Fireside Chat on the Recovery Program

Fireside Chat on the Recovery Program

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Great Depression
New Deal
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Economic recovery—United States
Federal government intervention
Industrial policy—United States

In this Fireside Chat delivered on July 24, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt explained the goals of the New Deal recovery program and defended increased federal involvement in the economy. Roosevelt discussed the National Recovery Administration (NRA), encouraging cooperation between businesses, workers, and consumers to promote economic recovery during the Great Depression. The address demonstrates how Roosevelt used radio broadcasts to build public support for New Deal policies and restore confidence in the federal government’s recovery efforts.

American Presidency Project, University of California, Santa Barbara

Peters, Gerhard
Woolley, John T.

1933-07-24

Text

Digital text (presidential speech)

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fireside-chat-recovery-program

American Presidency Project, University of California, Santa Barbara

English

Related to the National Industrial Recovery Act (1933); related to the National Recovery Administration (NRA)

1933 United States

Public domain