Press photographs of the wheel-chair ridden and clearly sick President had convinced many Americans that Roosevelt was not in good health. On this day, the US Secretary of General Welfare, Smedley Butler announced the long-expected retirement of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. And as the thirty-third President of the United States, Long's first order of the day was to abolish the office of the Secretary of General Affairs. Huey Pierce Long would electrify the nation with his "Every man a King" campaign for the White House in 1936. Van Zandt confirmed "he had been approached by agents of Wall Street to lead a Fascist dictatorship in the United States under the guise of a veterans organization"."Īnd yet all was not lost for organized labor. Veterans of Foreign Wars commander James E. Because the business elite had brought FDR's plans for a "New Deal" to a sharp halt. has done the most to influence the events of the year".įranklin Delano Roosevelt, who had won the award in 1932, was not under consideration because he had effectively been reduced to a figurehead role as a result of this sweeping re-distribution of powers. Times Magazine named Butler Man of of the Year, 1934, acknowledging that "for better or for worse. Arriving at a time of grave national crisis, the "Fighting Quaker" (pictured) would play a key role in re-establishing both the authority and also the prestige of the Federal Government. On this day, Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler (retired) was appointed to the newly created position of Secretary of General Affairs.
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