivate residents to fight poverty on a neighborhood level? “Rather than depending entirely Among: iPr purposes,, Heidt to Twiggs, are the following: Help area residents organize and carry out “their own _program”, : ‘identify and use all available resources support to ‘local © | NWRO DEMANDS programs; organize to avoid overlapping responsibility. and to. improve delivery of -setvicés *ih thes 32 community; analyze and evaluate «. ¢2\" “=> long and short-range plans of action: .. on CAP, we're going to be doing things for ourselves and standing on our own feet,” says a resident of — to overcome community poverty; the low income area extending inform residents of public policies from South Temple to 13th South which relate to them; encourage and State Street to Interstate 15. program improvements and help: The new cause for hope is an residents protect themselves against organization called People’s Freeway, Inc. interests and pressure groups. It was not organized to compete Among immediate goals of PFI with Community Action. On the are financial and community contrary, it grew out of CAP and support for the auto clinic and seeks to fulfill an often-forgotten, bicycle repair shop at the Satellite but important goal of the national Center, run by the YMCA, and poverty program as first envisioned application for a Boy Scout charter by the Office of Economic for the area, ~*~ Opportunity. The Bonneville ees Club has ““One of the purposes of Community Action is to work itself obtain the charter. out of a job,’’ says CAP Dr. Alton P. Hadlock, assistant neighborhood organizer Mrs. professor of cdeacional Dorothy Pulley, an officer in the administration and director of adult newly-formed PFT. education, University of Utah, will “Because the future of CAP work with PFI to obtain. Bec iess depends on political decisions, a committee training for PEI board time may come when the program members. wont be functioning. People who In addition, People’s F reeway is have started organizing to fight working to persuade area schools to poverty themselves will be better provide “bicycle “rooms” where ee pared. to. keep the. poverty fight ha]iidren’s. bikes could. be checked oing,’ ” Mrs: Pulley said. “We're the” ‘ficee coats, to avoid the curtent rash irst area to incorporate and to be I. REPEAL OF THE WELFARE SECTIONS OF THE 1967 SOCIAL . SECURITY AMENDMENTS (PUBLIC LAW 90-248 “ANTI-WELFARE LAW”) This law is the most regressive and racist! piece of social legislation in the history of the country. Directly or indirectly, it affects the majority . of residents of the ghettos and barrios of our country. A. It freezes federal funds for millions of needy children who are _ desperately poor but presently receiving no public assistance. B. It forces mothers to leave their children and accept work or _ training or be cut off welfare and have their children taken away from > a ¥ “From the President’s Desk ”’ Marie Darling. Central City Board Meets © VOICE from volunteers; the B. B. O. S. stated that inactive and uncommitted board members should resign and be replaced by dedicated persons willing to be Racial Discrimination Illegally cutting people welfare | off Illegally rejecting applicants for welfare Discrimin ating . against large families Threatening, scaring or intimidating recipients Other searches and seizures without search warrants 3 Giving. reeipients smaller grants than the law says ne should be getting the time limits set by law Forcing mothers with young children to take jobs or job training Not informing recipients of their rights of appeal. . Bie South County Community Action Center is in the process of requesting medical programs to be set up in the area. These programs LOOKING AHEAD can be funded by state and federal money. Spring is here, summer is coming The funding is - subject to -the soon. How about planting a garden? needs of the people. Please read and When you drive around the valley, answer the questions. Call or mail | there are many vacant lots and your opinions to us. fields. Just a small amount of digWe do need the voice of the ging and raking, plant some seeds people. Call and be‘counted. You and soon you can harvest your own will be the people served by these programs... Help,,..B§-.«. sabia aors egetables. Did you pee tilling the problems. me ge i sollis” good €‘exercise? _You can also “ledrn how: to survive in case of Citizens of South Couritya ae . “emergency by harvesting and storDo you need: ing your own food. Gardens are 1. Medical clinic it _ 2. Dental clinic. 1 cts beautiful, helpful to the marly * food-wise and money-wise. Let’s all 3. Mental health try out our green thumbs this 4. Youth counceling active in the affairs of Central City; it was advised that the Senior Citizen’s Rummage Sale to be held Saturday, April 11 was in need of volunteer help and board members were urged to take part; Mike spring. 9. Vocational Rehabilitation Kilpack advised that there is little 6. Drug abuse ~ need for a center if there are no An Ex-farmer 7. Marriage, child-parent, unwed supplies, no equipment and no mothers counseling. money to operate. He added that 8. Drinking problem counseling. the Board has consistently refused Call 255-3516. Voice your need to authorize monies for needed equipment-such as __ basketballs, of these services. ping-pong tables, arts and crafts | Thane supplies. It was movede and ei. "Call 299- 3516 seconded to purchase two ape - ru pM ping-pong tables, paddles, 108 balls WORDPOWER is mailed and We feed: your voice on the lack and five basketballs. The meeting distributed FREE to anyone was adjourned. It is interesting to of housing in ‘this’ area. South note there were only 9 or 10 board County needs a housing authority interested in receiving it. To members present out of 33 and this established in order to bring. ee continue: publishing, we would was the first time in several weeks cost housing and rent subsidy ‘to appreciate’ ‘your donations or there were enough members present our area. Call 255-3516. 8:30 a.m. buying ad space. Please call to form a decision making quorem. to 5:00 p.m. : 486ae oh information. + WEE SARI FE SF ENTER SEE RINE PZ aN ae OH Oy Seas C. It seriously restricts the program of aid to children of unemployed D. It encourages welfare intimidate poor people. HELP — STOP Not giving fair hearings within YOUR NEEDS them. fathers. Not> givin; recipi nla “special ? grants for ‘year-round_. clothing, _ of stolen Dieycles’ and slashed bike household furnishings, etc., which able to start doing this.” ‘tires at area schools. _ the law says they should get. PFI operates: in the area served A long-range (progeant it plished by Discriminating against families by CAP’s Satellite Center, 568 S. PFT i is raising money for a “family with illigitimate children | 2nd West. Theodore R. Twi s, 412 living” demonstration of clothing S. lst West, is leas of the new Forcing recipients to “accept” organization; Lizzie Padilla, use, home and money. management, other “social services” in order to vice president; Mrs. Jane Civish, home. furnishings, public affairs and keep their welfare grants. secretary, and Mrs. Alvin’ R. youth development by the Utah Counting against recipients’ Erickson, treasurer. ae ‘University extension division. budgets money which they do not have or did not receive The Central City Community Center’s Multi-Purpose Board met Thursday, April 9th. The agenda included several subjects of concern to community residents: Sunday Opening of the Center-it was agreed that the Center should be open from Noon to 6:00 p.m. on Sundays and supervision would be | 7 oe oS departinents to further coerce and Il. A NATIONAL GUARANTEED MINIMUM INCOME OF $4,000 FOR EVERY AMERICAN FAMILY. Four thousand dollars per year for a fasaily of four (with $500 per person adjustments for more or fewer family members) would be a minimum to raise families out of poverty. The Guaranteed Minimum Income should also: A. Provide annual cost of living adjustments. B. Be administered by a simple affidavit, similar to the income tax. C. Include a work incentive allowing families to keep all earnings up to 25% of their guaranteed minimum income and some portion of additional earnings. lil. FEDERAL FUNDS FOR IMMEDIATE CREATION OF AT LEAST THREE MILLION JOBS FOR MEN There is a desperate need for jobs in the ghettos for men to permit them to assume normal roles as breadwinners and heads of families. These job programs should: A. Focus on building critically needed low income housing and community facilities in the ghettos. B. Contribute manpower to extend vital human services such as health care, education and community organization. C, Give first preference to contracts with organizations controlled by poor people. OUR ARE RIGHTS NOT We are NOT willing to sell our rights as American citizens, our rights to dignity, our rights to justice, our rights to Democracy, for the food, clothing, and shelter which our age, our disability the absence or death of our family’s breadwinner our lack of economic opportunity our society have made us unable to provide. FOR SALE! Anyone you know who feels they are not receiving fair treatment, such as paying for lunches when you cannot, or different color tickets, forced to work, etc. PLEASE CALL UWRO. We care FAMILY ASSISTANCE not WELFARE EXISTANCE 255-9454/467-6372 WORDPOWER THE PEOPLE’S NEWSPAPER & Wordpower is published every other Friday by Wordpower, Inc., a non-profit organization. Editorial Ofc. 975 E. 3300 South Suite 1 Tel. 486-9371 Editor-in-chief Marlene Marie Young Contributing Editors: Ed Brown, Sports Lucy Black, “Whose Pond” Column “Through a Child’s Eyes’ *, Staff, Headstart Day Care Center Shirley Shields, Modeling Ann Tolley, Jobs | Marie Darling “From The President’s Desk” Dorothy Pulley, Food and Nutrition; © Rep. of CAP Satellite Center Mary"Adams, Social Security and Medicare THE BEGINNING OF UNDERSTANDING ait 7m CONGR Ge, a BAR |