they were the first fired and the last hired. After Roosevelt was elected, he began to institute his “New Deal,” a series of economic programs intended to offer relief to the unemployed and ...

As he said in his first inaugural address ... although he would not live to see the surrenders of Germany and Japan. Domestically, FDR switched from “Dr. New Deal” to “Dr. Win the War,” organizing the ...

Roosevelt signed an executive order allocating US$10 million for “Emergency Conservation Work.” This step launched one of the New Deal’s signature relief programs: the Civilian Conservation Corps, or ...

The first major speech in which Roosevelt discussed the underlying ideas of the New Deal at any length was an address to the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco delivered in the midst of his first ...

President Roosevelt, the author of the New Deal, is attempting to lift the nation ... This wage scale was first approved by the NRA, and subsequently revoked, the NRA offering 20 cents minimum ...

In the first decision, the court overturned ... foresaw that the court would invalidate the entire New Deal. For a time, FDR ...

His signature completed enactment of one of the most important and far-reaching of New Deal proposals. Championed by Mr. Roosevelt to ... The tax, first payable in 1937, will equal 1 per cent ...

The latest of Elliott Roosevelt's ( New Deal for Death ) posthumous mysteries starring his mother, Eleanor, as sleuth offers more tantalizingly risque glimpses into the First Family's personal ...

First elected in 1933, Roosevelt pursued his New Deal agenda with gusto. The only problem, from his perspective, was the U.S. Supreme Court, which invalidated several New Deal laws. The court even ...

Trey Cooper's return to Texas, and the New Deal football team, has paid dividends for the Lions, including Friday's win over ...

The program leverages private funds to secure $29 billion in new rural investments and helps rural electric cooperatives.

Roosevelt signed ... platform during the first of several planned talks on the topic. The president said his energy platform set several records, including 16 million new jobs, small business ...