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The Roosevelt I knew /

by Perkins, Frances
Published by : New York (The Viking Press) Physical details: viii, 408 p. Year: 1947
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900 - 999 Book Cart 973.9170924 Per (Browse shelf) Available Book Fund 20388

pt. 1. The man. First impressions --
Wilson era --
Through the valley --
pt. 2. The state. The making of a governor --
New boss --
Domestic circle --
He liked people --
Figures can't lie --
Jobs for some --
pt. 3. The nation. Politics --
Faith of his fathers --
A mind in the making --
New Deal --
Civilian conservation --
Relief --
Thirty-hour week --
Blue eagle --
Labor and the codes --
Trouble in coal --
Mediation --
Wages and hours --
Public works --
Social security --
Labor relations --
A little left of center --
pt. 4. The world. Approaches to world order --
The war years --
Last months.

When Frances Perkins first met Franklin D. Roosevelt, at a dance in 1910, she was a young social worker just out of college, he an attractive, rich young man making a modest debut in State politics.

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