23.3 Last Days of the New Deal

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23.3 Last Days of the New Deal
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Recession of 1937

• August 1937 industrial production fell, so did
  employment.
• FDR had cut back on govt. spending, people had
  less money.
• FDR also raised taxes, prohibited economic
  investment from the wealthy.

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Unions Triumph

• Unions were originally designed to help skilled
  labor.
• United Mine workers Pres. John L. Lewis created
  the Committee for Industrial Organization to
  support unskilled workers.
• Steel mills, auto plants, etc.

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• Main tool of unions was the strike.
• Sit-down strikes became most famous.
• Picket lines prevented scabs from crossing over
  into the factory.
• First sit-down strike took place at rubber
  plants in Akron, Ohio.
• Henry Ford continued to resist unionism in his
  plants.

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• Unions generally supported non-violent
  resistance.
• Supreme Court eventually outlawed the sit-down
  strike.
• Too potent of a weapon and obstacle of
  negotiation.

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New Deal Effects on Culture

• Works associated with the Depression became
  popular, John Steinbecks Grapes of Wrath.
• Daytime dramas on the radio appeared-Soap Operas.
• Aimed at women and often sponsored by soap
  companies.

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• Movies that showed the triumph over evil were
  also popular, along with movies that offered an
  escape from reality-Wizard of Oz.
• FDR did not want people to have to give up the
  arts during this tough time.
• He earmarked money for unemployed artists,
  historians, musicians, etc..

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Lasting New Deal Achievements

• Voters began to expect a President to solve
  problems.
• People accepted more govt. intervention in their
  lives.
• Grew accustomed to large govt.
• Laborers demanded more changes in the workplace.

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• Many New Deal projects still dot the landscape
  dams, bridges, roads, etc.
• FDIC still exists to this day.
• Social Security System.
• True economic recovery does not come about to the
  1940s.
• WWII