When the [[Great Depression]] hit, New York State Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt called on Hopkins to run the first state relief organization in the nation – the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration (TERA). Hopkins and [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] began a long friendship, which strengthened his role in relief programs. | When the [[Great Depression]] hit, New York State Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt called on Hopkins to run the first state relief organization in the nation – the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration (TERA). Hopkins and [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] began a long friendship, which strengthened his role in relief programs. |