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Many of us Old Age recipIent of present Welfare Funds are sorely grieved at the inadequacy of t eons dne in re- lieving the needs of our Old Citiens. We wonder if you could not help in leading our Legiel stores to barrage for a larger appropriation that would give to each of these oldetern n allotment sufficient to aurl.ih tasm a cosfortablo ljiyE while ssint down to their final demise. Texas is amply rion U natural resources to do this, but those reacuroce are ei nJ rapidly amassed into the hands of various Corporate ions , building up many Millionaires srong ug. dan our Legiolatire not divert ro- of toose values into this worthy caused it would >e 50Vn a laudable gesture. Such a eneroon move it would ,ake for them a lasting raise in the -inds of future gen rating. Our Money System allows only two alternative In rais- Ing the "unds, either to levy obnoxioue hoods on which to borrow vonev o. else tax it away for those wvo already have it All dosorv Ing goveravent tojects aave to he rorwaerdec in that way or else we ome to a otandtill, I our present mat- mum Stne' allotment were doubled, the combinen State and federal appropria tiono would toen give to each prepest eoipient about an averre of 55 dollars por head per morth, ris wo.ld be some cedi t to the State of Texas of lein we could he pjryd. But even then T hxco woula fall below many other States in its Welfare generosity towards those w .o 'pe " their lives ie builcing the State P. A. Stain Box 326 varia, Texas
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