Shall we say to the needy unemployed, "Your problem is a local one except that perhaps the Federal Government, as an act of mere generosity, will be willing to pay to your city or to your county a few grudging dollars to help maintain your soup kitchens?
Roosevelt highlights the inadequacy of local solutions for the needs of the unemployed, advocating for federal support.
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I do know it will come, and I do know that tonight there are over seven and a half million Americans overseas or fighting afloat in this great war.
All sections of our population—labor, farmers, businessmen have shared and will share in the benefits which increased trade brings.
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