SELECT COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION AND HUMAN NEEDS GEORGE MCGOVERN, South Dakota, Chairman HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Georgia CHARLES H. PERCY, Illinois HENRY BELLMON, Oklahoma RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania MARK O. HATFIELD, Oregon ROBERT M. SHRUM, Staff Director (II) CONTENTS Address by Hon. William E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury, before the 32d Annual Junior Achievers Conference, Bloomington, Ind., August Letter from Senator McGovern to Secretary Simon.. Statement of Hon. William E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury, submitted to the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, Transfer payment programs in the Federal budget. Origins and objectives of the food stamp program_ Quality control and food stamp administration_ Major problems of the current program.. II. Trafficking in USDA food stamp coupons- III. Trafficking in authorizations to purchase food coupons.. IV. Fraudulent acquisition of food stamps (individual). V. Fraud and irregularities in the issuance of emergency Appendix B.-Audit reports of food stamp program departments.. Committee summary and analysis of Secretary Simon's statement: (III) 0-74 ADDRESS BY HON. WILLIAM E. SIMON, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, BEFORE THE 32D ANNUAL JUNIOR ACHIEVERS CONFERENCE, BLOOMINGTON, AUGUST 12, 1975 IND., This is a very special and happy occasion for me. During the last three years that I have spent in Washington, I have come to believe more and more strongly in the need for fresh vision and vigorous, dynamic leadership in private industry. Today I am proud to come here and salute many of the young men and women who will provide that leadership in the future. In speaking to you, I am reminded of a young man who was struggling during the middle of the nineteenth century to establish himself as a poet. To win recognition, he decided to send a manuscript of his poetry to the giant of American Literature, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson read the work, entitled Leaves of Grass, and sent this note back to the young man: "Dear Mr. Whitman," he said, "I greet you at the beginning of a great career." Emerson was right, of course; Walt Whitman went on to become one of the most cherished of America's poets. And so, too, I greet you as members of Junior Achievement at the beginning of what in many cases will be great careers. Through your participation in organizations such as Junior Achievement, I know that you are learning not only the techniques of organizing and running a successful business venture but that you are also coming to appreciate the contribution that free enterprise makes to this great nation. Your attendance at this year's convention of Junior Achievers comes at a particularly opportune moment because we will soon celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Republic. Coming here and meeting other young men and women from all corners of America, hearing the Southern drawl and the Midwestern twang, seeing the fashions from the East and hearing the spicy stories about what it's like out West, each of you must be deepening your understanding of America and the rich, incredible diversity which makes us such a restless and energetic people. This is a good time for all of us to reflect on the American experience and what it means. Some of you may remember the first pilgrims who came to these shores. Crossing the Atlantic to Plymouth Rock, huddled together against the winds of adversity, they heard John Winthrop deliver one of the most famous sermons in our history. In the New World, Winthrop told them, "we must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us we shall be made a story and a byword through the world." |