MRS. ROOSEVELT TELLS WORKERS' CONGRESS THAT UNDERFED CHILDREN GREATER DEBT THAN UNBALANCED BUDGET. STRESSES JOBS FOR YOUTH. WASHINGTON, D.C. JUNE 7. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TODAY ADDRESSED A WORKERS ALLIANCE CONFERENCE, THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK CONGRESS, AND IN A 20-MINUTE ADDRESS, WILDLY CHEERED BY DELEGATES, TOLD THEM: 'THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PILING UP OF DEBTS THAT OUR GRANDCHILDREN MUST PAY. I KNOW OTHER WAYS ALSO IN WHICH WE ARE PILING UP DEBTS THAT OUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL PAY. THESE ARE THE UNDERFED CHILDREN.' SHE SAID THAT PROVIDING JOBS FOR THE NATIONS YOUTH IS ESSENTIAL TO THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT
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A woman standing at a podium in front of a microphone.
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Date
01/01/1939
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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