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The birth of democratic opposition in the United States Congress to Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Irwin, D. Kemp
Irwin, D. Kemp
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1967-07-01
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Few periods in American history have affected this nation as greatly as the New Deal era and few Presidents have aroused either a deeper devotion or a deeper detestation than its leader, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Welcomed into the Presidency in 1933 as the savior of the American people, in the relatively short period of two years Roosevelt was considered by many an unreasoning radical and by a few a dictator. Although the great majority of the nation remained devoted, or at least loyal, to the President, by 1935 the critics of Roosevelt. and the New Deal were so resolved in their opposition that they appeared to dominate the politics of that year.
The change in the attitude of a large segment of the American people toward Roosevelt and the New Deal during these two years was mirrored in the transformation of the relationship between the President and the Congress. While the initial congressional attitude toward Roosevelt and his program was one of general acquiescence, by 1935 a large number of senators and congressmen were consistently voicing their rather caustic criticism of the New Deal. However, this transformation was by no means sudden. Rather, it was a gradual and cumulative development. This study is an attempt to describe and analyze that particular development, namely the birth of Democratic opposition in the Congress
to Franklin Roosevelt.
A number of historical studies have dealt in some considerable detail with the congressional criticism of Roosevelt and the New Deal from 1935 to 1944, but a very few, if any, have been devoted to the sporadic and premature opposition in Congress during 1933 and 1934. This study is devoted exclusively to a consideration of the Democratic opposition in the Congress from 1933 to 1935. Hopefully, in that manner it will provide somewhat of a background for the many studies of the organized and systematic Democratic opposition to the New Deal in the post-1935 period.
This study is by no means a comprehensive analysis of all New Deal policies originated during 1933 and 1934. Instead, it is focused upon only the major legislative proposals of Franklin Roosevelt during those two years, and Democratic opposition in Congress will be examined largely in relation to just these major issues. Democratic opposition outside the Congress toward Roosevelt and his program is considered tangential to the major focus of the study and will be dealt with in that manner.
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Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter I. The legislatiove session of 1933 -- Chapter II. 1933 in retrospect -- Chapter III. The legislative session of 1934 -- Chapter IV. 1935: Prelude to stalemate -- Bibliography
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Thesis (M.A.)-- Wichita State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dept. of History
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