Word: moynihans
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President Carter knew that these problems faced America's cities when he took office over three years ago, Yet despite his promises to attack these urban problems, he has consistently ignored them. Pointing to just one example, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan recently wrote that "Mr. Carter has broken his welfare promise. That is what hurts. It is not that he has tried and failed: he has not tried...
...course the President denies Moynihan's charges. As "proof" he points to the "Comprehensive National Urban Policy" that he submitted to Congress two years ago in March of 1978. But Carter's urban policy contained only token proposals that resulted in little relief to the most economically distressed areas of the U.S. He called for a "New Partnership" among all levels of American government. But the Fed quickly spurned its part of the agreement...
...plan. Carter's welfare "reform" proposal may establish minimum family payments, but only in certain states of his native South and the Southwest. While Texas--the land of wind-fall profits--would have most of its welfare bills picked up by the Fed, New York would get what Senator Moynihan called "a token 5 per cent increase in Federal participation...
While many provisions of the charter are likely to win broad congressional acceptance, some will stir hot debate. Liberals are expected to fight against the limited permission to spy on Americans overseas. Other Senators and Congressmen will surely push for fewer restrictions on the intelligence agencies. Democratic Senator Pat Moynihan of New York has already introduced his own bill, which would make it a criminal offense for anyone to publish classified material or the names of agents still on active duty. In contrast, the Administration-backed charter would confine the criminal offense to CIA officers or former officers, exempting third...
Several senators, including Daniel P. Moynihan (D-N.Y.), have proposed making it a crime for officials to disclose the names of intelligence agents or for private persons, including journalists, to do so with intent to harm intelligence activities. Senate sources say there is even support for explicitly permitting agents to burglarize Americans' homes or to open their mail if they are suspected to have "positive intelligence" about foreign governments...