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Ronald K. Calgaard, assistant professor of economics, said yesterday that the purpose of President Johnson's program for the "War on Poverty" is not to eliminate inequality.
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Speaking before the KU-Y Current Issues Forum in the Kansas Union, Prof. Calgaard said there will always be classes in our society because some men will earn more than others.
Three reasons were given by Prof. Calgaard for the "War on Poverty Program" being set up by the Johnson administration last January. They are:
- Poverty is costly to society, There is a loss of production because certain people are less productive than they might be. The United States gives up assets to use resources for the social by-products of poverty such as juvenile delinquency and disease.
- We are a wealthy nation and can afford to help those who are less fortunate.
- Some people have a level of income that is not of minimum acceptability.
The U.S. government is using the most recent statistics on the average income of the American families to define poverty. The reasonable criteria for minimum existence for a family of four is $3000 a year before taxes, Prof. Calgaard said. All families who earn less than this are labeled poor by the Johnson administration.
PROF. CALGAARD SAID that of the 47 million families in the United States, 9 million earn less than $3000 a year.
These 9 million families break down into 33 to 35 million people of which 11 million are children. Prof. Calgaard said this is 20 per cent of the U.S. population.
This lower than the minimumwage group can be broken down according to race, education, sectional living, and occupation. Prof. Cal-
gaard said the U.S. government wants to get at the base of the problem. The administration wants to get at the root of the frustrations of these people.
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"THE CAUSE OF poverty is poverty itself, the low level of productivity leads to a low income." Prof. Calgeard said. "Because of low education and susceptibility to disease and the crime rate among these people, the second generation of this class will probably live on relief because they have no chance to escape their environment."
Previous programs by the government were short ranged and didn't succeed because of this, Prof. Calgaard said.
Prof. Calgaard said the Johnson administration plans to eliminate absolute poverty by maintaining a rapidly growing economy, offering more jobs, and cutting taxes to stimulate the economy.
Eight million dollars were appropriated by Congress for the Equal Opportunities Act of 1964, to set up six programs to aid the poor. They are:
- Job Core: This is a training and conservation program for boys and girls between the ages of 18 and 22. These young people will be provided with basic skills and given a new set of values to encourage them to work.
- Neighborhood Youth Corps: The Corps provides work opportunities for high school students who want to drop out of school for financial reasons. Local school boards run this program with 90 per cent of the support soming from the federal government.
- Vista: The Volunteers in Service to America will work in job placement centers and in remedial reading programs designed to help the poor.
- Work Study Program: Young people who cannot afford to go to college are given jobs near the colleges who will accept them for enrollment.
- Work Experience Program:
Parents of families on relief are retrained for employment opportunities.
- Community Action Program:
The federal government will review poverty programs offered by various communities.
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