<p>On this day in Labor History the year was 1933.  The nation was in the grips of the Great Depression. Long bread lines formed each day in major cities across the nation with at least one in four people out of work.  The crisis deepened as the Dust Bowl ravaged US farmland crippling farmers and limiting food production. </p>

On this day in Labor History the year was 1933. The nation was in the grips of the Great Depression. Long bread lines formed each day in major cities across the nation with at least one in four people out of work. The crisis deepened as the Dust Bowl ravaged US farmland crippling farmers and limiting food production.

<p>On this day in Labor History the year was 1933. &nbsp;The nation was in the grips of the Great Depression.&nbsp;Long bread lines formed each day in major cities across the nation with at least one in four people out of work.&nbsp; The crisis deepened as the Dust Bowl ravaged US farmland crippling farmers and limiting food production.&nbsp;</p>

March 31 - FDR Creates the Civilian Conservation Corps

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March 31 - FDR Creates the Civilian Conservation Corps