Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered in January 11, 1944 his State of the Union Address via radio as Roosevelt was suffering from the flu.
Wikipedia:
Roosevelt's remedy was to create an "economic bill of rights" which would guarantee:
• A job with a living wage
• Freedom from unfair competition and monopolies
• A home
• Medical care
• Education
• Recreation
Here is FDR’s State of the Union Address".
On a side note:
This footage [FDR's SOTU] was believed lost until it was uncovered in 2008 in South Carolina by Michael Moore while researching for the film Capitalism: A Love Story. The footage shows Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights address in its entirety, as well as a shot of the Five Rights printed on a sheet of paper.
Here is an excerpt of FDR's State of the Union address about a creation of an economic bill of rights:
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