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Technological unemployment -- United States -- History.

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Unemployment and the Mechanical Man, 1932

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.68
Scope and Contents

"Human labor is being replaced by the Robot in almost every field of industry....Will you vote for the continuance of capitalism or for the new order - Socialism? Vote for these candidates!" Jasper McLevy for Governor (Connecticut), Fred Holdsworth for Lieut. Governor (Connecticut), etc. Illustrated with a political cartoon on the front page depicting a robot labelled "Labor-Displacing Machine," standing on a pay-roll sheet, sweeping away the human workers.

Dates: Publication: 1932