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empedocles

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5. Big names included Birdseye and DuPont.

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 25, 2021, 12:03 PM

Feb 2021

Years ago I calculated that over $60,000,000 [then current dollars, not 1933 dollars] for initial funding.

[Have always been very curious that the ever shrewd FDR, seems to have left no record of his own of this major coup effort].

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In 1933 there was a plot to overthrow FDR [View all] still_one Feb 2021 OP

A good reminder. Haven't before seen the Arcadia piece. TY. empedocles Feb 2021 #1

I was comprised of a group of wealthy industrialist in conjunction with groups like the KKK still_one Feb 2021 #2

Prescott Bush, father of George H.W, allegedly one of them. n/t whathehell Feb 2021 #4

Not just allegedly-- evolves Feb 2021 #7

I thought so, but whathehell Feb 2021 #8

Same with me, evolves Feb 2021 #16

Okay, great. whathehell Feb 2021 #17

The business men (grand daddy Bush was in on it) really liked what Hitler was doing for business mitch96 Feb 2021 #13

Also, known as the businessman's revolt. It is in the Congressional record and you can read Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #3

Big names included Birdseye and DuPont. empedocles Feb 2021 #5

He made sure all the details survived in the Congressional record...in his day it would not have Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #12

An early example of 'too big to fail', eh? sboatcar Feb 2021 #9

Indeed...too big to fail. Roosevelt the economy would be plunged into a death spiral should Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #10

My understanding was that Roosevelt agreed not to whathehell Feb 2021 #18

And what a surprise to find that Prescott Bush dugog55 Feb 2021 #6

Prescott Bush was a piece of crap. Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #11

and trump's father took part in a KKK March still_one Feb 2021 #15

In addition, FDR Survived a Near Assassination Attempt in Miami Just Days before Inauguration Stallion Feb 2021 #14

The Mayor of Chicago was killed, not Miami. former9thward Feb 2021 #19

BBC aired a nice program on this buried history. Kid Berwyn Feb 2021 #20

Thanks still_one Feb 2021 #21

You are welcome, still one! This topic shows DU's importance. Kid Berwyn Feb 2021 #22