The president Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal in the eyes of Wiktor Podoski

Abstract

Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal purpose was to stop the Great Depression. The article task is to show knowledge of Polish diplomacy about the program. It is based on Wiktor Podoski’s elaboration Nowy ład Roosevelta. Author was an employee of Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In his book he describes realization of New Deal from 1933 to 1936. The article presents how Podoski showed the program and each act. He shows, in great detail, some of the reforms and biggest institutions appointed under the New Deal: National Recovery Administration, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Public Works Administration. Many of the reforms were skipped or only mentioned by author. Information showed by him weren’t always accurate. Some of the reforms of the second phase of the program are described with author’s opinion about their future. Article also shows, as a summary reforms of New Deal of the years 1936–1937.