Roosevelt requests industrial truce to give NRA labor plans a fair trial 80 years ago this hour (Sep 30 1934)

1930s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'FDR Excerpt Sept 30, 1934'

(Sunday, September 30, 1934, 10:00 p.m. EST) — In a radio speech to the nation tonight, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt called for an armistice between capital and labor while the newly reorganized NRA evolves legislation calculated permanently to safeguard the rights of each (click here for complete audio and transcript of the speech).