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Word: unemployable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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Press leaders against the tariff were the Scripps-Howard chain (25 papers) and the Hearst chain (24 papers). By word and picture they flayed "the billion-dollar Grundy Bill." The Scripps-Howard newspapers interviewed Henry Ford, quoted him as saying the bill would "stultify business and industry and increase unemploy-ment." Scripps-Howard statisticians in Washington broadcast to all papers in the chain doleful stories of what would happen if H. R. 2667 became law. An example : "The Grundy Tariff Bill will dog Americans' footsteps from the cradle to the grave?and after. The tomb will be no sanctuary from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TARIFF: PL R. 2667 Compromise | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

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