SECTION 4 THE SECOND NEW DEAL

NEW DEAL CRITICS AMERICAN LIBERTY LEAGUE WAS A GROUP OF BUSINESS LEADERS OPPOSED THE NEW DEAL BECAUSE THEY FELT IT DISCOURAGED FREE ENTERPRISE FRANCIS E. TOWNSEND WANTED TO GIVE CITIZENS OVER 60 YEARS OLD $200 A MONTH AS A PENSION HAD TO SPEND THE MONEY THAT MONTH CHARLES E. COUGHLIN CATHOLIC PRIEST IN DETROIT WANTED EVEN STONGER CONTROL BY THE GOV’T OVER EVERYTHING THOUGHT THE NEW DEAL WAS NOT ENOUGH

NEW DEAL CRITICS HUEY P. LONG SUPPORTED FDR AT THE BEGINNING FELT THE NEW DEAL WAS ALSO NOT STRONG ENOUGH SHARE OUR WEALTH WAS LONG’S PLAN TO MAKE EVERYONE A KING WANTED TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PERSONAL FORTUNES WANTED TO SPREAD OUT THE WEALTH OF AMERICA

NEW REFORM EFFORTS SECOND NEW DEAL JANUARY OF 1935 SET OF NEW REFORMS SOCIAL SECURITY ACT AUG 1935 WAS A SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION PLAN FOR RETIRED WORKERS FUNDED THROUGH A PAYROLL TAX ALSO CREATED UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FOR WORKERS WITH BENEFITS TO FAMILY MEMBERS OF MALE WORKERS WHO DIED THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL PROGRAMS CREATED BY FDR

NEW REFORM EFFORTS REVENUE ACT OF 1935 WEALTH TAX ACT RAISED THE TAXES ON THE COUNTRY’S WEALTHIEST PEOPLE TAXED CORPORTATIONS AS WELL RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT OF UTILITY SERVICES EXPANDED ELECTRICITY SERVICE TO MILLIONS

THE WPA EMERGENCY RELIEF APPROPRIATION ACT PROVIDED $4.8 BILLION TO HELP THE UNEMPLOYED WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION HEADED BY HARRY L. HOPKINS EMPLOYED MORE THAN 8.5 MILLION AMERICANS BETWEEN WORK THEY DID BUILT OR REPAIRED BRIDGES, PARKS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND ROADS PROVIDED MONEY FOR ARTISTS AND WRITERS TO HELP THEM OUT AS WELL

THE ELECTION OF 1936 THE NEW DEAL WAS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE ELECTION REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE WAS ALFRED LANDON OF KANSAS HE HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE WEALTHY, BUSINESS OWNERS CLAIMED THE NEW DEAL WASTED MONEY HUEY LONG WAS GOING TO RUN BUT HE WAS ASSASSINATED

THE SUPREME COURT FDR SAW THE COURT AS HIS ONLY MAJOR OBSTACLE THEY HAD ALREADY DECLARED THE NIRA AND AAA UNCONSTITUTIONAL FEB OF 1937 HE DECIDED TO INCREASE THE # OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES FROM 9 – 15 FDR WOULD APPOINT ALL THE NEW JUSTICES, SO THEREFORE HE WOULD HAVE A MAJORITY ON HIS SIDE AT ALL TIMES THIS WAS CALLED THE COURT PACKING PLAN HOWEVER, HE DID NOT NEED TO DO THIS BECAUSE WITHIN THE NEXT 4 YEARS, 7 JUSTICES EITHER DIED OR RETIRED

THE END OF THE NEW DEAL DURING 1936 AND INTO 1937, FDR STARTED TO CUT BACK ON THE AMOUNT OF AID, STARTED TO CUT GOV’T JOBS FROM ABOUT 3 MILLION TO JUST UNDER 2 MILLION THESE PEOPLE COULD NOT GET PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS, BECAUSE THE ECONOMY STILL HAD NOT FULLY RECOVERED BY 1938, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASED AGAIN AND THE STOCK MARKET AGAIN FELL RESULTED IN FDR AND CONGRESS APPROVING MORE THAN $3 BILLION FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE WPA

THE END OF THE NEW DEAL AS A RESULT OF THIS SLIP IN THE STOCK MARKET AND RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT, THE DEMOCRATS STARTED TO LOSE SEATS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE WELFARE STATE CRITICS SAID THE US WAS HEADING TOWARD A TYPE OF SOCIALISM DEFICIT SPENDING SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN THE GOV’T TAKES IN WITH TAXES