The Great Depression

In 1931, African colonial subjects in the Cameroons raised a collection of $3.77, mailing it to the mayor of New York City to aid America's starving.³²

In 1933, 100,000 Americans applied for visas to emigrate to the Soviet Union in search of better work opportunities.³³

Townsend Plan adherents proposed that the government provide a $200 monthly pension to every American over age 60. The Social Security program that was eventually adopted actually provided a payment of just $20 per month.³⁴

By the mid-1930s, the Communist Party USA had about 30,000 members. Huey Long's Share Our Wealth Clubs had more than 7.5 million.³⁵

By the end of 1932, 30-45 million people listened to Father Charles Coughlin's radio program every week.³⁶