Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
It’s the least I could do for her. She served me so well for so long and asked nothing in return.
Eleanor Roosevelt was left the other half of the income. Many people accused FDR of disinheriting his own children, However, he did not. It was the income from the estate that he left to LeHand as she was disabled and had no other source of sustenance or to pay her medical bills. The principle assets were left ½ to his children, and when Missy LeHand passed away, the income then reverted to his children. He explained to his son that the children were all educated and healthy and could earned a living but Missy could not. The children grew up knowing Missy and actually gave her the name “Missy” which stuck. There was no resentment on their part..
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Explanation to his son James as to who he had changed his will to provide ½ the income of his entire estate to Missy Lehand who had become disabled after serving as his Presidential Assistant, but actually performing most of the functions of the White House Chief of Staff, 1942
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Beaumarchais had provided the Americans with credit in the amount of ½ million French Livres. However, Beaumarchais served the French King Louis XVI as a spy and advisor on foreign affairs. The money had been secretly provided by the French government to help the American cause while still being able to officially deny to England that they were in any way involved in the rebellion. The American agent, Silas Dean, who arranged for the loan saw through the ruse. See {624186} and {624184}.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. A member of the Democratic Party, he won a record four presidential elections and became a central figure in world events during the first half of the 20th century. Roosevelt directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. As a dominant leader of his party, he built the New Deal Coalition, which defined modern liberalism in the United States throughout the middle third of the 20th century. His third and fourth terms were dominated by World War II, which ended shortly after he died in office.
