Collection

Refusal to aid poor in Iowa

Titled “Stubborn Refusal to Aid Poor” the article states: “The Fayette County Board of Supervisors has remained firm in its refusal to sanction food programs for the poor. Despite appeals by the Oelwein mayor, Chamber of Commerce, local clergymen and the county welfare director, the board continues to give the county the dubious distinction of being the only Iowa county without the surplus commodity distriubtion or food stamp programs.” The last pargraph ends “The Issue is not who is ‘wrong’ or ‘right’ but who needs food and how best it can be made available to them.”

Date

April 27, 1969