Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...citizen was ready to trouble the President for a small donation. First help of this kind was offered by a delegation of mayors, headed by New York's LaGuardia, who marched in to say that they did not want to borrow any of the President's relief money but did want a large share of it as an outright gift because most of the unemployed live in cities...
...Delegations of Cotton Senators from the South and Textile governors from New England also called at the White House to ask the President to use relief funds to pay cotton benefits and the processing tax on that troublesome commodity...
...days, ending last week, the 74th Congress had passed only one Administration measure: the $4,880,000,000 Work Relief Bill. The rest of the time it spent on oratory and routine appropriation bills. The Administration measures which Congress has not acted on include...
Smart, like other young New Dealers, but a far better politician than most, he had already proved himself useful in securing support for the Works Relief Bill. Last week the President called him to the White House to consult with Speaker Byrns on getting the Security Bill passed. If the Speaker could not lead the House, the President was willing to send a leader from the White House. Thoroughly bucked up, Speaker Byrns shortly spoke up to say that the Security Bill would pass...
That afternoon President Roosevelt announced that $200,000,000 of Federal relief money would be spent to bridge over and tunnel under grade crossings...