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Editorials
April 1, 1936 issue

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This article discusses several political and economic issues. Twenty-two million people, or roughly one-sixth of the population, are living on relief. The all-time peak was reached in March, 1935, when 5,492,921 persons and their dependents were being given aid. On March 18, 1936, according to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's relief message, the number was 5,300,000. Three recent decisions by the New York state courts may be seen as the first skirmishes in what may easily prove to be a nation-wide constitutional struggle for social security.

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CHARITIES; FEDERAL aid; ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; SOCIAL security; ECONOMIC security; NEW York (State); UNITED States
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