Word: joblessly
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...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 the jobless. Hence, in final draft, the conference recommended reductions of Federal relief expenditures, the return of relief to the states as far as practical; declared public works undertaken for the sole object of providing jobs as wasteful; advised that work relief pay should be lower than the rate paid by industry...
...City last week, Comptroller Joseph D. McGoldrick had the painful duty of explaining how the new municipal sales tax would work: 2% on all retail sales except food, prescribed drugs, newspapers and periodicals. To be raised was some $40,000,000 which would help pay banks for advances for jobless relief. New York's sales tax was notification that the desperate city had come to the end of its tax tether...
...year ago this time the Federal Relief Administration was humming with great plans for taking care of the unemployed during the winter. President Roosevelt had just authorized a Civil Works program and Relief Administrator Hopkins was getting ready to provide CWA jobs for 4,000,000 jobless, to distribute the first CWA pay checks before Thanksgiving (TIME, Nov. 20). Last week, however, cold weather was almost upon the country and President Roosevelt had not yet made up his mind as to how he would handle this winter's relief problem...
...attacked Depression, the housing sector has been the scene of fewest victories, most defeats. Impressive headlines have heralded impressive programs which have quickly petered out in obscure failure. Congress has passed laws and the Treasury has passed out millions but the heavy industries have continued to lag and the jobless have waited in vain for the "Roosevelt Building Boom." It is not the habit of the Administration to acknowledge a violent shift in basic policy but last week certain things were said and done in Washington which made it quite plain that the Government's housing program was about...
...tried to soothe his fellow Californians' rising hysteria from the vantage point of distant Washington. Said he: "This 'wolf scare' doesn't frighten me at all." But California property owners were now thoroughly alarmed. As capital continued to emigrate, bums, panhandlers, tramps and just plain jobless continued to immigrate across the State borders. All over the State Motor Vehicle Department clerks reported an influx of travelers with suitcases or blanket rolls who said they heard there was going to be "plenty of work in California" for unemployed. The State's gamblers had their money...