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...sections of the U.S. last week, the rumble of recession grew. But in most the sounds were still faint and far away. Largely because of seasonal layoffs, unemployment jumped to 1,830,000 during the month of December, leading Government experts to forecast a total of 2,000,000 jobless by the end of January...
...invitation to corruption," Georgia's Richard Russell called it. "Creeping socialism," said Arkansas' Bill Fulbright. Georgia's Walter George, ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, declared that it would be better for the Federal Government to pay unemployment compensation to New England's jobless rather than "to throw the economy of the nation out of kilter" by encouraging the expansion of industry in New England...
Still No Jobs. Back home in Naples last week, Merlino and Faticati were jobless and their children were still hungry. Merlino's wife, who takes in washing, had piled up debts of 150,000 lire ($240), which is big money in their neighborhood, and his eldest son was in jail for mistreating her. But there was one matter the two proletarians could attend to: they dropped by the local Communist Party headquarters and turned in their cards. "Look what has happened.'' Merlino told his old comrades, "because I listened to your trash. I just want to work...
Besides running a small housing agency, the "Harvard Wives" finds employment for jobless wives, "You see, while the man's in college, the wife has to be the lead winner. It's soft of hard on her for a while but after be finishes his education she can relax...
Nevertheless, it was a stranger, a shiftless young wayfarer named Jean Sigot, who offered Farmer Talabard a way out of his difficulty. A jobless 19-year-old who had scraped acquaintance with Marie at another dance,. Jean magnanimously offered to marry Marie in return for work and a permanent home at the Talabard farm. Old Pierre leaped at the offer, and the pair were married in April...