Unemployment
Theodore Roosevelt discusses the conditions of a lodging house he visited recently in New York with Frances Kellor. Many of the men there are unemployed simply because there is no work available. There is a distinction, Roosevelt says, between those who desire work but are unemployed and those who are unemployable. He says it is the government’s responsibility to provide relief measures for the unemployed by creating work and he makes recommendations for charitable actions that can be taken by local organizations. Typed draft with handwritten edits.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-01-26