Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Franklin D. Roosevelt The New Deal1933-1938

• By Mandy Lauw

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Fireside Chats

• Radio speeches by Roosevelt to address his people
• Enormously successful, illustrated by letters
  sent to White House
• Reached a high percentage of the population
• More than 28 official Chats

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Analysis of two Fireside Chats

• Roosevelt claimed to be honest at all times with
  his people
• By analysis of Chats, information can be
  retrieved about Roosevelts view and attitudes

• I have examined if and how Roosevelts view on
  American legislation and government changed over
  the period of 1933-1938 due to developments of
  the New Deal
• This I have done by analysing two of his Fireside
  Chats one of May 7th, 1933 and one of April
  14th, 1938

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Hypothesis

• Roosevelts view on American legislation has
  changed over this period
• Particularly concerning the co-operation between
  president and Congress, and government and
  president
• Caused also by growing opposition and resistance
  of opponents and Supreme Court in later 1930s

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Textual analysis

• Textual analysis can show which information in a
  text is preferred
• The official text can be manipulated by analysis
• Information which is not obvious by reading a
  text, can be retrieved by textual analysis
• The programmes used in order to do this are LMC,
  Makbas and Tact

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An example
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Conclusion

• By examining word frequencies and collocations,
  the desired information can be found
• Roosevelts view on government and Congress has
  changed by analysing his texts
• Less co-operation between the different
  institutions and the president himself
• Congress less associated with legislation and
  authorisation
• President felt more solely responsible for
  recovery of country

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Bibliography

• Photos included in presentation are taken from
  the website of Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
  Museum
• http//www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/fdrpho50.html