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RE~1ARKS
BY SENATO R HUBERT HI HUMPH REY
COPE LEADERSHIP
r~1EETI NG
CHARLESTON 1 WEST VIRG I NIA
P. PR I L
8J 1972
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THE ru BER ONE ISS UE IN A! RICA--THE
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I VJEST VIRGif lA--TODAY IS JOBS .
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JOBS I J OU \ STEEL f ILLS 1 IN OUR FACTOR IES1 IN OU COAL
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TODAY
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ouR FARMS .
RE A AT! ON OF LOST
O~PCl_~~-~ IES ,
FI E AND A HALF ILL! ON ur E PLOYED ArLie NS H E LOST
THE OPPORTUN ITY TO ADD r1E Nit G TO THEI
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LI ES .ND TO
CONTRIBUTE THE IR SKILLS ND TALE 1TS TO BU ILD !
Af.1 ERICA
BETTE
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IDESP E D
OPPORTUNITIES FO IMP ,OVED HL LTH C RE1 ADEQUATE DIETS
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IS
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THE OPPORTU ITY TO M
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FORWARD INTO THE P OSPERITY WH ICH SHOULD BE OU.S IF WE
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\'/ERE A J TION T \t!O K--I F OU \ F CTO IES ND .INES
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NOT IDLE . UE1PLOY ·1E JT IS COSTING THE
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It JAi UA Y OF L ST YEAR P ESIDEIH RICH RD IHXO I TOLD
THE AM
ERICA PEOPLE THP.T" REDUCTIONOF THE UNEMPLOY ·.ENT RTE
TO 4 PE CEJT If 1972 IS OU
0 L. OUR GOAL IS FULL EM
PLOYrENT
BY T'E ED OF 1972 ."
L YESTE DP.Y~ THE DEP RTNENT OF LAB
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lNOUNCED Tfi T
Ei1PLOYf1ENT ROSE 2 PE \CE T LAST f·10NTH TO 5.9 PERCE T
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BUT TH RECO D OF THE IXO
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PE~~·r'AI CE A E' THE -DISA.PPO INT1
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OF MILLI ONS F A~1ERIC NS W0 \ ElmHN ON THE ! . LUCK ND 0 T
THE FIGURES ARE STA
:DT P~
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IC. BUT THEY DON 'T TELL
US \ AT u -~H PLOYr1E·T :EA S TO WO KI G FA HLIES LL ACROSS
THIS STATE .
WH TIS
~EMP LOY ~ EJT?
I'LL TELL YO :
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--IT'S DRAW ING YOUR LAST UJEMPLOYM
ENT CHECK WITHNO JOB
INSIGHT .
--IT'S SITTING
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THE DARK TO SA EONTHE LI ·HT BILL.
--If'S r1AKING SHOES LAST NOTHE
~10'~TH
m DR IVING
ON
BALD TI RES .
--IT'S EATING A LITTLE LESS SOTHE KIDS CANE T A LITTLE
f10RE.
--IT' S BORRO\ IN, F OMYOUR BROTHL .-I N-LAH OR LETTI NG
YOUR
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LAPSE .
H SURANCE
--IT'S FACING EVICTION BECAUSE YOUCAN 'T PAY THE RENT OR
f1EET THE
r·~ORTGA -E.
--IT'S FACING YOURSELF INTHE MIRROR AND
ASKI NG ~
"WHY?"
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A D "HOW f".UCH LONGER?"
--IT 'S FACI N YOU ~·HFE ' .ND CHILDREN -- ND SKI
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"WHA T KIND OF AN M I?"
--Af D ~ FI NALLY~ IT'S WO~DE ING HOW A ~ TI ON THIS
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Of' ,, E~IC ~S
ISI NG ~ CA~ LET r~iORE THP.N 5fWLLI
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IHO li'Aili TO WORK , liEED. TQ,.l ORK, 0 IIITtiOUT WO K.
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ICH
umnOY1E JT IS THE SHA1E OF
T~./
~ IT'S W~ THAT THE A ERICf.f VOPKE
HITH HIS JOB
SO .~UCH TO THIS COUN TRY · RE WH
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IS FORCED TO PAY
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A D HARD TH1ES/.. TODAY THERE ARE 400, 000 VETE.
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~JA lT TO PUT A r1I LLI O' J~E
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I CA iS B ,CK TO ~JO K NO\~
RESORT
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' - I WIT _!0 __g[ THE ~ ELFARE FOLLS AND THE UNE 1PLOYMENT
l..... I WA T TO
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OVJDE 250, 000 JOBS FOP. YOU J PEOPLE Hl THE
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NEI HBORHOOD YOUTHCORPS row .
~ANT TO HAVE JOB TRAI NI NG TH T LE DS TO
TOMORE TR INING .
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JOB::NOT
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AND I HANT TO PROVIDE OUR STATES WITH THE TOOLS
TO COORD INATE Am EVALU TE OUR ATI DrJAL r A P0\4ER PRO R S.
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THESE ARE.i 'T IDLE HOPES, THESE A.EN'T TfiE LAilS OF
A D EAr1ER .
I'VE INT ODUCED THE E1PLOYMENT OPPO
J U~ ITIES
1972 TO PUT 1 MILLI ON . E IC NS B .CK TO \J0
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.CT OF
AND PUT PAYCHECKS
OF IUNDREDS OF THOUSN DS OF HOi,KHJG Ai1I LIES
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/SOf·1E PEOPLE A.E SAY It THP.T
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CAN 'T FFO .D AN
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Ef1PLOY 1E T OPPO .TUN ITI ES PP.O RA.~ THAT COULD P T 1 f~ I LLI ON
Ar1ERICANS BACK TO WORK .
THEY SAY THAT IT WILL COST TOO MUCH.
I SAY WE C N'T
FO]
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TO DO IT.
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THE COST OF THE E PLOY ENT OPPOPTUN ITI ES PP.O ~
I HAVE SPO ~SO RED IS I
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THt TOTAL NATION L
COST OF WELF RE .
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TO FULL OPPORTUNITY AND ECONOMIC USTICE ARE CLOSI1J TO
r1oRE A1'D MORE wo KING
Ar~ERI c
Ns .
TOO MANY HORK I JG FAf'i i LIES A E A P Y D Y 0 THO F Ol.
BAfKRUPTCY .
TOO r1A ·N vJORK I G FAMILIES KNOW T J T EY A E 0 J N
ECO OMIC TREADM ILL.
THEY CA 'T ET AHEAD .
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THEY CAN IT f;1AKE ENDS MEET
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THEY CA 'T BUY THE TH I JGS THEY vJANT--A NEW CA
HOUSE 1
NEV~ APP LI ANCES ~
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AND NDJ CLOTHES FOR THEI R CHILDREN .
THEY ARE FACED EACH DAY WITH Bl LLS THEY CAN'T PAY
.~ND
TAXES
THEY CAJ 'T AFFORD .
AMERICANS ARE FED UP WITH A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS A
PRIVILEGED FEW TO REAP VAST BENEFITS T THE EXPENSE OF
WORKING AMERICANS .
I PLED E TO THE PEOPLE OF HEST 'I RG I NI/\ THAT I HILL
END THE I JUSTICE A D UNFAI RNESS OF AN ADr1IN IST TION HH ICH
SACRIFICES JOBS TO FI GHT I NFLATI ON .
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I PLE GE TO YOU A FAIP OCIETY T AT WILL
PRIC S A D PROFITS Si 1 YROC ;ET
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v GES ARE FROZEr .
I PLEDGE TO YOU A FAIR SOCIETY THAT WILL HAVE A TAX
SYST M ICH IS ·oT IGGED AGAifST WORV I GAME ICA S.
I PLEDGE A FAIR SOCIETY TtAT USES T .E PRODUCTIVE
RESOURCES OFT IS 1ATI01 TO OLVE T E lEEDS OF ALL THE
PEOPLE. --A SOCIETY TiAT 1AKtS ALL THE PEOPLE THE [ EFI CIA IES
OF OUR iE.ALTr1 A D OUR RESOURCES ., i'OT T 'E VICTir·S OF RtC SSIO
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