On the recordJanuary 6, 1932
The Federal Government is spending now half a billion a year above normal to give employment.
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presidency.ucsb.eduThe Federal Government is spending now half a billion a year above normal to give employment.
Remarks Welcoming Representatives of Pennsylvania's Unemployed.
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I am deeply grateful for the highest honor that the party can confer.
The time has come when we should cut through the brush and adopt some broad and definite method of reducing the overwhelming burden of armament which now lies upon the toilers of the world.
I am most desirous of receiving from yourself and your able associates suggestions of any specific action that might be taken by Government or private agencies which would improve the situation.