Word: moley
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. Raymond Moley, 88, founding member of Franklin Roosevelt's Brain Trust; in Phoenix. So powerful was Moley as F.D.R.'s closest adviser that an early New Deal joke had a Senator asking the President for a favor-an appointment with Moley. The Brain Trust that he organized shaped Roosevelt's historic policies, but finding himself opposed to massive expansion of federal authority, Moley left the Administration in September 1933 and later broke with the Democratic Party. As author and Newsweek columnist, Moley backed Republicans Willkie, Goldwater and Nixon for President...