John Collier's Implementation Of The New Deal

The New Deal gave a jump start towards a balanced economic and lifted the spirits for those in need by helping people in need to recover their economy. “The AAA was based on a ‘domestic allotment” plan under which farmers agreed to reduce the acreage they cultivated or otherwise limit production” (Introduction: Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Liberalism 11). During World War I, farmers had to produce crops and goods like crazy, which to the decrease of crop prices and made farmers bankrupt. With the Agricultural Adjustment Act, farmers were able to gain more prices as they decreased their production to have a fair income and avoid surplus. Although farmers were producing less, they relieve their employees and used less land, on the other
“Under commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier, the administration launched an ‘Indian New Deal.’ Collier ended the policy of forced assimilation and allowed Indians unprecedented cultural autonomy. He replaced boarding schools meant to eradicate the tribal heritage of Indian children with schools on reservations, and dramatically increased spending on Indian health” (Foner 837). Scholars may argue that the Native Americans did not gain their independence nor their will to live on rich land, on the other hand, Indians were able to preserve their culture and traditions without force. With new and improved schools on the reservation, Native American were able to expand their education by learning new things rather than being forced to abandon their values and traditions. With Native Americans, they were able to expand their culture and education, in other words, Indians had greater freedom than ever before. With outside groups like Native Americans being part of the New Deal, the overall population that was unemployed would expand into jobs and have expanded
“[The Congress of Industrial Organization] set out to create unions in the main bastions of the American economy. It aimed, said Lewis, at nothing less than to secure ‘economic freedom and industrial democracy’ for American workers- a fair share in the wealth produced by their labor, and a voice in determining the conditions under which they worked” (Foner 820). From the New Deal, FDR was able to decrease the percentage of unemployed from 25 to 14. With the new economic programs that allowed social groups to obtain a job, many wanted to expand their income and working conditions, so this led to the uprising of CIO. FDR supported labor organizations, which allowed them to expand and allowed FDR to pass the Fair Labor Standards Acts. The FLSA would allow workers to work for a minimum wage and allowed the maximum number of hours workers had to work per week. With this act, it was allowed to regulate employment demands and ensure that everyone working would benefit equally from it. From the New Deal, the unemployed were able to gain better jobs and create labor unions to establish a reliable act that would allow them to gain a fair income to support their families and