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FDR Fitzgerald Address. Nov. 18, 1933
Extemporaneous Remarks in Fitzgerald,
Georgia
November 18, 1933
[Roosevelt spoke earlier in the day in Savannah,
where he helped commemorate of Georgia's bicentennial, then took
a train to Warm Springs. He stopped briefly in Fitzgerald, located
in Ben Hill County, where he made the following remarks.]
I an glad to see you all. We had a great celebration
down in Savannah this morning and I am glad to come through Fitzgerald.
I have never been through here before, although I have been in
most of the other parts of Georgia. The one thing we have in
common, Warm Springs and this place, is that we are on the same
railroad.
I am very glad I am having this chance to
have a good talk with your good Governor. [Ed. note: The friendliness
between Roosevelt and Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge would
not last. Talmadge began supporting Roosevelt and the New Deal,
but thought it went too far too quickly -- and was not hesitant
in saying so. The two men would become bitter political enemies.]
He is with me here now and I am going to ask
him to say a few words to you."
Governor Eugene Talmadge: "I just want
to say this, that we have got a real President who is for the
average little man and little woman in this country."
Roosevelt: "I can say one thing and that
is that there a whole lot more smiles on people's faces than
there were when I came down through here last February."
Source: National Archives
© Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The University
of Georgia
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