Word: aids
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...disabled would continue unchanged, except that benefits would be increased. A uniform floor of $65 per month for all such recipients would be established, with the Treasury chipping in 25% of the cost in excess of $65. The largest and most controversial segment of the present welfare system-aid to families with dependent children (AFDC)-would be eliminated...
...crucial difference between the new proposal and current practice is that the Nixon program would recognize the nation's working poor. In many states, the present AFDC laws bar aid to families with able-bodied fathers in the home. For many of these men, who are either unemployed or have low-paying jobs, there is only one choice. They desert their families. Nixon's program would provide for such families without encouraging the father to leave. It would authorize relief for 12,400,000 needy Americans who now get none...
...catchy and promising phrase "black capitalism" became part of the language when Richard Nixon promised during his election campaign that his Administration would step up loans and other aid for Negroes to start their own businesses. As Nixon put it, the Government should act decisively to help Negroes gain their fair "piece of the action." The rather general idea that Negroes should lift themselves up through business ownership, as many other ethnic groups had done in the U.S., inspired hope and some votes among people of all races. "To the extent that programs of 'black capitalism' are successful...
...125th Street, the major artery of Harlem, are black-owned. True, more and more Negro entrepreneurs are rising, but too few have received any real help from the Nixon Administration, whose programs for black capitalism are mired in confusion, contradiction and delay. The Government has 117 programs for aid to "minority" businesses, but no central clearinghouse to bring together those programs and the people seeking them. "The Government has to lead the private sector," says Adolph Holmes, the National Urban League's economic planner. "One concludes from what is not being done that there is no real commitment...
Reportedly, a number of these freshman were given financial aid by Harvard. Chase N. Peterson '52, dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, was not available yesterday for comment...