Franklin D. Roosevelt - Ran against Hoover, wealthy new Yorker, served as assistant secretary of the navy, elected gov of New York, american politician, 32nd president of the US, Huey Long - democratic senator from Louisiana, argued gov. could end depression, said to tax the rich, Francis Townsend - called for gov pensions, said retired americans over the age of 60 receive 200 each month but they must use it all, congress never approved, Charles Coughlin - used radio to attract followers, catholic priest from Michigan, called gov to take over banks, Eleanor Roosevelt - began speaking on behalf of FDR after polio, transformed role of first lady, she helped in the presidency unlike others, Mary McLeod Bethune - became top ranking African American in gov., member of Black Cabinet, Marian Anderson - African American singe, Elenor Roosevelt signed so she could sing, John Collier - commissioner of Indian Affairs, lived among the Pueblo Indians of mew Mexico, started Indian New Deal, John Steinbeck - captured miseries of the Dust Bowl in The Grapes of Wrath, this is a classic example of how American writers and artists try to cope with human toll, Frances Perkins  - first women to serve in cabinet, said that "ideal gov. should be should be, through legislation and through cooperation between employers and workers..., John L. Lewis - head of United Mine Worker, formed committee for Industrial Organization , this was a umbrella organization consisting of many other unions.,

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