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new Water Commissioner commented to Dad, “If we continue to
            allow sheep to be trailed through this canyon, Salt Lake water will
            be sheep shit tea!”
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            opportunity  plan;  unemployment  insurance  was  introduced  as  a
            safety net for these temporarily unemployed.
        7.  The Social Security Act provided a safety net for the aged – not a
            full pension, but a basic amount regardless of employer.
               There are numerous other accomplishments; this is just a start-
        ing list. These innovations by the Roosevelt administration saved the
        capitalistic system and the American way of life at a time when many
        nations were turning to communism and fascism. The 1933-1941 period
        was a great ferment in all aspects of government and private industry.












































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