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Despite efforts to clear slums and replace them with low-cost public housing, inequities continued to exist in America's cities. Herb Block adds: "The contrasts are particularly noticeable in the nation's capital, where a well-housed Congress dominates attempts at self-rule."
While Congress increased funding to buy and store surplus grain from farmers, it rendered little assistance to house the over abundance of school children.
Pressure for campaign finance reform is not new. Herb Block has been pointing out for five decades how special interests use campaign donations to gain influence. In 1950 Congress failed to take action on a proposal by a House committee to set up an inquiry into the relationship between lobbying and election campaigns. The issue and the cartoon are fresh today.
