IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 226 
Calling on the United States Postal Service to create a special exterior 
light display on March 4, 2008, to reignite public awareness and appre-
ciation of the accomplishments of the New Deal and the legacy of 
those programs for our Nation today, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 4, 2007 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Calling on the United States Postal Service to create a 
special exterior light display on March 4, 2008, to re-
ignite public awareness and appreciation of the accom-
plishments of the New Deal and the legacy of those 
programs for our Nation today, and for other purposes. 
Whereas the New Deal was a comprehensive series of social 
and economic programs enacted during the administra-
tion of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to 
the economic crisis known as the Great Depression; 
Whereas during the famous ‘‘First Hundred Days’’ that fol-
lowed Roosevelt’s inauguration, between March and June 
1933, Congress passed fifteen major pieces of legislation; 
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Whereas among the major New Deal initiatives eventually en-
acted were the Agricultural Adjustment Act, which pro-
vided funding to farmers to curtail production to stabilize 
prices; the National Industrial Recovery Act, which pro-
vided for codes of fair competition to regulate industry 
and, for the first time in American history, guaranteed 
the right of labor to bargain collectively; the Public 
Works Administration, which constructed roads, dams, 
and public buildings; the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration, which served to insure deposits in banks; the 
Tennessee Valley Authority, which provided for naviga-
tion, flood control, electricity generation, and economic 
development in the Tennessee River Valley, which was 
then one of the poorest and least developed regions in 
America; the Rural Electrification Administration, which 
was responsible for the development of a system to pro-
vide electricity to rural America; and the Social Security 
Administration, which established a secure pension sys-
tem for senior citizens; 
Whereas two of the most memorable programs of the New 
Deal were the Civilian Conservation Corps, a special work 
program whose enrollees planted trees and fought forest 
fires, built public parks, drained swamps to fight malaria, 
restocked rivers with fish, worked on flood control 
projects, and engaged in many other initiatives that 
helped to conserve our environment and make recreation 
facilities available for millions of Americans, and the 
Works Progress Administration (later known as the 
Works Projects Administration), which provided employ-
ment for artists, musicians, actors, authors, and laborers, 
thereby helping to put millions of men, women, and youth 
back to work; 
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Whereas the New Deal created much of our Nation’s infra-
structure, including roads, electrical systems, municipal 
power plants, water and sewage systems, and schools; 
Whereas the New Deal social programs laid the basis for 
many key programs in public education, public health, 
and public recreation; 
Whereas the New Deal economic policies established banking 
regulations, social security, and collective bargaining; 
Whereas men and women working in New Deal programs 
constructed many public buildings and parks; created 
public art, including murals, sculptures, and paintings; 
and made important contributions to literature, music, 
theater, and oral histories; and 
Whereas the New Deal restored the people’s faith in our Na-
tion and its institutions: Now therefore be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress calls on the United States 
Postal Service to create a special exterior light display on 
March 4, 2008, at all postal facilities which either were 
created by or are decorated with New Deal public art or 
interior fixtures, in order to reignite public awareness and 
appreciation of the accomplishments of the New Deal and 
the legacy of those programs for our Nation today, and 
in recognition of the men and women who left this enor-
mous legacy by participating in one or more of the New 
Deal public works programs. 
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