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'''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]].   

'''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.

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.

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.   

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.   

Corcoran employed Soviet agent [[Duncan Lee]] in his 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> after [[World War II]].  During the war Lee served as counsel to OSS head General William Donovan, and was the highest ranking [[KGB]] operative among nearly two dozen known Soviet agents who penetrated the OSS. <ref>[http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/page58.html Exchange with Arthur Herman and ''Venona'' book talk], Joint Herman and Haynes Book Talk,  Borders, Washington, D.C., February 2000,</ref>

Corcoran employed the [[Soviet Union]] agent [[Duncan Lee]] in his 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> after [[World War II]].  During the war Lee served as counsel to OSS head General William Donovan, and was the highest ranking [[KGB]] operative among nearly two dozen known Soviet agents who penetrated the OSS. <ref>[http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/page58.html Exchange with Arthur Herman and ''Venona'' book talk], Joint Herman and Haynes Book Talk,  Borders, Washington, D.C., February 2000,</ref>

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