Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Messrs. Mills and Hopkins were merely engaged in a deliberate political misunderstanding. Last week there were upwards of 4,000,000 "cases" on relief rolls. Counting the families of these 4,000,000 some 16,000,000 men, women & children were dependent on relief. An increase of about 25% in both categories is generally expected by midwinter. At that time Mr. Hopkins may say that there are only 5,000,000 "cases" on relief rolls and Mr. Mills may say 20,000,000 persons are on relief and they both will be right...
Though President Roosevelt and Administrator Hopkins displayed nonchalance about this winter program, there was good reason to believe that they did not feel it. Many relief plans had been called up and the fact that none had been announced meant little. The 1934-35 relief program last week presented a few clear-cut choices to the Administration...
...Continuation, on an enlarged scale, of the present system, a mixture of dole and work relief that now costs about $142,000,000 a month...
...nation-wide setup not unlike Upton Sinclair's EPIC, whereunder the unemployed would make commodities for consumption by the unemployed. Such a program would probably be cheaper than the dole-and-relief work but it has two main disadvantages: a) economically it might tend to throw some workers in private enterprise out of their jobs; b) politically it would arouse a storm of conservative opposition from manufacturers who feel the pinch of direct government competition...
...Renewal of a scheme similar to last year's CWA, an expensive form of relief, costing about twice as much as the dole...