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The article focuses on U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt being called a poor man's friend and presents arguments against the same. The president has created a large volume of social legislation for the poor but its net effect on the poor and other classes is yet to be determined. A large part of it is impractical. Its being speculated that grants, subsidies and projects for the poor are being offered with the purpose of building a favorable electorate.

Comments on several issues concerning public welfare in the U.S. Attitude towards the act of accepting assistance from the government; Significance of the welfare system to the poor; Plans regarding guaranteed income for the poor.

Presents a letter to the editor expressing the need for the government to provide assistance to the poor people in the U.S.