Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 312 The Second Fireside Chat

"...In summary, I think the abolition of the NO.18 Amendment Act is a correct decision. It is not only reasonable but also necessary. Americans living in this era are suffering enough. There is really no need for us to continue to ban it. Wine may not be perfect but it's not pure evil either."

On the radio, Roosevelt expressed his attitude towards 'Prohibition' with a firm stance.

Undoubtedly, his approach will attract strong dissatisfaction from the Prohibition faction, but as the fireside chat said, the current federal finances are no longer sufficient to support the continuation of the "Prohibition Law", let alone now Roosevelt, who had just come to power not long ago, represented the counterattack of the anti-'Prohibition' party.

"In fact, Congress, I mean members of both parties, understands this equally and has given me their generous and wise support. Members of Congress understand that measures of normal times need to be replaced, and in these extraordinary times, even constitutional It also needs to be focused on adapting to emergencies.”

"I believe that during this period of time, many people have learned about the attack on Mr. Colin Looper through newspapers. Once again, I strongly condemn the attacker, not only because Colin is my friend, but also because he is Members of this country, Americans should not be treated like this. In this era of economic depression, Colin Luper relied on his own efforts to achieve his current achievements bit by bit. He has no outstanding achievements. Family background, but one of thousands of admirable hardworking young people, he should not be treated like this."

During the broadcast, Roosevelt mentioned the recent shooting incident.

The extremist attack gave him an excellent excuse, making it impossible for the members of Congress who originally opposed the abolition of the Prohibition to be able to exert their strength, making the originally delayed bill pass smoothly. According to the current review speed, Roosevelt judged that it might not be able to In June and July, the 21st Amendment to the Constitution will pass smoothly.

"Fortunately, the attack did not cause too serious harm to Colin Luper, a young man, so everyone can rest assured and continue to wait for the next "Superman" series. And today, this ordinary night , I also invited Colin Luper to come to the scene, and through his mouth to talk openly and honestly, how to view the existence of 'Prohibition' from the perspective of an American."

Following Roosevelt's introduction, Colin's voice sounded in front of the broadcast at the right time.

That's right, in the second fireside chat, Roosevelt deliberately invited Colin to speak out.

"It's a great honor to be invited by Mr. President to participate in this conversation..."

At the invitation of Roosevelt, he sat down on the sofa opposite him, and Colin's voice entered thousands of households along with the radio transmission.

"Originally, I didn't intend to participate, because I knew that the fireside chat was a very important and special channel, representing the connection between Mr. Roosevelt and the American people, but Mr. President convinced me, and he told me that the fireside chat It is a channel to convey information to the public, not the authority of the president, and people care about what is said, not who said it."

"As Mr. President mentioned, I survived and was not knocked down, so I believe that all Americans will not fall easily."

As a communication channel for the people of the whole country, it is naturally impossible to let Ke Lin play with it in terms of content.

In fact, everything he said was based on internal discussions within the White House, and most of them were spiritual appeals to the American people.

After all, the so-called Americans will not fall easily, as long as anyone who lived through the Great Depression would not believe it.

It's not that what Colin said was not true, but because everything that should have been poured had already been poured out as early as the beginning of the Great Depression.

"I know, many people care about "Superman", here I make a promise, as long as I am alive, no, even if I have left this world, Superman will always exist, this superhero born in the Great Depression , is no longer just my personal work, it represents the expectations of the American people behind it, and it is the spiritual symbol of American perseverance!"

In the fireside chat, Colin expressed his confidence in continuing to serialize "Superman" in a firm tone.

In fact, this is the key to why he was willing to allow Roosevelt to participate in the second fireside chat.

Colin intends to use the influence of Roosevelt's fireside chat to turn Superman into a spiritual symbol of the American people in a true sense, instead of simply being a cartoon character.

……

Judging from the results, Roosevelt's second fireside chat also received widespread attention.

From him, the public learned about the latest trend of the 'Prohibition'. Of course, this is only part of the content mentioned in the entire fireside chat. In fact, the core of the second 'Fireside Chat' is the revival of industry In the economic crisis, vicious competition among enterprises, extremely poor workers, and extremely tense labor-management relations made the United States seem to be on a crater, ready to be destroyed at any time.

If the New Deal cannot solve these problems, there is no hope of industrial revival.

To solve these problems, in addition to formulating relevant laws and regulations, it is also necessary to obtain the understanding and support of enterprises and labor.

Therefore, in the second "fireside chat", Roosevelt asked "the business community and the government to cooperate and formulate a plan together", and strongly pointed out that the government, with the assistance of the vast majority of employees in various industries, "has the right to stop the injustice. practices and enforce the agreements entered into”.

Roosevelt's purpose is to eliminate the life-and-death corporate competition and the cruel treatment of female and child labor.

In fact, shortly after the second "Fireside Chat" ended, the "National Industrial Recovery Act" was also released. It made partial adjustments to the production relations in American industry that were obviously not suitable for the development of productivity during the Great Depression.

This regulation is accompanied by many detailed industry regulations, such as the President's reemployment regulation, which prohibits the employment of child labor, stipulates that the minimum wage for industrial workers is 40 cents per hour, and the working hours are 35 hours per week. for 40 hours.

Those who are willing to accept this requirement will receive a "Blue Eagle" logo.

Of course, the introduction of the National Industrial Recovery Act undoubtedly harmed the interests of business owners, although many small businesses have accepted the regulations voluntarily or forcedly.

However, most large enterprises refused to join the "Blue Eagle" operation at the initial stage.

Even, many business owners threatened that Roosevelt's actions would plunge the United States into the second Great Depression, and even made a judgment that Roosevelt, who had offended the company, would not have a second chance of re-election.

Of course, there was a bit of a backlash in the newspaper industry as a result of the National Industrial Recovery Act.

After all, during this period, the vast majority of newspapers were transported by the legs of newsboys. However, the National Industrial Recovery Act clearly stipulated that companies should not employ child labor.

This is also the reason why most newspaper groups are unwilling to join the "Blue Eagle" operation. Many newspaper offices have even lodged protests. Newsboys are not employees employed by newspaper offices. They are independent individuals and have no direct employment relationship with newspaper offices.

As the proponent of the 'New Deal', as well as the interest relationship between him and Roosevelt, naturally he would not reject the National Industrial Recovery Act because of small losses.

On the contrary, the "Daily Courier", as the first newspaper enterprise to participate in the acceptance of the regulations, also received some favorable conditions.

For example, the development of the "Daily Courier" in the states and the convenience of some publications.

These are exactly what Colin needs to push "Superman" to acquire [belief].

The impact of the "Fireside Chat" is undoubtedly huge. According to Colin's current statistics, the sales volume of "Superman" comics has successfully exceeded one million copies after the Fireside Chat. This is not simply the circulation of newspapers. Rather, it is a comic book that serves as a stand-alone publication of Superman.

In addition, the sales of Superman's peripherals in various states are also gratifying. In Los Angeles, Superman's toys were sold out in an instant as soon as they were released.

Even the listening rate of the "Superman Adventure" radio drama has also seen a substantial increase.

It can be said that not only New York, but also the whole United States set off a wave of superman frenzy at the same time.

【Faith (298540/1000000)】

And this phenomenon also appeared in Colin's acquisition of [Faith].

……

"how is the progress?"

The Antiworld, 890 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.

Inside the rebel base.

With the end of the Berlin operation, the entire anti-world has basically no threat to Colin.This is also the reason why he put most of his focus on positive world development during this period.

Of course, he still didn't let go of the collection of [Time Fragments] every day.

Given the current situation of the anti-world, the amount of [Time Fragments] obtained from the Avengers or members of the Rebel Army has become extremely limited, but after all, there is something to gain, right?

"According to the information in the Führer's bunker, we have made some discoveries."

Although, in the previous battle, the most important time gem fragment in the hands of Red Skull disappeared in Colin's hands, but the Avengers did not return empty-handed after all.

In the decades since he obtained the time gem fragments, Red Skull has also been studying the power of the gems, and has gained a certain degree.

In the rebel base, after constructing the research data of the Red Skull, and researching without sleep for several days, Tony finally found what he wanted.

"Obviously, for the truth of this world, the Red Skull obviously had expected it long ago."

On the virtual screen projected by the nanosuit, Tony built a not-so-large galaxy.

"I originally thought that the history of this world was surprising enough. However, looking up at the starry sky, perhaps this is the more surprising scene."

"This is simply the simplest galaxy body I have seen."

Standing in the base, looking at the scene projected on the screen in front of him, Banner couldn't help muttering.

"Don't you find it strange that this world has perfect scientific theories, from biology to physics, but it has huge flaws in astronomical research. I thought it was the satellite barrier above my head that prevented people from exploring the universe. Now It seems, perhaps, that the opposite is true..."

Stretch out your fingers and enlarge the round sphere representing the earth in the virtual screen, Tony said slowly.

"So, you called us here just to tell me that there is a problem with the universe in this world?"

Staring at the earth in front of him for a long time, Sol couldn't help but raised his eyebrows and asked.

"of course not."

Shaking his head, he waved his hand to sweep away the magnified earth in front of him, and Tony stretched out his hand to pull over the somewhat inconspicuous moon beside him.

"According to the information left by the Red Skull, as early as November 1967, the German Aviation Command had secretly launched the moon landing plan. A phenomenon explained by science."

"Of course, the German Aviation Command at that time naturally couldn't know what this phenomenon represented, but according to the initial fuse of the Governors Island incident, the situation of Kara Sofin, we can easily see that the moon in this world There is some kind of connection with other worlds, and the alien who calls himself a superstar came to this world through this method."

"What do you mean?"

From Tony's conversation, Banner clearly noticed something.

"Since supergiant stars can descend through the moon, why can't we use it to find our way back."

"Tony, this is just your guess. Maybe there is nothing on the moon."

"But what if?"

Glancing at Banner in front of him, Tony turned his head and scanned the crowd in the base, and finally met Captain America Steve's eyes.

"The crisis in this world has been lifted, and even the Red Skull behind the scenes has been reduced to ashes, but our world is still in deep danger. Every day it is delayed, it will become more and more dangerous. I don't want to wait until I go back. What you see is a ruin or maybe a dead planet."

The threat of Dormammu has always weighed heavily on the hearts of the members of the Avengers.

"Maybe Tony's right, there's nothing else we can do."

After a long silence, Captain America Steve spoke to express his support for Tony.

"I just want to go back."

Holding the Storm Ax in his hand, Thor expressed his position.

"If the inference is true, maybe I can provide some help."

After this period of exploration, Dr. Dark Strange has basically prepared the magic circle for teleportation, but there is still a lack of a landmark that can be locked.

"I can help you."

[Time Gem Fragment (2/9)]

Glancing over the reminder on the text representing the time gem fragments, Colin immediately spoke to express his position.

Right now, Anti-World's collection of [Time Fragments] has bottomed out, and he also needs to try new ways to obtain the remaining [Time Fragments].

(End of this chapter)