Franklin D Roosevelt's Domestic Radio Address

In 1933 just eight days after his inauguration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first national radio address also known as “fireside chat,” broadcast directly from the White House addressing the American public by radio. On Roosevelt’s first address he said” I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking” he went on explain his recent decision to close the nation’s banks in order to stop a surge in mass withdrawals by panicked investors worried about more possible bank failures. Roosevelt’s addresses were made to help calm down the public and to ease any and all fears they may be having, Roosevelt used these address to be up front with the public and for the talks to more of a man to man thing instead