Sixty days into the “First Hundred Days” of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency, he updates the nation on the progress they have made, and what is in store for the future. May, 7th, 1933 he uses the fireside chat as a platform to push forward proposed bills that Congress had yet to act upon and encourage his nation to stand behind him.
The first opportunity he speaks of is employing jobless young men, which will be later be known as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Roosevelt intended for this program to employ a quarter of a million men, especially those who had dependents while sending them to work in forestry and flood prevention projects. It would be a way of boosting income for families that had nothing. Roosevelt says, “This is a big task because it means feeding, clothing and caring for nearly twice as many men as we have in the regular army itself. In creating this civilian conservation corps we are killing two birds with one stone. We are clearly enhancing......

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Title: Fdr Fireside Chat
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