In the Midst of the Great Depression, Governor and Presidential Candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt Begins Effective Use of Radio to Communicate the Democratic Party Platform

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Edité par Albany, New York, 1932

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Mimeographed Document Signed, press release of radio speech, July 30, 1932, Albany, NY. Prepared for release to the press. For Release in the Morning Papers After Delivered in type at top of first page. Signed at bottom of last page, Franklin D. Roosevelt. 6 pp., 8 1/2 x 14 in. "In this time of unprecedented economic and social distress, the Democratic party declares its conviction that the chief causes of this condition were the disastrous policies pursued by our government since the World War, of economic isolation fostering the merger of competitive businesses into monopolies and encouraging the indefensible expansion and contraction of credit for private profit at the expense of the public.""We condemn: The Hawley-Smoot tariff law, the prohibitive rates of which have resulted in retaliatory action by more than forty countries, created international economic hostilities, destroyed international trade, driven our factories into foreign countries, robbed the American farmer of his foreign markets and increased his cost of production.""A tariff is a tax laid on certain goods passing from the producer to the consumer."On July 30, 1932, New York Governor Roosevelt delivered this speech from Albany, quoting extensively from and explaining many planks of the Democratic National Platform. Four weeks after the Democratic National Convention nominated Roosevelt on the fourth ballot in Chicago, he made this fantastic campaign speech. He turned to a relatively new medium-the radio-to communicate with the American people. Broadcast radio began in 1920 but became more widespread over the next decade. This broadcast went out over the decade-old AM radio station WGY in Schenectady, New York, to the N.B.C. Network at 9:00 p.m. on Saturday. Roosevelt's use of the radio brought his comforting voice into the homes and lives of average Americans and reassured them that he cared for them as part of an "imagined community."Employing the radio, Roosevelt could make certain that his message reached the widest possible audience, without the mediation of newspaper editors. He also spoke confidently in standard English at a slow rate to make certain that everyone understood him. He used everyday analogies, stories, and anecdotes to explain his thoughts clearly. Over his unprecedented three terms and a partial fourth term in office as President of the United States, Roosevelt delivered some thirty "fireside chats" to reassure the American people and give them hope during the bleak times of the Great Depression and World War II. Excerpts"I hope during this campaign to use the radio frequently to speak to you about important things that concern us all." (p1)"I propose tonight to state the broad policies of my Party - to sketch the first outline of the final picture. Now even the partisan opposition press has found it hard to criticize the Democratic Platform this year. It is brief, only one-fifth of the length of the Republican Platform, and easily understood." (p1)"The entire Platform needs to be read in the light of its short preamble. This indicates that our present economic condition, how it came, what it is, and how it can be remedied - is the main issue of this campaign." (p1)"'In this time of unprecedented economic and social distress, the Democratic party declares its conviction that the chief causes of this condition were the disastrous policies pursued by our government since the World War, of economic isolation fostering the merger of competitive businesses into monopolies and encouraging the indefensible expansion and contraction of credit for private profit at the expense of the public.'" (p1)"'The only hope for improving present conditions, restoring employment, affording permanent relief to the people and bringing the nation back to its former proud position of domestic happiness and of financial, industrial, agricultural and commercial leadership in the world lies in a drastic change in economi. (See website for full description).

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• Titre: In the Midst of the Great Depression, Governor and Presidential Candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt Begins Effective Use of Radio to Communicate the Democratic Party Platform
• Éditeur: Albany, New York
• Date de parution: 1932
• Reliure: No binding
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Type de livre: Printed Document Signed
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