Franklin Delano Roosevelt My Exploited Father-in-Law

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by  Curtis B. Dall

Curtis B. Dall

Franklin Delano
ROOSEVELT

My Exploited Father-in-Law
1968
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A Reprint of the 1970 Revised Edition
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INSTITUTE FOR HISTORICAL REVIEW
P.O. Box 1306
Torrance, California 90505

In FDR: My Exploited Father-in-Law, Col. Curtis B. Dall writes from close
personal experience concerning the famous four-time President, his family,
political associates, and some of the momentous events which still strongly
influence world history.
A native of New York City, Col. Dall attended Mercersburg Academy and
Princeton University. He was an ensign in naval aviation during World War 1,
and served overseas.
His wide investment experience began on Wall Street in 1920. He rose to
become syndicate manager of Lehman Brothers, and later was named a partner
in the firm now known as Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith. He also
founded and initially headed the natural gas complex now called Tenneco, and
engaged in exploration for oil and natural gas in Texas.
During World War II he served in the Air Force, and now holds the rank of
colonel in the Retired Air Force Reserve. His overall military service covers 13
years.
In 1948 Col. Dall became active in national politics in Texas as a conservative.
From 1960 to 1964 he was national chairman of the Constitution Party of the
U.S.
Today Col. Dall is Chairman Emeritus of Liberty Lobby in Washington D.C. It
is often called the people's lobby, being the largest independent political action
group in this country. He has always been in frequent demand as a speaker on
patriotic and political issues throughout the nation, and has often appeared on
radio and television programs. He resides in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife
Katherine.
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FDR: My Exploited Father-in-Law
© 1968 by Curtis B. Dall
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ISBN: 0-93948-03-X Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-2835
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Cover photo courtesy of the New York Times: The Roosevelt family at the
Executive Mansion, Albany, NY, for Christmas holidays, 1929.
Left to right, front row: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. and his brother John. Behind
seated: Mrs. Curtis B. Dall, Anna Eleanor Dall, Mrs. Roosevelt, Governor
Roosevelt, Mrs. D.D. Forbes (the Governor's aunt), and Mrs. James Roosevelt
(the Governor's Mother).
Standing: Curtis B. Dall and James Roosevelt.
DEDICATION
Dedicated to young Americans-May you benefit from observing how certain
shadowy forces contrive to ruthlessly advance their own financial and
ideological objectives at your expense. They select, then groom, and ultimately
control many of our highest government officials. They plan the wars and
through "foreign policy" arrange to set the stage for incidents to initiate
hostilities. They overwork the word "Peace" to mislead you and create a
plausible smoke screen in order to conceal their real operations. You can
recognize who "they" are.
Hence, I say, young Americans, be alerted -be more effective than my
unsuspecting and bemused generation.. Sally-forth, defend and preserve for
yourself and those who follow you our great heritage of freedom and liberty.
-The Author
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Mrs. Katharine L. Dall, Washington, D.C. - Special
Miss Olga Butterworth, Wallingford, Pa.
Willis A. Carto, Los Angeles, Calif.
G. Ernest Dale, Philadelphia, Pa.
Bernard R. DeRemer, Washington, D.C.
Norman Dodd, New York, N.Y. Ex-Gov.
George H. Earle, Philadelphia, Pa.
Benjamin H. Freedman, New York, N.Y.
Stockton Gaines, Montrose, Pa.
Russell Hardy, Sr., Washington, D.C.
Rev. T. Robert Ingram, Houston, Tex.
Mrs. Rebecca Smith Lee, Lexington, Ky.
Franz Ralston, Philadelphia, Pa.
Isaac Requa, Jackson Heights, N.Y.
John Sheridan, Philadelphia, Pa.
Eduard W. Shober, Philadelphia, Pa.
W. B. Vennard, Houston,
Tex.
Willis G. Wilmot, New
Orleans, La.
CONTENTS

Introduction ..................................................................................................................... i
CHAPTER I
Hyde Park - Meeting Franklin Roosevelt's Family ...................................................... 1
CHAPTER II
Franklin D. Roosevelt, I ................................................................................................ 12
CHAPTER III
Wall Street Years ........................................................................................................... 16
CHAPTER IV
Summer on the Warburg Estate .................................................................................. 21
CHAPTER V
Tarrytown Neighbors .................................................................................................... 23
CHAPTER VI
Franklin D. Roosevelt II ................................................................................................ 29
CHAPTER VII
Eleanor Roosevelt, I....................................................................................................... 33
CHAPTER VIII
Eleanor Roosevelt, II ..................................................................................................... 45
CHAPTER IX
The Chicago Convention—and Senator Huey Long .................................................. 54
CHAPTER X
"Professor" Felix Frankfurter ..................................................................................... 59
CHAPTER XI
"Mr. Baruch" Calls ....................................................................................................... 66
CHAPTER XII
Inauguration Day .......................................................................................................... 71
CHAPTER XIII
Dinner with Henry ......................................................................................................... 76
CHAPTER XIV
The C.F.R. Advisors Advise U. S. Gold for Foreigners Only—My White House
Valedictory Address ...................................................................................................... 86
CHAPTER XV
Sara Delano Roosevelt ................................................................................................... 93
CHAPTER XVI
Louis McH. Howe ........................................................................................................ 104
CHAPTER XVII
"The Panic" ................................................................................................................. 110
CHAPTER XVIII
The "Penny Tree" ....................................................................................................... 126
CHAPTER XIX
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Final ....................................................................................... 129
CHAPTER XX
Twenty Years Later ..................................................................................................... 146
CHAPTER XXI
My Visit with Admiral Kimmel .................................................................................. 161
CHAPTER XXII
The "United Nations" ................................................................................................. 172
CHAPTER XXIII
Conservatives, Liberal and Brick-Bate ..................................................................... 187
Bibliography ................................................................................................................. 198
Index of names ............................................................................................................. 200
Introduction
Observe a twenty-five cent coin. You see either the obverse or the reverse side.
Both sides of the coin, however, are important.
Creating an image, however, for a specific purpose makes no pretence at
presenting both sides of a picture, merely one side.
The impact from the image is aimed at the uninformed and the unsuspecting,
which certainly included me for a long period of time.
Image-making aims to deliberately mislead, coaxing its victims along
predetermined paths, often into dangerous and expensive areas.
It is my hope that the reader of this book will endeavor to behold two sides of
our ideological and political picture affecting important events, and find them
informative. One side is visible, one side hidden.
People are often fitted with circumstance to combine and produce results for
better or for worse.
Much is recorded in this book about Franklin D. Roosevelt, his wife, his
mother, members of his family, and their entourage. Other well-known world
figures are discussed, many of whom I beheld at close range.
A number of my observations may surprise some readers. I did not have to
research. I was there, as a rule, not just a holder of a seat up front.
Hence, certain areas of this book will appear to be at variance with some other
books.
Back in May of 1933, I wrote an article for a New York magazine called "Wall
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue." It described how I felt the new Democratic
Administration, headed by my father-in-law, regarded Wall Street." I had been
working for some time in Wall Street, the visible fountainhead of our financial
structure in this country. I knew it fairly well.
However, not wishing to write an article too critical of the Administration, I
showed it to a close friend of mine, Basil O'Connor, the President’s former law
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partner, inviting his comments about it.
"Doc", as he was known to me, read it, and looking out the window somewhat
thoughtfully said, "Curt, the article is certainly quite interesting, but if you plan
to sell it to a magazine, please sell it to me."
That observation, with no reflection upon my budding literary talents, clearly
indicated that he regarded it as far too critical of the new Administration,
particularly coming from me, a relative of the Chief Executive and an informed
source.
Startled, I said, "Okay, Doc, if that's your reaction, 'Wall Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue' will never be published." And, it wasn't. I tore it up.

That conversation took place in Doc's office at 120 Broadway, New York,
thirty-three years ago, a span of time. In the interim, numerous important events
have occurred, some holding a deep meaning for us all. Numerous leading
figures referred to herein have passed on into the Great Beyond.

In retrospect we should bear in mind-"What is Past is Prologue"—Prologue for
today!
The American people are not reared and trained to become international-
minded schemers. As a result, we have become the ready victims of those who
have been reared and steeped in that type of training. In addition, as a people, we
are too inclined to hedonism, deeply absorbed in a program of pleasure. Toward
that end, we are being encouraged and daily "moulded" by our foreign-
influenced press, radio, and TV programs. We are encouraged to become
absorbed in the trivial, for obvious reasons, by dedicated world-planners.
Many of us are prone to feel that our political status, even our freedom and our
liberty in the U.S.A. are secure. But, along with that great amateur
internationalist, Woodrow Wilson, we took our perilous seat in1913 on his
nefarious political toboggan, and we are now nearing the bottom of that
disastrous run. Then came another disastrous toboggan run with FDR and his
successors. Where do we go from here?
Let us not fool ourselves. The wealth, freedom and liberty of the American
people are being stolen and steadily nibbled away. Today, as easy suckers, we
are buying many over-priced, political "benefits," all paid for, of course, with our
own hard-earned money!
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We have also been goaded into trying to run the affairs of other nations which
yields a fine profit for the world money powers who are in-the-know on credits
and markets. Whether you realize it or not, that has all been planned for you in
just that way.
Furthermore, our land has been and is being flooded with vast numbers of
"image making" books, carefully written about numerous important citizens in
public life, which aim to further certain long-range international policies.
False images and "managed news," however, will soon lead to the destruction
of a free people, if we allow it. "We" means you and me. It is for you, primarily,
that this book has been written.
In the "thirties," the image-makers unveiled the word "isolationist" for their
self-serving purposes, to confuse us. That word means "to set apart from others."
Did not our forefathers endure great physical hardship and privations to come
from afar to these shores for just that purpose? Did they not seek to avoid and
escape from the various entanglements of the Old World? Now, the smart
emissaries of European Central Bank Debt Financing have succeeded in
capturing our economy.
The terms, "isolationist" and "isolationism" are image words which
persistently were promoted to become "dirty" words.
That "Promotion" has turned out to be most successful for "one-worlders"—for
us, however, most expensive!
Our humanitarianism, as manifested toward other peoples, cannot be
questioned, and in the world's history, has never before been equalled.
There are those, no doubt, who may disagree with some observations that
appear in this book. That is quite all right with me. However, by all means let
such a voice come forward suitably, not to disagree and not to disprove, but to
improve! My only request is that the well known "smear technique," so
frequently employed as an argument, be replaced with facts, not by smears that
approach blackmail handed out by anyone, including some well-paid columnists.
I do not plan to retreat.
Well do I recall a meaningful observation - "It is better to light one small
candle in a dark room than to live forever in the dark!"
I hope this, my modest "candle," may burn brightly and be of some value to
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my fellow citizens here and also to citizens of other lands. Then, the "dark room"
may thereby become a bit "lighter."
The Author
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