Free Write#2

Jonathan Guzman 12/13/10             

People Benefited by FDR’s doings

It was 1935 and Brian Kolowon was one of the many people who were in poverty during the Great Depression. Brian was a sixteen-year-old teenager who is now alone and was forced to live in the streets, with no school, food, or basically anything. One day Brian walked down the streets and entered a store. In the store a radio was playing Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s radio show. “The New Deal has been created, all of you people that need jobs and are in financial needs come on over to farms and other businesses get yourself a job and get your money”. Brian couldn’t believe his ears, he quickly ran towards where he knew where this farmland was.

Brian was courageous, glad, and his feelings could barely be described in words. When he got to the farm, there was a lot of people registering and getting ready to work out on the fields. As Brian walked he heard the man registering people “What you will be doing is plowing the farms and on those spots with no crops you will refuse to grow anything there!” Brian was confused, lost; he didn’t understand why they had to the opposite of what farming is. Brian decided to do as he was told. As he worked he was supported by his helpers and was supported to his growth because he was not really at his age of growth. “Just in case you all are wondering why we are doing this it’s because the president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered all farmers to do this because of all the problems of the dust storms and all that”. Brian had understood this and worked for the six hours he had of work.

Brian walked back home and saw posters hanged that said “CCC program that gives us help” and other posters said “AAA agricultural change”. Brian entered his tent in which he considers home. Brian counted the money he received from his first day at work and it resulted that he had received seventy dollars! As Brian put his money back in his backpack his telephone started ringing.

“Hey son”, said the man

“Oh hey Grandpa, what’s wrong?”

“Nothings wrong”

“O...K than why did you call me?”

“Guess what”

“What”

“FDR passed the Social Security act!”

“What does it do?”

“Well it helps the elderly like me to financial, physical, and other needs. I pretty much get paid for not working because of my age incapacity to work”

“Wow!”

“Well son.... I better start investigating on how I can actually get helped”

“OK, bye?”

Brian started investigating on this act. Hearing through radios, people, etc. He had

found out that FDR had created this law on August 14, 1935 and that it had created old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped. Brian was so surprised of what Franklin Delano Roosevelt did for them and was really thankful for this president’s existence and the fact that he actually cares about the country and it’s conditions it is in.

Brian walked out into the streets seeing people’s content faces of the benefits they

can get with everything that FDR is trying to do to restore, revive and pick the United States of America back up from suffering and poverty. Brian knew that if his family would accompany him his family and him will together be glad and thankful.

“This wonderful president of ours will forever be remembered for his great efforts”.