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Wall Street and F.D.R.

Franklin Roosevelt as an agent of Wall Street financiers
-- by: Antony C. Sutton, 1975, source: Reformation.org
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Table of Contents

Part I

1. Roosevelts and Delanos: The Wall Street lineage of the Roosevelt and Delano families
2. Politics in the Bonding Business: FDR as vice president of the Fidelity & Deposit Company (1921-28)
3. FDR: International Speculator: Profiteering during the German hyperinflation of the 1920s
4. FDR: Corporate Promoter: FDR as a deal maker during the 1920s

Part II

5. The Genesis of Corporate Socialism: Making society work for the few
6. Prelude to the New Deal: The Federal Reserve System and the War Industries Board
7. Roosevelt, Hoover and the Trade Council: An attempt to reform the construction industry
8. Wall Street Buys The New Deal: Bankers and industrialists back FDR instead of Hoover

Part III

9. FDR and The Corporate Socialists -- NatSteelCo *: The Swope Plan and the N.R.A.
10. FDR, Man on the White Horse: The Smedley Butler Affair (1934)
11. The Corporate Socialists at 120 Broadway, New York City: Many of the leading players in the club
12. FDR and the Corporate Socialists: Willing accomplice of the rich and powerful

Appendices

21. Appendix A: The Swope Plan: Blueprint for FDR's National Recovery Administration (NRA)
22. Appendix B: Sponsors of Plans Presented for Economic Planning
23. Selected Bibliography