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Dates: during 1930-1939
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According to Professor Raymond Moley, the New Deal mounted its economic horse and rode off in all directions about the time accordion-pumping Tommy Corcoran usurped the role of FDR enchanter previously played by guitar-plucking Will Woodin of American Car & Foundry. Woodin economy soon was forgotten, Woodin himself died, but left behind in the Treasury was an American Car & Foundry alumnus, Walter Joseph Cummings. Last week Mr. Cummings was conspicuous for a second time in recent years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: Out of Hock | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...Foreign Relations Committee by his ex-colleague, New Deal purge victim John O'Connor, Sol Bloom has spent much of his time selling George Washington to the American people. But this time, after eating his way through an evening of Roosevelt-hating speeches, Sol got up to sell FDR to the folks. One lone, small boo came from the audience, but it found the one sensitive spot in his hide. The Blooms walked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: 300 Congressmen | 5/15/1939 | See Source »

...FDR...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: International Affection | 8/22/1938 | See Source »

...FDR-YOU'RE PREPARING WAR -YOU FIGHT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: You Fight It | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

...Warm Springs, the President went swimming in the glass-enclosed pool, drove over the red-clay Georgia roads in a brand-new Ford touring car (license: FDR). In Gainesville, he took his first ride in one of the new cars which he will henceforth use when exhibiting himself to crowds . Specially built 16-cylinder, nine-passenger Cadillacs, they have handles on the windshield for Secret Service men, a stock of tear gas bombs in a compartment behind the driver's seat. Floor space behind the compartment contains plenty of room for the President to lie down in, in case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Georgia Pique | 4/4/1938 | See Source »

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