European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday August 2,1987 Reagan attacks democrats ideas on welfare Reform Washington a president Reagan lashed out saturday at demo cratic welfare Reform proposals charging that they contain Sham work require ments and would make staying on Wel fare More misguided compassion would Only bring More people into the welfare system encourage them to stay on the welfare Rolls longer and discourage work Reagan said in his weekly radio five minute talk was taped in and Vance on Friday before the president s trip to Bethesda naval Hospital where he had a Small area of skin cancer re moved from his nose. He had no Public events on his schedule and was to remain in the White House for the weekend. The question i ask about any welfare Reform proposal is will it help a people become self sufficient and Lead a full life or will it help keep Triem in a state of dependency Reagan said. The president As he has in the past harshly criticized the present system. Our welfare system has become a Pov erty trap a creator and reinforcer of de Pendency he urged the adoption of proposals he advanced in his state of the Union address. He called for state sponsored Community based demonstration projects that would last about five years wih the Best results incorporated eventually into National called for changes in the exemptions that allow mothers with Chil Dren under the age of six to refrain from work arguing that fewer than one fifth of All welfare recipients participate in work m afraid that several members of Congress have suggested some proposals that while claiming to require work re lated activities would make staying on welfare More attractive Reagan said. Reagan did not mention by name the members of Congress he was speaking about but he went on to criticize the House Bill for containing no authority for demonstration projects and a Senate proposal As having Only a very limited . Daniel Moynihan d-n.y., has put Forward a sweeping welfare Reform package known As the family Security act. It was been co sponsored by nearly one Quarter of the 100-member Senate and has the backing of five top sen stumbling Block has been whether to extend benefits for children to families where there Are two parents. Moynihan s legislation would require the states to pay the benefits to two Par ent households where both parents arc unemployed. Only 26 states do so now and Reagan has threatened to veto the Bill if it contains that requirement. Juicy Melon drama a photo Elvira Dorris 92, of Lees Burgh fun takes a Stab Friday at slicing an 85 Pound Watermelon that was grown by her son Gordon. He donated the Melon to the Lee Burgh health one Center and 115 other residents of the facility joined the enthusiastic knife wielder in enjoying the Trot Vietnam Veteran activist starting new organization Washington a Robert o. Muller is moving on to a new cause after spending nearly 10 years establishing an organization to forcefully speak for Viet Nam veterans rights. Muller is stepping Down As president of the 3p,000-Membcr Vietnam veterans of America whose convention was being held in Washington Over the weekend. He said he plans to immediately Star working toward improving relations be tween the United slates and Vietnam. The Only reason i m still Here is that it s taken this Long to establish an organization that s secure and ensured of survival irrespective of who s in office mul Ler said during a break in floor action at the convention. Now i m starting a new organization. I have a tremendous sense of need to take our former enemy and effect a reconciliation. If we can do that for Germany and Japan Why can t we help a peasant country like Vietnam not he asked. Muller a former Marine lieutenant who is confined to a wheelchair because of his War wounds started the Vietnam veterans of America in january 1978. He believed that the established veterans groups were not working hard enough for Vietnam veterans and did not under stand their unique problems. He had no Money and few of support ers. But his biggest problem was convincing americans to think about the Viet Nam War which Many considered a failure of . Foreign policy and to pay attention to the veterans of the War. We were told you re not going to get support because you re a Symbol of that War " Muller recalled. The organization got a big boost when americans who had been taken hostage in Iran were released after 444 Days in Captivity. It was like night and Day Muller said. The hostages were getting All this attention and the Vietnam veterans were being ignored. It really was recognized As a contrast and we were inundated with Calls for support. The Veter ans themselves came Forward too. It finally put the Issue of the Vietnam experience on the Agenda As a topic that could be discussed a memorial to the americans who died in the Vietnam War was dedicated in 1981 in Washington. It was the first time that thousands of Vietnam veterans got together and it clearly rekindled the sense of brotherhood they had Felt during the War Muller said. Membership in the Vietnam veterans of America surged. The organization was big enough and stable enough to hold its first convention in 1983. Its second followed two years later. The current convention its third has attracted about 400 veterans. The War has now become the subject of movies and books and in the fall a prime time television series about the War will be aired on lbs. In addition the Vietnam veterans of America now has corporate sponsorship. Dollar dry Dock Bank of White Plains n.y., has issued a special visa charge card and has promised the organization a portion of the Money it earns from each card Holder. Muller estimated that the program will yield millions of dollars for Job training and counselling programs for Vietnam veterans. We be had lean years and hard times he said. Now we re through the threshold of recognition. The Challenge is to maintain this As an organization of Muller though is already excited about his new project the normalization of relations Between the United states and Vietnam. The american Public does t under stand that Vietnam is still being treated As an enemy Muller said. They re isolated economically and politically. I Don t see How we can justify continuing the conflict i want to resolve the War for Best Sellers gom Piton by if naw York turns fiction 1 Patriot games by Tom Clancy 2piisumer innocent by Scon Turow 3misery by Stephan King 4-weep no Mobe. 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