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Resolution of the Jobless

January 5, 1932

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Resolution of the Jobless
  • Title
  • Resolution of the Jobless
  • Date
  • January 5, 1932
  • Identifier
  • 20231117-HA-0001
  • Source Identifier
  • 20231117-HA-0001
  • Description
  • Membership certificate stating that John T. Hovanec Jr. of Terrace, Pennsylvania was a member of the Father Cox Jobless March from Pittsburgh to Washington, D. C. In January 1932. The document is signed by Father Cox. Cox led a march of 15,000-20,000 unemployed Pennsylvanians to Washington, D.C. He hoped that a demonstration of the unemployed in Washington would stir Congress to start a public works program. While this was not achieved, the march sparked the formation of the Jobless Party in Pittsburgh. The Jobless Party supported government public works and labor unions, and spread to other major cities. James Cox became the Jobless Party's first presidential candidate but in September 1932 Cox pulled out of the election giving his support to the Democratic ticket and Franklin Roosevelt. This effectively led to the demise of the Jobless Party.
  • Type
  • text
  • Genre
  • membership certificates
  • Subject
  • Demonstrations
    Unemployment--Social aspects
  • Source
  • Homestead Album Oral History Project Records, 1975-1977
  • Language
  • eng
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Homestead Album Oral History Project Records
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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