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NAACP Attacks Roosevelt Plan on Slave Wage Scale
The NAACP wires President Roosevelt charging the new relief wage plan harms Black workers. It argues the scale labels Negroes as unskilled in sections three and four, affecting millions across several states and stressing the racial impact of the relief program. The census figures show over eight million Negroes affected in major sections.
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