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  • f Voiee of the Students VOL. XLI No. 24 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20, 1975 WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY CULLOWHEE Food stamps cut The Scholars, an English vocal quintet will make their North American debut tonight in Hoey Auditorium at 8:15. The performance, sponsored by LCE, is free to WCU students and LCE subscription series members, $1 for other adults and 50 cents for children. by Anthony Schmitz (CPS)-Students who survived a recent crackdown by the Agriculture Department designed to eliminate them from the food stamp rolls may have more hurdles to cross to continue receiving stamps. A number of bills being considered in Congress are aimed at paring the number of food stamp recipients down even further. One bill, the National Food Stamp Reform Act introduced by Sen. James Buckley (R-NY), would cut anyone who is "voluntarily unemployed" from the food stamp rolls. This includes college students and anyone else who has decided not to work. That measure would go beyond the efforts of the Agriculture Department to cut off food stamps going to students. The Agriculture Department put a policy into effect this fall that disqualifies students from receiving food stamps unless their parents are also eligible for stamps. That policy change was aimed at cutting students from middle and upper income families from the food stamp lists. 'If students aren't claimed by their parents as tax dependents at tax time, they can still receive stamps if they meet other eligibility standards. A number of new bills would trim millions of people from the food stamp program by clamping on tighter eligibility qualifications. Tougher eligibility standards could hurt students in two ways--by making them ineligible if they are currently independent of their parents and receiving stamps, or by cutting their parents from the food stamp program and consequently ending the handout to their children in college. A congressional crackdown on the food stamp program has followed reports by the Agriculture Department and other groups showing that millions of dollars in aid each year go to persons who aren't really eligible. About $246 million was estimated to have been either overpaid to persons legitimately collecting food stamps or to have been given to persons not eligible at all. To legislators with constituencies angered by inflation and tired of subsidizing welfare programs, the $5.2 billion doled out to 19 million Americans is a likely place to begin trimming welfare payments. A bill introduced by George McGovern (D-SD) and Robert Dole (D-KS) in the Senate would eliminate an estimated 1.5 million people from food stamp rolls by setting the maximum allowable income for a family of four at $7776 per year. President Ford's recommendation to Congress would set the maximum allowable income for a family even lower, at $6250. Ford promises that his proposal could double the number of. persons cut by McGovern's bill, slashing 3.4 million people from food stamp rolls. By setting the allowable income for eligibility at the poverty level of $5050 per year and allowing another $100 per month to cover incidental expenses, the government could save $1.2 billion on food stamps each year, Ford claims. But while Ford claims that the poverty level is $5050 for a family of four, others aren't sure. While Ford and Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz call that figure the officially recognized standard of poverty in the country, the Bureau of Labor Statistics judged that the minimal budget for a family of four was about $9200 per year-about $4000 above Ford TURN TO PAGE 2 Union meeting held in Charlotte An advance on future dues assessment, totalling $7,500 was conditionally offered to the troubled North Carolina Association of Student Governments (NCASG), by ECU Student Body President, Jimmy Honeycutt. The advance, the presentation of the corporation papers and a plan to use the tax exempt status of a member institution as an interim solution, were the main items at the Union of Student Body Presidents (USBD) November meeting, held last Saturday at UNC-Charlotte. The money was attached to a resolution requiring the creation of a position as Executive Director, the filing of that position with an ECU graduate and unemployed lawyer, Jeffery Miller, and a pledge of future support to the NCASG. Intended to help resolve the problem created by the resignation of executive Secretary Marilyn Elliott, the resolution institutes the new directorship as a six month pilot program. It is hoped by Honey cutt that the program win create the motivation needed to unify the institutions. There were lines of opposition developed during the discussion of the proposal, but due to a lack of quorum no final decision was reached. UNC-Charlotte President Jamie Stimple saw the resolution as a way to bring about the needed touch of "professionalism" into the organization. The professionalism referred to by Stemple, was based in that Miller is a recent graduate of University of Miami School of Law. "We can use the legal training of this man to better the organization," said Stemple. In a tirade about the unpretigious qualities of the Student Development orientations of the recently resigned Elliot, Stemple garrulously expounded on the merits of legal training in organizational structure planning. Mary Beth Spina, Pres. of NCSU expressed her anguish at the current status of the organization and countered Stemple's enthusiasm with a more skeptical attitude. '"I see this group falling apart before my very eyes. The reason that Elliott resigned was that she was tired of reading comic books. She was so frustrated by the lack of cooperation that she received from her employers, (USBP), she saw no other alternative.! can't see making the same mistake twice. The motivation for the group (USBP) has to come from us, the Presidents," said Spina. Jim Chambers, representing ASU, saw merit to the ECU proposal and stated belief in the future of tfie organization. Chambers called the organization, "potentially the most powerful student organization in the State" and affirmed his commitment to the successful future of the USBP. WCU representative Bill Drury, also expressed enthusiasm for the group, but remained uncommiied to the ECU resolution. "I like the concept of the Executive Directorship, but don't ask me to commit myself to out what attitudes towards the NCASG are in the legislature back at Western." The future of the resolution will be determined by a mail ballot sent to all the Presidents by Secretary-General Bill Bates. Copies of the Articles of Incorporation were distributed. The this proposal. I will have to find Articles, dated September 12, Security Officer dies Wednesday WCU Safety and Security officer Leslie Blanchard, 50, of Cullowhee was found dead in his patrol car Wednesday morning around 7. The body was discovered by fellow patrolman Dave Bennett. According to Dr. James Oliver, the medical examiner on call, Blanchard appeared to have suffered a heart attack. He was last seen by one of the three officers on duty that night around 5 a.m. sitting in his auto parked behind McKee Building. Blanchard, who worked the late night shift from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., had been an officer here since February 1973. He is a native of Cullowhee and served in the US Navy for 24 years retiring with the rank of Chief Naval Officer. Pritchard Smith, director of the WCU Safety and Security, speaking of Blanchard's tragic death, said, "He was a good officer-loyal, alert and we will really miss him." Blanchard is survived by his wife, Bessy, and three daughters, Dana, Donna and Regina. Funeral services will be conducted in the Chapel of Moody Funeral Home in Sylva Friday at 2 p.m. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday evening from 7 to 9. Burial will follow the funeral service in the Hooper Cemetery in Speedwell community. 1975, establish the NCASG as a nonprofit corporation. The purpose of the corporation is stated as to represent all students enrolled at member institutions, to improve the welfare of students, and to insure representation of students at a state and local level. The Directors of the corporation are to be the elected representatives, aspre- scribed in the By-Laws. Honeycutt stated that the disparity between the original filing date and the distribution date was blamed on unknown circumstances. The non-profit status of the corporation restricts the lobbying TURN TO PAGE 2 WWrVWWWWWWWV [\JTJT1CE VWWWWWWIrWWWW Last night's UC Cinema film, Andy Warhol's dracula was cancelled due to a shipping error made by the film company. The film has been rescheduled for February 25. The UC Cinema apologizes for any inconveniences this might have caused.
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