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Domestic News October 2, 1921

Tombstone Epitaph

Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona

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In Chicago on Sept. 27, Arizona Senator Ashurst warned of unemployment as the U.S.'s gravest danger, urging businesses to provide job opportunities and dismissing car shortage reports as a hoax due to terminal facility issues.

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SENATOR ASHURST SAYS
EVERY MAN DESERVES THE
CHANCE TO EARN LIVING

CHICAGO, Sept. 27.- Declaring that
unemployment is the gravest danger
ahead of the United States at present,
Senator Ashurst, of Arizona,
in an address here tonight, appealed
to business and civic organizations to
help the government toward a solution.

"The country does not owe every
man a living, but it does owe every
man a chance to earn a living," he
said, and urged that every business
man and organization extend itself
to absorb the number of idle, in a
measure, at least.

"While the situation is serious, I
feel we shall progress and overcome
it. I believe we have no reason to
be downcast. We have passed through
greater emergencies."

Reports of a car shortage in the
United States were branded by the
senator as a hoax.

"There is no car shortage," he said.
"It is a shortage of terminal facilities.
This, as in other things, must
be attended to by the business of the
country in unison with the government.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics Economic

What keywords are associated?

Unemployment Senator Ashurst Car Shortage Economic Crisis Business Aid

What entities or persons were involved?

Senator Ashurst Arizona

Where did it happen?

Chicago

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Chicago

Event Date

Sept. 27

Key Persons

Senator Ashurst Arizona

Event Details

Senator Ashurst of Arizona declared unemployment the gravest danger facing the United States and appealed to business and civic organizations to help the government solve it. He stated that the country owes every man a chance to earn a living and urged businesses to absorb idle workers. He expressed optimism about overcoming the situation and branded reports of a car shortage as a hoax, attributing issues to a shortage of terminal facilities that must be addressed by business and government together.

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