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Mind Map by Kinza Hussain, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Kinza Hussain
almost 8 years ago
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Oppositions to the First New Deal
- Francis Townsend
- Was a retired doctor from
California and opposed the First
New Deal Policies.
- Supported the idea of federal funded
old-age pensions as a way of stimulating
demand in the economy
- Under his plan everyone over 60 years would
receive a federal pension of $200 per month.
- By 1935, 500,000 people joined 'Townsend
Clubs' across USA (in support of his plan)
- Associated with the Social Security Act.
- Was a retired doctor from
California and opposed the First
New Deal Policies.
- Huey Long
- 'Share our wealth' programme (private
property over $3 million would be
confiscated)
- House, car, radio for every family
- Old age pensions, minimum wage:
$2,000-$3,000 per year.
- Free college education
- 4.6 million members of 'share our wealth' clubs.
- 'TAX THE RICH+ HELP THE POOR'
- Huey Long associated with the Revenue Act
- 'TAX THE RICH+ HELP THE POOR'
- 'Share our wealth' programme (private
property over $3 million would be
confiscated)
- Robert Wagner
- Proposed the Labor relations Act.
- Born out of disappointment of the Labor board
set up under the National Recovery
Administration. (Section 7a of the National
Industrial Recovery Act 1933.
- Obliged management to engage in good
faith collective bargaining with workers.
- However some argued that this led to too much
power developing in the large unions who did not
always have regard for the individual.
- In May 1935, Supreme Court
declared Section 7a
unconstitutional.
- Proposed the Labor relations Act.
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