The Little White House newsletter, 2019 Spring

The Little White House NEWSLETTER

Roosevelt's Little White House - 706-655-5870 - 401 Little White House Rd. - Warm Springs, Ga. 31830
Spring Quarter 2019
The Little White House: Not Just A Presidential Retreat The Executive Branch of government of the United States of America was running the country
from Warm Springs, Georgia

Imagine a line of railway cars pulling into Warm Springs. Next imagine dozens of government officials, dignitaries, staff and the President of the United States, disembarking and preparing to go to work. Such was the case when President Roosevelt came to town. Yes, there would be moments of fun, swimming, picnicking and visiting with the polio patients but more often than not, FDR was working.
What looks like a leisurely chat on the back porch (right) of the Little White House is actually an impromptu meeting with cabinet members to discuss the ramifications of the repeal of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution on December 6, 1933.

There are many other photographs depicting what appears to be a "break" for the president, but FDR was always on the go. In Warm Springs, he could drive his automobile down to the pools or to Dowdell's Knob, while at the same time conduct the business of governing our nation.
In this issue, we will provide a condensed list of works FDR performed as President while at Warm Springs.
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Below are just a very few snapshots of FDR at work while in Warm Springs.
The Governor, senators and officials from the state of Georgia meet with the President to discuss issues of local interests at the Little White House. A picnic at Dowdell's Knob mixed business with pleasure as cabinet members, dignitaries and diplomats met with the President to discuss New Deal programs. The same was true at FDR's therapy pools as seen in the photo (far right) with Sec. Ickes, Sec. Wallace and others.
FDR creates the Southern Governors Assoc., consolidatin2g the southern vote into a political force.

This is a list of some of the official works performed while FDR was in Georgia.
Nov. 17 - Dec. 6, 1933 Executive Order No. 6433A, Creation of the National Emergency Council. - November 17, 1933 Address Delivered at Savannah, Georgia - November 18, 1933 A Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. - November 21, 1933 Executive Order No. 6443. - November 22, 1933 Radio Address on Maryland Tercentenary Celebration. - November 22, 1933 Exchange of Letters between the President and Mr. Litvinov. - November 22, 1933 Presidential Statement of Non-Intervention in Cuba - November 23, 1933 Address at the Georgia Hall Dedication - November 24, 1933 Executive Order No. 6470 The Creation of the Public Works Emergency Housing Corporation. - November 29, 1933 The President Position on Haitian Bonds. - November 29, 1933 Greetings on the Forty-fifth Anniversary of the Lord's Day Alliance. - December 4, 1933 Executive Order No. 6474 Creation of the Federal Alcohol Control Administration. - December 4, 1933 Proclamation No. 2065 Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. - December 5, 1933 White House Statement pm the National Emergency Council - December 6, 1933 White House Statement on Jurisdiction of A.A.A. and N.R.A. - December 6, 1933 Address before the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America - December 6, 1933
Nov. 10 - Dec. 5, 1934 White House Statement on Distribution of Electricity by the New York Power Authority. - November 12, 1934 Letter to the United States Conference of Mayors. - November 23, 1934 White House Statement on Creating a Coordinating Committee for Federal Lending Activities. - November 14, 1934 Message to the Grange. - November 14, 1934 Address to Advisory Council of the Committee on Economic Security. - November 14, 1934 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. - November 15, 1934 Address at George Rogers Clark Celebration, Harrodsburg, Kentucky. - November 16, 1934 Remarks at Clinch River Below the Norris Dam. - November 16, 1934 Remarks at Corinth, Miss. - November 27, 1934 Remarks at Tupelo, Miss. - November 18, 1934 Remarks at Birmingham, Ala. - November 18, 1934 Excerpts from the Press Conference. Warm Springs, Ga. - November 23, 1934 Executive Order 6910 on Withdrawal of Public Lands for Conservation. - November 26, 1934 Excerpts from the Press Conference at Warm Springs, Ga. - November 28, 1934 Remarks at Thanksgiving Day Party at Warm Springs, Georgia. - November 29, 1934 Letter on the United Hospital Campaign. - December 4, 1934 Greetings to the American Foundation for the Blind. - December 5, 1934 Greetings to the Farm Bureau. - December 10, 1934 Address to the Conference on Crime. - December 10, 1934
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Nov. 21 - Dec. 8, 1935 Remarks at the Annual Thanksgiving Dinner, Warm Springs, Georgia. - November 28, 1935 Address at Atlanta, Georgia. - November 29, 1935 Greetings by Telephone to the American Foundation for the Blind. - December 5, 1935 Remarks to Orthopedic Surgeons, Warm Springs, Georgia. - December 7, 1935
Mar. 12 - 26, 1937 Radio Greeting on St. Patrick's Day. Warm Springs, Ga. March 17, 1937 Remarks at a Schoolhouse Dedication. Warm Springs, Ga. March 18, 1937
March 23 - Apr. 2, 1938 Transmittal to Congress of the Record of the Removal of the Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority. - March 25, 1938 Address at Gainesville, Georgia. - March 23, 1938 State Department Release on Help for German Refugees. - March 24, 1938 Transmittal to Congress of a Proposed Hungarian Relief Debt Settlement. - March 28, 1938 Statement on the Death of Colonel House. - March 28, 1938 Letter on the Reorganization Bill. - March 29, 1938
Aug.10 - 11, 1938 Address at Barnesville, Georgia. - August 11, 1938 Address at University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. - August 11, 1938
Nov. 21 - Dec. 4, 1938 Statement on Refugees in Palestine. - November 23, 1938 Radio Address at Thanksgiving Dinner, Warm Springs Foundation, Warm Springs, Georgia. - November 24, 1938
Mar. 30 - Apr. 9, 1939 Remarks at Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama. - March 30, 1939 Remarks at Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Auburn, Alabama. - March 30, 1939 Excerpts from the Press Conference. Warm Springs, Georgia. - March 31, 1939 Statement on a Rider to a Defense Measure. - April 4, 1939 Excerpts from the Press Conference. Warm Springs, Georgia. - April 8, 1939 Remarks Regarding Approaching War. Warm Springs, Georgia. - April 9, 1939
Nov. 22 - 29, 1939 Remarks at Thanksgiving Dinner, Warm Springs Foundation, Warm Springs, Georgia. - November 23, 1939 Letter Thanking the War Resources Board of 1939. - November 24, 1939
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April 19 - 27, 1940 Radio Address Before the Pan American Governing Board. - April 15, 1940 Request for Authority to Expend Relief Appropriations. - April 18, 1940 Radio Address to the Young Democratic Clubs of America. - April 20, 1940 Proclamation 2399 on the Neutrality of the United States in the War Between Germany and Norway. - April 25, 1940
Nov. 29, 1941 133 Remarks at the Warm Springs Foundation Dinner, Warm Springs, Georgia. - November 29, 1941
Apr. 15 - 16, 1943 38 Remarks at the Warm Springs Foundation. - April 15, 1943
Nov. 27 - Dec. 17, 1944 125 Letter to Department Heads and Agencies Against Predicting an Early End of the War. - December 1, 1944 126 Transmittal to Congress of the U.N.R.R.A.'s First Quarterly Report. - December 5, 1944
Mar. 30 - Apr. 13, 1945 Excerpts from the Last Press Conference. Warm Springs, Georgia. - April 5, 1945 Letter to the Chairman of the O.W.M.R. Advisory Board on the Postwar Economy. - April 7, 1945 Statement on the Anniversary of the Attacks on Norway and Denmark. - April 9, 1945 Undelivered Address Prepared for Jefferson Day. - April 13, 1945
President Roosevelt and Treasury Secretary Morganthau in Warm Springs.
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