My most immediate concern is in carrying out the purposes of the great work program just enacted by the Congress. Its first objective is to put men and women now on the relief rolls to work and, incidentally, to assist materially in our already unmistakable march toward recovery. According to the text, what were the economic conditions of the time?

A) It was too soon to tell whether New Deal programs had had any effect on the economy. 

B) There were signs of improvement, but more work needed to be done.

C) The problems of the Depression were growing steadily worse.

D) Most of the country’s economic problems had been resolved.