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Churchill. There was something electric in the atmosphere when Roosevelt spoke. Your confidence immediately soared from this force."
Because of his own fight against polio, Herndon says he was “so awed to see a man completely crippled by polio to become president. He was completely supported by a cradle of cruel iron braces; he used to joke and say if anyone wants to be president, he should spend at least a year in bed.”
Herndon remembers the confidence with which Roosevelt closed the banks on inaugural day in order to stop the panic of the depression. Men in high silk hats who had come to attend the festivities with no money in their pockets were now out thumbing rides home because they couldn’t take the taxi-fare from their substantial bank accounts. “That was when you could see the innate sense of humor in this country. There was still good humor and good will over the situation.” The people responded well to the 100 days that changed government and turned around the economy.
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