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Secretary Romney then mentioned that the concept of
Model Cities is to foster the kind of interrelationship the Presi-
dent was speaking of, with its drawing together the physical and
other development of the cities. He added that to provide jobs
for the teenagers, the construction field is crucial, plus the
fact that we can be opening jobs in the area for blacks.
Secretary Stans then inquired about birth rates, and
wondered what might be done to reduce them in this dependent
part of the population. Dr. Moynihan replied that the non-white
birth rate is about 40% greater than the white rate, with the
recent reduction happening at about the same rate. He added that
if you were to try to reduce the birth rate of a given group, this
was an area of public and social policy that he had no guidelines in.
The Vice President commented that the heavier concentra-
tion of dependent families in the urban areas leads us back to our
earlier discussion about the standardization of welfare rates, in
order to restrict the flow. "We must avoid continuing impaction
in the cities. 11
Dr. Moynihan said it behooves us not to have the push off
of the rural areas attributable to abject poverty; but, that we are
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