Chapter 525 The Hoover Crisis
"Mayflower once came with the Bible and the 'faith, hope, and love' we learned from it, but why do we abandon our roots today?!" Roosevelt paused and said in a deep voice to Murrow.
"In the national anthem, we sing: We believe in God, and we will never forget this word! We also sing: Look at the stars and stripes, we will always fly high! In this free country, the hometown of warriors. But why can't we firmly believe that we will get out of trouble at this moment?! Why can't we unite against disasters?!"
"We are not lacking in courage. We have never retreated in the fire of the British army. It can be proved that the torch held high in the Statue of Liberty can be proved that we have never lacked in courage!" As he said that, Roosevelt suddenly stood up and said passionately: "I firmly believe that we will unite, and I firmly believe that we will survive the disaster in the end!"
Tu Qianjun couldn't help but applaud when he heard Roosevelt's words, and Phil also stood up excitedly! His face turned red and his face kept applauding. Looking at the passionate Roosevelt, Tu Qianjun couldn't help but sigh in his heart!
He is worthy of being one of the greatest presidents in American history. Regardless of whether he is saying something from his heart or not, it will always infect many people. At least those who have sung the "Song of the Stars and Stripes", those who gradually die in their hearts will begin to understand what hope is.
"I express my determination for you and myself here to hold a new policy for the American people!" Roosevelt finally said in a deep voice to the microphone!
The subsequent interview was meaningless. Murrow and Harves said absent-mindedly and casually before ending the interview. When they left, Roosevelt looked at Tu Qianjun apologetically and whispered.
"I'm sorry, I seem to have stolen your limelight." Tu Qianjun just laughed and said to the future US president who is older than him: "No! I think you performed well! In fact, this is what you should do, this is your campaign! You work hard for yourself and for the United States! This is what I am happy to see."
However, this speech did not change the criticism of Roosevelt by most American newspapers.
The next day, the newspapers were immediately filled with negative reports about Roosevelt's so-called "New Deal". They pointed out that the term "newdeal" was to cleverly combine the two slogans of President Theodore Roosevelt's "squaredeal" and President Woodrow Wilson's "newfreedoms"! It was not original by Roosevelt himself.
Menken wrote in the Baltimore Sun that Democrats chose the weakest presidential candidate in their party. The San Francisco Chronicle then agreed.
But at this time, American economics and sociologist Stewart Chase had just published a book, and the title was exactly "New Deal"! The newspaper immediately scoffed at Roosevelt even more!
For a time, major newspapers in the United States were in a turmoil, and at the same time they also brought a trace of shadow to Roosevelt's campaign.
"Haha... Brother Ruici. Are you still feeling uncomfortable about those reports?!" Tu Qianjun laughed at the table opposite Roosevelt!
This is a restaurant belonging to Chinatown, and it is naturally the property of Situ Meitang. As the manager of Zhigongtang, Liu Mile naturally brought a basket of Guangdong breakfast with a smile.
In the private room with carved beams and painted pillars, Roosevelt and Tu Qianjun sat opposite each other. Situ Meitang looked at the two of them with a smile. In the next room, Roosevelt's family was cheering and eating this delicious breakfast.
"Brother Ruici, come! This is for you..." Tu Qianjun smiled and took out a painting, spread it out and placed it on the table! This was a Chinese painting he asked Situ Meitang to find overnight. The words on it were written by him.
When the painting was spread out on the table, Roosevelt was stunned for a moment! This is a bamboo and stone picture!
On a angular and angular mountain peak, several green bamboos rise up toughly! They stand in contrast with the peaks and ridges in the painting, regardless of height! The pride is coming to the face through Chinese painting!
"Persist in the green mountains and do not relax. The roots are originally in the broken rocks. Thousands of mills and tens of thousands of blows are still strong, and you can no longer be the winds of the east, west, south and north! In the autumn of the 21st year of the Republic of China, Tu Mengben gave his close friend, Brother Ruici. He was strong and the storm was still unmoved!"
After reading this painting, Roosevelt took a deep breath and slowly rolled up the painting. He said sincerely to Tu Qianjun and Situ Meitang: "Thank you!"
"Haha... Come! Let's have a meal first!" Tu Qianjun smiled mischievously and said to Roosevelt: "In my experience, if you want to fight with the enemy, you must first feed your belly. Hold on to the green mountains. We also need nutritional supply?! Haha..."
Roosevelt smiled and walked onto the dining table with Tu Qianjun and Situ Meitang. He started today's breakfast, but they didn't know that something that affected the entire United States was brewing!
In Portland, Oregon, the United States, people with frowning faces gathered in a bar. This was once a place for them to entertain, but now it is empty.
"Waters, we can't live anymore if we continue like this..." A white man with a stubborn face said to the man who was about forty years old who was sitting on the bar on the bar, wearing a shabby suit like himself: "I'll check with colleagues like us, there are at least 1,500 people. This is still from our state, and there may be more in other places..."
The man named Wats smoked cigarettes and lowered his head without saying a word. At this time, the men gathered over were also silent. After a while, a white man with a stubborn face said in a daze.
"Nathan's wife is pregnant, but they are even having a problem with eating now. The child... I really don't know what to do..."
Hearing the man's words, Wats's hand holding the cigarette suddenly shook. Then he slowly raised his head and looked around the men around him. He said in a deep voice.
"Maybe we should do something, it doesn't matter to us adults. But what should the children do?! Ask colleagues in other states, if everyone wants, we go to Washington to negotiate with Congress. After all, we can't survive now..."
After a pause, Wats said in a deep voice to the man who was talking: "What does the overseas association say?! Can they provide any help?!"
The man smiled bitterly and shook his head. After a while, he said: "Their suggestion is that we should go to the Congress to discuss it and send the money first. Now the overseas association is almost unable to operate, what can we do?! If a group of people had not come to work in Manchuria, the situation would be even worse..."
Wats sighed deeply, threw the cigarette on the ground and crushed it with his feet to the man, and said, "Vic, it's not that I don't think of a solution. In fact, I and other colleagues have sent more than a dozen telegrams and letters to Congress, but there has been no response yet. What do you think we can do?! We can't rob with guns, right?!"
Vick was silent for a while before speaking to Wats: "Perhaps we should go to Washington. Those men who were drinking coffee leisurely in Congress had no idea what we are doing now. If the money was not available, I think more people might choose to take risks..."
"This kind of thing must not happen!!" Wats glared at his eyes, and the voice was like a jaguar roaring. The rest of the people didn't dare to say anything. After repairing their emotions, Wats said softly: "Let everyone come here and we go to Washington to find Congress. After all, the situation is indeed critical now. We need this money..."
Vic nodded and walked out of the bar with the other men. When they walked out of the bar, the door was pushed "creak~ creak" sounded. After they left, Wats looked at the "creak~ creak~" door with a hint of pain in his expression.
At this time, Tu Qianjun followed Roosevelt to travel around the country in the United States. They needed to convince many people, including winning the election. Originally, Tu Qianjun did not need to go with Roosevelt, but he chose to go together.
The place they arrived this time was Maine, which is one of the few places where elections began in September. However, this place has always been a Republican territory. But Roosevelt did not give up. He and Tu Qianjun went to many places and met many people.
Roosevelt was always energetic, and every time he went to a place, he started his speech with great energy! All the beginnings were made with "My friends...".
"I looked closely at the faces of thousands of Americans...their expressions were as confused as lost children. And in my opinion, this is heartbreaking! Because in our country, the only thing that is truly worthy of value is natural resources and the masses..."
Tu Qianjun was watching Roosevelt's speech. I have to admit that the enthusiasm that Roosevelt possessed can easily infect people! This is not seriousness, nor is it preaching. It is like he is really saying something real to you.
As far as the audience is concerned, Roosevelt's position on tariffs and power industry is not as noteworthy as his demeanor. What they saw was a good leader with a lion-like head raised, his eyes bright, his cigarette mouth raised towards the sky, and his navy cloak draped on his broad shoulders. How chic and generous.
The people who participated in the voting felt that Roosevelt was obviously full of sincerity, so they were deeply moved. In their opinion, Roosevelt's words were clear and specific, and were popular.
After the last speech, the vote began!
At this time, President Hoover also returned to the White House, and he felt refreshed. Roosevelt's speech was nothing great. Of course, the polls of Digest magazine predicted that Roosevelt would win, which may have helped Roosevelt a little; bets that Hoover would lose, and the bet was seven to one, which may have also increased Roosevelt's reputation.
But overall, Hoover didn't think Roosevelt was a threat. But an accident happened!
After the election results in Maine were announced, the entire Republican Party and Hoover were stunned! Maine actually elected a Democratic governor and two Democratic Representatives! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)
Chapter completed!