Roosevelt Campaigns for President (1932)

Democratic campaign. FDR speaking at Democratic convention in Chicago. This is more than a political campaign, it is a call to arms. Give me your help. Not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people. Torchlight parade in Chicago. FDR speaks in Chicago at banquet. that you've adopted here in Chicago, the slogan, I will I want to appropriate that slogan of yours for the period of the campaign that still has to come. It expresses the determination that we shall not permit the ogre of the depression to defeat us. Hopeful and united, with a firm belief that our program is strong enough for the emergency to come, join me in that watchword "I will"'. Motorcade in Butte, Montana. Introduction of candidate FDR in Butte. Crowd and applause. Introduction only. FDR does not speak. Al Smith at 1932 NY State Democratic Convention. FDR drives up, Smith and FDR reconcile in historic handshake, James Farley in background. FDR speaks at Seat Girt, N.J. So there can be no possible misunderstanding, let me read the provisions of the Democratic platform on this point: and let me add that it\'s in plain English. It begins, we advocate the repeal of the 18th Amendment. FDR speaks in final week of campaign in Boston, Mass. Now lets be frank. You and I know that Immediate relief of the unemployed is the immediate need of the hour. The present leadership in Washington stands convicted. Not because it did not have the means to plan, but fundamentally because it did not have the will to do. And that is why, next week, the American people will register their firm conviction that this administration has utterly and entirely failed. Failed to meet the great emergency of modern times. Note: Some footage silent.

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[2much4mymirror]

Later LBJ recalled of FDR, "God, how he could take it for us all."

[StanwoodSpartans]

Then FDR would seize everybodys gold through an executive order.

[gladfelter17]

Great video!

[Kill3rJay]

lol @ the 666 viewer