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'''Thomas G. Corcoran''' was a student of U.S. [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[Felix Frankfurt]] who received an appointment to the [[Reconstruction Finance Corporation]] by President [[Herbert Hoover]].
Later, during the [[New Deal]], Corcoran’s influence grew and he was able to help many students of Frankfurter receive appointments in the Administration of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. Most were lawyers but many were also economists, and appointees were nicknamed "the happy hotdogs." <ref>''The Roosevelt Myth'', John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 2, Chapter 4, [http://www.rooseveltmyth.com/book/fdrmyth_Chapter_Four___Harry_the_Hop_and.htm Harry the Hop and the Happy Hot Dogs]</ref> Some actually became [[Communist]]s.
During FDR's presidency Corcoran worked in the [[White House]] as an intimate adviser and presidential speechwriter. At one point, Corcoran lived in the White House. Eventually Corcoran was outmaneuvered by [[Harry Hopkins]] for the position of Roosevelt's right-hand man. Corcoran, whose nickname was "Tommy the Cork", became a prominent Washington lawyer and fixer after leaving the White House.
On June 6 1945, 6 persons, including three U.S. government officials, [[Andrew Roth]], [[Emmanuel Larsen]], [[John S. Service]], were arrested on [[conspiracy]] and [[espionage]] charges related to possession of roughly 1000 stolen classified Government documents in the offices of ''[[Amerasia]]'' magazine. ''Amerasia'' had published classified materials verbatim from the United States wartime intelligence service, the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS). FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover believed he had an "airtight case," and Justice Department officials were ready to prosecute. Corcoran worked with the [[Truman administration]] to cover up the case.
Soviet agent [[Duncan Lee]], counsel to OSS head General William Donovan, was the highest ranking [[KGB]] operative among nearly two dozen known Soviet agents who penetrated the OSS, worked in Corcoran's Washington law firm, Corcoran and Youngman. <ref>FBI Silvermaster file [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster092.pdf Vol. 92, pgs. 20 - 21] pdf, January 26, 1947. Biographical details and extended wrap-up on [[Duncan C. Lee]], formerly of OSS, [[Elizabeth Bentley]]'s allegations concerning him, his contacts with [[Donald Wheeler]] and [[Mary Price]], and his employment by the law firm of President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] adviser Thomas Corcoran. </ref>
==References==
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Later, during the [[New Deal]], Corcoran’s influence grew and he was able to help many students of Frankfurter receive appointments in the Administration of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. Most were lawyers but many were also economists, and appointees were nicknamed "the happy hotdogs." <ref>''The Roosevelt Myth'', John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 2, Chapter 4, [http://www.rooseveltmyth.com/book/fdrmyth_Chapter_Four___Harry_the_Hop_and.htm Harry the Hop and the Happy Hot Dogs]</ref> Some actually became [[Communist]]s.
During FDR's presidency Corcoran worked in the [[White House]] as an intimate adviser and presidential speechwriter. At one point, Corcoran lived in the White House. Eventually Corcoran was outmaneuvered by [[Harry Hopkins]] for the position of Roosevelt's right-hand man. Corcoran, whose nickname was "Tommy the Cork", became a prominent Washington lawyer and fixer after leaving the White House.
On June 6 1945, 6 persons, including three U.S. government officials, [[Andrew Roth]], [[Emmanuel Larsen]], [[John S. Service]], were arrested on [[conspiracy]] and [[espionage]] charges related to possession of roughly 1000 stolen classified Government documents in the offices of ''[[Amerasia]]'' magazine. ''Amerasia'' had published classified materials verbatim from the United States wartime intelligence service, the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS). FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover believed he had an "airtight case," and Justice Department officials were ready to prosecute. Corcoran worked with the [[Truman administration]] to cover up the case.
Soviet agent [[Duncan Lee]], counsel to OSS head General William Donovan, was the highest ranking [[KGB]] operative among nearly two dozen known Soviet agents who penetrated the OSS, worked in Corcoran's Washington law firm, Corcoran and Youngman. <ref>FBI Silvermaster file [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster092.pdf Vol. 92, pgs. 20 - 21] pdf, January 26, 1947. Biographical details and extended wrap-up on [[Duncan C. Lee]], formerly of OSS, [[Elizabeth Bentley]]'s allegations concerning him, his contacts with [[Donald Wheeler]] and [[Mary Price]], and his employment by the law firm of President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] adviser Thomas Corcoran. </ref>
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:biographies]]
[[Category:New Deal]]