The new deal, the life of Francis Perkins. Fdrs secretary of labor and his moral conscience. This was part of the ninth annual festival in washington d. C. The book festival in the national mall. inaudible the streets around these building. I will explain to you how that happened. Much of the research was done at library of congress which is sponsoring todays events. It is a wonderful institution. The beautiful buildings. They are such Important Research materials there. It is all available free. It is Public Access libraries. They are one of the things that make our nation great. I am very grateful to the library of congress for being here and for continuing to give us such wonderful material. This is a self selecting crowd. I know some of you already know who Francis Perkins is, but a lot of people do not. Let us start by asking this question. How many of you know who Francis Perkins is . Yes this is great good how many of you know someone on Social Security please raise your hand. H