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4 - SEP 13
Copy

1971

HEARING

BEFORE THE

1.5 ton

OF THE

SPECIAL HEARING SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 2

Eger,
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

OVERSIGHT INTO ADMINISTRATION OF THE

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964

AND

CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 40, H.R. 6360, H.R. 6394,

AND H.R. 8163

HEARING HELD IN NEW ORLEANS, LA., MAY 24, 1971

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

CARL D. PERKINS, Chairman

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 1971

63-378

CATI

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

CARL D, PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman EDITH GREEN, Oregon

ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio JOHN H. DENT, Pennsylvania

ALPHONZO BELL, California ROMAN C. PUCINSKI, Illinois

OGDEN R. REID, New York DOMINICK V. DANIELS, New Jersey JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois JOHN BRADEMAS, Indiana

JOHN R. DELLENBACK, Oregon JAMES G. O'HARA, Michigan

MARVIN L, ESCH, Michigan AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California EDWIN D. ESHELMAN, Pennsylvania WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan

WILLIAM A. STEIGER, Wisconsin PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii

EARL F. LANDGREBE, Indiana JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York

ORVAL HANSEN, Idaho LLOYD MEEDS, Washington

EARL B. RUTH, North Carolina PHILLIP BURTON, California

EDWIN B. FORSYTHE, New Jersey JOSEPH M. GAYDOS, Pennsylvania

VICTOR V. VEYSEY, California WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY, Missouri

JACK F. KEMP, New York
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, New York

PETER A. PEYSER, New York
MARIO BIAGGA, New York
ELLA T. GRASSO, Connecticut
LOUISE DAY HICKS, Massachusetts
ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky
HERMAN BADILLO, New York

SPECIAL HEARING SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 2

WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan, Chairman PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii

WILLIAM A. STEIGER, Wisconsin LLOYD MEEDS, Washington

ALPHONZO BELL, California SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, New York

EARL B. RUTH, North Carolina ELLA T. GRASSO, Connecticut

JACK F. KEMP, New York LOUISE DAY HICKS, Massachusetts PETER A. PEYSER, New York ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky

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Statement of-

Baker, James G., member of the Missouri Legislature, member Kansas

City Bar and Missouri Bar..

Benson, Arthur A., II, staff attorney, regional director, ULEA, Kansas

('ity, Mo.--

Kelly, Patrick D., dean, University of Missouri at Kansas City,

M.M.K.C. Law School...

Kelly, Timothy E., presidednt, Dallas Bar Association, Dallas, Tex---

Landrieu, Hon. Moon, mayor, city of New Orleans, La---

Miller, Paul, director, Legal Aid Defender for Greater Kansas City -

Myer, Joe, director, Legal Assistance Corp., New Orleans, La.--.
Shireman, William H., director, Legal Aid Society of Nueces County,

Corpus Christi, Tex---
Sutton, John F., Jr., professor, University of Texas Law School Aus-

tin, Tex.

Prepared statements and supplemental material:

Millen, Russel, lawyer, Kansas City, Mo., statement of__

Miller, Paul, director, Legal Aid Defender for Greater Kansas City :

"Composite Evaluation of the Legal Aid and Defender Society

of Kansas City, Mo.," an article entitled.

"Day-to-Day Work in Poverty Law in a Metropolitan Area,”

a publication entitled

"Legal Aid Helps People Who Have Problems," a list of seven

points of law..
*Legal Services Community Education." an article entitled
Letter to Miss Shirley Snelson, Jefferson City, Mo., enclosing sery-

ice report for 1970, dated February 18, 1971.-

Newsletter, October, 1970-

Newsletter, January, 1971.

Newsletter, April, 1971.

Personnel list...

“Proposed Work Program, Year F,” a compilation entitled-

Shireman, William H., director, Legal Aid Society of Neuces County,

Corpus Christi, Tex., statement of ----

Sutton, Prof. John F., Jr., University of Texas Law School, Austin,

Tex. :

"Code of Professional Responsibility and Canons of Judicial

Ethics," a publication entitled----

"Curriculum Vitae," a biography entitled
"Formal Opinion 324,” American Bar Association, a compilation

entitled
eLtter to Chairman Ford, dated June 3, 1971.---

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