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Show Cuellar 1 Page 20 RC Greg, I probably don't know. I don't even know if there exists an answer to that question, but I would surmise that it is a combination of factors. If you recall, in the mid-60's it was the focus, the emphasis of federal money going to any community was to the large urban centers where the potential riots could happen. After all, social justice came about because the Blacks burned a little more than others. But it was San Antonio, for example, I think it is obvious that everybody would agree-that, that's a center with a lot of Mejicanos, so let's get · some money in there. Certainly Houston and El Paso, Los Angeles, ·san Jose, San Diego, Albuquerque, Denver. So you hit the biggest urban area, that's one ~hing. The other thing, the second thing probably would be that the organizations were probably strongly organized in those areas. So that's one of the things. But then again, it's only my guess given the political climate at the time. Lately, we have changed since. We have a criteria which has worked very well. But let me continue with the development from '69. So in '69 SER had proved its worth. I think the federal government realized that it could not continue under an experimental status so it has changed over to the Department of Labor. Funding became only DOL instead of OEO and DOL, and it was funded out of the, what we call the unapportioned account. The unapportioned. account is 20% of the total funding of the Department |
