I read in a biography of FDR that when he picked Harry Truman as his running mate in 1944, he was picking the next President and knew Truman was the man for the job. Not because FDR was thinking of dieing, but he was planning to resign The Presidency once the war ended.
By the summer of 1944 FDR knew the war was in its final chapters. Already the Allies were talking about some international organization like the former League Of Nations, but larger and with some authority. That organization, The United Nations, first met in San Francisco, California in August or September 1945.
I forget the title of the book but I think it focused on FDR's last year. Anyway, FDR was planning to resign The Presidency once the war was over, to devote his time and effort to The United Nations. I believe there were some things in some of his personal papers about this and he had said something about it to some of those personally closest to him.
There was some speculation that had FDR lived and been healthy enough to do so, he would have been the first Secretary General of The UN.
I don't know if there is anything to this but I did read it somewhere.
Actually , FDR was becoming very distrustful of Stalin. There are indiciations that he wanted to revise the occupation zones in Germany and believed that Stalin was attempting to subvert all of eastern europe . FDR was in addion aware that the soviets were sping on the US and attempting to gain the secrets of the atomic bomb.
FDR lets Potsdam go largely as it did. The only noticeable difference initially will be that the french colonies in Southeast Asia will get independence.
Which means no Vietnam war...
FDR lets Potsdam go largely as it did. The only noticeable difference initially will be that the french colonies in Southeast Asia will get independence.
Sweet, merciful Christ. Stop Necroing Threads. Stop...Necroing...Threads. Really, when a thread was last active during a previous administration, and children born when it was last posted in are in First Grade now, you should know to leave it alone.
This necroing thing is an epidemic.
If people have something to say about the topic I think they're doing a service by finding the thread about it instead of just starting a new one about the same thing.
6. Minor rules.
Don't respond to posts old threads (several months or more), which is often referred to as "thread necromancy". Only post to an old thread if you have a substantial new contribution to make, such as to extend a timeline.
Erm... what?Maybe he would have a epiphany and realize that social security was the biggest ponzi scheme, besides fiat money, that stole from the young to buy off their parents and pushed congress to cancel the whole thing and save America from a progressive nightmare.
Instead, start a new thread & have people whining about new threads on old topics?6. Minor rules.
Don't respond to posts old threads (several months or more), which is often referred to as "thread necromancy". Only post to an old thread if you have a substantial new contribution to make, such as to extend a timeline.
Just start a new thread, link to the old one. That works.Instead, start a new thread & have people whining about new threads on old topics?
Some people are never satisfied.![]()