| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| − | Dear Conservapedia
| + | The '''Reconstruction Finance Corporation''' (RFC) was an independent agency of the U.S. government, chartered during the administration of [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1932. The agency advanced $2 billion in loans to state and local governments and to banks, railroads, farm mortgage associations, and other businesses, funding, for example, the construction of the original Hayden Planetarium. [[Thomas G. Corcoran]] recieved a placement in the Reconstruction Finance Corporation when Hoover was President. |
| | | | |
| − | Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the other specific laws and how to follow them:
| + | The RFC also had a division that would give the states loans for emergency relief needs. |
| | | | |
| − | When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
| + | The RFC was bogged down in bureaucracy and failed to disburse many of its funds. It failed to stem the tide of mass unemployment of the [[Great Depression]]. The failure of the RFC helped to lead to the election of [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]. |
| | | | |
| − | I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
| + | ==New Deal== |
| | + | During the [[New Deal]] era, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was given a blank check appropriation by Congress and authority to borrow money. It borrowed twenty or more billions. The RFC would buy the stock of a new corporation and lend it money, as much as ten, fifty or a hundred million dollars, billions in some cases. Thus the Executive branch was able to bypass the Constitutional power afforded to Congress. <ref>''The Roosevelt Myth'', Book 3, Ch. 4, [http://www.rooseveltmyth.com/cgi-bin/framed/2767/book/fdrmyth_Chapter_Four___Toward_the_Precip.htm ''Toward the Precipice''], John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948.</ref> |
| | | | |
| − | I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness - Lev.15:19- 24. The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
| + | ==World War II== |
| | | | |
| − | Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?
| + | President Roosevelt merged the RFC, [[Board of Economic Warfare]] (BEW), and the [[Lend-Lease]] Office together under the direction of Leo Crowley, former head of the [[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation]] (FDIC), which was one of the landmarks of the New Deal. Oscar Cox, a prime author of the [[Lend-Lease Act]], general counsel of the [[Foreign Economic Administration]] joined as well. [[Lauchlin Currie]], formerly of the [[Federal Reserve]] Board staff, was the deputy administrator to Crowley. |
| | | | |
| − | I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?
| + | The RFC established seven new corporations, and purchased an existing corporation. The eight RFC wartime subsidiaries are Metals Reserve Company, [[Rubber Reserve Company]], Defense Plant Corporation, Defense Supplies Corporation, War Damage Corporation, U.S. Commercial Company, Rubber Development Corporation, [[Petroleum Reserve Corporation]]. These corporations were involved in funding the development of synthetic rubber, construction and operation of a tin smelter, and establishment of abaca (Manila hemp) plantations in Central America. Both natural rubber and abaca (used to produce rope products) were produced primarily in south Asia, which came under Japanese control. Thus, these programs encouraged the development of alternative sources of supply of these essential materials. Synthetic rubber, which was not produced in the United States prior to the war, quickly became the primary source of rubber in the post-war years. |
| | | | |
| − | A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this?
| + | From 1941 through 1945, the RFC authorized over $2 billion of loans and investments each year, with a peak of over $6 billion authorized in 1943. The magnitude of RFC lending had increased substantially during the war. Most lending to wartime subsidiaries ended in 1945, and all such lending ended in 1948. |
| | | | |
| − | Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?
| + | [[Nathan Gregory Silvermaster]], who headed an extremely large group of Soviet agents working in the U.S. Government during World War II, was transferred, along with the rest of the division from the Treasury Department's War Asset's Administration into to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, where it became the War Assets Corporation. |
| | | | |
| − | Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?
| + | On May 29, 1946, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover sent George E. Allen, a confidant of the President and head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a four-page letter marked Personal and Condifential by special messenger. Hoover reported that a reliable source, which was the [[Venona project]], revealed “an enormous Soviet espionage ring in Washington.” <ref>*[http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/moynihan/hoovlet.html Hoover to Allen Letter, May 29, 1946].</ref> Of some fourteen names listed which included [[Alger Hiss]] and [[Nathan Gregory Silvermaster]], Hoover addedd at the top of the list Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson, and others who were not Venona suspects. Hoover's action here was one source of much confusion regarding the Soviet penetetration of the US Government during [[World War II]] which become public knowledge later. <ref>Robert J. Hanyok, [http://www.nsa.gov/publications/publi00044.cfm ''Eavesdropping on Hell'']: Historical Guide to Western Communications Intelligence and the Holocaust, 1939-1945. Ft. Meade, MD: [[National Security Agency]], Center for Cryptologic History, 2005; "Currie, known as PAZh (Page) and [[Harry Dexter White|White]], whose cover names were YuRIST (Jurist) and changed later to LAJER (Lawyer), had been Soviet agents since the 1930s. They had been identified as Soviet agents in [[Venona]] translations and by other agents turned witnesses or informants for the FBI and [[Justice Department]]. From the Venona translations, both were known to pass intelligence to their handlers, notably the [[Greg Silvermaster#Silvermaster group|Silvermaster network]]."</ref><ref>*United States. National Counterintelligence Center. [http://www.nacic.gov/history/CIReaderPlain/Vol3Chap1.pdf ''A Counterintelligence Reader'']. NACIC, no date. vol. 3, chap. 1, pg. 31.</ref> |
| | | | |
| − | I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
| + | The Petroleum Reserves Corporation was transferred to the Office of Economic Warfare, which was consolidated into the [[Foreign Economic Administration]], which was transferred to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and changed to the War Assets Corporation. The War Assets Corporation was dissolved as soon as practicable after March 25, 1946. Presidential aide and Soviet spy, Lauchlin Currie headed the office during this time. |
| | | | |
| − | My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? - Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)
| + | ==References== |
| | + | <references/> |
| | | | |
| − | I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.
| + | ==External link== |
| | | | |
| − | Your devoted fan
| + | *[http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/havlik.htm Oral History Interview with Hubert F. Havlik], Truman Presidential Library, June 20, 1973. |
| | + | |
| | + | [[Category:New Deal]] |
| | + | [[Category:Espionage]] |