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Show A New Approach To Poverty By Hays Gorey Jr. The poverty problem in the United States is caused by members of the population who are not able to participate partici-pate effectively in the economic eco-nomic life of the nation. These people for reasons rea-sons of location, education, mental deficiency, health, environment en-vironment in youth or because be-cause of race are being denied the income that accrues ac-crues to participants, so they live in deprivation. John Kenneth Galbraith, Harvard economist and former for-mer ambassador to India, has proposed a plan to end Poverty in the United States. Mr. Galbraith's scheme is based on the accepted fact that a well-educated population popula-tion is never poor. Using this as a starting Point, he proposes that, beginning be-ginning next year, the US designate the hundred lowest-income lowest-income counties as special educational districts. "These would be equipped, or re-equipped, with a truly excellent and comprehensive school plant, including both primary and secondary schools transportation and the best in recreational facilities," he writes in Harper's Magazine. Maga-zine. Mr. Galbraith proposes that the U.S. assemble "an elite body of teachers" in the manner of the Peace Corps, paying them an "ample salary" of around $12,000. "They should be ready to serve in the most remote areas, ar-eas, tough enough and well trained enough to take on the worst slums, proud to go to Harlan County or to Harlem," he writes. "By this one step we would overcome the present pre-sent difficulty in getting good teachers to go where they are most needed." Despite considerable propaganda pro-paganda to the contrary, the greatest current need of the United States is not a deci sion to be tender to y to-do. "We should conti" ' v bear in rnind that one;Hl es an economy woJ' ' rewarding the rrch U rewarding all who Kfc bute to Its success, T Galbraith says. Iv Finally, heprM modest flM given to feed dren for school a ;0 pensate for these tV jj "'.THE YEAR fcOftfl program would bee .extended toJ or 200 most J;l& But it would not f ;S of in thecase of f special need, he J:V, poverty by , , |