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I will be glad to answer any questions.
THE CHAIRMAN : Are there any ques-
tions of the spokesman of the Committee?
Delegate Beachley.
DELEGATE BEACHLEY: May I ask
two questions, Mr. Chairman?
THE CHAIRMAN: State the questions.
DELEGATE BEACHLEY: My ques-
tions, Delegate Mitchell, you spoke of the
distressed areas throughout the State of
Maryland and the first question that I
want to ask you is in relation to these
distressed areas.
What would you consider is the annual
income of these people in these distressed
areas that might be classified as low in-
come families or impoverished families?
What was the amount?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mitchell.
DELEGATE MITCHELL: I would use
the same standard that the Social Security
Administration, U. S. Department of
Labor, and other agencies of our state
and federal government have devised as a
standard to measure poverty and that is
an income to a family of three thousand
dollars a year or under.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Beachley.
DELEGATE BEACHLEY: My second
question, Mr. Chairman.
You mentioned some statistics about un-
employment throughout the United States,
but I think we ought to bring this down
to the State of Maryland. How many
impoverished families, families with in-
comes below three thousand dollars a year
are there in the State of Maryland?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mitchell.
DELEGATE MITCHELL: There are
one hundred and sixteen thousand three
hundred fifty-one families, fifteen per cent
of the population of the State of Maryland
which today have incomes which are less
than three thousand dollars per year. Of
that number, twenty-eight thousand have
incomes of less than a thousand. That is
families, not individuals. Thirty-seven
thousand have incomes of less than two
thousand dollars a year, and forty-nine
thousand have incomes of less than three
thousand, between two thousand and three
thousand a year.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Beachley.
DELEGATE BEACHLEY: Mr. Presi-
dent, I do have one more question. Re-
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garding that three thousand dollars, do
you have any idea how many might be in
a family?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mitchell.
DELEGATE MITCHELL: I believe the
standard is a family of four.
THE CHAIRMAN : Are there any other
questions of the spokesman for the Com-
mittee?
Delegate Murray.
DELEGATE D. MURRAY: Can you tell
me, Delegate Mitchell, since you have
figures readily at your fingertips, can you
tell me how many of those people are farm
people?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mitchell.
DELEGATE MITCHELL: I do not have
that broken down as to Maryland, but I
can tell you that in Maryland it is pretty
well consistent with the national figures.
But our farm families, since the Korean
War, have decreased from fourteen per
cent to seven per cent of our total popula-
tion, and to get away from poverty in the
farms, the population is migrating to the
cities, comprising a hard core of unem-
ployed people without skills. This has no
relation to race. It is true of all farm
people.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Dorothy
Murray.
DELEGATE D. MURRAY: I will make
a comment later. Thank you, Mr. Chair-
man.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are there other
questions of the spokesman for the Com-
mittee?
Apparently none.
Delegate Kiefer, do you desire to offer
your amendment now?
DELEGATE KIEFER: Mr. Chairman, I
offer the amendment that has been previ-
ously passed out as Amendment E.
THE CHAIRMAN: This will be Amend-
ment No. 14.
The Clerk will read the amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 14
to Committee Recommendation R&P-2 by
Delegate Kiefer.
On page 3, strike out all of section 9
Economic Opportunity, comprising lines 22
through 30, inclusive, and insert in lieu
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