FRANKLIN
ROOSEVELT AND THE NEW
DEALNew
York
I. FDR and the First 100 days
A. March 5, 1933-Special Session of Congress
1. Bank holiday-"Fire Side Chat"
2. The Economy Act--15% cut in Federal wages
3. C.C.C.
B. National Industrial Recovery Act
1. Title I-Nat'l Recovery Administration-Blue
Eagle a. Industrial Codes-No antitrust for price fixing
b. Minimum wage & maximum hours ($.25/44 hr)
c. Section 7a-collective bargaining (No child labor)
2. Title II-Public Works
Administration-Harold Ickes
C. Agricultural Adjustment Act
1. 1920s, McNary-Haugen and Dust Bowl
2. Parody at 1910 prices
D. Tennessee Valley Authority (WWI, Dams,
Yardstick)
E. Federal Emergency Relief Administration (a
dole)
R. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation-Volstead Act
G. Results-1934 Need for Civil Works Administration
II. Problems with New Deal and the Rise of "Extremists"
A. Huey P. Long-Father Charles Couglin
B. Charles Townsend -$200 a month for elderly
C. Supreme Court and Black Monday
D. Advice from Friends: "Move Now!"
III. Roosevelt Responds-The 2nd Hundred Days
A. WPA = (CWA and FERA) --Harry Hopkins
B. National Labor Relations Act = Wagner Act &
J. Lewis
C. Social Security Act
D. Public Utility Holding Company
Act--Wealth Tax Act
F. Effects--Political, Social, Economic, Psychological
IV. Election '36 and FDR's 2nd Admin
A. Candidates-Landon (R), Lemke (U), FDR (D)
B. Rendezvous with Destiny- but problems arose quickly
1. FDR and Nine Old Men--"Court Packing".
2. Labor strikes-The "Roosevelt Recession"-1937 .
3. Purge-1938
C. End of New Deal