... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). Roosevelt promised to act to end the Great Depression. He urged programs to deal with what he referred to as the "forgotten man- during the depression. These programs included legislation to end the financial crisis, grant relief, and regulation of agriculture and industry. FDR accepted the Democratic nomination for president with the words, "I pledge you "I pledge myself to a new ... at thirty cents an hour. Child labor under the age of sixteen ended, and the right of workers to organize unions was reorganized (Huff, 382). A number of labor-management d...

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