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Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd President of the United States (1933-1945), whose early New Deal reforms were the alleged target of the 1933-34 Business Plot; historians disagree on how seriously he treated the threat, since he never gave a full public account of his own view.

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  • Business Plot

    Franklin D. Roosevelt was targeted by Business Plot — Butler testified the scheme aimed to pressure Roosevelt into ceding executive authority to a new 'Secretary of General Affairs.'.

Organisations & Programmes

  • New Deal

    Franklin D. Roosevelt led New Deal.

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