VOLUME 1 NUMBER 20
SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN ICHIGA
APRIL "24. �979
dvisor,
od rs ems to be doin as
o contributed to the succe of th BHHS
Blood Ori , Friday. Rhoo<b, � student, r ceiv s nc
from Red Cros volunteer rs. Ryan.
c
ocal h l p
I.
The Congressional BI c
�ucus· organizing a nation
wid mpaign against Presi-
dent ter's proposed 1980
budg t c ts in ocial programs.
The CBC is urging concern
ed citizens to voice their oppo
sition to the cuts by writing or
phoning their senators and
congr ssman.
• Locally I Benton H rbor
City Commissioner Mildr d
Wells is as isting the CBC and
urge area re idents to g t
involved.
"I upport this (CBC)
so estion," ells id.
Sh r Ie II th CBe
literature to this p per in an
effort to bro den local support
in stemming the cuts.
The te t of the CBC
letter follow :
Dear Friend: The Congre sion I
Brae Caucu and many other
organizations and individuals
ho are concerned about im
proving the condition for th
poor, the elderly, the ged,
minorities and the unemployed
ha spoken out in strong
opposition to the President's
propo d cuts in the domes
tic social budget for 1980.
In a meeting on February
28, 1979 ith the Pre ident,
e dvi ed him of our po ition
and of our intention
to mobiliz th country to
oppose th recommended bud
get cuts.
·poor.' yo
PI nned cutb ck in two
CET A fund d job progr ms
par ed criticism from B n-
ton H rbor are group.
PI nning to take the me
funding as las y r, but to
find fe r: id job with that
money ar th T in Citi and
iI Ch mb r of Commerce.
PI nning 0 fight that
cutb c in rvice is th Com-
mit to Elimin te R cism.
80th Chambers ha e re
cei n llocation of so�
$ 4,000 to run a job place
ment program. Wh r in prior
y ar. ids from any economic
b ound could" rved,
this y the federal rules
y that only economically dis
tti rNY
Th Chamb rs say that if
th Y can only wor] ith the
poor, they c n't serv as many.
� Last year, Twin Cities
Chamber served a total of 225
youths, 61 of hom ere eco
nomically di dvantaged. Th y
y they can rv 67 this year.
il s placed 150 kid I st
summer with 7 of them econo
mically disadvantaged. They
plan on rving 40 this year.
CET A h ed the D part-
- ment of labor (DOL) to nd
the rul to allow th mailer
number to be helped ith the
me funding. •
"This is an att mpt to
keep CET A fund from going
wher they're suppo d to &9
poor," say Committ
Ch irperson, Charles Kelly. IIWe
. ill fight it II th way. II
The Committee met on-
day, April 23 to pi n its strategy
in fighting the cuts.
"There's no reason to y
that just b cau kid i po r,
it's so difficult to help him,"
Kelly continued.
"The Ch mber h d better
get d to orking ith th
economically disadvantaged,"
said ary DeF to th CETA
anpo r Planning Coun iI
who considered th cutb c
and reque t to DOL to bend
the rule.
Th provid
r nt, utilitie
involv d in finding
youth.
re ri ling you
to as that you write, phone
and end telegrams to your
Representativ nd t 0 Senators
in. opposition to the domestic
budget cut which the Presi
dent has recomm nd d. Your
Ie ders in Congr ne d to hear
th t you, your fri nd and your
neighbors ill not stand for
cuts in programs which are
aimed at as isting the least
affluent in the nation in th
nam of fighting inflation. Th y
n d to hear th t you no that
the Con res ionaJ Budg t Offic
ha said th t curtin the bud t
ill ha onl a tiny imp t
on infl tion while increasing,
unemployment.
The �r sident has re
commend d cuts in the eET A
jobs programs of 15.2 per
cent, 18 percent in 10 -incom
housing, reductions in cial
curity b nefits, nutrition pro
grams, helath programs and
many other programs hich we
ha all fought for ov r the
years. Unl s the embers of
Congress hear· from people'
the county o . gre ith
,":,S nd OPPO the cuts, the
reductions ill b put in
effect.
A guide for addition I
actions hich n be underta en
to oppose budget cut and
umm ry of som of th propo-
d budget cuts hich affect
Blac Americ nand th p r
are attached.
Your ep
A lett r sent to ny or
all thr of th elected
t poor:
U.S. S TORS
Don ld Riegl ,Jr. (D)
• Dir n Offic Buildin
Suite 1207
shi ton, D.C. 20510·
uri levin (D)
Dir n Offi Buildin
Room 3327
shington, D.C. 20510
s
oon
rd to
durin th
rdi Collin
Ch i om n
alter E. F untro
Ch irm n, CBC Voter
P rticipation Sub ommitt
Em-
000
Publi
In nti e