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it Thursday, September 1, 1033 Dally Nebixsksn I! - tiM. "J If '!! 0 i(n;il paffidieo.' leaviBg OTteG EUMOgli To get re-elected, Ronald Reagan Read's recent Interest In the plain raiht have to change public per? fact that many Americans do not get ceptions of his policies on hunger. He adequate nutrition, given everything already has done the same thing with the education issue. Although the Reagan administra tion has greatly reduced federal involvement in and funding of America education, he has seemingly aelused the possible backlash of his he has said and done in the cast. emerges as a cynical and largely empty effort to jerk the knees of voters, 1 Particularly revealing is Reagan's dawdling with federal food giveaways. Federal warehouses are bloated with excess flour, rice, powdered milk and It all adds upl cootc monoy 2 g,ardt 3 in a pool . can really park SMART ! I?' 10 or a? i?i; v S1 actions by talking up merit pay raises the famous surplus cheese. Despite the cheese giveaway, the federal ,daily surplus alone is worth more than $2 billion. .' And yet Reagan's administration sharply reduced cheese distribution throughout the country last May. Hiis wa3 done for two reasons. As in every government program, there were accusations of waste and abuse. Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina invented what you xnisht call the wel fare grandmother, telling of elderly ( Eric r ,y Peterson Take a break from burgers with a tantilizing seafood selection at Red Lobster. Now you can enjoy a complete seafood dinner starting at just $5.95! And all our entrees come with a crisp, garden- for teachers. Even though his only involvement in education until he discovered the "Master Teacher" issue was essentially a negative one he wanted to abolish the U.S. Department recipients who drove around the state collecting free cheese in Cadillacs! A fresh salad or our famous creamy cole slaw, hush puppies or garlic bread and your choice of potato, rice pilaf or our vegetable of the day. And if that doesn't whet your appetite, just bring in the coupon below and get 00 off any adult dinner entree. of Education itself many people outside the teachers' unions are taken in by the hot air on education that he has been blowing from Washington. The first attempt to repaint the picture that people have in their minds of government food policies generally an accurate one of Reagan slashing every nutrition relief program that he can was Agriculture Helms aide was glad to announce that North Carolina has restricted eligibility for the cheese. ' An even more cogent reason for the change, came from the cheese manufacturers: it was hurtingtheir 'sales. Although some analysts said that it was the recession, not the . federal cheese giveaways, which was Secretary John Block week of eating lowering cheese sales, the Reagan on a food stamp bud, I'm here to demonstrate that you can live within the plan and have a satisfactory diet, Block declared. He and his wife shopped on the maximum amount that the food stamp program will give to feed a family of four $58 a week. v ' , Soon alter this, Reagan himself set up a Task Force on Food Assistance, in apparent surprise that there are administration reduced its cheese distribution to oblige the cheese makers. By damming up the great federal river of cheese last May, Reagan surely showed his priorities., Whatever abuses might have occurred in the giveaway program, they are certainly minor compared to those which have been discovered elsewhere in military spare parts replacement, for hungry people in the United States, example. And it is shocking that an ' Great SeafoodL For a little more than a fin. even witn a rooa stamp program which Block had supposedly proven to be adequate and even generous. The real harm that the Reagan" administration has done to nutrition in America b great Child nutrition programs have been reduced $1.5 bil lion; food stamp prepress have been cut by $1.7 billion. This means three million school children have been dropped from the school lunch program and 800,000 people arent getting food stamps any longer. But this isnt alL Reagan favors making more cuts in the 1C3 i budget, front a program for pregnant women, infants and children, and from food stamp benefits to disabled and else: administration will pile up food rather than give it to people who need it, possibly lowering the profits of the food industry. . tv y -n Daily ti ' . - The Daily Nebraskan (USPS 144-080) la publish ed by ttia UNL Publication Board Monday through Friday in the fail and spring semesters and Tues days and Fridays In the summer sessions, except during vacations. Subscriptions: $20semester, $30two semesters. $35year. Postmaster Send address changes to the Dally Nebraskan, Nebraska Union 34, 1400 R St.. Lincoln, Neb. 68588-0448, Second c!s pnNtn9 paid at Lincoln, Neb. ALL KU7L...J. bl-ir li ULT kJ.JUi j I I I This coupon good for $1.00 off any adult dinner entree at the Red Lobster listed below. Most Major Credit Cards Accepted. x Red Lobster Inns ol America. S1 l Not redeemable on luncheon ! flyer items. 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