THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page ThreA Tuesday; February 25, 1969 WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY 4:10 P.M. Department of Speech Student Laboratory Theatre presents'I THE TYPISTS by Murray Schis gal February 26th & 28th Admission Free Arena Theatre, Frieze Building U U I I Thompson's PIZZA TH IS COUPON IS GOOD FOR ---off 50c off- ON A LARGE ONE ITEM (OR MORE) PIZZA Coupon is Good Only Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., I February 24, 25,26, 27 ONE COUPON PER PIZZA P w mmmm mwmm.m.m....mmmm w .mm ..mm w. .m w .... .mm..m mm mm EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM U.S. to By DON KENDALL WASHINGTON (MP)-The Nix- on Administration's decision to issue free food stamps to some very poor people in two South Carolina counties is a turnabout from long-standing government policy on dealing with hunger. Secretary of Agriculture Clif- ford M. Harlin described the plan as an experiment and add- ed that the free-stamp opera- tions in Jasper and Beaufort counties will be watched close- ly. "We are looking to this spe- cial pilot program, to give us a real measure of the extent to which there are needs unmet by the regular program," Hardin said. But regardless of the modest scope of the South Carolina ex- periment, Agriculture Depart- ment officials who administer food programs consider the free stamps as a major break- through. Until, now the department has insisted it could not give away food stamps under any condi- tions. Unless the South Carolina 1l i A give r project changes things, the rule will continue. The legal apparatus used by Hardin to begin free-stamp dis- tribution is a portion of the cur- rent Agricultural Appropria- tions Act which allows up to $45 million from tariff collec- tions to be used for "additional direct distribution or other pro- grams" without regard to whether food programs already exist in an area. But the basic food-stamp low passed by .Congress in 1964 ex- plicitly states that "households shall be charged such a portion of the face value of the coupon allotment issued to them as is determined to be equivalent to their normal expenditures for food." James E. Springfield, deputy director of the food-stamp pro- gram, says the interpretation until now has been firmly that "even a family with little in- come spends something for food." However, the Agriculture De- partment in the past year has reduced purchase requirements for extremely poor families so that today under a liberalized schedule a family of four can pay $2 a month and receive stamps for $52 worth of food. Nationally, food-stamp reci- pients in all eligible income ranges receive an average of $10 in coupons for $6. The stamps are issued by the government to certified reci- pients in designated food-stamp ee food stamps counties through agreements with state agencies. In most buy their stamps in ments, and ly sales. Families1 stamps for cery stores and local welfare areas, families can monthly quota of two-week install- some provide week- then can trade the food at retail gro- which in turn can TAX SERVICE 725 N. University 1-5-MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY sponsored by STUDENTS' INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE 662-7780 deposit the coupons in banks the same as cash. Stamp recipients cannot use them to buy alcoholic beverages, tobacco or luxury foods. The second basic family-food program administered by the Agriculture Department i n- volves direct distribution of commodities in cooperation with state agencies. The federal gov- ernment packages the food and ships it to areas within the states. Local officials are responsible for determining eligibility of re- pient families and distributing the food to them. The two programs are not permitted to operate in the same county. Neill W. Freeman, head of the department's commodity distri- bution program, said 22 food items are available for local dis- tribution but only about 18. are generally used. Can a family eat properly on either program? The food stamps worth $58 are not adequate to feed a family of four, Springfield said. The de- partment, he added, has recom- NATIONAL SNERAL CORPORATION H ELD OVER FOX EASTERN TEATRES 3RD WEEK FOR ILiE 375 No. MAPLE RD. "769-1300 The Theatre Will Be Emptied After 7:00 P.M. Showing Fri.-Sat. I CINEMA II Tues., Feb. 25 BLONDE VENUS, Marlene Dietrich directd by Josef Von Sternberg 7 & 9 P.M., Aud. A, Angell 75c PARAMOUNT PICT'URES preeta FRA1'vco ZEFFIRELUI Pmedmodi. o ROMEO- eJULIET I! Showings Daily 1:30 4:00 7:00 9:35 11 i mi I Litter doesn't throv itself away; litterr doesn't just happen. People cause it-and' only people can prevent) it. "People" means you. Keep America Beautiful. Ii DON'T MISS THIS ONE Shows at 1, 3, 5, 7, & 9:05 Feature 25 Min. Later Student 198200624 Wast Designated Missing .., PITY POUR PATNO I E i . Info: 662-6264 Officially h.._ mended the allowance be raised to $27 in stamps for each indi- vidual, meaning a total of $108 a month for a family of four. Direct distribution of all 22 commodities would mean about 36 pounds of food a month for each family member, said Free- man. The value of each full pack- age is about $13, or around $52 for the family of four, compared with $58 in good stamps now available to the lowest-income group. The Agriculture Department for some time has stressed that it favors the food-stamp pro- gram as the more efficient method of getting food to needy people. Commodity distribution can be started more rapidly in a hunger area, officials say, but food stamps provide a greater variety for recipients, as well as eliminating storage, transporta- tion and distribution problems. Nutritionally, the complete 22-item package offered in the commodity program provides 100 per cent of recommended daily allowances for essential nutrition, including protein, Freeman said. However, the total package is slightly short on vitamin A and C, and somewhat below the total calory recommendation. As of Jan. 31, about 480 coun- ties of more then 3,000 in the country were without any type of federal food program for needy families, according to Marvin M. Sandstrom, deputy administrator of all the depart- ment's food programs. Some of the leading holdout states and their number of counties without food programs include: Texas 106; Kansas 80; Missouri 50; Virginia 33 coun- ties and 18 independent cities; Montana 30; Idaho 29; Nebras- ka 21; Florida 16; California 15; and Minnesota 14. Charges hae circulated in re- cent years that some Southern counties opposed food programs in predominantly Negro areas because white officials pre- ferred the residents migrate. Asked about these reports, Sandstrom said "this may have been true in some isolated cases in the past, but it doesn't seem to be the case now." Whenhasked if such an atti- tude persists in the South Free- man replied,. "It is n. more pronounced than that in other areas toward Indians, migrants and just plain poor people." "I would say that local re- sistance to food programs is more of an attitude on whether we spend tax dollars on these people - poor people - whoever they are," Freeman said. Second Class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday morning University year. Sub- scription rates: $9.00 by carrier, $10.00 by mail. IDESLO C:ES IDEAL FOR: WSthe news today by The Associated Press and College Press Service U.S. AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE forces shelled known and suspected Viet Cong and North Vietnamese positions around Saigon to ward off troops believed to be approach- ing the capital. There were no new reports of Viet Cong or North Vietna- mese ground assaults or shellings such as those that had struck more than 200 cities, towns, and military posts since Saturday night in the largest offensive since last year. American officers involved in the defense of the capital said units of four North Vietnamese infantry divisions that pulled back into Cambodia last fall were maneuvering toward Saigon in their spring offensive. PRESIDENT NIXON announced yesterday that the U.S. will resume negotiations with the Soviet Union "in due course." Speaking before representatives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Nixon said that he intends to "enter into negotiations with the Soviet Union on a wide range of issues." However, Nixon said he would talk with the Russians only after full consultation with America's European allies. Continuing his tour of five West European countries, Nix- on arrived in London to confer with British leaders. Nixon and Prime Minister Harold Wilson will probably be discussing the Middle East and Vietnam. * . " IN A MESSAGE FROM EUROPE President Nixon ask- ed Congress yesterday to head off an approaching colli- sion between government borrowing and the legal ceiling on the national debt. At the same time, Nixon asked for approval of new rules for designating which government obligations should be sub- ject to the ceiling. ISRAELI JETS raided two Arab guerrilla b a s e s In Syria yesterday and battled a squadron of 10 or 12 Syrian MIGs. The jet dogfights developed into one of the largest Arab- Israeli air clashes since the 1967 war. Sources said the raid was not in retaliation for the Arab attack on an El Al jetliner at Zurich and Friday's explosion in a Jerusalem supermarket, but was the first act in Israel's new policy of "active self-defense." An army spokesman in Tel Aviv said two Syrian craft were shot down while Israel suffered no losses. A Damascus com- munique declared the Israelis lost three Mirage jets. o ." . FRANCE ACCUSED the British yesterday of revealing. a private talk with President Charles de Gaulle and Brit- ish Ambassador Christopher Soames to separate Paris from its Common Market partners. Foreign Minister Michel Debre said that the British ac- count of the talks which suggested a French plan to scrap the Common Market had been distorted and that De Gaulle's European policy had not changed. The British maintain De Gaulle proposed that Britain and France begin talks toward replacing the present Common Market with a loose, enlarged economic association, which could also replace the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. * * * WEST GERMANY asked for tangible signs of East German sincerity in freeing movement to East Berlin in exchange for transferring the presidential election from West Berlin. West Berlin Mayor Klaus Schuetz said that a West Ger- man decision on whether to move the March 5 election from West Berlin inside the communist territory depended on the kind of agreement the East Germans would make. East Germany offered to open the Berlin Wall for Easter. However, Guenther Diehl, spokesman for the West German government said that the federal government expects "clear signs of readiness to come to terms in longterm settlement of freedom of movement in Berlin." NORTHERN IRELAND'S Prime Minister Terence o'- Neill suffered two major setbacks yesterday in early re- turns from his parlimentary elections. O'Neill was fighting to overcome a powerful rebel fac- tion of his own pro-British unionist party. However, two rebel leaders, Brian Faulkner and Harry West, won back t h e i r House of Commons seats, shattering challenges by pro- O'Neill candidates. MARINER 6 was launched successfully yesterday on a five month trip to photograph Mars. 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