Roosevelt comment fuels WPA wage scale debate
Radio commentator Elliott Roosevelt is credited by observers with challenging the WPA southern wage scale and moderating policy pushbacks from Hopkins. The piece traces White House alignment, bank policy signals, civil service shifts, and political maneuvering surrounding Corcoran, Ordway, and Bankhead as they touch on unemployment, credit, and railroad legislation.
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Bates questions overdoing punishment in America
Seattle AP Sanford Bates, long director of the federal bureau of prisons, warned at the 65th national social work conference that the United States may be sending too many men to prison. He called for broader parole systems and noted women's prisons show higher parole success, while current crime figures suggest less than one percent of arrests are on parole.
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