Word: freemans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Then why does hunger hang on? Some of those who face malnutrition -or even starvation-simply do not understand how to use existing programs, says Freeman. Others, especially rural Negroes in the Deep South, are victims of the indifference and prejudice of local officials who, according to the six Field Foundation doctors, use programs "selectively, politically, and with obvious racial considerations in mind...
Despite his reputation for short-fused pugnacity, ex-Marine Freeman tries to be coolly diplomatic on this score. He saw "no conspiracy," he said, but rather a growing sense of responsibility among white officials. One factor making Freeman so soft-spokenly cautious is the virtual control of Southerners over both the Senate and House agriculture committees. Another is the fact that the $195 million bill extending the Food Stamp Act was saved from a crippling amendment in the House last month by just eleven votes. Freeman obviously hopes to accomplish more by wooing Southern Congressmen than by warring with them...
Following the doctors' testimony, the Senators confronted Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman and other officials with demands for immediate relief measures. Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) asked that a state of emergency be declared in Mississippi. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-N.Y.) called for a Public Health Service inquiry into the extent of hunger in the United States...
...heated session came to a boil when Freeman and Javits started yelling at each other about whether or not the Administration bureaucracy had "broken down," as Javits charged...
...Freeman, following Coles's report on Mississipi conditions (issued in June), drastically lowered the price of food stamps in the state late last month. These stamps are redeemed at local grocery stores for food worth many times what the coupons cost...