Word: joblessness
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...that he had invited all State Governors in Washington for the inaugural to meet him at the White House March 6. At that conference President Roosevelt will get the benefit of their collective ideas on the following topics: 1) Federal and State tax conflicts; 2) Federal aid for the jobless; 3) mortgage foreclosures: 4) better land use; 5) reorganization of local governments to cut taxes...
...have him committed to an insane asylum, he explodes the conspiracy by broadcasting its details. Secretly he sponsors an incendiary cinema, propaganda picturing the Chicago massacre, deliberately designed to bring countrywide discontent to a head, start a march of the unemployed on Washington. It works. At his instigation the jobless dog the steps of every Senator and Representative until Congress, reduced to a state of nervous exhaustion, gladly declares a national emergency, puts Hammond in charge, goes home for an indefinite rest. The President makes over his Cabinet with non-political experts, orders currency inflation, goes direct to the people...
...League, destined to watch over, the needs of those of the unemployed who have had a college training. Its detailed alms are well summed up by the authors: "Actuated by a sincere belief that society should aid us until we can find positions, we demand unemployment insurance for jobless graduates. . .and free courses in graduate schools to help us retain our professional skill that we may be of some value when society needs us again...
...demonstrate his ability and value to the community. Furthermore, the very best men in these fields can find employment even today. There are still positions for research workers, and physicians, provided they are at the top of their class. The time for special "unemployment insurance for jobless graduates" is passed; it has become a question of relief for jobless of all ranks, to be carried out by the cheapest and most easily applicable means...
...Briggs picketers returned in force, some 4,000 of them. A company statement that 200 to 400 men had returned to work was denied by the strike committee. At noon the deadline passed. Employment gates were thrown open to all applicants. Fearful for their skins, Detroit's jobless hung back. One man who tried to enter the gates was badly beaten. Firemen screwed up their hoses, stood ready to squirt at the first whisper of riot...