Evidence 1: “To the people of this country, all of us in Washington, the members of the Congress and the members of this administration, owe a profound debt of gratitude. Throughout the Depression, you have been patient. You have granted us wide powers. You have encouraged us with a widespread approval of our purposes. Every ounce of strength, every resource at our command, we have devoted and we are devoting to the end of justifying your confidence.”—Document 22.1: Franklin Roosevelt, Fireside Chat Transcript

Evidence 2: “JIMMY DURANTE: You and you and you and you, you’ve got a President now. He gave the land a New Deal. You hold the cards, now you deal. You and you and you and you and you put shoulders to the plough. He gave us what we asked fer, now pay him back somehow. Step out in front, get back of the President, and give a man a job. He bore the brunt, now bear with the President, and give a man a job.”—Document 22.2: Give a Man a Job! Transcript

Evidence 3: “President Roosevelt has cleverly camouflaged a most amazing and startling proposal for packing the Supreme Court. . . . Increasing the number of judges from nine to fifteen would not make this high tribunal act any more promptly than it does now, but it would give the President control of the Judiciary Department.”—Document 22.3: Frank E. Gannett, Letter on Court Packing

Evidence 4: “Why, do you think this Roosevelt’s plan for plowing up cotton, corn, and wheat; and for pouring milk in the river, and for destroying and burying hogs and cattle by the millions, all while people starve and go naked—do you think those plans were the original ideas of this Roosevelt administration? If you do, you are wrong. The whole idea of that kind of thing first came from Hoover’s administration.”—Document 22.5: Huey P. Long, Criticism of Franklin Roosevelt

Evidence 1: “Well considered and conservative measures will likewise be proposed within a few days, that will attempt to give to the industrial workers of the country a more fair wage return, to prevent cutthroat competition, to prevent unduly long hours for labor, and at the same time, to encourage each industry to prevent overproduction.”—Document 22.1: Franklin Roosevelt, Fireside Chat Transcript

Evidence 2: “JIMMY DURANTE: Oh, a hypo-crondiac. You’d best get a doctor for pneumonia, a doctor for insomnia, one for osmosis and two for halitosis. One for amenia and one for exczem-ia, neuritis, bronchitis, phlebitis, St. Vitus or any other kind of an -itis, that will delight us. You must get a doctor for every disease you’ve got, and that where he’ll give you lots of enjoyment. And in that way, Madam, you will help to end unemployment.”—Document Give a Man a Job! Transcript

Evidence 3: “America is in peril. The welfare of American men and women and the future of our youth are at stake. We dedicate ourselves to the preservation of their political liberty, their individual opportunity and their character as free citizens, which today for the first time are threatened by Government itself.For three long years the New Deal Administration has dishonored American traditions and flagrantly betrayed the pledges upon which the Democratic Party sought and received public support.The powers of Congress have been usurped by the President. . . . Regulated monopoly has displaced free enterprise.”—Document 22.4: Republican Party National Platform

Evidence 4: “Mr. Roosevelt made those promises; he made them before he was nominated in the Chicago convention. He made them again before he was elected in November, and he went so far as to remake those promises after he was inaugurated President of the United States. And I thought for a day or two after he took the oath as President, that maybe he was going through with his promises. No heart was ever so saddened; no person’s ambition was ever so blighted, as was mine when I came to the realization that the President of the United States was not going to undertake what he had said he would do, and what I know to be necessary if the people of America were ever saved from calamity and misery.”—Document 22.5: Huey P. Long, Criticism of Franklin Roosevelt

Evidence 1: “JIMMY DURANTE: Step out in front, get back of the President, and give a man a job. He bore the brunt, now bear with the President, and give a man a job. If the old name of Roosevelt makes the old heart throb, you take this message straight from the President and give a man a job. You look like a banker. Who drives your car?MALE AUDIENCE MEMBER 1: I drive it myself, but have a cigar.JIMMY DURANTE: Keep your cigar and hire a chauffeur and keep a man from becoming a loafer.”—Document 22.2: Give a Man a Job! Transcript

Evidence 2: “A year ago I predicted that this is exactly what would happen if Roosevelt was reelected. The Supreme Court having declared invalid many of the administration measures the President now resorts to a plan of creating a Supreme Court that will be entirely sympathetic to his ideas. Provision has been made for amending the Constitution. If it is necessary to change the Constitution it should be done in the regular way. The president is mistaken, if he thinks he can conceal his real purpose of packing, influencing and controlling the Supreme Court by confusing that objective with a long dissertation on the slow action of our various courts.”—Document 22.3: Frank E. Gannett, Letter on Court Packing

Evidence 3: “For three long years the New Deal Administration has dishonored American traditions and flagrantly betrayed the pledges upon which the Democratic Party sought and received public support. . . . It has been guilty of frightful waste and extravagance, using public funds for partisan political purposes.It has promoted investigations to harass and intimidate American citizens, at the same time denying investigations into its own improper expenditures.. . . . It has bred fear and hesitation in commerce and industry, thus discouraging new enterprises, preventing employment and prolonging the depression. It secretly has made tariff agreements with our foreign competitors, flooding our markets with foreign commodities. It has coerced and intimidated voters by withholding relief to those opposing its tyrannical policies. It has destroyed the morale of our people and made them dependent upon government.”—Document 22.4: Republican Party National Platform

Evidence 4: “So we convinced Mr. Franklin Delano Roosevelt that it was necessary that he announce and promise to the American people that in the event he were elected President of the United States he would pull down the size of the big man’s fortune and guarantee something to every family—enough to do away with all poverty and to give employment to those who were able to work and education to the children born into the world. Mr. Roosevelt made those promises; he made them before he was nominated in the Chicago convention. He made them again before he was elected in November, and he went so far as to remake those promises afterhe was inaugurated President of the United States. And I thought for a day or two after he took the oath as President, that maybe he was going through with his promises. No heart was ever so saddened; no person’s ambition was ever so blighted, as was mine when I came to the realization that the President of the United States was not going to undertake what he had said he would do, and what I know to be necessary if the people of America were ever saved from calamity and misery.”—Document 22.5: Huey P. Long, Criticism of Franklin Roosevelt