H.R. 14449. makes good sense to me. The measure includes funding. not only for Community Action. but for Head Start. Follow Through. emergency food. help for Indians. migrants. the elderly. and other programs which started in OEO. but which are now scattered in other Federal agencies. I hope that Congress will not neglect this opportunity to protect the interests of the poor. minorities. the disadvantaged. and the American people in general. If the OEO antipoverty programs are permitted to falter and die at this point. the strength and impetus a strong federally coordinated and funded program can offer will be lost. and the weight of responsibility will be shifted to State and local governments which. already overburdened with competing demands for limited funds. will be illprepared to continue it.
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