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Politics : Mainstream Politics and Economics

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To: i-node who wrote (38977)2/12/2013 11:05:49 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) of 85487
 
"So we're supposed to pay for ALL their food? Since when?"

Since churches and temples feeding the poor were overwhelmed?

'39? '61? '64?
en.wikipedia.org

'66?
fns.usda.gov

'44?

By the 1940s, however, it was still painfully obvious that too many of America's youth, especially in the South, remained grossly undernourished. This lack of nourishment was especially problematic and notable when a number of young men failed armed forces physicals after being drafted for World War II.

Richard B. Russell, a senator from Georgia, proposed a school lunch program in March 1944 to combat the problem of malnutrition.
enotes.com

Take yer pick... make me happy and pick the one that pisses you off the most.
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