Word: plights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...will not do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with their God. We, Thy servants, humbly confessing our share in this evil, pray to Thee against war. . . . We ask for mercy, human and divine, upon the people of Finland. Let not our imaginations fail to see their plight. . . or our hands be slow in helping their affliction. The families that ruthless violence puts in jeopardy, may our generosity assist; and the hapless victims of hunger and homelessness, may our plenty supply...
America cannot help being deeply moved by the plight of Finland, perhaps to an extent that will endanger our neutrality. For this reason, it is important that the President and State Department be especially careful not to act rashly. A break of diplomatic relations with Russia would be an ill-advised act, at this time above all others, when we must do everything we can to peer through the fog that surrounds Russian policy, and be ready to make the most of possibilities for peace. Now if ever there is a need for cool heads and complete, accurate information...
Investigators have found that employees, who in some extreme cases have been paid only two cents an hour, have been afraid to tell of their plight out of lean of losing their jobs. "For them free speech is just an ideal dream," said the young politician...
First rescuer to arrive when Mrs. Johnson's plight was duly blazoned forth to the nation was not a feminist but Congressman Sol Bloom of New York. He had the heat turned on in her studio, food brought in, eviction proceedings stopped. Mrs. Johnson, whose onetime husband changed his name from Jenkins to Johnson as a wedding present to her, graciously accepted his aid. Other offers of help poured in, headed by $1,000 from a "nameless registered nurse." Heartened, the indomitable Mrs. Johnson made a promise. "I'm good for another 20 years. I'll continue...
...studies of the economic plight of American youth appearing recently have meaning for all college students. One of them, prepared by the American Youth Commission, is nation-wide and represents conclusions of experts. The other, a scientific polling of a cross-section of New York youth by the Y.M.C.A., states the beliefs of the youths themselves. Though the two reports take different methods of approach they reach the same conclusion--there is a definite need for more vocational training today. And their conclusion is further evidence of a dangerous trend in American educational method...