Home Photo Gallery Classroom Documents Mr. President: In answer to your letter regarding conditions in my city, I am submitting certain facts about the unemployment problem which I deem is the most serious one confronting the nation today. There seems to be a great deal of unemployment despite the fact that many have returned to work. Numbers of young men and women are desirous of securing employment but are unable to do so. As a consequence, they are a financial burden to their parents. It is to be expected that youth is deteriorating morally and mentally as the result of idleness. The city is also faced with the problem of transient men. Many of them are begging on the streets because of the closing of the transient shelter houses. The abolition of the NRA has brought about a lengthening of hours of labor, reduction of wages, worse laboring conditions, and the discharge of many employees. It does seem that the return of NRA is vitally necessary in order to improve working conditions of employees and to reduce unemployment. Respectfully yours,
Francis Jetu, Vicar
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