Sentence:  The able-bodied unemployed, who were without work because of the Depression, he believed should be <WSD>put to work</WSD> by the federal government at wages higher than the dole but lower than the prevailing wage so as not to encourage the rejection of opportunities for private employment "until economic recovery would make work relief unnecessary." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Give a job; Force to work (even if it is make-work)