It was called "relief." Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal provided relief to millions of Americans who had lost their homes, jobs, and hope. Many others believed that FDR's radical new policies threatened the sanctity of the Constitution and free enterprise. Roosevelt's New Deal policies had many critics, but among the most vocal were groups such as the American Liberty League and powerful socialists who argued that the New Deal policies went too far or not far enough in solving the problems facing the nation he was facing. Roosevelt's critics came from both ends of the political spectrum. The American Liberty League was an opposing group made up of conservative businessmen and corporate leaders. Believing that the free enterprise system was under attack, they accused Roosevelt of trying to establish a dictatorship in place of the federal government. In an excerpt from a 1935 article in Fortune magazine, the Roosevelt administration is thought to be a government of men and not of laws. The author compares Roosevelt to a dictator and calls his theory of federal administration "threatening and dangerous." Another political cartoon printed in the June 1936 issue of Current History ridicules the Liberty League as alarmist in accusing Roosevelt of bringing communism to the country. Herbert Hoover, a former president, agreed with the conservative ideas of this group. He did not agree with New Deal legislation such as the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) or the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA). The basic idea of ​​these New Deal programs was to reduce the supply of goods at the current depressed level of consumption. With the AAA, the government sought to raise agricultural prices by paying farmers not to grow surplus crops. More...middle of paper...I could see that Roosevelt was not concerned with ending poverty, but was instead more concerned with the fortunes of his wealthy associates. Known as the most dramatic and innovative movement of the modern world In history, the New Deal helped Americans find a new sense of hope for the future that was once thought to be lost forever. While the New Deal did not necessarily end the Great Depression, it successfully played an important role in alleviating the suffering of unemployment and poverty for many. However, it was the first time that the government played such an active role in the national economy and because of this many were worried about the future of the nation. Some of Roosevelt's experimental programs are still in effect today. Programs such as Social Security, the FDIC, and the SEC have become an integral part of society and play as important a role today as they did in the past. 1935.