| I explained to them that it would be rather hard for me to remain in the city as I didn't have too much money. Thereupon, they said, "There is nothing we can do about it." Finally, I was forced to go on what they call the "bum." I went from one State to another in search of employment, one city to another. >>more...>>
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Title: Testimony of Samuel Friedberg, Birmingham, Ala.
Author: Friedberg, Samuel
Source: U. S. Congress. House. Select Committee to Investigate the Interstate Migration of Destitute Citizens. Interstate Migration. Hearings… (Washington: GPO, 1940-41), p. 447.
Date: August 14, 1940
Publisher: Tolan Committee Hearings
Type: Testimony
Listed Under:- Internal Migration
- Transients
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