People were frustrated that the New Deal wasn’t helping them fast enough or at all.

They proposed alternatives that appealed to many.

FDR moved to “adopt” some of those ideas and incorporate them into his New Deal.

As the election of 1936 loomed, FDR needed to do more or face defeat at the polls in 1936.

It is easy to be a “Monday morning Quarterback” when you aren’t in power….

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Long promised to make “every man a King”.

He proposed to tax the wealthy to pay the poor…

$5,000 to married men and $2500 to single men.

Called a “latter day Robin Hood”

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Dr. Townsend proposed a $200/mo. pension to every senior citizen.

Senior citizens had lost everything in the collapse of the economy.

Proposed a small usage tax to fund it.

Seniors would not receive their next months check until they proved they had spent the previous months money.

Townsend wanted old people to become consumers in the economy….

Father Charles became very popular on the nationwide radio…

He took turns praising and criticizing the New Deal.

He also began to praise the principles of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi’s.

Father Charles was “pulled” from the radio by the Church by 1940.

FDR was furious that the Court declared the AAA and NRA unconstitutional.

He believed their conservative views would hurt the ability of the New Deal to succeed.

Congress refused to grant the law that would enable FDR to appoint a new judge for everyone over the age of 70 who would not resign…

Critics of FDR claimed it was his way of controlling all 3 Branches of the Government.

Dictatorships in Europe were examples of a new trend in power and many believed the US was no place for a Dictator.

Congress moves to curb FDR’s power (Hatch Act -1939)

Funding to New Deal agencies is cut…

Roosevelt Recession occurs in 1937 due cuts in funding of programs.

Election of 1940…

After 1939, New Deal agencies (WPA) to construct coastal fortifications.

As the world sinks into war, the US preps for defense against attack.