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Roosevelt's Fireside Chats</span> <br> <br> <table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=14540">Fireside Chat on Banking</a></td> <td>March 12th, 1933</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#f7fafd"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=14636">Second Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>May 7th, 1933</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=14488">Fireside Chat (Recovery Program).</a></td> <td>July 24th, 1933</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#f7fafd"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=14537">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>October 22nd, 1933</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=14703">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>June 28th, 1934</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#f7fafd"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=14759">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>September 30th, 1934</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=15046">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>April 28th, 1935</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#f7fafd"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=15122">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>September 6th, 1936</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=15381">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>March 9th, 1937</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#f7fafd"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=15483">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>October 12th, 1937</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=15628">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>April 14th, 1938</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#f7fafd"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=15662">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>June 24th, 1938</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=15801">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>September 3rd, 1939</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#f7fafd"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=15959">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>May 26th, 1940</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=15917">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>December 29th, 1940</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#f7fafd"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=16012">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>September 11th, 1941</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=16056">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>December 9th, 1941</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#f7fafd"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=16224">Fireside Chat</a></td> <td>February 23rd, 1942</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=16252">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>April 28th, 1942</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#f7fafd"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=16303">Fireside Chat</a></td> <td>September 7th, 1942</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=16178">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>October 12th, 1942</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#f7fafd"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=16393">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>May 2nd, 1943</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=16437">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>July 28th, 1943</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#f7fafd"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=16312">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>September 8th, 1943</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=16356">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>December 24th, 1943</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#f7fafd"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=16514">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>June 5th, 1944</td> </tr> <tr class="doclist" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td><a href="ws/index.php?pid=16522">Fireside Chat.</a></td> <td>June 12th, 1944</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> /**************************/ var pageName = 'FIRESIDE CHATS INDEX'; 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