THE CONGRESS: The Nixon and Mills Bill

If the House of Representatives supports HR 1, the nation will make dramatic progress toward helping poor families obtain dignity and opportunity through work training, services and income support. However, if the House of Representatives rejects Title IV of HR 1, or defeats the bill, we will be committed to perpetuation of a system that is an obsolete and demoralizing failure.

In his letter to Speaker of the House Carl Albert and Republican Minority Leader Gerald Ford. President Nixon underscored the significance he attached to the primary domestic project of his presidential...

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