A normal family of five or six received a single room about 25 by 20 feet. ... Evacuees worked on farms which were government-owned or -leased farmlands. Resident farm workers produced most of the food consumed in the relocation centers. Most centers included farm program which included poultry, eggs, and pork. ... Residents worked in mess halls, in hospitals, on farms, internal police, and in construction, and road maintenance work. ...

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Congress also instituted farm relief, tightened banking and finance regulations, and founded the Tennessee Valley Authority (New Deal 1993). ... The Frazier-Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act was aimed at helping to save farms from going under due to bank foreclosure. ...

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The Frazier-Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act suspended mortgage foreclosures for three years, and moved farmers with small amounts of poor land to better areas. ... Poverty levels soared, especially in the mid-west, where many families lost their farms due to falling prices of crops and a drought that had lasted for years. ...

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In many cases, the government provided loans to the banks to relieve the cause of early foreclosure on home, farm, railroad, insurance company, and other business loans. ... While not striving for equitable distribution of total wealth, in his plan Long envisioned that each American family would be guaranteed a basic fortune of no less than one-third of the average American fortune, which at the time, amounted to $15,000. Further, the plan was to provide for an annual income for each family. ...

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