The nation's needy have gone through three hard winters without a dollar's worth of direct aid from the Federal Treasury. Every proposal for first-hand Government relief of hunger and distress has been damned and defeated with the cry of "Dole!" Before a fourth and perhaps harder winter comes the poor and jobless will vote in a national election. In Washington last week political principle began to bow to public plight.
Senate Democrats under Arkansas' Robinson brought forth their first party plan for direct Federal aid to plain citizens. It was endorsed by such...
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