Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search
48 bytes added ,  19:47, September 11, 2007
edit
Line 1: Line 1: −
'''Thomas Gardiner Corcoran''' was a student of U.S. [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[Felix Frankfurter]] who received an appointment to the [[Reconstruction Finance Corporation]] by President [[Herbert Hoover]].   
+
'''Thomas Gardiner Corcoran''' was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1900. He was a student of U.S. [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[Felix Frankfurter]] 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.
 
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.
Block, Siteadmin, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, delete, edit, move, nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW, protect, rollback, Administrators, template
293,038

edits

Navigation menu