Ted Kennedy on Hunger

U.S. Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy (D-MA) introduces Walter Glaser of the U.S. Catholic Conference. Glaser expresses the concern and compassion of the Catholic Church for the many Americans suffering from hunger. Glaser expresses support for Senator Kennedy in his efforts to strengthen the Federal food program, in particular the Food Stamp Program. Glaser discusses the dramatic increase in the need for food services reported by Catholic Social Services over the past two years; the increase has not been due to the chronically poor, but rather due to the increasing needs of families effected by unemployment due to the recession. The National Conference of Catholic Charities has reported that the number of meals served jumped from a half-million in 1981 to 1,800,000 in 1982. New York City Catholic Agencies reported an 82 percent increase in food assistance requests. Agency food bank activity increased 100 percent from 1981 to 1982. The Buffalo New York Catholic Agency had 327,000 food assistance requests in 1982, up from 160,000 in 1981. Glaser says the Catholic Church will continue to do what it can with its limited resources, but they simply do not have the resources to fill the gap created by the budget reductions enacted in the Federal Food Programs over the last two years. Glaser says the immediacy gives rise to moral concern; U.S. Catholic Bishops have called the right to eat a fundamental right, essential to human dignity and the right to life, itself. Senator Kennedy seated, reading document. Glaser says feeding those in need is not a matter of privilege, but a matter of justice; society has an obligation to care for and provide for the many Americans who suffer from hunger. Glaser says the Federal government has a positive role to play, to ensure all Americans have adequate food for their families. Glaser discusses the Catholic Church’s cooperation with the Federal government; mentions school food programs and WIC Food Center programs.
U.S. Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy (D-MA) introduces Walter Glaser of the U.S. Catholic Conference. Glaser expresses the concern and compassion of the Catholic Church for the many Americans suffering from hunger. Glaser expresses support for Senator Kennedy in his efforts to strengthen the Federal food program, in particular the Food Stamp Program. Glaser discusses the dramatic increase in the need for food services reported by Catholic Social Services over the past two years; the increase has not been due to the chronically poor, but rather due to the increasing needs of families effected by unemployment due to the recession. The National Conference of Catholic Charities has reported that the number of meals served jumped from a half-million in 1981 to 1,800,000 in 1982. New York City Catholic Agencies reported an 82 percent increase in food assistance requests. Agency food bank activity increased 100 percent from 1981 to 1982. The Buffalo New York Catholic Agency had 327,000 food assistance requests in 1982, up from 160,000 in 1981. Glaser says the Catholic Church will continue to do what it can with its limited resources, but they simply do not have the resources to fill the gap created by the budget reductions enacted in the Federal Food Programs over the last two years. Glaser says the immediacy gives rise to moral concern; U.S. Catholic Bishops have called the right to eat a fundamental right, essential to human dignity and the right to life, itself. Senator Kennedy seated, reading document. Glaser says feeding those in need is not a matter of privilege, but a matter of justice; society has an obligation to care for and provide for the many Americans who suffer from hunger. Glaser says the Federal government has a positive role to play, to ensure all Americans have adequate food for their families. Glaser discusses the Catholic Church’s cooperation with the Federal government; mentions school food programs and WIC Food Center programs.
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Editorial #:
1232635957
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Archive Films: Editorial
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22 December, 1983
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00:03:27:13
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Washington, DC, United States
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Archive Films Editorial
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