This is a letter from John Beemster, secretary of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Chicago, to Herbert Hoover describing how alarming the unemployment situation is becoming and his fears if nothing is done before the coming winter.
This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2015 Summer Workshop at the Hoover Library.This primary source comes from the Collection HH-HOOVH: Herbert Hoover Papers.
Full Citation: Letter from John Beemster to President Herbert Hoover; 8/27/1930; Unemployment-Correspondence, August 1930; President's Subject Files, 1929 - 1935; Collection HH-HOOVH: Herbert Hoover Papers; Herbert Hoover Library, West Branch, IA. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/letter-from-john-beemster-to-president-herbert-hoover, October 12, 2024]