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FDR: “We shall, in the process of recovery, seek to move as rapidly as possible from direct relief to publicly supported work…”

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We shall, in the process of recovery, seek to move as rapidly as possible from direct relief to publicly supported work and from that to the rapid restoration of private employment.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt outlines a strategy to transition from direct relief to public work and then to private employment.

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