Remembering Roosevelt's First 'Fireside Chat'

From: NPR All Things Considered | Date: March 12, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

(Soundbite of Roosevelt's First Fireside Chat) President FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
NPR All Things Considered
03-12-2008
Remembering Roosevelt's First 'Fireside Chat'


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(Soundbite of Roosevelt's First Fireside Chat)

President FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: My friends, I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking.

MELISSA BLOCK, host:

So began Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first fireside chat as president delivered March 12th, 1933, 75 years ago today. President Roosevelt had been in office just eight days and had little time ...

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