This article, published in the New York Times in May 1937 and located in the New York Times Historical database from the FIU library, focuses on President Roosevelt’s New Deal, which were programs created in the 1930s that “acted as a kind of warfare against the Great Depression” (Roark et al. 463). The article provides a general summary of a few programs in the New Deal such as Social Security, and its effect on the country. The fact that the article called the programs “beneficial” implies that the newspaper favored the New Deal. This article brings up different points about the larger time period. During the 1930s, our country faced the worst economic slump known as the Great
This article, published in the New York Times in May 1937 and located in the New York Times Historical database from the FIU library, focuses on President Roosevelt’s New Deal, which were programs created in the 1930s that “acted as a kind of warfare against the Great Depression” (Roark et al. 463). The article provides a general summary of a few programs in the New Deal such as Social Security, and its effect on the country. The fact that the article called the programs “beneficial” implies that the newspaper favored the New Deal. This article brings up different points about the larger time period. During the 1930s, our country faced the worst economic slump known as the Great