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It was a tradition in Salt Lake for The Church to allow each presidential
        candidate to speak at an evening political meeting in the Tabernacle.
        Governor Roosevelt rode up South Temple Street to the Tabernacle in
        a topless Sedan. Governor Roosevelt sat in the middle of the back seat.
        On one side of him sat Governor Dern. On the other side sat my Dad.
        How proud I was!
               Roosevelt won the election in Utah and most states. He was in-
        augurated in March 1933 (inaugurations have since been moved to Jan-
        uary). After the election but prior to the inauguration, Governor Roo-
        sevelt was riding in an open car in Miami, Florida with Mayor Anton
        Cermak of Chicago beside him. A madman approached with a pistol
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        what would have happened to the United States and the free world if Mr.
        Roosevelt had been killed.
               In  his  inauguration  speech  in  March  1933,  Roosevelt  boldly
        stated his famous words, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!”
        President Roosevelt had a wonderful speaking voice and utilized good
        speechwriters. His speeches created excellent impressions. People felt
        that he cared and was talking to them.
               Within days of his inauguration, President Roosevelt ordered all
        banks closed for one week while Federal Reserve auditors reviewed
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        Some time later, the Federal Deposit Corporation was created to guar-
        antee deposits up to $10,000 per individual. $10,000 was a lot of money
        those days. The key thought, though, was “your savings are safe now.”
               A wave of hope began to spread across the country. People real-
        ized that new ideas were being tried and that the nation was no longer
        simply drifting. President Roosevelt, in subsequent years, openly ac-
        knowledged that his administration did not have all the answers to the
        nation’s problems, but he made it clear that the New Deal, as it came
        to be called, would continue to initiate changes until satisfactory solu-
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        numerous economic and social problems that the nation had unwisely
        ignored or minimized.
               I have often encountered the viewpoint that many of my genera-


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