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NAACP newsletters, Fort Madison Branch, Fort Madison, Iowa, 1969
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-2- My experience has been that the poor know violence more intimately than most people because it has been part of their lives, whether the violence of the gun or the violence of want and need. I don't subscribe to the belief that non-violence is cowardice, as some militant groups are saying. In some instances non-violence requires more militancy than violence. Non-violence forces you to abandon the shortcut in trying to make a change in the social order. Violence, the shortcut, is the trap people fall into when they begin to feel that is the only way to attain their goal. When these people turn to violence, it is a very savage kind. When people are involved in something constructive, trying to bring about a change, they tend to be less violent than those who are not engaged in rebuilding or in anything creative. Non-violence forces one to be creative; it forces any leader to go to the people and get them involved so that they can come forth with new ideas. I think that once people understand the strength of non-violence...the force it generates, the love it creates, the response that it brings from the total community...they will not be willing to abandon it easily." CIC Newsletter - May 1969 Information on the "Tax Freeze For The Elderly" In 1967, the Iowa legislature passed a bill which provided a "tax freeze" on property taxes paid by the elderly. In a broad sense it covers those over 65 whose income --both taxable and non-taxable--is below $3500. As a person turns 65, he can ask to have his property tax frozen at his present level. This law was so obscure that this year when the governor was seeking money to boost his $1billion - plus "austerity" budget, he was able to do so by $17million, $5.4 million of which was surplus money from homestead tax credit appropriations. Homestead tax credits include the "tax freeze" credits for the elderly. (Des Moines Register, April 18, 1969) Obviously, the elderly do not know that this tax freeze exists. Since they live on a fixed income, such tax credits must be used to the greatest advantage if they are to stretch their budget to meet taxes without dipping into grocery money or other tightly budgeted money. ...If they go to the county tax assessor's office before July 1, there is a possibility they could reduce the amount of taxes they must pay on their homes in future years. -Social Action Department - Diocease of Davenport "Politics is the art of who gets how much of what from whom." - Julian Bond Have YOU written any letters to your legislators??? DO write about any matter which affects you or our community He is supposed to represent you by being your voice in the state and federal government!!! One matter of prime importance, at this time, are the drastic and critical changes which are being made in the anti-poverty program, all over the country. The Clinton Job Corp Center is an excellent example. People who are familiar with the activities of the Center say it has done a very good job. However, and unfortunately so, the anti-poverty program is being used as a political "football"--so hundreds of young women will be left without an alternative but to return to the very environment they are trying to escape. University of Iowa Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
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-2- My experience has been that the poor know violence more intimately than most people because it has been part of their lives, whether the violence of the gun or the violence of want and need. I don't subscribe to the belief that non-violence is cowardice, as some militant groups are saying. In some instances non-violence requires more militancy than violence. Non-violence forces you to abandon the shortcut in trying to make a change in the social order. Violence, the shortcut, is the trap people fall into when they begin to feel that is the only way to attain their goal. When these people turn to violence, it is a very savage kind. When people are involved in something constructive, trying to bring about a change, they tend to be less violent than those who are not engaged in rebuilding or in anything creative. Non-violence forces one to be creative; it forces any leader to go to the people and get them involved so that they can come forth with new ideas. I think that once people understand the strength of non-violence...the force it generates, the love it creates, the response that it brings from the total community...they will not be willing to abandon it easily." CIC Newsletter - May 1969 Information on the "Tax Freeze For The Elderly" In 1967, the Iowa legislature passed a bill which provided a "tax freeze" on property taxes paid by the elderly. In a broad sense it covers those over 65 whose income --both taxable and non-taxable--is below $3500. As a person turns 65, he can ask to have his property tax frozen at his present level. This law was so obscure that this year when the governor was seeking money to boost his $1billion - plus "austerity" budget, he was able to do so by $17million, $5.4 million of which was surplus money from homestead tax credit appropriations. Homestead tax credits include the "tax freeze" credits for the elderly. (Des Moines Register, April 18, 1969) Obviously, the elderly do not know that this tax freeze exists. Since they live on a fixed income, such tax credits must be used to the greatest advantage if they are to stretch their budget to meet taxes without dipping into grocery money or other tightly budgeted money. ...If they go to the county tax assessor's office before July 1, there is a possibility they could reduce the amount of taxes they must pay on their homes in future years. -Social Action Department - Diocease of Davenport "Politics is the art of who gets how much of what from whom." - Julian Bond Have YOU written any letters to your legislators??? DO write about any matter which affects you or our community He is supposed to represent you by being your voice in the state and federal government!!! One matter of prime importance, at this time, are the drastic and critical changes which are being made in the anti-poverty program, all over the country. The Clinton Job Corp Center is an excellent example. People who are familiar with the activities of the Center say it has done a very good job. However, and unfortunately so, the anti-poverty program is being used as a political "football"--so hundreds of young women will be left without an alternative but to return to the very environment they are trying to escape. University of Iowa Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
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