Transcription: By the end of November 1930, there were 6,000 apple sellers on the streets of New York City. The next year, banker J.P. Morgan put his yacht in mothballs. I think it both wiser and kinder not to flaunt such luxuriant amusement in the face of the public, he wrote a friend. In an Appalachian school, a sick child was told by her teacher to go home and get something to eat. I can't, the child replied. It's my sister's turn to eat. In 1932, New Yorkers on relief were given $8.20 a month, about one-fifth of what it took to sustain a decent life. A married couple moved into a cave in Central Park. A ...
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