FDR: “The program for social security now pending before the Congress is a…”

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The program for social security now pending before the Congress is a necessary part of the future unemployment policy of the government.

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Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that the pending social security program is essential for future unemployment policy.

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Apr 12, 1945

We must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.

Apr 9, 1945

The Secretary of the Interior shall make employment available and provide protection to all employees working at such mines.

Apr 4, 1945

It is not really of any great importance.

Apr 4, 1945

It may be in another week or ten days.

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FDR: “The program for social security now pending before the Congress is a necessary part of the future unemployment policy of…”