Our problem is to put to work three and one-half million employable persons now on the relief rolls.
FDR: “Our problem is to put to work three and one-half million employable persons now on the relief rolls.”
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Roosevelt emphasizes the urgency of employing millions of people on relief rolls during the Great Depression.
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