 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - 1961 - 438 pages
...family and often strong church connections were social cement that kept the slums from beingcomplete social jungles in spite of the fact that the dwelling...history, labor shortages rather than labor surpluses were characteristicsParticularly, unskilled laborers were in demand. When this was not so, namely, in the... | |
 | 1960 - 548 pages
...strong church connections were social cement that kept the slums from being complete jungles. Lastly, labor shortages rather than labor surpluses were characteristic....unskilled laborers were in demand. When this was not so, as in the depression years, organized society had to step in on a large scale to bolster up the tottering... | |
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States— is the outstanding characteristic of youth in the Negro slum. Secondly, a foreign immigrant came from an impoverished but stable society, for the most part a peasant society with its own ancient mores. The pride of family and often strong church... 