THE
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Fisherman
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
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“It has been asserted that our obligation to
those in want by reason of unemployment is con
tained within the narrow confines of the word
charity; that their call upon our assistance must
find its answer only in our generosity. I cannot
consent to that. The joblessness of these wage
earners is not a penalty which they incurred by
their own misconduct. Their unfortunate plight
is not a consequence that they could have pre
vented. It is the resultant forces beyond their
control, forces which the entire business commun
ity has set in motion. Why should the wage earn
er be compelled to bear the brunt of this burden?
Has he not a right to continuous employment and
steadiness of wages?—Senator Wagnor, New York.
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VOLUME 8, NO. 6.
OCTOBER, 1931
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