REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. DECLASSIFIED Authority State Letter Fahr sy me NARI 02:0 2498 NO. 983 San José, Costa Rica July 19, 1932 UKIMPLOYMENT IN COSTA RIGA.
The sonorable O RD Sir: have the honor to report that the unemploymont situation in conta Rica has commanded appreciable attention during the past fortnicht. As has been reported on many occasions in the past, Costa Rien is essontially a country of small landholders.
There are, however, upwards of 75, 000 persons who either cannot earn sufficient frog thair land noldings to support themselves and their familles without working part time for the larcor proprietors and there are also the poople who rely exclusively for their living on work on the larger estatea ori