you were wiped out.With no idea whether banks would reopen,millions of people hid their few remaining assets under their mattresses,where no one could steal them without a fight. Roosevelt's inaugural address at the Capitol had begun to restore hope,with his standout line,"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Yet the greatest applause came when he said that if his reform program was not adopted,"I shall ask Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis:board executive power to wage a war against the emergency." Then FDR used a new medium in a new way to change millions. The first Presidential radio broadcast was introduced by Robert Trout of CBS,who read from a folksy script approved by FDR:"The President wants to come into your home and sit at your fireside for a little fireside chat."FDR brought natural talent to the role.His speaking voice was a beautiful,relaxed tenor,not the contrived basso profundo of pompous politicians. Roosevelt owned much to technological good fortune.In 1921,the number of radios in the United States was in the thousands.By 1928, there were 9 million,and by 1932,18 million,with about half the households owning at least one radio.Herbert Hoover had appeared on one of the first "telecasts"produced by an infant technology called television,but neither he nor anyone else knew how to use theyou were wiped out. With no idea whether banks would reopen, millions of people hid their few remaining assets under their mattresses, where no one could steal them without a fight. Roosevelt’s inaugural address at the Capitol had begun to restore hope, with his standout line, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Yet the greatest applause came when he said that if his reform program was not adopted, “I shall ask Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis: board executive power to wage a war against the emergency.” Then FDR used a new medium in a new way to change millions. The first Presidential radio broadcast was introduced by Robert Trout of CBS, who read from a folksy script approved by FDR: “The President wants to come into your home and sit at your fireside for a little fireside chat.” FDR brought natural talent to the role. His speaking voice was a beautiful, relaxed tenor, not the contrived basso profundo of pompous politicians. Roosevelt owned much to technological good fortune. In 1921, the number of radios in the United States was in the thousands. By 1928, there were 9 million, and by 1932, 18 million, with about half the households owning at least one radio. Herbert Hoover had appeared on one of the first “telecasts” produced by an infant technology called television, but neither he nor anyone else knew how to use the