CSPAN3 Reel America We Work Again - 1937 July 12, 2024
Nation. A 10th of the population of the united states. One out of every four of us was on relief. Looked for something to restore our confidence and hope. Without jobs we had no money and without money we could not purchase food for the hungry mouths at home. Our only hope laid in charity. As bread lines were built up people anxiously waited for a sign of better days. And then came the work program. One by one, it took us out of the bread line and gave us a new chance to take our place in the normal life of our community. It seems the haggard hopeless faces of the bread line to the faces fille...