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april 13, 1970 the gold bug The G.O.P. in Maryland is going to benefit by a Democratic split ..." Beall discusses Nixon welfare plan by Susan Baker Representative J, Glenn Beall, Jr. spoke about "Nixon's Individuals are responsible for their welfare pay- said. werrare Plan" to a small crowd in Decker Lecture Hall ment under the proposed system, the he has to the If the head of the family deserts on April 8. pay for the benefits it receives in his absence, After discussing the welfare plan for ten minutes, Beall by the be determined Eligibility handled questions about we lf'are , national and local federal welfare of recipients under will the new plan. As pre- agency politics. Beall, a Republican, Is the Congressional Re- presentative from Maryland's 6th district,whlch covers sently run, eligibility is decided the western part of Maryland. The speaker was sponsored and "their job should be by WMC's Young Republicans. Although the 4.-1 billion dollar price Arriving twenty minutes late because oftraific prob- posed plan is higher than the lems in Washington, D. C., Beall quipped, "If we had mass transit, we wouldn't have been late." The Congressman explained the inequities of the present welfare svstqm and the advantages of the proposed chang- es. He described the oroooseo Family Assistance Plan of 1970, which goes to Congress this week, as "one of Of weirare paymentswi\l the most important revisions of the welfare system." training program. The Congressman s:lid he The present welfare system, the speaker said, has too assumed that all levels of job sktIls would be taught, many recipients, is expensive, and is outdated, It was menial labor. adopted at the end of the Depression as a temporary spent for-ty minutes answering que stous from measure. Paying premiums for not working and for the audience. A'lanY<.JfthefjuestionSll'erecl\mutmili- breaking up the welfare family are problems of the sys- ta r y matters. He revealed that Congress is anxious tem, he continued. There is no inducement for the un- to end the Vietnam war, and that most congressmen employed welfare individual to find a job. Family dis- "feel the President is doing the best he can, the best unity is encouraged by not paying welfare to a family that can be done under the circumstances. Vietnami- if the head of its household is a man. z.attcn is coming very well." The speaker added Beall also described inequities which result from that the government no intention of being involved state control of the program. Benefits vary from state in Cambodia or Laos." lie said the United States only to state, resulting in a migration from low benefit to wants clarification of treaty arrangements. high benefit states. The Representative said that the President is "rather "The idea of welrare;" Beall asserted, "is to help serious" about a volunteer army but that Congress isn't. people help themselves. We owe them the opportunity He disagreed with the idea of social service, such as voting age to 18 would nut deter tile to obtain gainful employment, and we have an obligation the Peace in lieu of gre ssman trom fur the bill. "I'm in favor of It, to take care of those people who cannot take care of starting down road towards conscription, 1 will vote fur it the courts oectoe , There is no themselves." and I'm not so sure I'm in favor of universal conscrip- niidurgulllPntforilotgranting18yellrOIdstherighttu The Representative explained that the Family Assis- tion. If we have to draft boys for the military, not any- vote." Because of the President's endorsement of tile tance Plan of 1970 will give the federal government the thing else." Beall reserved the right to change IIis Hej ll uitnss it will puss "with flying colors" and responsibility of welfare payments. The suggested opinion, however, after hearing congressional testi- for the 1072 nattonat efecttons, standard minimum national benefit will eliminate dis- mony. crepancies in the state-paid benefits. states may supplement the federal benefit to the amount they are -SGA-------------- now paying or to the poverty level, whichever is lower, The federal government will aid the states in up to 30% of their supplement payments. Payments under this plan will be made to family units How long can we put up with it ? only, a change from the current individual payment. Critics of the plan have called this proposal "guaran- teed annual income" but it differs, Beall continued, in that there are no Individual benefits and no payments by R, Anderson after a recipient is situated in a job, He added that a recipient must enroll in some job or job training One of the first facts a new student at \V.AI,C, learns is that the only impressive of the Stndent Gnve r nment program. Association is its title. is the story of the S.C,A. in a nut shell; a bigtitleand much potential, hut little action. he recognizedbytheS.G.A. leader- In talking to those in as well as those outside of student Rap Brown government, I found that the S,C.A.'s mater anything, IS work. The first steps are to recognize the S.G.A.'s tile road to success can only be paved with its own underestimation of its importance. at the you might expect tne students involved in S,G.A, to over- role in the widest possible than way in- proper sphere, limits of the S,C.A.'s cont, from page 2 estimate the importance of their positions. 'rtns however , pollce officer in thetaxassessor'soffice,whichoverlooks is not the case, Jeff Davis, PresidentofSGA, for side. The key to success, however, wtu ue a large g-roup uf people who are to work hard enough the courthouse parking lot. His job is to watch for sus- feels that all the S.G,A. can do make every S.G,A. senate meetings to picious activities. A movie camera has also been install- but that "this may not make mucuoirrerence.' weekends c-r-un smoothly and efficiently. The S.G.A. can't ed, and it will film all activities around the courthouse for the S,C.A.'s power, Jeff feels that ''if the wait around for the student body to become enthusiastic and people entering the building. to change something, it can't do it directly." about what the S.G,A, can achieve to promote student wel- All these precautions are defensive measures against In strong contrast, it is Dean Mowbr ay who sees the most fare: it must take the initiative. It must operate inaway a possible bombing. The employee points out, however, potential for action in theS.G.A. The Dean said that "stu- that will earn the respect and support of the student body that a person desiring to bomb the buildingwould not even dent governmentismeanttogovern,"andthatas the S.G.A. through creative and their competent execution. have to enter it, but merely heave the bomb through one is set up, "every student organization on campus should It has been a of the S.G.A, leadership that of the numerous windows. answer to the S.G.A." Headdedthatthislncludes the frat- even though S.G.A. meetings are open to eve r yone.no stu- National magazine and newspaper reporters are flocking ermns s anc sor-ortue s. to the sleepy two hundred year old town of Ellicott City Even if the S.G,A, begins to take itseU seriously as Dean dents come totakeadvantageofthisopportunityto express The leadership, themselves, however, has not made this an for the trial. The national publicity will only increase the Mowbray suggests that it can, the batt le wou ld still be just attractive opportunity. It is not generally known when headaches of Ornar- J. Jones, Howard County Executive. beginning, The S.C.A. cannot act unless it is sure of its meetings are held, where they are held, or what is under Mr. Jones is faced with the problemofaccomodationsfor role. In que sttorung people aboutwhattheS.G.A. is suppos- current discussion. Even if students did come to meetings, the hundreds of reporters and trtat-goer s. Already he has ed to be I found that this has not been given much had one hundred extra telephones installed in the court- thought. people were vaguely agreeable to the idea they would probably not be very impressed with the house to ease communicatlonproblemsbetweenreporters that the S.G,A. is supposed to lookout for student wetrare. S.C.A.'s potential to help them. They will find that there for discussion is little preparation and by theIeadersbtp, and their home newspapers. The extra phones, though, are While thisistrue, "studentwelfare"istoogeneral to even the representatives don't have any more idea of what will an unexpected slice out of Jones' tight budget. suggest a planofaction, Characteristically, many students be discussed than any other student who happened to walk Jones and the county are also providing portable rest see the S.C.A. in only two roles. One, to provide activities rooms and portable food stands to be situated around the and entertainment, and the otner tovpr otectvtne students in. In a situation such as this, it is impossible for the courthouse, Ellicott City has only three small lunch coun- from the administration's mistakes by expressing student S.G.A. to do more than just muddle through. In light of the ters lining its Main Street, and they are far too small to opinion and influencing administrative policy, Both of S.G.A.'s potential, this is very unfortunate. In light of the handle the expected trial crowds, The nearest restaurants these areasarelegitimate.Allthatisneedednow is for the S.G.A.'s responsibility tothe students to make their money are three or four miles away. Jones said he hoped the S.G,A, to start doing both these do the most for ~hem, it is no wonder that many students additional rest rooms and eating places would "prevent This view of the S.G,A., however, much too narrow, feel like demanding tnetr- money back. frustrations." and this narrowness has been reflected by the poor alloca- The student body elects the S,G,A.leadershlpand senate With the trial only two weeks away, security precau- tion of resources, failure to attack any problems within to work for them and to make their pooled resources go as tions and crowd accomodations are fairly well set. The the student body, failure to take the initiative in working far as possible, not to be inoectstve ancwastann. If other only problem that remains Is finding Brown. The Negro out solutions to problems, such as the Cafeteria and Grille stu(lent,organizations such as the GOLDBUG, ALOHA, and militant hasn't been seen for several weeks, and unless situations, and failure to take a dominant role in activities the various ad hoccommiUeescanberunwelI, there is no he matertauzes In Ellicott City on April 20, a ll the pre- such as the Earth Day, the voluntary R,O.T.C.committee, re~son why the S.G.A. can't do at least as well and b, so ootng, get the students on its side for once. parations and headaches will have been for naught. or the moratorium.