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...Dole "The stark fact before us is that great numbers still remain unemployed. . . . The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral distintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of sound policy. ... I am not willing that the vitality of our people be further sapped by the giving of cash, of market baskets, of a few hours of weekly work cutting...
...excessive is the number of Government plain-clothes snoopers that their cost has been solemnly justified on the ground that it amounts to a dole, helps to keep down unemployment...
Relief. When the sub-committee on relief reported its plank, it was evident how far the 90 tycoons had traveled. Three years ago it would have been hard to find one of them who would not have been ready to denounce the pauperizing effect of the dole.* Yet last week. knowing the dole to be far cheaper than made work, their sub-committee plumped solidly for the dole. But such straightforward language would never do. President Roosevelt feels now about the dole as the tycoons felt three years ago, favors work relief as a means of preserving morale among...
...National Industrial Conference Board last week published its findings on the relative costs of the dole and work relief: country-wide average cost of the dole, $24.83 per case per month; average cost of work relief, $36.56 per case. But there were wide variations between states: In Delaware the dole cost $26.14 and work relief $109.92 per case: in Kentucky the dole cost $10.89, work relief $10.82; in nine states the dole cost more than work relief. Extreme example, Maryland: dole $78.04, work relief...
Result: some 414.000 dole babies will be born in 1935 or 108.000 more than would otherwise be expected...