                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, January 28, 1995             TAG: 9501280202
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A1   EDITION: FINAL 
SERIES: THE WAR ON POVERTY
                                             LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

ADVANCE OR RETREAT? A WHITE HOUSE SUMMIT TODAY MOVES WELFARE REFORM TO THE TOP OF THE NATIONAL AGENDA. IT COMES AS A NEW REPUBLICAN CONGRESS WORKS TO UNDO THE "SAFETY NET" WOVEN DURING THE THREE DECADES SINCE THE WAR ON POVERTY WAS DECLARED. WELFARE, FOOD STAMPS AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT FORM THE NET, THEY SAY, COST TOO MUCH AND HURT THE POOR BY MAKING THEM DEPENDENT.

MEMO: [This series ran Saturday, Sunday and Monday. For the complete text, see

microfilm for these dates.]

TODAY: A sorry system that must be fixed.

SUNDAY: Serving the needy while making the cuts.

MONDAY: Finding work to replace the welfare.

KEYWORDS: WELFARE WELFARE REFORM POVERTY by CNB