FDRs jobless benefits act turns 75

FDRs jobless benefits act turns 75 By Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Aug 13, 2010 06:02PM MDT This year alone, 84,340 Utahns have filed new initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits. That number easily exceeds the total number of Utahns in the nonagricultural work force when President Franklin Roosevelt signed federal legislation 75 years ago today, creating the federal …