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FDR: Our problem is to put to work three and one-half million employable persons now on the relief rolls.

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Our problem is to put to work three and one-half million employable persons now on the relief rolls.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt emphasizes the urgency of employing millions of people on relief rolls during the Great Depression.

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