NO, I don't watch TV anymore, but all the books I read tell me the same
thing. The issues remain the same and so does the rhetoric. I think the
difference now is that the powerful are greedier and more powerful and the
technology at their disposal to impose their will on the rest of us, is much
more powerful also. And we now have a degrading environment which dooms
humanity, even if everyone refrains from dropping nuclear bombs.
Miriam
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Has anybody watched the PBS documentary (Ken Burns, not always my favorite)
about the Roosevelts? I commented already that, having watched most of it,
the more things change, the ore they remain the same.notice the comments of
FDR about the banks, bankers, greed, etc?
On Jul 21, 2015, at 9:47 PM, Bob Hachey <bhachey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Roger,
Those famous words were part of FDR's first inaugural address. See
below.
Bob Hachey
First Presidential Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Date
March 4, 1933; 82 years ago
Location
United States Capitol,
Washington, D. C.
Participants
President of the United States,
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Assuming office
Chief Justice of the United States,
Charles Evans Hughes
Administering oath
Vice President of the United States,
John Nance Garner
Assuming office
Vice President of the United States,
Charles Curtis
Administering oath
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Roosevelt next to
Eleanor Roosevelt
and
Joseph Taylor Robinson
The first inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as the
List of Presidents of the United States
President of the United States
was held on Saturday, March 4, 1933. The
United States presidential inauguration
marked the commencement of the first four-year term of
Franklin D. Roosevelt
as President and
John Nance Garner
as
Vice President of the United States.
It was the last inauguration to be held on the prescribed date of
March 4; under the terms of the
Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution,
all subsequent inaugurations have taken place on January 20. The
inauguration took place in the wake of
Democratic Party (United States)
Roosevelt's landslide victory over
Republican Party (United States)
incumbent
Herbert Hoover
in the
United States presidential election, 1932.
With the nation in the grips of the
Great Depression,
the new president's inaugural speech was awaited with great
anticipation. Broadcast nationwide on several radio networks, the speech was
heard by tens
of millions of Americans, and set the stage for Roosevelt's urgent
efforts to respond to the crisis.
[1]
The swearing-in ceremony took place on the East Portico of the
United States Capitol,
with
Chief Justice of the United States
Charles Evans Hughes
administering the
Oath of office of the President of the United States.
Roosevelt wore a
Morning coat
and striped trousers for the inauguration, and took the oath with
his hand on his family
Bible,
open to
First Epistle to the Corinthians
1 Corinthians 13.
Published in 1686 in
Dutch language,
it remains the oldest Bible ever used in an inaugural ceremony, as
well as the only one not in English, and was used by Roosevelt for his
Franklin D. Roosevelt's terms as Governor of New York
as
Governor of New York
as well as for his subsequent presidential inaugurations.
After taking the oath of office, Roosevelt proceeded to deliver his
1,883-word, 20 minute-long inaugural address, best known for his famously
pointed reference
to "fear itself" in one of its first lines:
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivering the quoted portion of the
address.
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So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing
we have to fear is...fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror
which paralyzes
needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour
of our national life a leadership of frankness and of vigor has met with
that understanding
and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory.
And I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in
these critical
days.
Addressing himself to the causes of the economic crisis and its
moral dimensions, Roosevelt placed blame squarely on the greed and
shortsightedness of
bankers and businessmen, as seen in the following excerpts:
...rulers of the exchange of mankind's goods have failed through
their own stubbornness and their own incompetence, have admitted their
failure, and have
abdicated. Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand
indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of
men.
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Hoover and Roosevelt on Inauguration Day, 1933.
The money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of
our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The
measure
of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social
values more noble than mere monetary profit.
Recognition of the falsity of material wealth as the standard of
success goes hand in hand with the abandonment of the false belief that
public office
and high political position are to be valued only by the standards
of pride of place and personal profit; and there must be an end to a conduct
in banking
and in business which too often has given to a sacred trust the
likeness of callous and selfish wrongdoing.
Restoration calls, however, not for changes in ethics alone. This
Nation asks for action, and action now.
Roosevelt then turned, in the following excerpts, to the daunting
issue of
Unemployment,
which had reached a staggering 25 percent when he assumed office:
...the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side;
farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in
thousands of
families are gone.
More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem
of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return. Only a
foolish optimist
can deny the dark realities of the moment.
Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. This is no
unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously.
There are many ways in which it can be helped, but it can never be
helped merely by talking about it. We must act and act quickly.
After touching briefly on
Foreign policy
- "the
Good Neighbor policy
- the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does
so, respects the rights of others" - Roosevelt turned again to the economic
crisis,
assuring his countrymen that he would act swiftly and with
determination:
I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures
that a stricken Nation in the midst of a stricken world may require. These
measures,
or such other measures as the Congress may build out of its
experience and wisdom, I shall seek, within my constitutional authority, to
bring to speedy
adoption.
But in the event that the Congress shall fail to take one of these
two courses, and in the event that the national emergency is still critical,
I shall
not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I
shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis -
broad Executive
power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power
that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.
Rhetorical aspects[
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]
After the inaugural address, a woman by the name Sarah Love said
"Any man who can talk like that in times like these is worthy of every ounce
of support
a true American has."
[3]
Love's quote is reflective of the popular sentiment felt for
Roosevelt's dynamic, confident, and inspiring oratory.
Close aide
Raymond Moley
was responsible for crafting the speech, as he did many of
Roosevelt's speeches
[3]
- the idea of likening Roosevelt's coming task to commanding a war
effort originated from Moley.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
