ROBERT MARSHALL
At a 1935 New York City hearing into the operations of the city Relief Administration during the great depression. He was asked what he taught the relief recipients to do in his training program. He then explained that this was the old pioneer designation for weaving ropes and similar handicrafts. The phrase has been used ever since in politics. See Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Robert Marshall was an American forester, writer and wilderness activist who is best remembered as the person who spearheaded the 1935 founding of the Wilderness Society in the United States. Marshall developed a love for the outdoors as a young child. He was an avid hiker and climber who visited the Adirondack Mountains frequently during his youth, ultimately becoming one of the first Adirondack Forty-Sixers. He also traveled to the Brooks Range of the far northern Alaskan wilderness. He wrote numerous articles and books about his travels, including the bestselling 1933 book Arctic Village.
