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The transcript describes the author's perspective on the Great Depression, focusing on the struggles of people like him, who were unemployed and homeless. He mentions the soup lines, workers being paid low wages, and the sale of food items at discounted prices. The author also discusses the bonus march by ex-soldiers seeking payment for their service, which was organized by a group from Bughouse Square. The author describes the process of "bumming the town" - going to grocers to get food and then cooking and eating at a fire.
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Hoofstukke
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When I say to you the depression, what does that mean to you? The depression to me means me looking at people standing on soup lines. The depression means waiters who are paying three or four bucks just to get an opportunity to work a suppe…
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5:03Hoofstuk 2: the march was on its way, and so conductors, many of them were sympathetic, and they set up without the railroad companies. 303s · Speaker 2
the march was on its way, and so conductors, many of them were sympathetic, and they set up without the railroad companies. Yeah, and even the railroad detectives were very generous during that time. After all, it was their job to keep tres…
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10:07Hoofstuk 3: in Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia, it was outside of Washington anyway, and it was a very hot day. 301s · Speaker 1
in Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia, it was outside of Washington anyway, and it was a very hot day. I noticed that in this jungle there was a man, a very tall man, about six feet tall. He had a woman with him who was his wife and severa…
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and Hoover refused it they were having a lot daily they were having Hoover was having conferences daily with the with the cabinet at the time and with other officers of the government wondering what the hell to do about this situation. They…