for Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Authors

Robert Scott, University of Minnesota

Abstract

"For the issue which [Lincoln] restated at Gettysburg will be the continuing issue before this Nation so long as we cling to the purposes for which the Nation was founded--to preserve under the changing conditions of each generation a people's government for the people's good."¹ Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke these words at Gettysburg, July 3, 1938. In that speech he did just about what any student of American public address would predict. He stressed the values of democracy and the constant struggle necessary to keep those values active. Given the place, the President could scarcely help associating himself with Lincoln, but by this point in his presidency Roosevelt had exploited "the Lincoln symbol" heavily in justifying the domestic policies of the New Deal.²

Journal Title

Iowa Journal of Communication

Volume

25

Issue

3

First Page

115

Last Page

118

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Scott, Robert (1993) "for Franklin Delano Roosevelt," Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 25: No. 3, Article 37.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol25/iss3/37

Copyright

©1993 Iowa Communication Association