A GROWING NUMBER
AMERICA’S WORKLESS NEARLY 13,000,000 IN JANUARY WASHINGTON, March 9. Mr William Green, President of the American Federation of Labour, said to-night that, unemployment rose to a peak of 12,700,000 in January, and probably went higher afterwards. The increase for January over a year ago was estimated at 2,400,000. He said that the bank crisis would unquestionably increase unemployment. “Business cannot recover until these unemployed go back to work by hundreds of thousands,” he added.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XVIII, Issue 66, 11 March 1933, Page 2
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