The shootings. the looting. the violence. the senseless destruction for the sake of destruction have brought death and disaster to countless innocent victims of mans inhumanity to man. The deaths of children and other helpless persons are poignant testimony to the dreadful consequences of violence. So many have been hurtthe young children who will bear the scars of the nightmare all their lives. the families trapped in circumstances beyond their control: the ambitious young people and their elders who have been striving to improve their individual and collective lot through job training and educational programs that bring the chance of escape to a better life. all the people who ask only the right to earn their livelihood. to walk their streets in safety. and to live in peace and harmony with their neighbors. the homeowners who have paid ever high taxes to meet the mounting costs of public services necessitated by the ever growing influx of poor migrants untrained for urban life. the merchants who have devoted long hours and long years to their businesses. only to see their lifetimes work smashed to bits or in ashes and they bankrupt. Newark is truly a disaster area. struck not by act of God but by mans folly which compounds the tragedy. As such. it is deserving of Federal assistance similar to that given to communities plagued by upheavals of nature.
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Poor migrants are untrained for urban life and cause increased taxes and public service costs.