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a permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission; a farm aid program; increased public housing; new TVA-style public works projects; the establishment of a new Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; the repeal of the Taft–Hartley Act, regulating the activities of labor unions; an increase in the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour
The Fair Deal was a set of proposals put forward by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to Congress in 1945 and in his January 1949 State of the Union Address.
In his 1949 State of the Union address unveiling the Fair Deal, Truman reiterated his desire to pass comprehensive housing legislation. [6] The Senate had successfully passed bills allocating federal aid for public housing in 1946 and 1948, although these efforts died in the House of Representatives on both occasions. [4]
The city was founded in 1837 or 1838 [3] when the Voortrekkers settled on the banks of the Schoonspruit [3] ("Clear stream"), which flows through the town. Klerksdorp is the oldest European settlement north of the Vaal River, and thus of the former Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Z.A.R), also known as the Transvaal Republic.
Solidly based upon the New Deal tradition in its advocacy of wide-ranging social legislation, the Fair Deal differed enough to claim a separate identity. The depression did not return after the war and the Fair Deal faced prosperity and an optimistic future. The Fair Dealers thought in terms of abundance rather than depression scarcity.
After the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in November 1885, [4] geologists found that the main reef spread to the east and west, but did so at great depth. [5] [6] At that period the technology to prospect or mine at such depth was not available, but a comparatively small influx of miners was still observed, growing Klerksdorp to a town with over 70 taverns and its own stock exchange.
Pakistan hopes it will get a fair deal on “equality” when the International Cricket Council holds a virtual meeting on Friday to finalize details for next year’s Champions Trophy. There’s ...
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