ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Typed letter signed ("F.D.R."), as President, to D. Basil O'Connor (1892-1972), Washington, 2 August 1937. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, O'Connor & Farber receipt stamp in top right corner . Fine.
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Typed letter signed ("F.D.R."), as President, to D. Basil O'Connor (1892-1972), Washington, 2 August 1937. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, O'Connor & Farber receipt stamp in top right corner . Fine. FDR POKES FUN AT THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR A rare association of FDR with the great abdication crisis that rocked British politics in 1936, as Roosevelt jokes with his former law partner about O'Connor representing the former Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson in the aftermath of the abdication crisis that unfolded in November-December 1936. "I never heard the sugar story until you wrote me about it. It is typical of the sugar lobby. As a matter of fact, you ought to be puffed up by all these stories about rich and powerful clients. I am going to start one myself which ought to bring you as clients all the fat cats who want to get into 'society'--to wit--that you have been selected as the Legal Advisor to David and Wallace [ sic ] Windsor! Brother John [Farber] is in the rotten position of being kicked around by every Congressman with a bad Bill, and also every lobby on the Hill. That is saying a mouthful!" O'Connor was one of Roosevelt's oldest friends. Their association dated back to Roosevelt's vice-presidential run in 1920, and their paths crossed again in dramatic fashion one in the early 1920s, when O'Connor saw a man on crutches fall on the slick, marbled floor of 120 Broadway. It was FDR just recently returned to work at the Fidelity and Deposit Co. following his devastating polio attack. O'Connor--whose law office was in the same building--eased him up off the floor, and more importantly, eased FDR's embarrassment. The two men soon became friends and formed a law partnership in 1925 with John C. Farber (also mentioned here) that lasted until Roosevelt became President in 1933.
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Typed letter signed ("F.D.R."), as President, to D. Basil O'Connor (1892-1972), Washington, 2 August 1937. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, O'Connor & Farber receipt stamp in top right corner . Fine.
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Typed letter signed ("F.D.R."), as President, to D. Basil O'Connor (1892-1972), Washington, 2 August 1937. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, O'Connor & Farber receipt stamp in top right corner . Fine. FDR POKES FUN AT THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR A rare association of FDR with the great abdication crisis that rocked British politics in 1936, as Roosevelt jokes with his former law partner about O'Connor representing the former Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson in the aftermath of the abdication crisis that unfolded in November-December 1936. "I never heard the sugar story until you wrote me about it. It is typical of the sugar lobby. As a matter of fact, you ought to be puffed up by all these stories about rich and powerful clients. I am going to start one myself which ought to bring you as clients all the fat cats who want to get into 'society'--to wit--that you have been selected as the Legal Advisor to David and Wallace [ sic ] Windsor! Brother John [Farber] is in the rotten position of being kicked around by every Congressman with a bad Bill, and also every lobby on the Hill. That is saying a mouthful!" O'Connor was one of Roosevelt's oldest friends. Their association dated back to Roosevelt's vice-presidential run in 1920, and their paths crossed again in dramatic fashion one in the early 1920s, when O'Connor saw a man on crutches fall on the slick, marbled floor of 120 Broadway. It was FDR just recently returned to work at the Fidelity and Deposit Co. following his devastating polio attack. O'Connor--whose law office was in the same building--eased him up off the floor, and more importantly, eased FDR's embarrassment. The two men soon became friends and formed a law partnership in 1925 with John C. Farber (also mentioned here) that lasted until Roosevelt became President in 1933.
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