Curtis Bean Dall
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Dall was born in New York City, the son of Charles and Mary Dall, and grew up on a farm in Piscataway, New Jersey. He attended Princeton[1], became a stockbroker and was on the floor on Black Tuesday, the day of the 1929 Stock Market crash. | Dall was born in New York City, the son of Charles and Mary Dall, and grew up on a farm in Piscataway, New Jersey. He attended Princeton[1], became a stockbroker and was on the floor on Black Tuesday, the day of the 1929 Stock Market crash. | ||
| − | Anna's father was the 32nd U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, her mother the first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. After briefly attending Cornell University, she was married for the first time, in Hyde Park, New York, on 25 June 1926 to stockbroker Curtis Bean Dall. They had two children: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on 25 March 1927, and Curtis Roosevelt on 19 April 1930. "Mrs. Dall was divorced from her first husband, Curtis B. Dall, July 30, at Minden, Nev." (Syracuse Herald, Jan 18, 1935, p 11) Six months after her divorce, on January 18, 1935, she married journalist John Boettiger. | + | Anna's father was the 32nd U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, her mother the first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. After briefly attending Cornell University, she was married for the first time, in Hyde Park, New York, on 25 June 1926 to stockbroker Curtis Bean Dall. They had two children: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on 25 March 1927, and Curtis Roosevelt on 19 April 1930. "Mrs. Dall was divorced from her first husband, Curtis B. Dall, July 30, at Minden, Nev." (Syracuse Herald, Jan 18, 1935, p 11) Six months after her divorce, on January 18, 1935, she married journalist John Boettiger. After his death on 31 October 1950, she married (3) 11 November 1952 at Malibu, California, as his second wife, James Addison Halsted. |
| − | He is most well-known in recent times for his book My Exploited Father-in-law, in which he speaks of his father-in-law, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his relationship with, as he saw them, the corrupt power of the banking elite of the time. In reference to the Great Depression of the 1930s he quotes: "Actually it was the calculated ‘shearing’ of the public by the World Money-Powers, triggered by the planned sudden shortage of the supply of call money in the New York money market." | + | He is most well-known in recent times for his book ''My Exploited Father-in-law'', in which he speaks of his father-in-law, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his relationship with, as he saw them, the corrupt power of the banking elite of the time. In reference to the Great Depression of the 1930s he quotes: "Actually it was the calculated ‘shearing’ of the public by the World Money-Powers, triggered by the planned sudden shortage of the supply of call money in the New York money market." |
Dall became involved with the "...racist Right's ill-fated efforts at forming a third party..."[2]. In 1960 the Texas-based Constitution Party put-up retired Marine Corps Brigadier General Merritt B. Curtis for president, and campaign manager Curtis B. Dall for vice-president. | Dall became involved with the "...racist Right's ill-fated efforts at forming a third party..."[2]. In 1960 the Texas-based Constitution Party put-up retired Marine Corps Brigadier General Merritt B. Curtis for president, and campaign manager Curtis B. Dall for vice-president. | ||
