Some 40,000,000 U. S. citizens this week looked forward to exercising their sovereign power over their Government. Rich & poor, black & white, male & female, busy & idle, wise & foolish, they had all been through three years of the hardest times in their country's history. At least ten million willing workers were the Idle Poor. Five thousand banks had gone under. In man's memory wheat prices had never been lower. Taxes were piled on top of the galling burden of private debt. Savings had been...
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