Message to Congress on Unemployment Relief
Great Depression Unemployment relief—United States New Deal Public works—United States Economic recovery—United States Federal relief programs
In this message to Congress delivered on March 21, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a large-scale federal response to unemployment during the Great Depression. Roosevelt called for emergency relief measures and public works programs designed to provide jobs for unemployed Americans while improving the nation’s infrastructure. The message helped lay the foundation for New Deal relief agencies and demonstrated the administration’s commitment to direct federal action in addressing economic hardship.
American Presidency Project, University of California, Santa Barbara
Related to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC); related to New Deal relief programs