Part: 123456789         Session: 1         Page na123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339340341342343344345346347348349350351352353354355356357358359360361362363364365366367368369370371372373374375376377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419420421422423424425426427428429430431432433434435436437438439440441442443444445446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460461462463464465466467468469470471472473474475476477478479480481482483484485486487488489490491492493494495496497498499500501502503504505506507508509510511512513514515516517518519520521522523524525526527528529530531532533534535536537538539540541542543544545546547548549550551552553554555556557558559560561562563 of 564

I know the President realized that. He came down the table and got to me. He had spoken to Roper, and so forth, then he turned to me. He looked at me with a smile. He smiled pleasantly, just the way your brother would smile when he said, “Now, it's your turn to jump the horse. What can you do on this fence?” It was the encouraging smile of a brother who was interested in your being able to be successful at the moment. He said, “Well, Miss Perkins, have you anything to say, anything to contribute? What have you been thinking about?”

I decided not to air any of the troubles that I'd been having, or any of the bizarre situations that I had found in the Department of Labor. I said that I had been impressed by the number of the persons throughout the country who had been thinking, as I had been thinking and was sure he had, with regard to the necessity for immediate action, first, for some kind of temporary relief, and then for a canvass of legislation which would lead to the prevention of unemployment by all the ways now known. That would happen, of course, not suddenly, but after consideration. We were busily forming plans looking towards the establishment of free public employment offices, and looking towards some kind of regulations of hours - not necessarily Senator Black's bill, but some kind of regulation of hours. We