The President's News Conference
02/12/1947
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This emphasizes the importance of expanding our economy so that new jobs will be created to use skills and energies that are now being waste...
First, I recommend that coverage be extended to about 6 million workers not now covered.
One of the great advances in economic legislation made during the 1930's was to establish the Federal-State system of employment security.
Coverage should also be extended to Federal Government civilian employees.