Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...eight years the U. S. Government has been struggling to solve the problem of unemployment but not until last summer did Congress act to find out how many-people in the U. S. are unemployed. Columnist Hugh Johnson suggested a compulsory registration along the lines of the World War draft. Massachusetts' young Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. proposed a $20,000,000 door-to-door census. In the rush of legislation at its session's end, Congress passed a bill which called for an unemployment census, appropriated $5,000,000 and left the kind...
Answer to the keeper problem was a young ornithologist named Maurice Broun, who still works during the off season at "Long Trail," Vermont. He and his wife popped down to Hawk Mountain, immediately posted "No Hunting" signs all around. His deputy sheriff kept off indignant gunners, and Ornithologist Broun set about making Hawk Mountain an attractive observation point. His routine: in season, every day from 7:30 a. m. until 4:30 p. m. to stay on the mountain tallying birds, while his wife stays at the foot of the mountain directing visitors, mostly neighbors. Majority of birds that...
Seekers for a solution to the annual problem of what to do with the extra Freshman soccer players believe they have found the answer...
...Office from employers all over the country, with detailed descriptions of the positions available, training school data, type of men wanted, and the like. In addition, the Placement Office has issued a most valuable pamphlet, in all probability the first of its kind, containing a discussion of the general problem of placing seniors, with a statement of the things an employer is looking for and how well a Harvard education meets his demands...
...letter asks the return of a postal arranging an appointment for all those who desire to discuss the "problem of choosing and finding employment," and it also stresses the necessity for the appointments being arranged early in the year...