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President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first “fireside chat” on this day in history<\/a>, March 12, 1933, to reassure and inform a nation reeling from the effects of the Great Depression.<\/p>\n

This was the first in a series of broadcasts in which FDR spoke plainly and directly to every American within the sound of his voice, as Fox News Digital previously reported.<\/p>\n

The term “fireside chat” was coined by Harry Butcher of the CBS radio network, according to Britannica.<\/p>\n

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When Roosevelt took office in early March 1933, the Great Depression<\/a> had spread across the globe, according to History.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n

America\u2019s economy had declined to “desperate levels,” with banks failing, industrial production grinding to a halt and over 13 million people unemployed,<\/a> the same site notes.<\/p>\n

In his first inaugural address, Roosevelt sought to impart a new sense of confidence to a nation in despair, declaring that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” notes the History site as well as other sources.<\/p>\n

Not a “distant or aloof leader speaking down to his subjects,” the president began his first “fireside chat” remarks with the salutation, “my friends,”<\/a> and “proceeded to engage listeners on terms that made sense to them,” said the National Archives.<\/p>\n

The site also says, “Those who might normally be tuning into programs such as the Manhattan Symphony Orchestra or\u00a0‘D.W. Griffith\u2019s Hollywood’\u00a0sat rapt before their sets as the president spoke\u00a0with<\/i>\u00a0them, not\u00a0at<\/i>\u00a0them.”<\/p>\n

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Roosevelt used a conversational, informal tone in his addresses, notes the presidential library.<\/p>\n

To describe the banking crisis<\/a> in his first “fireside chat,” he said, “What, then, happened during the last few days of February and the first few days of March?”\u00a0<\/p>\n

He continued, “Because of undermined confidence on the part of the public, there was a general rush by a large portion of our population to turn bank deposits into currency or gold \u2014 a rush so great that the soundest banks could not get enough currency to meet the demand.”<\/p>\n

He closed the nation’s banks to prevent withdrawals from investors worried about bank failures, he explained, and said the banks would be re-opened the next day, according to the presidential library.<\/p>\n

“Your government does not intend that the history of the past few years shall be repeated,” he said. “We\u00a0do not want and will not have another epidemic of bank failures.”<\/p>\n

He also thanked his listeners for their “fortitude and good temper” during the “banking holiday.”<\/p>\n

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The president\u2019s radio remarks had been publicized beforehand in newspapers and on radio<\/a>, says the National Archives website.<\/p>\n

Carried by the three major networks, the president’s remarks began from the White House promptly at 10:00 Eastern Time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The White House “had yet to organize the radio and newsreel setups with the efficiency that would come later through experience,” notes the National Archives, but the broadcast “proved a success,” judging by the mail and telegrams that poured into the White House following the first “fireside chat.”<\/p>\n

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The address had an “immediate impact” in terms of instilling confidence in the banking system and the administration\u2019s executive and legislative program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Over the next 12 years, FDR would continue to go directly to the American people by radio, “forging a personal relationship with everyday Americans unlike any other president before,” says the National Archives.<\/p>\n

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Roosevelt gave over 30 “fireside chats” in total, discussing everything from the banking crisis to the Works Relief Program to drought conditions in the U.S.<\/a>, according to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Museum and Library.<\/p>\n

He also built support for New Deal policies and discussed U.S. involvement in World War II<\/a> during the broadcasts, they note.<\/p>\n

Roosevelt was a “trailblazer” in using both technology and the media, and the impacts of his visionary approach are still felt today, says the National Archives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/this-day-history-march-12-1933-fdr-gives-first-fireside-chat-radio-address <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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