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Gaer, Joseph, 1897-1969 The answer is Full Employment

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.039 Author/Creator: Gaer, Joseph, 1897-1969 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: Circa 1945 Pagination: 23 p. : Height: 18.7 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled, "The answer is Full Employment" written by Joseph Gaer and Robert K. Lamb with illustrations by William Krokyn dated circa1945. The pamphlet recommends steps towards full employment: equal opportunity; wage rates; unemployment pay; social security; and freedom to political action. Also mentions a bill written by Democratic leaders of Utah, New York and Wyoming known as the Murray-Patman Full Employment Bill.

Gaer, Joseph, 1897-1969
Lamb, Robert K., fl. 1944
Patman, Wright, 1893-1976

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