1934-09-30

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Fireside Speech #6
On Government and Capitalism.

Five weeks before mid-term elections, Roosevelt addresses the relationship between management, labor, and government. He reprimands both labor and business for not fully cooperating with New Deal reforms but perhaps comes down harder on business, hinting at Roosevelt's movement to the left. An opportunity to hear a master orator present clearly and concisely his views in a manner that everyone can understand. His concern for the country operating as an integrated whole for everyone’s benefit is obvious. We have come a long way from that viewpoint. Now it is every person for him/her self and may the rich and powerful emerge victorious. BJF

http://www.whitehousetapes.org/archive/
RG01_wh_recordings/S01_fdr/speeches/firesidechat_06.mp3

The recording was from the archives of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.

http://millercenter.virginia.edu/scripps/
diglibrary/prezspeeches/roosevelt/