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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04600 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1930s |
| Title | Address of the President to the Young Democratic Club of Maryland |
| Date | 13 April 1936 |
| Author | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) (1882-1945) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Discusses the challenges facing young men and women at the bottom of the Great Depression. Gives some solutions to improving unemployment problems such as finding ways to keep children in school longer and curtailing working hours. Urges the young adults to consider the future of the country. "There cannot be too many Americans thinking about the future of America. Our country richly endowed in body, mind and spirit still has need of many things. But I am certain that one of its chief needs today is the releasing and the enlistment of the spirit of youth." Press release of the speech, marked "Hold for Release," by M. H. McIntrye, Assistant Secretary to the President. |
| Subjects | President Presidential Speeches and Proclamations Democratic Party Politics Government and Civics Education Labor Reform Movement Children and Family Patriotism Great Depression |
| People | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) (1882-1945) |
| Place written | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Theme | The Presidency; Education; Children & Family; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |