Roosevelt wanted to keep America out of the war as this was the sentiment of most Americans.
In 1940,England was being heavily bombed by the Germans,was virtually bankrupt and in desperate need of American ships, artillery and tanks. In a conversation with Churchill in 1943, FDR said, it would be best to “spread the Jews thin all over the world.” As a member of the Harvard board of directors in 1923, he thought there were too many Jewish students and succeeded in instituting a quota to limit the number admitted. Recent private conversations have come to light that reveal some anti-Semitic feelings on Roosevelt’s part. and his failure to allow more Jewish immigrants while Hitler was still allowing Jews to leave the country. Goodwin points out two major blots on FDR’s record, the signing of the order to put all Japanese Americans into relocation camps for the duration of the war. In spite of his paralysis, he enjoyed female companionship. Her reports on conditions were invaluable to the president.Īs war production geared up, she saw to it that women were hired and day care facilities were opened at the work place, changing forever the lives of American women.įranklin emerges as the more likable of the two, always ready to tell a good story, enjoying poker games with his staff to wind down. When touring a mental hospital, she didn’t just talk to the director and take a brief walk through, but visited every ward, every room and checked to see the food they were actually served. She even descended into a coal mine to see the actual working conditions. Unable to get around, he sent Eleanor on a tour of many factories and she reported back to him.
He went on to be elected president and to bring America out of the Great Depression with his New Deal measures.
Did you know that FDR was elected for four terms in a row?! He is the only president to have done that!Īt the time of his first presidential campaign, he was already confined to a wheelchair after being suddenly struck with polio at the age of 38. It’s been on my bookshelf for several years and now I wondered what took me so long to discover this Pulitzer Prize-winning and very personal story of the relationship between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the goings-on at the White House during the war years. No Ordinary Time Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in WWII Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt, second cousins
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