Summary On Russell Baker's Growing Up

FDR - takes on a more activist role The first hundred days and alphabet soup - CCC, NRA, etc The 3 r's - relief, recovery and reform

Relief: relieving people who are suffering immediate needs Recovery: having economy bounce back

Reform: look at what went wrong, change bills and laws FDR's vision of government - willing to try anything, throw out acts if they don't work.

Goals of the new deal - tried basically anything

He wanted to...

Restore banking system: trust, confidence, (restore federal loans, and federal insurance)

Create jobs: public works, war/military - maybe having a draft, stimulate private employment/private sector (can work two different ways - either more laissez faire form of gov't meaning giving businesses more freedom OR socialize meaning where you give out land and take away the private sector.

Food/immediate needs: use federal money for direct belief (like shelters)

Raise money for aid programs!

The first new deal - focuses on relief, and saving people - in speeches he talked about how country didn't need to make anymore money; the country should feel comfortable.

Saving the financial industry - want to make the system better, kinder to the people. 1933 bank holiday - closing banks to stop ppl from taking out all their money

- he hires investigators and reopens the bank - talks to people in a friendly tone - people believe in FDR and banks are stabilized ... this is meant to save capitalism!

Economy acts (cuts federal salaries) - fireside chats - talked to people in a friendly tone about their progress.

Planning