ALLEN TOWNER TREADWAY

America was just emerging from the Great Depression and the economy was still very soft. This quotation is very interesting in that it shows how President Roosevelt tried virtually everything to strengthen the economy which had been devastated under President Hoover—even pushing up Thanksgiving to extend the Christmas shopping season for a week.

America was just emerging from the Great Depression and the economy was still very soft. This quotation is very interesting in that it shows how President Roosevelt tried virtually everything to strengthen the economy which had been devastated under President Hoover—even pushing up Thanksgiving to extend the Christmas shopping season for a week.