On October 29, 1929, the stock market experienced a devastating crash. Since then, millions of people have lost their jobs. Banks lost money and businesses closed. After the 1930s, the Great Depression began. Desertions of husbands and fathers have increased, and homeless families and children live in rugged parks and towns. State, local government and charities could not help everyone in need. The director of the Federal Children's Bureau, Grace Abbott, reported in 1933 that twenty percent of the nation's school children lacked adequate food, housing, and medical care. The Great Depression had an advantage on schools due to the lack of money. Additionally, schools did not have enough money to pay teachers. Two hundred thousand boys had left their homes because they did not have enough money for food and other things. For the most part, older blacks did not have personal savings, accounts, or retirement pensions to support themselves. President Franklin D. Roosevelt created jobs for people; he also had the idea of ​​a poop aid...