A Franklin Roosevelt fireside chat issue...

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March 13, 1933

NEW YORK TIMES, March 13, 1933

* Bank Crisis of 1933
* Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR
* 1st Fireside Chat (1st report)

This 28 page newspaper has a three line banner headline on the front page: "MANY BANKS IN THE CITY AND NATION REOPEN TODAY FOR NORMAL OPERATIONS, BUT WITH HOARDING BARRED; ROOSEVELT APPEALS ON THE RADIO FOR FULL CONFIDENCE" with subheads. The text of FDR's first "fireside chat" begins on the front page and concludes on page 3. In his chat he discusses the banking situation and says at the end: "Let us unite in banishing fear".
Other news of the day, sports and advertisements throughout.
Complete in 28 pages, rag edition great condition.

Category: The 20th Century