There are numerous things left out of the historical accounts which reasonable people would consider more than pertinent to the History of Roosevelt. A great deal of this material is found in John T. Flynn’s book “The Roosevelt Myth”
We find the story of the Roosevelt family graft and corruption in some detail, starting on page 237 of “The Roosevelt Myth”.
It is pointed out the Roosevelts “were wealthy”. “The president himself had inherited from his father and step-brother around $600,000.” And “He was an only son and his mother was worth more than a million.”
Mr. Flynn points out the graft for the oldest son began while his father was governor of New York State.
We are told: “Jimmy, in a magazine article wrote later: I wasn’t kidded. I knew perfectly well they were paying me for my name. I … needed the money. His duties, as he described them, were to sit at a big desk and do nothing.”
It is also noted that “Hoover’s son” was also offered “…a job with a big salary. He like Jimmy was not being kidded either. But he refused the job, saying: ‘My father’s name is not for sale.’”
This developed into the “…formation of an insurance firm called Roosevelt and Sargent. Sargent knew how to capitalize on it to the limit. Jimmy’s first big account was the American Tobacco Company of which George Washington Hill was chairman. Hill wanted some favor and the President invited him to Warm Springs. Jimmy sent a telegram to Warm Springs: ‘Tell father to be nice to Mr. Hill.’”
The Roosevelt and Sargent insurance firm reaped the reward of insuring companies with connections too the government which were regulated by the Roosevelt administration.
You can see the magazine article “Jimmy Gets It – Monday, July 04, 1938” here.
There is another article “Salesman’s Reply – Monday, Aug. 22, 1938” here.
You can also read what Mr Flynn had to say starting on page 237 of his book here.
The Roosevelts were living “high on the hog” while a large potion of the nation was going hungry. In order to slant things to fit their bigotry, most historians conveniently over looked this.
Perhaps it was in their genes, after all according to historian, Hugh Thomas, in his book “The Slave Trade”, The Roosevelt fortune was accumulated by shipping and their participation in the slave trade.
This is only the beginning of the graft. We will get to the second son, Elliott “who had no interest in school and didn't even bother to go to college” at a later date.
You can contact us in the comment section below or e-mail us at wetrack@windstream.net.
Have a nice day.
No comments:
Post a Comment