Word: distressingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Jobless Relief will be nothing more sensational than a liberal expansion of the present system of R. F. C. loans to States to relieve local distress. The $300,000,000 fund will probably be doubled and red tape cut so needy States can get more money quicker. "There will be no direct Federal "dole." A moderate public building program, without "pork." will be continued. Across the land will soon spring up a coordinated system of Federal employment agencies...
...There is no security here for the family that is in trouble because of unemployment; while abroad, no matter how serious the distress is, people know that at least they will have a roof over their heads and something to eat. In the United States, we have all of the bad features of the dole and none of the good features. We are depriving the destitute unemployed of the opportunity of managing their own affairs by giving them relief in the form of food orders and other specific grants. This takes from people the privilege of making decisions about...
...moratorium was declared a year and a half ago. It is doubtful whether the internal economy of the various nations is anything improved since then, and international conditions certainly are not, Prompt and reasonable action toward the statement of war debts is essential to curing the world's distress...
...through flagless streets, Secretary Adams snapped: "If Roosevelt is elected the homes and lives of 100,000,000 American people might be in jeopardy." By radio from Cincinnati Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth delivered an anti-Roosevelt speech which she had written out in longhand. The Democratic campaign based on "distress and discontent" struck her as "an unusually ignoble policy." Said T. R.'s first child: "I've seen many instances of unfairness in political campaigns but the effort of the Democratic party to saddle Mr. Hoover with complete responsibility for everything takes first rank among samples of conscious...
Early last August an S. O. S. call was sent out through Minneapolis and over the way to St. Paul. The proud Minneapolis Symphony was in distress. It would go on the rocks unless a new guarantee fund could be promptly raised...