I always thought that story was from EARLY in the Roosevelt Administration and the issue was Social Security, the WPA, etc --- the "progressive" legislation from the New Deal --- in which FDR told people there "make me do it" --- having nothing to do with Randolph who was as the article shows pressuring Roosevelt during the 1941 ---
(maybe the whole story is fake --- and certainly the demobilization by Obama is well documented) Another very interesting story along the same lines is from Taylor Branch's magnum opus AMERICA IN THE KING YEARS (three volumes). In the one documenting Kennedy being dragged kicking and screaming to support a Civil Rights bill, Kennedy clearing is ripshit mad at King and the Southern demonstrators for endangering his (Kennedy's) relationship with the Southern racists --- Kennedy famously appointed an extreme racist to the Federal Bench -- On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 9:46 AM Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > *The makings of a myth* > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#6448): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6448 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80679455/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
