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[Crowd of people talking in the background] Male voice 1: We're here today with Delaware Governor Russell Peterson. Governor, what is Delaware doing to stop the increase in welfare cost?

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Governor Russell Peterson: We're doing a lot. In fact, it appears that we have stop the growth. Firstly, I've taken 2,200 employable persons off the General Assistance Roll.

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Next, we are operating under a something-for-something philosophy, getting people to do something in exchange for the money.

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We also have assigned 3,500 welfare families to job training in the Department of Labor. So we can put as many people

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to work as possible. At the same time, we have markedly increased our aid for the aged, the blind, the totally disabled,

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and the medically indigent. We can help people on the rolls to learn to take care of themselves. There will be more for

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those who most need our help. No state has completely solved its welfare problem, but Delaware is making progress.

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Male voice 2: Governor Peterson and the Republican team care about welfare reform. The record proves it. Paid for by

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the Committee for the Reelection of Governor Peterson. [Crowd of people talking fades]