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Comments prepared for broadcast over WLIB Radio in New York City. -7- I had no answer. I did not want to create an illusion in her troubled mind, yet, I tried to explain in words which she could understand. I told her that President Johnson's program designed for the abolition of poverty is now before Congress, and if the Bill passes, she and many others in the same predicament would be greatly aid. I told her that her son would have an opportunity to be ac- cepted in one of the camps which would be established throughout the country, where they could receive work, experience and a basic education. Her next question was as hypothetical as the first---"When will the bill pass?" I stated that, I did not know, it is up to Congress and the American people. After she left me, I realized, that thus far, there had been no united public expression from the American people on this vital issue. I truly believe that those of us who cherish liberty and remember that the Declaration of Independence was the very first -more-

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Land of (Unequal) Opportunity

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University of Arkansas