Fireside Chat on Legislation Recommended to Congress

English · Politics, Radio

In this Fireside Chat, President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks directly to the American public about legislation he has recommended to Congress. The address offers a first-person account of the administration’s legislative priorities and the reasons Roosevelt gives for pursuing them.

Presented as a radio address rather than a dramatic program, the recording centers on Roosevelt’s voice and argument. Listeners hear a president explaining public policy in a direct, conversational style, with the intimacy and immediacy that made the Fireside Chats a distinctive form of political communication.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.