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The article presents information related to social and political issues of the world. The speech of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt before the New York State Federation of Labor urging a State-wide system of unemployment insurance is a matter of large importance. The Governor has apparently determined to offer that leadership in the employment crisis, which the Administration at Washington has so conspicuously failed to furnish. If intelligent people will back him vigorously, the foremost industrial State in the Union may turn out to be the first one to develop a modern scheme of protection against unemployment. A considerable number of ridiculous calculations have been published at various times purporting to show that it is safer to travel by air than by rail. The Actuarial Society of America has just issued an interesting report containing real information.

Hudson Valley, New York travelers will now be able to fly directly to the Washington D.C., area when Independence Air begins its low-cost service to Washington-Dulles International Airport begin- fling September 1, 2003. The airline will offer six daily non- stop roundtrip flights with one-way tickets costing between $49 and $109. The airline's president, Kerry Skeen, officially made the announcement May 19, 2004 in an auditorium with thousands of the airline's employees cheering. "Today Independence Air is officially open for business;" he proclaimed. Tickets are on sale now for the Stewart flights.