What did the New Deal mean to millions of ordinary Americans seeking some way out of the misery and destitution of the Great Depression?
This collection provides a graphic cross-section of popular opinion on the New Deal. Here an itinerant worker from the Cotton Belt describes his living and working conditions. Walter Davenport interviews midwestern pig farmers for their reactions to government farm subsidies. Kiplinger forecasts the "business revolt” against inflation, taxation, and labor organization. Alongside the enthusiasm of the young CCC worker stands Marquis Childs' report on the prosperous of America and why "They Hate Roosevelt."
THE NEW DEAL AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE is a human record of the Thirties. Its pages convey the attitudes of the many Americans who knew little about the issues and alphabet organizations of the New Deal, but much about their impact on day-to-day existence.