Low-Income Classes

More than half of the families and single individuals in this country in the middle 1930's received incomes which, on the average, were insufficient to pay costs of living. Large families in the low-income group present a more serious social problem than small families. The present federal administration has attempted to put labor in a stronger bargaining position so that it could get a larger share of the national income, and a number of social security measures have been adopted to cushion the shock of the more common social hazards. A start has been made toward the provision of better housing for the masses. On the whole, the decade of the 1930's marks an improvement in the conditions of life of the low-income classes.