Was the New Deal good for America? Hoover’s North American curator Jean Cannon reflects on the document that first coined the term “New Deal”—written by Raymond Moley. As one of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s most trusted advisors and speech writers, Moley was a pivotal figure in the development of the program and yet this document provides insight into how his opinion about it shifted over time
The Raymond Moley papers are housed at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University. Explore the finding aid for the collection here.
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