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== Conditions and Attitudes of the U.S. in the Early 1930s ==

In 1933, American society was enduring what was arguably the worst year of the Depression. With the unemployment rate a staggering 24.9 percent, and honest jobs scarce, “dishonest ones sometimes seemed more attractive than standing in soup lines.”<ref>U.S. Department of Labor, ''Compensation and Working Conditions''(Fall, 2001) by Albert E Schwenk and Robert VanGiezen. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20030124ar03p1.htm (accessed April 9, 2012).</ref><ref>U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, ''The F.B.I. and the American Gangster.'' FBI.gov, http://www.fbi.gov/about_us/history/a-centennial-history/fbi_and_the_american_gangster_1924-1938 (accessed March 2, 2012).</ref>The real-life outlaws and gangsters of the day——— John Dillinger, "Pretty Boy" Floyd, and Al Capone——— were portrayed to the public as having anti-establishment attitudes and being free of the daily burdens with which average citizens were encumbered.