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The Second New Deal

The Second New Deal. Chapter 12, Section 2. Launching the Second New Deal. Roosevelt was very popular during his first two years, but the minimal improvements in the economy lead to the growth in opposition to his policies. Opposition from the Right. Too much regulation of businesses

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The Second New Deal

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  1. The Second New Deal Chapter 12, Section 2

  2. Launching the Second New Deal Roosevelt was very popular during his first two years, but the minimal improvements in the economy lead to the growth in opposition to his policies.

  3. Opposition from the Right • Too much regulation of businesses • Disliked deficit spending • Business leaders alarmed by growing deficit • American Liberty League • Organize opposition • “Teach the necessity of respect for the rights of person and property.”

  4. Left Wing Opposition Huey Long • Governor of Louisiana • Spoke out for poor and downtrodden • Popular; powerful political machine • Verbal attacks on the rich increase popularity • Share Our Wealth Society

  5. Left Wing Opposition Father Coughlin • Catholic priest in Detroit • Impatient w/ moderate ND reforms • Inflate currency, nationalize banking system • National Union for Social Justice

  6. Left Wing Opposition Francis Townsend • California physician • Citizens age 60+ get $200/month pension • Have to retire; have to spend all $200 • Increase spending; remove people from workforce

  7. The Works Progress Administration • FDR disturbed • New Deal failed @ rapid recovery • 1935 – new series of programs • Second New Deal • Created WPA, headed by Harry Hopkins • Largest public works program • Built roads, public buildings, parks, bridges, and airports • Federal Number One • Program for artists, musicians, theater people, and writers • Funded art projects, theater programs, and writers

  8. Reform for Workers and Senior Citizens

  9. Wagner Act (NLRB) • NRA struck down • Invalidated section giving workers right to organize • July 1935: Congress passes the National Labor Relations Act • Guaranteed workers right to form unions • NLRA  National Labor Relations Board • Organized factory elections • Secret ballot • Determined if workers wanted a union • Binding Arbitration • Dissatisfied union members take complaints to neutral party • Neutral party listens to both sides and decides

  10. Committee for Industrial Organization • Organize unions to include all workers in an industry • First focus: car and steel industries • Utilized new tactics  Sit-down strike • First used in rubber industry • United Auto Workers used this against GM • Later became Congress of Industrial Organizations • Federation of industrial unions

  11. Social Security • Major goal: provide security for older Americans and unemployed workers • Core = monthly retirement benefit • Objections to money coming from payroll taxes • No politician can ever scrap this program • Useful, but didn’t help out those w/ the most need • Farmers and domestic workers

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