Excerpts from the Press Conference
02/11/1937
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There is neither logic nor necessity for one-third of our population to have less of the needs of modern life than make for decent living.
This is purely and simply a fact-seeking census.
No unemployed man or woman can be permitted to starve for lack of aid.
Temporary clerks, carriers, and laborers required for part-time or intermittent work in the Postal Service in connection with the holiday or...