History of the United States II / Unit 10 USH2 1366 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Millionaire's Dole
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The idea
Of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation's first sixty-one million dollars in loans, forty-one million went to three institutions, the anchor says.
In practice
Congressman Fiorello La Guardia of New York calling the corporation a millionaire's dole.
Where people slip
The Yawp says La Guardia captured public sentiment. Aid to banks was meant to reach workers indirectly, and often did not.
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