Congressman Theodore Peyser, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and Senator Robert Wagner look on as President Franklin D Roosevelt signs the Wagner-Peyser Act into law.
Created with unemployed workers in mind, the Wagner-Peyser Act establishes the U.S. Employment Service, which creates a forum where workers and employers can exchange information. You can read the Act in its entirety at http://www.doleta.gov/programs/w-pact_amended98.cfm
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