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Editorial
May 3, 1936
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
What is this article about?
Editorial examines if unemployment will endure, noting $2B+ annual relief costs for 25M people amid WPA's $1.5B request. Advocates permanent solutions like Roosevelt's hour/age limits over emergencies, urging industry's role.
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Is Problem of Unemployment With Us to Stay?
All the furore aroused by the recent request of Harry Hopkins, WPA administrator, for $1,500,000,000 to finance relief in 1937 has served to focus national attention on the problem of when and how the current relief drain on the public treasury will end. Some conception of the terrific burden entailed is suggested by statistics which show that more than $2,000,000,000 is being spent annually to provide for the 25,000,000 on relief.
There are many who believe that unemployment is with us to stay, that the problem requires a program of more permanent and constructive nature than the emergency measures of the past. President Roosevelt suggested a conviction that the problem required more fundamental treatment in his recent speech at Baltimore when he touched on limitation of working hours and age limits for labor. Some effort has been made to carry out a more beneficial and constructive program, notably when Secretary of Interior Ickes was at the head of the PWA, but paramount responsibility seems to be in the hands of industry itself which must absorb the unemployed before the situation is relieved to any great
All the furore aroused by the recent request of Harry Hopkins, WPA administrator, for $1,500,000,000 to finance relief in 1937 has served to focus national attention on the problem of when and how the current relief drain on the public treasury will end. Some conception of the terrific burden entailed is suggested by statistics which show that more than $2,000,000,000 is being spent annually to provide for the 25,000,000 on relief.
There are many who believe that unemployment is with us to stay, that the problem requires a program of more permanent and constructive nature than the emergency measures of the past. President Roosevelt suggested a conviction that the problem required more fundamental treatment in his recent speech at Baltimore when he touched on limitation of working hours and age limits for labor. Some effort has been made to carry out a more beneficial and constructive program, notably when Secretary of Interior Ickes was at the head of the PWA, but paramount responsibility seems to be in the hands of industry itself which must absorb the unemployed before the situation is relieved to any great
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic Policy
Labor
What keywords are associated?
Unemployment
Relief Spending
Wpa Funding
Permanent Programs
Working Hours Limitation
Labor Absorption
What entities or persons were involved?
Harry Hopkins
Wpa
President Roosevelt
Secretary Of Interior Ickes
Pwa
Industry
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Persistence Of Unemployment And Need For Permanent Relief Solutions
Stance / Tone
Concerned Inquiry Into Long Term Unemployment, Advocating Constructive Programs
Key Figures
Harry Hopkins
Wpa
President Roosevelt
Secretary Of Interior Ickes
Pwa
Industry
Key Arguments
Recent Request For $1,500,000,000 In Wpa Funding Highlights Ongoing Relief Needs
Annual Relief Spending Exceeds $2,000,000,000 For 25,000,000 People
Many Believe Unemployment Is Permanent, Requiring More Than Emergency Measures
Roosevelt Suggested Limiting Working Hours And Age Limits For Labor
Ickes' Pwa Efforts Were Constructive But Insufficient
Industry Must Absorb Unemployed To Resolve The Situation