New Deal Opponents
The New Deal Under Attack
• FDR reluctantly
agrees to deficit
spending
• New Deal does not
END depression;
people upset
• Liberals
-New Deal did not go far
enough
• Conservatives
-Too much direct relief
-Too much control over
business
-socialism?
The Supreme Court Upset
• Many New Deal
Programs considered
unconstitutional
• Too much legislative
power
• Court-packing bill
Three Critics of the New Deal
•
• Huey Long
Dr. Francis Townsend
• Father Coughlin
Philosophies of the Critics
• American Liberty League
• Father Charles Coughlin:
Coughlin guaranteed income,
nationalization of banks
• Dr. Francis Townsend:
Townsend pension plan for
poor/elderly
• Senator Huey Long:
Long “Share-Our-Wealth”,
“Every Man a King”—limiting millionaires