Petition Endorsing the Appeal by the National Unemployment League

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Description

The Petition endorses the appeal to President Hoover on March 7, 1930, by the National Unemployment League asking the Federal government to expand public works and requests the President to meet with a delegation. It states that the Federal Government should expand public works “to stabilize business and to relieve the unemployed.”

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Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection HH-HOOVH: Herbert Hoover Papers.

National Archives Identifier: 26465627

Full Citation: Petition Endorsing the Appeal to President Herbert Hoover by the National Unemployment League; 5/15/1930; Unemployment-Correspondence, May 1930; President’s Subject Files, 1929 – 1935; Collection HH-HOOVH: Herbert Hoover Papers,; Herbert Hoover Library, West Branch, IA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/petition-endorsing-appeal-national-unemployment-league/, April 2, 2026]

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