the fair deal was a speech given by President HArry Truman on JAnuary 5th, 1949. THis was his state of the union address and the main point was that everyone in america deserved a fair deal. Truman wanted to build off of former president Franklin Roosevelt and his new deal. He wanted better health care for americans and wanted to put america first before any other country. Truman helped increase minimum wage to 75 cents. The original minimum wage was 40 cents. The housing act was passed giving the poor and homeless houses. more Social security benefits were passed. One of the things that the legislation didn't pass was Universal healthcare. The legislation thought it was the start of socialism.