When Franklin Roosevelt attended the Tehran Conference in November

1943, he appeared to all to be the picture of health.

Eyewitnesses at the conference described him as healthy, energetic, and cheerful.

Six months later, he was...

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A week after his return from the Tehran Conference, Franklin Roosevelt spent Christmas with his wife

Eleanor at Springwood, the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park, along with their two youngest, Franklin Jr. and John,

both of whom were on leave from the U.S. Navy, and their daughter Anna, an editor and columnist

for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper.

It was the first time the Roosevelt family had gathered at their Hyde Park home since Franklin became president.

Anna had intended to return to her job in Seattle after Christmas, but her father asked her to stay and work for him instead.

Anna agreed at once.

She never held an official position at the White House,

nor was she ever paid a salary,

but she effectively became a presidential aide.

The president held a news conference three days after Christmas. The president held a news conference three days after Christmas.

One of the reporters asked him if the term New Deal was still applicable to his administration.

Roosevelt said, no.

He likened the New Deal to a doctor, treating a patient called the United States of America

for a grave internal disorder. Dr. New Deal's prescription for the patient included federal

deposit insurance, the Securities and Exchange Commission, unemployment insurance, a minimum wage, social security, rural electrification, public works, theemployment Insurance, a minimum wage, Social Security, Rural Electrification,

Public Works, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and many more programs.

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