SOCIAL CONDITIONS

Addresses

Action Against Poverty: Cabell Brand, 7621 [27AP]

America in the 21st Century and the Demographic Imperative: Vijaya L. Melnick, 11022 [6JN]

Coming of Age of American Social Policy: Senator Moynihan, 4782-4784 [17MR]

Current State of Society: Sheldon Hackney, 30656 [20NO]

Families, Civic Life, and Moral Standards: Vice President Quayle, 19316-19318 [4AU]

Founders' Day Service at Hebrew Union College: Hyman Bookbinder, 5780 [6AP]

Housing Now: Senator Sanford, 24245 [12OC]

Importance of Boys Club in Society: Arnold I. Burns, 26864 [1NO]

LBJ's War on Poverty ``The Heart Has Its Reasons Which Reason Knows Not'': Jack Valenti, 21501 [25SE], 24877 [17OC]

Literacy in America: Barbara Bush, 18 [3JA]

School Reform—A National Strategy: Ernest L. Boyer, 15317-15319 [19JY]

Amendments

National Affordable Housing Act: enact (S. 566), 29232 [15NO], 29413 [16NO]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1312, extend Domestic Volunteer Service Act programs, 21764 [27SE]

Articles and editorials

Abuse, Neglect Rising in DC—Drugs Ravage Home Life, 20485 [14SE]

Answer for Patricia Godley, 16315 [26JY]

``Boarder Babies'' Linger in Hospitals—Drug Users Abandon Their Infants, 20488 [14SE]

Drugs and White America, 24539 [13OC]

Fighting Illiteracy— Let's Not Slight ``School Literacy'', 28342 [9NO]

For Drug Addict, Spot Awaits Him, Probably in Jail, 1643 [2FE]

Forging a National Housing Policy, 23987 [10OC]

Gently Urging Homeless To Cast Votes, 20472 [14SE]

Grandmother Struggles To Pick Up Where Parents Left Off, 20487 [14SE]

Homeless Facts vs. Fantasy, 23937 [7OC]

Homesteading Bill Would Hurt, Not Help, 30659 [20NO]

HOPE Pays Off for Preschoolers, 3814 [8MR]

How Will Poverty Affect County?, 13631 [27JN]

Instincts Prod Cows and Ex-Ranchers at Turn-out Time, 8377 [4MY]

Isolating the Poor, 4120 [14MR]

``Latchkey Children'' Seen at Risk for Drug Use—Increased Alcohol, Marijuana Use Found, 24847 [17OC]

Let's Tear Off Their Hoods, 7618 [27AP], 8854 [10MY]

Man Among Men in the Race for Racial Justice, 225 [4JA]

Minimum Harm, 5106 [21MR]

More Prosperity, More Hunger, 3049 [28FE]

Needed New National Institutes of Education To Help Cure the Nation's Education Ills, 24036 [11OC]

No-Cost Solution to the Treasury—The Long-Term Health Care Financing Problem, 3044 [28FE]

Poverty Fight Called Misguided, 24142 [11OC]

Pride Returns to a Housing Project, and She Leads the Way, 2804 [27FE]

Pulaski Has No Room for the Vermin, 22878 [3OC]

Rebarbarization of America—To Walk Amid the Underclass Is To Glimpse Social Regression, 8802 [10MY]

River of Despair—Along the Rich Banks of the Mississippi Live Poorest of U.S. Poor, 24577 [13OC]

``Sitting on a Time Bomb Waiting for Kids to Die''—D.C. Child Welfare Services Overmatched, 20489 [14SE]

Social Security Is a Life Saver, 3013 [28FE]

Sociological Theories Make Adoption Hard, 19666 [6SE]

Solomon Torres—How Far Is La Feria From Success?, 5176 [22MR]

States, Cities Begin To Tackle Problem, 20491 [14SE]

Teach Children To Value All Creeds and Colors, 23995 [10OC]

Third Wave of School Reform, 29430-29432 [16NO]

Way To Help Teenagers, 10454 [31MY]

We're Being Too Easy on Drug-Using Athletes, 1335 [31JA]

Bills and resolutions

Child care: tax credit for lower-income working parents (see H.R. 392)

Children: eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness through international collaboration (see H. Res. 120)

———health awareness (see S.J. Res. 104)

Community Reinvestment Act: procedures for agency evaluation (see H.R. 3820)

Courts: child custody litigation (see H.R. 2952)

———child custody determination in spouse abuse cases (see H. Con. Res. 172)

Crime Control Act: enact (see S. 746)

Depressed areas: funding for public works and economic development (see H.R. 2015)

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: amend to prioritize programs of national significance (see S. 556)

———extend programs (see H.R. 1312)

Drug abuse: commission to study the use of former military installations as rehabilitation centers (see H.R. 1591)

Drug-Free Rural America Act: enact (see S. 1634)

Education: commission examining the teaching of values (see H.R. 733)

———State high school completion rates (see H.R. 670)

———youth service programs (see H. Res. 95)

Family planning program: extend (see H.R. 930)

Health care: improvement for minorities and those from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 3240)

———tax incentives for professionals in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 2522)

Health insurance: national program (see H.R. 16)

Homelessness Prevention and Housing Rehabilitation Act: enact (see S. 772; H.R. 2951)

Housing: assistance to families displaced by domestic violence (see H.R. 2951)

———grant basis for programs for the homeless (see H.R. 3502)

———grants for low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 2420)

———low-income tax credit (see S. 980; H.R. 2318, 2319)

Indians: funding for emergency shelters (see S. 1813)

International Indigenous Peoples Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 879)

Libraries: grants for literacy projects (see H.R. 957)

Medicare: incentives for handicapped individuals to work (see S. 320)

National Affordable Housing Act: enact (see S. 565, 566)

National Literacy Commission Act: enact (see S. 813)

National Service Act: enact (see S. 781)

National Week of Commitment to Helping the Homeless: designate (see S.J. Res. 111; H.J. Res. 215)

Racial relations: commission to investigate racially motivated violence (see H.R. 28)

Safe and Decent Housing Act: enact (see S. 1406)

Social Services Block Grant Restoration Act: enact (see S. 704; H.R. 795)

Social work: financial aid for students under Health Careers Opportunity Program (see S. 98)

Volunteer workers: corporation to promote national service (see S. 948; H.R. 660)

Youth Employment Services Act: enact (see H.R. 1536)

Bulletins

How to become foster or adoptive parents for District children, 20492 [14SE]

Reporting abuse and neglect, 20492 [14SE]

Comparisons

Foster care—How the District of Columbia compares to other cities, 20492 [14SE]

Court decisions

Affirmative action: Supreme Court, 12832 [21JN]

Factsheets

National Civic League's Challenge Federalism Program, 1642 [2FE]

Letters

Clubs and organizations having exclusionary membership practices: Senator Cranston, 9569 [17MY]

Low-income home energy assistance program: John White, 21303 [21SE]

———Senators Dodd and Heinz, 21303 [21SE]

———several Senators, 21303 [21SE]

National Affordable Housing Act: Raymond L. Flynn, 4308 [15MR]

Public investment in education: several economists, 15323 [19JY]

To the next generation: Lou Holtz, 6887 [18AP]

Lists

Organizations supporting Federal Hate Crime Statistics Act (H.R. 1048), 13543 [27JN]

Opinions

Affirmative action: Thurgood Marshall, 12486 [21JN]

Petitions

Gary, IN, Common Council, 10965 [6JN], 11244 [7JN]

Proposals

Caring for homebound elderly: Association of Elderly Caregivers, 1630 [2FE]

Day care alternative: Senator Dole, 11873 [15JN]

Remarks in House

Affirmative action: Supreme Court decisions, 12486 [21JN]

Aged: caring for homebound elderly, 1630 [2FE]

Baltimore, MD: tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial United Methodist Church, 31827 [11DE]

B'nai B'rith: tribute to children's programs, 28359 [9NO]

Budget: reduction of domestic assistance programs, 10420 [31MY]

Children: educational and social services, 24002 [10OC]

———eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness through international collaboration (H. Res. 120), 11584 [13JN], 12436-12441 [20JN]

———hunger, 7853 [2MY]

Cleveland, OH: public opinion poll at Children's Peace Fair, 26466 [27OC]

College Assistant Migrant Program: tribute, 5176 [22MR]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: tribute, 5783 [6AP]

Courts: child custody litigation (H.R. 2952), 15427 [20JY], 18192 [2AU]

———determination of child custody in spouse abuse cases (H. Con. Res. 172), 15704 [20JY], 18192 [2AU]

Credit cards: impact of overuse, 25063 [18OC]

Crime and criminals: overview of contributing and prohibiting factors, 25122-25127 [18OC]

Dade County, FL: tribute to Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officer Training Program, 25813 [25OC]

Defense Economic Adjustment Act: enact (H.R. 101), 133 [3JA]

District of Columbia: White House policy on social conditions and crime, 24032 [11OC]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: extend programs (H.R. 1312), 14046-14055, 14245 [11JY], 14498 [12JY], 14912 [17JY], 21530 [26SE]

———extend programs (H.R. 1312), conference report, 30233, 30336-30340 [20NO]

Donaldsonville, LA: tribute to Parents as Partners program, 2778 [23FE]

Drug abuse: death of youth, 16076 [25JY]

———treatment programs, 1643 [2FE]

———tribute to Red Ribbon Week, 25814 [25OC]

Economic conditions: domestic versus foreign spending, 24715 [16OC]

Education: commission examining the teaching of values (H.R. 733), 6668 [13AP]

———New Jersey students concern over current problems, 10719 [1JN]

———State high school completion rates (H.R. 670), 5002 [20MR]

———youth service programs (H. Res. 95), 3035 [28FE]

Health care: assistance for low-income individuals (H.R. 872), 1698 [6FE]

Hillsdale College, MI: tribute to Great Opportunities for Assistance and Leadership Program, 24150 [11OC]

HOPE: tribute to home-oriented preschool education program, 3814 [8MR]

Hospital Indigent Assistance Care Act: funding for uncompensated care by hospitals (H.R. 754), 1359 [31JA]

Housing: assist homeless and families displaced by domestic violence (H.R. 2951), 15426 [20JY], 18192 [2AU]

———conditions among Spanish Americans, 19126 [4AU]

———grant basis for programs for the homeless (H.R. 3502), 25167 [19OC]

———low-income tax credit (H. 2318), 9018 [11MY]

———national policy, 23987 [10OC]

———program of construction and revitalization of public housing (H.R. 969), 2211 [9FE]

———refinancing certain mortgages and loans relative to the lower income home ownership program (H.R. 2850), 14240 [11JY]

Hunger: domestic situation, 3049 [28FE]

International Indigenous Peoples Protection Act: enact (H.R. 879), 1890 [7FE]

Kern County Economic Opportunity Corp.: tribute, 1360 [31JA]

Libraries: grants for literacy projects (H.R. 957), 2188 [9FE]

Local Community Emergency Assistance Act: enact, 7710 [1MY]

Louisville, KY: efforts for low-income housing, 26470 [27OC]

Mahwah, NJ: tribute to Family Counseling Service, 4141 [14MR]

Minimum wage: adjust (H.R. 2), 5106 [21MR]

Mound Bayou, MS: tribute to United Concern Citizens Organization, Inc., 10260 [25MY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, 24542 [13OC]

National Trio Day: observance, 2772 [23FE]

National Week of Commitment to Helping the Homeless: designate (H.J. Res. 215), 5198 [22MR]

Oregon: free telephone services for low-income individuals, 7708 [1MY]

Poverty: immorality of conditions in America, 10806 [6JN]

Roanoke, VA: Total Action Against Poverty, 7621 [27AP]

Sacramento, CA: tribute to Suicide Prevention Services, 8849 [10MY]

San Bernardino, CA: tribute to Community Action Movement, 13630 [27JN]

Social Security: technical amendments to SSI program (H.R. 867), 2777 [23FE]

Tennessee: Pulaski and Giles County efforts against racism, 24766 [17OC]

Volunteer workers: corporation to promote national service (H.R. 660), 15087 [18JY]

War on poverty: aniversary, 31807 [21NO]

Women: single parent support of families, 8885 [11MY]

Youth Employment Services Act: enact (H.R. 1536), 5115 [21MR]

Remarks in Senate

Arizona Women Off Welfare project: tribute, 9099-9101 [12MY]

Children: health awareness (S.J. Res. 104), 7035 [18AP], 7377 [19AP], 9955 [18MY]

Crime Control Act: enact (S. 746), 6008-6015 [11AP]

Dept. of HUD: Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere Program, 29656 [17NO]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: amend to prioritize programs of national significance (S. 556), 3967 [9MR]

———extend programs (H.R. 1312), 30208, 30209 [19NO]

Drug abuse: distribution of hypodermic needles, 21237 [21SE]

———prison rehabilitation programs, 23521 [5OC]

———schools' prevention programs, 8584 [9MY]

———treatment of pregnant women and infants, 22137 [27SE]

Drug-Free Rural America Act: enact (S. 1634), 20690 [18SE], 20784 [19SE]

Economic conditions: short-term politics and long-term problems, 22879 [3OC]

Education: illiteracy in rural areas, 18236 [3AU]

———illiteracy level, 1896 [8FE], 27567 [6NO]

Food: distribution of certain meats to charity and public agencies (H.R. 2134), 30466 [20NO]

Homeless: rally in Washington, DC, for housing, 24245 [12OC]

———rural tragedy, 7950 [3MY]

Homelessness Prevention and Housing Rehabilitation Act: enact (S. 772), 6555 [13AP]

Housing: low-income tax credit (S. 980), 8977, 8985 [11MY]

———march in the District of Columbia, 23869 [6OC], 23937 [7OC]

Indians: funding for emergency shelters (S. 1813), 26652 [31OC], 29460 [16NO]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: war on poverty, 24877 [17OC]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: funding, 21226, 21227, 21234-21236 [21SE]

Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change: funding, 16286 [26JY]

Medicare: incentives for handicapped individuals to work (S. 320), 1300 [31JA]

Milwaukee, WI: tribute to Housing of People Empowered project, 31679 [21NO]

National Affordable Housing Act: enact (S. 565), 4243, 4304-4310 [15MR], 4529, 4685 [16MR], 4945 [17MR], 26684, 26685 [31OC]

———enact (S. 566), 4243, 4304-4310 [15MR], 28401 [13NO]

National Literacy Commission Act: enact (S. 813), 6729 [17AP]

National Meals on Wheels Foundation: tribute to Miles for Meals campaign, 31681 [21NO]

National Service Act: enact (S. 781), 6563 [13AP]

National Week of Commitment to Helping the Homeless: designate (S.J. Res. 111), 7323 [19AP], 9290 [16MY]

New York, NY: effect of homeless vote on mayoral election, 20471 [14SE]

Public welfare: assistance for children and family programs, 23516 [5OC]

Pulaski, TN: Aryan Nations march, 22877 [3OC]

Safe and Decent Housing Act: enact (S. 1406), 16310 [26JY]

Social Services Block Grant Restoration Act: enact (S. 704), 5446 [4AP], 5587, 5588 [5AP]

VISTA: tribute, 20596 [15SE]

White House Conference on Homelessness: convene, 4772 [17MR]

Reports

New York City Child Welfare System: Brooklyn Health Action Committee (excerpt), 24003 [10OC]

Reports by conference committees

Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments (H.R. 1312), 30233-30243 [20NO]

Reports filed

Domestic Volunteer Service Act Extension: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1312) (H. Rept. 101-116), 13844 [28JN]

———committee of conference (H. Rept. 101-381) (H.R. 1312), 30405 [20NO]

Songs

``Homeless American,'' Lee Greenwood, 28032 [8NO]

Statements

Assassination of David Webster: Congress of South Africa Trade Unions, 8384 [4MY]

———Detainees' Education and Welfare Committee, 8383 [4MY]

———Detainees' Parents Support Committee, 8383 [4MY]

Discrimination Against Asian-American Students—Response to Representative Rohrabacher: Asian American Task Force on University Admissions, 28024 [8NO]

Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere—Fighting a New War on Poverty: Jack Kemp, Sec. of HUD, 29656 [17NO]

Technical, Industrial, and Human Deterioration in American Society: Seymour Melman, 133 [3JA]

Summaries

Budget Impact of National Affordable Housing Act, 4304 [15MR]

Hospital Indigent Assistance Care Act (H.R. 754), 1360 [31JA]

SSI Benefits (H.R. 867), 2777 [23FE]

Surveys

Children and Families—Public Policies and Outcomes—Factsheet of International Comparisons, 12440 [20JN]

Tables

National Affordable Housing Act authorization levels, 4304 [15MR]

Telephone calls provided free to low-income individuals in Oregon, 7708 [1MY]

Testimonies

Housing for Frail Elderly: Richard C. Ladd, 9013 [11MY]

Serve-America—The Service to America Act: James C. Kielsmeier, 29077 [15NO]

Texts of

H. Res. 120, eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness for children through international collaboration, 12436 [20JN]

H.J. Res. 215, National Week of Commitment to Helping the Homeless, 5198 [22MR]

H.R. 101, Defense Economic Adjustment Act, 134 [3JA]

H.R. 879, International Indigenous Peoples Protection Act, 1891 [7FE]

H.R. 957, Intergenerational Library Literacy Act, 2188 [9FE]

H.R. 969, program of construction and revitalization of public housing, 2211 [9FE]

H.R. 1312, reauthorizing Domestic Volunteer Service Act, 14046-14051 [11JY]

H.R. 2327, funding of health care in rural areas, 9032 [11MY]

H.R. 2542, Local Community Emergency Assistance Act, 7710 [1MY]

H.R. 2947, Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act, 16205 [25JY]

S. 98, financial aid for students under Health Careers Opportunity Program, 714 [25JA]

S. 99, health maintenance organizations provision of clinical social worker services, 714 [25JA]

S. 177, Cable Compulsory License Non-Discrimination Act, 831 [25JA]

S. 320, incentives for handicapped individuals to work, 1301 [31JA]

S. 556, Domestic Volunteer Service Act amendment, 3967 [9MR]

S. 565, National Affordable Housing Act, 4245-4274 [15MR]

S. 566, National Affordable Housing Act, 4274-4304 [15MR]

S. 704, Social Services Block Grant Restoration Act, 5588 [5AP]

S. 746, Crime Control Act, 6015-6018 [11AP]

S. 772, Homelessness Prevention and Housing Rehabilitation Act, 6555 [13AP]

S. 1406, Safe and Decent Housing Act, 16310 [26JY]

S. 1813, funding for Indian emergency shelters, 26652 [31OC], 29461 [16NO]

S.J. Res. 104, health awareness for children, 9955 [18MY]

S.J. Res. 111, National Week of Commitment to Helping the Homeless, 7323 [19AP]