CSPAN3 Reel America We Work Again - 1937 July 12, 2024
Last to get them back. We struggled vainly to regain our bearings while depression, fear and failure took stock of the nation. A 10th of the population of the United States was unemployed. One out of every four of us was on relief. In vain, we looked for something to restore our confidence and hope and our courage. Without jobs we had no money and without money we could not purchase food for the hungry mouths at home. Our only hope lay in charity. Hunger drove people to the bread lines, anxiously waiting for a sign of better days. Then came the federal governments work program. One by one, it ...