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Curtis Bean Dall (24 October 1896 - 28 June 1991) was a stockbroker, banker, investor, vice-Presidential candidate, first husband of Anna E. Roosevelt, and author most remembered today for his work ''F.D.R.: My Exploited Father-in-Law'' which claims a hidden One-World "internationalist" agenda for many of the policies put through under Roosevelt's presidency.
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Curtis Bean Dall (24 October 1896 - 28 June 1991) was a stockbroker, banker, investor, vice-Presidential candidate, first husband of Anna E. Roosevelt, and author.
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Curtis wrote three published works, but is most remembered today for his work ''F.D.R.: My Exploited Father-in-Law'' which claims a hidden One-World "internationalist" agenda for many of the policies put through under Roosevelt's presidency.
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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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===Early Life===
 
===Early Life===
Curtis Bean Dall was born 24 Oct 1896 in Manhattan<sup>[[#Footnotes 1|A]]</sup>, New York City, [[New York]], the son of Charles Austin Dall<sup>[[#Footnotes 2|D]]</sup> (b. 1863) and his wife Mary Bean (b. 1870).  His father Charles was from the Dall's of Baltimore, but his mother had the interesting distinction to have been born in Prescott, Arizona where her father had gone as a mining engineer.  Charles Dall and Mary Bean however were married in 1894 in New York City.  In 1900, the family lived in Montclair, Essex County, [[New Jersey]], but by 1910 they lived on a farm in Piscataway, Middlesex County, [[New Jersey]].<sup>[[#Footnotes 1|B]]</sup>  His uncle Cornelius "Neely" Agnew of the Farmer's Loan and Trust Company (see [http://www.smokershistory.com/Farmers.html Farmers]) having been a member of Princeton's Class of 1891, influenced him to go there as well. (''F.D.R.'', p. 15)  He attended Princeton University<sup>[[#Footnotes 1|A]]</sup>, and later served in the Navy [Naval Aviation Corps - ed.] during World War I, in England and in France. (''F.D.R.'', p. 12)  He was stationed as an ensign at Guipavas, and was present as one of the many spectators in Dec 1918, when then-president [[Woodrow Wilson]] arrived in Brest for the Peace Conference. (''F.D.R.'', p. 13-14)  He returned to the U.S. by Jun 1919 although just "recently".<sup>[[#Footnotes 3|L]]</sup> On 28 Aug 1920, an engagement was announced in the ''New York Times'' between "...Miss Virginia Van Ingen [daughter of] Mr. and Mrs. McLane Van Ingen of Fifth Avenue and Sea Bright, NJ... [and] Curtis B Dall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Austen Dall of this city."<sup>[[#Footnotes 3|J]]</sup>  However a few months later ''The New York Times'' is reporting, on 3 Mar 1921, "Van Ingen-Dall Troth Broken" : "...by mutual consent."  In May 1921, she appears once more, referred to as "...Mrs McLane Van Ingen, Miss Virginia Van Ingen...."<sup>[[#Footnotes 3|K]]</sup>  In 1926 Curtis was working for the banking firm Lehman Brothers, organizing a department "...which involved the wholesaling of new stock and bond issues...." (''F.D.R.'', p. 13)
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Curtis Bean Dall was born 24 Oct 1896 in Manhattan<sup>[[#Footnotes 1|A]]</sup>, New York City, [[New York]], the son of Charles Austin Dall<sup>[[#Footnotes 2|D]]</sup> (b. 1863) and his wife Mary Bean (b. 1870).  His father Charles was from the Dall's of Baltimore, but his mother had the interesting distinction to have been born in Prescott, Arizona where her father had gone as a mining engineer.  Charles Dall and Mary Bean however were married in 1894 in New York City.  In 1900, the family lived in Montclair, Essex County, [[New Jersey]], but by 1910 they lived on a farm in Piscataway, Middlesex County, [[New Jersey]].<sup>[[#Footnotes 1|B]]</sup>  His uncle Cornelius "Neely" Agnew of the Farmer's Loan and Trust Company (see [http://www.smokershistory.com/Farmers.html Farmers]) having been a member of Princeton's Class of 1891, influenced him to go there as well. (''F.D.R.'', p. 15)  He attended Princeton University<sup>[[#Footnotes 1|A]]</sup>, and later served in the Navy [Naval Aviation Corps - ed.] during World War I, in England and in France. (''F.D.R.'', p. 12)  The New York Times reports in 1920 that "During the war he was a naval aviator of the Royal Flying Corps, and later with the American Expeditionary Forces in France."
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He was stationed as an ensign at Guipavas, and was present as one of the many spectators in Dec 1918, when then-president [[Woodrow Wilson]] arrived in Brest for the Peace Conference. (''F.D.R.'', p. 13-14)  He returned to the U.S. by Jun 1919 although just "recently".<sup>[[#Footnotes 3|L]]</sup> On 28 Aug 1920, an engagement was announced in the ''New York Times'' between "...Miss Virginia Van Ingen [daughter of] Mr. and Mrs. McLane Van Ingen of Fifth Avenue and Sea Bright, NJ... [and] Curtis B Dall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Austen Dall of this city."<sup>[[#Footnotes 3|J]]</sup>  However a few months later ''The New York Times'' is reporting, on 3 Mar 1921, "Van Ingen-Dall Troth Broken" : "...by mutual consent."  In May 1921, she appears once more, referred to as "...Mrs McLane Van Ingen, Miss Virginia Van Ingen...."<sup>[[#Footnotes 3|K]]</sup>  In 1926 Curtis was working for the banking firm Lehman Brothers, organizing a department "...which involved the wholesaling of new stock and bond issues...." (''F.D.R.'', p. 13)
  
 
===Marriage===
 
===Marriage===
Curtis met his future first wife Anna "Sis" Roosevelt, nine years his junior, in Dec. 1925 at a dinner party, given by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Douglas in their home on Fifth Avenue, New York for their two daughters Elizabeth and "Kay".  Anna was the eldest child and only daughter of [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] and his wife [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], would several years later become the 32nd U.S. president and the first lady.  At the time however, F.D.R. was Vice-President of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore.
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Curtis met his future first wife Anna "Sis" Roosevelt, nine years his junior, in Dec. 1925 at a dinner party, given by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Douglas in their home on Fifth Avenue, New York for their two daughters Elizabeth and "Kay".  Anna was the eldest child and only daughter of [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] and his wife [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], who would several years later become the 32nd U.S. president and the first lady.  At the time however, F.D.R. after having been a New York state senator, Assistant Secretary of the Navy and a U.S. vice-presidential contender (in 1920), was Vice-President of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore.
  
 
<table><tr><td>"Anne was eighteen, unhappy at Cornell, where she never wanted to be, and still more unhappy at home, with all its tensions and undercurrents, particularly between her mother and grandmother.  She wanted 'to get out,' and became engaged to Curtis Dall, a rather conventional and balding financier associated with Lehman Brothers.  Then thirty, he seemed appealing to Anna above all for his apparent stability; but Eleanor was not sure. 'I don't think she even thinks she's serious but he is and I'm not sure she didn't let herself get a bit further than she meant to be!' " (Cook, p. 330)
 
<table><tr><td>"Anne was eighteen, unhappy at Cornell, where she never wanted to be, and still more unhappy at home, with all its tensions and undercurrents, particularly between her mother and grandmother.  She wanted 'to get out,' and became engaged to Curtis Dall, a rather conventional and balding financier associated with Lehman Brothers.  Then thirty, he seemed appealing to Anna above all for his apparent stability; but Eleanor was not sure. 'I don't think she even thinks she's serious but he is and I'm not sure she didn't let herself get a bit further than she meant to be!' " (Cook, p. 330)
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In 1932, when the Democratic Convention met in Chicago, Curtis Dall decided to go there.  He claims that he boldly went up to the room where the Pendergast delegation was pow-wowwing about how to get their Missouri man elected President, and told Mr. Pendergast that if he were smart, he'd get on the Roosevelt bandwagon, because Roosevelt had it all sewed up! "That's how Missouri came in early for Roosevelt!" (''F.D.R.'', pg 61-62)  Dall takes a few pages to discuss a chance meeting with Huey Long and comments on how he feels Long's assassination was planned because he came to be regarded as a "real threat and political danger to some pundits in the Washington Democratic Administration" (''F.D.R.'', pg 64)  Curtis then takes a few pages to relate how he met Professor Felix Frankfurter then of Harvard Law School, in Dec 1932 at a dinner at the home of Sarah Roosevelt.  He and Frankfurter did not get on well, and he concludes this section by stating that Bernard Baruch and Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) shortly afterward became "the two most powerful political operators in this country....They were without doubt the 'Gold Dust Twins'". (''F.D.R.'', pg 66-70) Frankfurter in 1938 was appointed to the Supreme Court.
 
In 1932, when the Democratic Convention met in Chicago, Curtis Dall decided to go there.  He claims that he boldly went up to the room where the Pendergast delegation was pow-wowwing about how to get their Missouri man elected President, and told Mr. Pendergast that if he were smart, he'd get on the Roosevelt bandwagon, because Roosevelt had it all sewed up! "That's how Missouri came in early for Roosevelt!" (''F.D.R.'', pg 61-62)  Dall takes a few pages to discuss a chance meeting with Huey Long and comments on how he feels Long's assassination was planned because he came to be regarded as a "real threat and political danger to some pundits in the Washington Democratic Administration" (''F.D.R.'', pg 64)  Curtis then takes a few pages to relate how he met Professor Felix Frankfurter then of Harvard Law School, in Dec 1932 at a dinner at the home of Sarah Roosevelt.  He and Frankfurter did not get on well, and he concludes this section by stating that Bernard Baruch and Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) shortly afterward became "the two most powerful political operators in this country....They were without doubt the 'Gold Dust Twins'". (''F.D.R.'', pg 66-70) Frankfurter in 1938 was appointed to the Supreme Court.
  
Curtis then relates how he met Bernard Baruch in New York early in Jan 1933 when Bernard came to see F.D.R. on an informal visit.  Curtis states at that time that he is still on the stock exchange floor with Goodbody and Company.  At that time Bernard told him that he was in control of "5/16th of the world's visible supply of silver....Mr Baruch gradually became the best known symbol of vast world money power." (''F.D.R.'', pg 71-5)
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<table><tr><td>http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjhonson/CurtisDall2.jpg<br>Curtis Bean Dall</td><td>Curtis then relates how he met Bernard Baruch in New York early in Jan 1933 when Bernard came to see F.D.R. on an informal visit.  Curtis states at that time that he is still on the stock exchange floor with Goodbody and Company.  At that time Bernard told him that he was in control of "5/16th of the world's visible supply of silver....Mr Baruch gradually became the best known symbol of vast world money power." (''F.D.R.'', pg 71-5)
  
<table><tr><td>http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjhonson/CurtisDall2.jpg<br>Curtis Bean Dall</td><td>Anna had worked sporadically at the beginning of the marriage, mostly in promoting her father's run for governor of New York, and later for U.S. President, but falling behind in mortgage payments, Anna did some more serious work to try to meet them.  An article in the ''Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune'' dated 25 Feb 1933 states that Anna was, just then, the associate editor of "Babies &mdash; Just Babies".  This was a magazine of "advice for mothers" for which her mother Eleanor was editor. (Cook, p. 472)  The ''New York Times'' on 15 May 1933 reports that : "Mrs Curtis Dall...has signed a contract with ''Liberty Weekly'' and will become a member of the staff and a regular contributor...." Curtis and Anna were apparently at this time, splitting their time between their Tarrytown estate and "...the Roosevelt town house on East Sixty-fifth street, New York"<sup>[[#Footnotes 3|H]]</sup> Anna casting about for some further employment, took up her mother's mantle and decided to do some radio talks, for which she was paid perhaps as much as $3,000 each.<sup>[[#Footnotes 3|I]]</sup>
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Curtis makes it plain in his book, that although he was on friendly terms with FDR and Eleanor, that he suspected they had some unsavory friends who weren't looking out for the best interests of the nation. One of these who comes in for a good deal of his attack was Louis McHenry Howe, a former journalist, who had hitched his wagon to FDR's star back before FDR became Governor of New York. Louis lived, at least part-time in FDR's household and when the family moved into the White House, Louis moved in as well. Curtis states that some of the people that Louis had in to the White House to meet Eleanor and FDR appeared to be "straight from the Soviet Union!"
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Anna had worked sporadically at the beginning of the marriage, mostly in promoting her father's run for governor of New York, and later for U.S. President, but falling behind in mortgage payments, Anna did some more serious work to try to meet them.  An article in the ''Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune'' dated 25 Feb 1933 states that Anna was, just then, the associate editor of "Babies &mdash; Just Babies".  This was a magazine of "advice for mothers" for which her mother Eleanor was editor. (Cook, p. 472)  The ''New York Times'' on 15 May 1933 reports that : "Mrs Curtis Dall...has signed a contract with ''Liberty Weekly'' and will become a member of the staff and a regular contributor...." Curtis and Anna were apparently at this time, splitting their time between their Tarrytown estate and "...the Roosevelt town house on East Sixty-fifth street, New York"<sup>[[#Footnotes 3|H]]</sup> Anna casting about for some further employment, took up her mother's mantle and decided to do some radio talks, for which she was paid perhaps as much as $3,000 each.<sup>[[#Footnotes 3|I]]</sup>
  
 
Curtis and Anna had "two tow-headed children": Anna Eleanor "Sistie" Dall on 25 March 1927, and Curtis Roosevelt "Buzzie" Dall on 19 April 1930.<sup>[[#Footnotes 2|F]]</sup>  Newspaper articles at this time show that Anna, "Sistie" and "Buzzie" were frequent visitors at the White House where a playground had been installed on the south lawn for them.  Since Anna and her children were apparently staying days at a time in the White House with her parents, some tongues were wagging about the Dall's drifting apart.</td></tr></table>
 
Curtis and Anna had "two tow-headed children": Anna Eleanor "Sistie" Dall on 25 March 1927, and Curtis Roosevelt "Buzzie" Dall on 19 April 1930.<sup>[[#Footnotes 2|F]]</sup>  Newspaper articles at this time show that Anna, "Sistie" and "Buzzie" were frequent visitors at the White House where a playground had been installed on the south lawn for them.  Since Anna and her children were apparently staying days at a time in the White House with her parents, some tongues were wagging about the Dall's drifting apart.</td></tr></table>
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Six months after her divorce, on January 18, 1935, Anna married former journalist John Boettiger, now assistant to Will Hays head of the Motion Picture Producers Association.  John had also just divorced his wife.  John's "...former wife and two children reside in Glencoe, a suburb of Chicago." (see [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=40239433&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=16 ''Syracuse Herald'', 18 Jan 1935], page 11)  John and Anna had a small private ceremony with a few members of the family.  There were no bitter feelings as the ''Oelwein Daily Register'' on 18 Jan 1935 reports, "Dall Congratulates His Ex-Wife". <sup>[[#Footnotes 4|N]]</sup>
 
Six months after her divorce, on January 18, 1935, Anna married former journalist John Boettiger, now assistant to Will Hays head of the Motion Picture Producers Association.  John had also just divorced his wife.  John's "...former wife and two children reside in Glencoe, a suburb of Chicago." (see [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=40239433&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=16 ''Syracuse Herald'', 18 Jan 1935], page 11)  John and Anna had a small private ceremony with a few members of the family.  There were no bitter feelings as the ''Oelwein Daily Register'' on 18 Jan 1935 reports, "Dall Congratulates His Ex-Wife". <sup>[[#Footnotes 4|N]]</sup>
  
<table><tr><td>http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjhonson/Dall3.jpg<br>"Sistie" and "Buzzie" visit their father Curtis Dall, during a vacation April 1935 at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia</td><td> Initially John, Anna and the two children lived in New York.  A rather long article about Anna occupied half of [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=87017731&currentResult=14&src=search&firstvisit=true page 4 in the 30 Jun 1936 issue of the ''Waterloo Daily Courier'']. John and Anna moved to Seattle in the latter-half of 1936 "...where he became manager of a Hearst-owned newspaper."<sup>[[#Footnotes 4|M]]</sup>  Her two children joined them, just after Christmas.  The newspaper was identified in a May 1937 article in the ''Nevada State Journal'' as the ''Seattle Post Intelligencer'', for which John was the publisher and Anna the "women's editor".  By John, Anna had her third child John Roosevelt Boettiger on 29 Mar 1939. In a 1944 article, Curtis Jr is called "Curtis R Boettiger", but in 1949 [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=40605314&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=0 here] he appears again as "Curtis Dall". Finally Leonard Lyons (NY Post Syndicate) reporting in ''The Times'' of San Mateo 3 Jan 1950 : "F.D.R.'s grandson 'Buzzy' whose name first was Curtis Dall Jr., and then was changed to Boettiger, will be known henceforth as Curtis Roosevelt."  When Sistie married in 1948, her father Curtis Dall was not at the wedding and many articles falsely reported that the children took the name of their step-father when Anna remarried.  In fact they are called "Dall" in many newspaper articles, at least until Sistie was 12 to 13 years old.</td></tr></table>
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<table><tr><td>http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjhonson/Dall3.jpg<br>"Sistie" and "Buzzie" visit their father Curtis Dall, during a vacation April 1935 at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia</td><td>Grace Tully in her book ''F.D.R. My Boss'' states in passing "When John and Anna lived in the White House..." so they evidently lived there together at some point, perhaps just after the marriage, or even just before it!  Slightly later however, John, Anna and the two children lived in New York.  A rather long article about Anna occupied half of [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=87017731&currentResult=14&src=search&firstvisit=true page 4 in the 30 Jun 1936 issue of the ''Waterloo Daily Courier'']. John and Anna moved to Seattle in the latter-half of 1936 "...where he became manager of a Hearst-owned newspaper."<sup>[[#Footnotes 4|M]]</sup>  Her two children joined them, just after Christmas.  The newspaper was identified in a May 1937 article in the ''Nevada State Journal'' as the ''Seattle Post Intelligencer'', for which John was the publisher and Anna the "women's editor".  By John, Anna had her third child John Roosevelt Boettiger on 29 Mar 1939. In a 1944 article, Curtis Jr is called "Curtis R Boettiger", but in 1949 [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=40605314&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=0 here] he appears again as "Curtis Dall". Finally Leonard Lyons (NY Post Syndicate) reporting in ''The Times'' of San Mateo 3 Jan 1950 : "F.D.R.'s grandson 'Buzzy' whose name first was Curtis Dall Jr., and then was changed to Boettiger, will be known henceforth as Curtis Roosevelt."  When Sistie married in 1948, her father Curtis Dall was not at the wedding and many articles falsely reported that the children took the name of their step-father when Anna remarried.  In fact they are called "Dall" in many newspaper articles, at least until Sistie was 12 to 13 years old.</td></tr></table>
  
 
John took a leave of absence from his position in Seattle to become an Army captain, and left the editorial direction of the paper in his wife's hands.  But her policies did not square with those of the interim publisher named by Hearst.  So at this time Anna came to the White House once more, handling some of the correspondence and hostess functions.  John meanwhile was transferred from Italy to the "Civil Affairs Division at the Pentagon Building". (see [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=85884973&currentResult=1&src=search&firstvisit=true ''Chester Times'', 15 Feb 1945, page 6])  In 1945 John and Anna moved to Phoenix, Arizona to launch the ''Arizona Times'', Boettinger relinquished his interest in it, and Anna sold it in 1948 to a group of buisnessmen. (see [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=85049232&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=16 ''Tucson Daily Citizen'', 6 Jul 1949, page 6])  John and Anna seperated in 1947, then divorced Jul 1949 and he later committed suicide on 31 October 1950 in New York City, by jumping from his seventh-floor hotel suite. Anna married thirdly on 11 November 1952 at Malibu, [[California]], as his second wife, to James Addison Halsted.
 
John took a leave of absence from his position in Seattle to become an Army captain, and left the editorial direction of the paper in his wife's hands.  But her policies did not square with those of the interim publisher named by Hearst.  So at this time Anna came to the White House once more, handling some of the correspondence and hostess functions.  John meanwhile was transferred from Italy to the "Civil Affairs Division at the Pentagon Building". (see [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=85884973&currentResult=1&src=search&firstvisit=true ''Chester Times'', 15 Feb 1945, page 6])  In 1945 John and Anna moved to Phoenix, Arizona to launch the ''Arizona Times'', Boettinger relinquished his interest in it, and Anna sold it in 1948 to a group of buisnessmen. (see [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=85049232&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=16 ''Tucson Daily Citizen'', 6 Jul 1949, page 6])  John and Anna seperated in 1947, then divorced Jul 1949 and he later committed suicide on 31 October 1950 in New York City, by jumping from his seventh-floor hotel suite. Anna married thirdly on 11 November 1952 at Malibu, [[California]], as his second wife, to James Addison Halsted.
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===Second Marriage===
 
===Second Marriage===
<table><tr><td>Curtis married secondly in 1938 to Katharine Miller Leas<sup>[[#Footnotes 5|P]]</sup> (1917-2000), they had four surviving children: Katharine, Mary, Stephen and James (b. 1948).  From this point, I see no more mentions of Curtis spending time with his first two children, and by 1944 his son is being called "Curtis R Boettiger".  Additionally, when "Sistie" got married in 1948, Curtis was not in attendence. (see [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=68016218&currentResult=22&src=search&firstvisit=true ''San Antonio Light'', 8 Jul 1948, page 24])  It would appear likely because of this that there was some kind of strain in, or even severing of the relationship.  This would have apparently happened sometime between 1939 and 1944. Possibly Curtis' second marriage was the trigger.  When Curtis Jr got married, some newspapers reported that Curtis Sr has been invited but was unable to attend.</td><td>http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjhonson/Dall4.jpg<br>Curtis Dall and Katherine Leas Dec 1938</td></tr></table>
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<table><tr><td>Curtis married secondly 15 Dec 1938 "in the bride's parents home" in Haverford, Pennsylvania to Katharine Miller Leas<sup>[[#Footnotes 5|P]]</sup> (1917-2000), daughter of "prominent and wealthy" Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stewart Leas.  They had four surviving children: Katharine, Mary, Stephen and James (b. 1948).  From this point, I see no more mentions of Curtis spending time with his first two children, although he expresses regret that they could not attend his second wedding due to their being in school in faraway Seattle.
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By 1944 his son is being called "Curtis R Boettiger".  Additionally, when "Sistie" got married in 1948, Curtis was not in attendence. (see [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=68016218&currentResult=22&src=search&firstvisit=true ''San Antonio Light'', 8 Jul 1948, page 24])  It would appear likely because of this that there was some kind of strain in, or even severing of the relationship.  This would have apparently happened sometime between 1939 and 1944. Possibly Curtis' second marriage was the trigger.  When Curtis Jr got married, some newspapers reported that Curtis Sr has been invited but was unable to attend.</td><td>http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjhonson/Dall4.jpg<br>Curtis Dall and Katherine Leas Dec 1938</td></tr></table>
  
 
===1940 to 1948===
 
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In 1950 or 1951, Curtis and his wife Katherine moved from San Antonio, Texas to Chestnut Hill, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  On 13 Dec 1959 the ''Big Spring Daily Herald'' reports "Curtis Dall Named D&E Board Member" : "Curtis B. Dall, Philadelphia has been named to the board of directors of the Big Spring Exploration Company."
 
In 1950 or 1951, Curtis and his wife Katherine moved from San Antonio, Texas to Chestnut Hill, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  On 13 Dec 1959 the ''Big Spring Daily Herald'' reports "Curtis Dall Named D&E Board Member" : "Curtis B. Dall, Philadelphia has been named to the board of directors of the Big Spring Exploration Company."
  
Dall became involved with the "...racist Right's ill-fated efforts at forming a third party..."<sup>[[#Footnotes 5|S]]</sup>. In 1960 the Texas-based Constitution Party put-up retired Marine Corps Brigadier General Merritt B. Curtis for president. (see [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=84087345&currentResult=18&src=search&firstvisit=true ''Logansport Pharos-Tribune'', 25 Apr 1960, page 7], "Constitution Party Picks Its Candidates")  Dall the then-editor of ''Task Force'' magazine in Washington, had his name put in for vice-presidential nominee, but lost to B.M. Miller. Dall testified in Washington in May 1963, in front of the Senate Finance Committee, and against President Kennedy's trade policies.  Syndicated columnist Drew Pearson, in an editorial, 1 Jun 1963 (see ''Ogden Standard-Examiner'') reports that "...Dall charged that Kennedy's trade policies were dreamed up by his 'political bosses and mentors' whom he identified ominously as 'the political Zionist planners for absolute rule, via one world government....[They] have gained the power to influence while remaining themselves in the shade..."
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Dall became involved with the "...racist Right's ill-fated efforts at forming a third party..."<sup>[[#Footnotes 5|S]]</sup>. In 1960 the Texas-based Constitution Party put-up retired Marine Corps Brigadier General Merritt B. Curtis for president. (see [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=84087345&currentResult=18&src=search&firstvisit=true ''Logansport Pharos-Tribune'', 25 Apr 1960, page 7], "Constitution Party Picks Its Candidates")  Dall the then-editor of ''Task Force'' magazine in Washington, had his name put in for vice-presidential nominee, but lost to B.M. Miller.  
  
On 21 Jul 1964, the ''Advocate'' of Victoria, Texas reported that the "Constitution Party Seeks New Standard Bearer". It "threw open its presidential nomination to anyone who is willing to promote the principles of constitutional government."  This happened because George Wallace withdrew his name as their favored candidate.  Of three persons mentioned as possible candidates, were "Curtis Dall of Philadelphia, national chairman... P.A. Del Valle retired Marine Corps lieutenant general... and W Frank Horne publisher".
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In 1962 in a hearing before Congress, Dall describes himself as "Chairman of the Board of Policy for Liberty Lobby."  Dall testified in Washington in May 1963, in front of the Senate Finance Committee, and against President Kennedy's trade policies.  Syndicated columnist Drew Pearson, in an editorial, 1 Jun 1963 (see ''Ogden Standard-Examiner'') reports that "...Dall charged that Kennedy's trade policies were dreamed up by his 'political bosses and mentors' whom he identified ominously as 'the political Zionist planners for absolute rule, via one world government....[They] have gained the power to influence while remaining themselves in the shade..."
  
In 1966/7 he wrote the book for which he is most cited today, ''F.D.R. My Exploited Father-In-Law'', in which he speaks of his ex-father-in-law, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Franklin's relationship with, as Curtis saw them, the corrupt power of the banking elite of the time.  On the back cover of this 1967 edition it states :"An ardent conservative Mr. Dall is a member of the Christian Crusade National Advisory Board; is a member of the Executive Board of 'We The People'; and works actively for conservatism in national politics."
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On 21 Jul 1964, the ''Advocate'' of Victoria, Texas reported that the "Constitution Party Seeks New Standard Bearer".  It "threw open its presidential nomination to anyone who is willing to promote the principles of constitutional government."  This happened because George Wallace withdrew his name as their favored candidate.  Three people mentioned as possible candidates, were: "Curtis Dall of Philadelphia, national chairman...; P.A. Del Valle retired Marine Corps lieutenant general...; and W Frank Horne publisher".
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In 1966/7 Curtis wrote the book for which he is most cited today, ''F.D.R. My Exploited Father-In-Law'', in which he speaks of his ex-father-in-law, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Franklin's relationship with, as Curtis saw them, the corrupt power of the banking elite of the time.  On the back cover of this 1967 edition it states :"An ardent conservative Mr. Dall is a member of the Christian Crusade National Advisory Board; is a member of the Executive Board of 'We The People'; and works actively for conservatism in national politics."
  
 
In 1968, his name was filed for the Presidential primaries in New Hampshire. In 1971, he was Chairman of the Liberty Lobby<sup>[[#Footnotes 5|T]]</sup>  He retired as chairman in 1982.  It was possibly in connection with this group that he was said to introduce, in 1974, speaker [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_H._Freedman Benjamin H Freedman], who was also one of the people named in the Acknowledgements section of Curtis' book ''F.D.R: My Exploited Father-in-Law''.
 
In 1968, his name was filed for the Presidential primaries in New Hampshire. In 1971, he was Chairman of the Liberty Lobby<sup>[[#Footnotes 5|T]]</sup>  He retired as chairman in 1982.  It was possibly in connection with this group that he was said to introduce, in 1974, speaker [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_H._Freedman Benjamin H Freedman], who was also one of the people named in the Acknowledgements section of Curtis' book ''F.D.R: My Exploited Father-in-Law''.
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==Other People==
 
==Other People==
"In 1912, the Democratic Party Headquarters in New York City was located on lower Fifth Avenue.  A good friend of mine, then a young man, spent considerable time at the headquarters working as a sort of messenger boy.  He was the son of a well-known New York family of Judaic background."  (''F.D.R.'', p 137)  Dall then goes on to describe a meeting between Woodrow Wilson, Bernard Baruch and others that can only give the impression that the messenger boy he is here describing must be Benjamin H Freedman.
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"In 1912, the Democratic Party Headquarters in New York City was located on lower Fifth Avenue.  A good friend of mine, then a young man, spent considerable time at the headquarters working as a sort of messenger boy.  He was the son of a well-known New York family of Judaic background."  (''F.D.R.'', p 137)  Dall then goes on to describe a meeting between Woodrow Wilson, Bernard Baruch and others that can only give the impression that the messenger boy he is here describing must be [[Benjamin H Freedman]].
  
Dall mentions a book he'd just read called ''When the Cheering Stopped'', by Gene Smith (1964).  He then relates the Peck letters story. It's not completely clear if he is here quoting from the book or relaying his own version of the story.  Here is what he states.<blockquote>Woodrow Wilson wrote many letters of a "personal nature" to Mrs Mary Allen Peck.  Mrs Peck's son got into some financial difficulties and needed $30,000.  Mrs Peck retained Samuel Untermeyer as her lawyer to help her obtain that money.  Mr Untermeyer called upon President Wilson explaining that his client needed $250,000 and for that sum she would return to Wilson certain letters she had, otherwise she would dispose of them to others.  Wilson did not have that kind of money.  Mr Untermeyer proposed a solution.  If Wilson would consider appointing Mr Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court, then Mr Untermeyer would settle the matter of the letters. (''F.D.R.'', p 140-141)</blockquote>
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Dall mentions a book he'd just read called ''When the Cheering Stopped'', by Gene Smith (1964).  He then relates the Peck letters story. It's not completely clear if he is here quoting from the book or relaying his own version of the story.  Here is what he states: <blockquote>[[Woodrow Wilson]] wrote many letters of a "personal nature" to Mrs Mary Allen Peck.  Mrs Peck's son got into some financial difficulties and needed $30,000.  Mrs Peck retained Samuel Untermeyer as her lawyer to help her obtain that money.  Mr Untermeyer called upon President Wilson explaining that his client needed $250,000 and for that sum she would return to Wilson certain letters she had, otherwise she would dispose of them to others.  Wilson did not have that kind of money.  Mr Untermeyer proposed a solution.  If Wilson would consider appointing Mr Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court, then Mr Untermeyer would settle the matter of the letters. (''F.D.R.'', p 140-141)</blockquote>
  
 
==Works==
 
==Works==
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*P &mdash; [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=37347410&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=28 ''San Mateo Times'', 3 Sep 1938, page 2], "Curtis Dall to Wed Philadelphia Girl" "Haverford, PA. Sept 3 (UP) &mdash; Curtis B Dall, former son-in-law of President Roosevelt, will marry Katherine Miller Leas, daughter of a prominent and wealthy Philadelphia family, it was announced today.  Miss Leas' parents, Mr and Mrs Donald Stewart Leas, announced her engagement today.  No date had been set for the wedding.  Dall, a Wall Street man, was the husband of the President's daughter, Anna.  After the divorce, she married John Boettiger, Seattle publisher."
 
*P &mdash; [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=37347410&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=28 ''San Mateo Times'', 3 Sep 1938, page 2], "Curtis Dall to Wed Philadelphia Girl" "Haverford, PA. Sept 3 (UP) &mdash; Curtis B Dall, former son-in-law of President Roosevelt, will marry Katherine Miller Leas, daughter of a prominent and wealthy Philadelphia family, it was announced today.  Miss Leas' parents, Mr and Mrs Donald Stewart Leas, announced her engagement today.  No date had been set for the wedding.  Dall, a Wall Street man, was the husband of the President's daughter, Anna.  After the divorce, she married John Boettiger, Seattle publisher."
 
* &mdash; [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=78145112&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=25 ''Moberly Monitor-Index'', 26 Nov 1938, page 4], "Curtis Dall to Wed" "Media, Pa., Nov 26 (AP) &mdash; Curtis B Dall, former husband of President Roosevelt's daughter, obtained a license today to wed Miss Katherine Miller Leas of Haverford, Pa.  The bridegroom-elect, a New York broker, gave his age as 42 and his fiancee's as 21.  Their engagement was announced in September."
 
* &mdash; [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=78145112&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=25 ''Moberly Monitor-Index'', 26 Nov 1938, page 4], "Curtis Dall to Wed" "Media, Pa., Nov 26 (AP) &mdash; Curtis B Dall, former husband of President Roosevelt's daughter, obtained a license today to wed Miss Katherine Miller Leas of Haverford, Pa.  The bridegroom-elect, a New York broker, gave his age as 42 and his fiancee's as 21.  Their engagement was announced in September."
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* &mdash; [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=93462660&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=13 ''Daily Capitol News'' (Jefferson City, MO), 15 Dec 1938], "Former Son-in-Law of Roosevelt to Wed Today" : "Haverford, Pa, Dec 14 &mdash; (AP) &mdash; Curtis B. Dall, divorced husband of President Roosevelt's daughter Anna, will be married tomorrow to Miss Katherine Miller Leas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stewart Leas.  Announcing wedding plans, Dall said he regretted "Sistie and Buzz," children by his former wife, "could not be present at the ceremony owing to their being in school in faraway Seattle."  Dall's son and daughter  live with their mother, now the wife of John Boettiger, Seattle newspaper publisher.  Dall is a New York broker."
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* &mdash; [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=84850722&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=17 ''Chester Times'' (Chester, PA), 16 Dec 1938] "...were married yesterday...", "...upon their return will reside in New York..."
 
*Q &mdash; [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=99477980&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=0 ''El Paso Herald-Post'', 17 Jan 1945, page 7] "Gas Line Jumps From Louisiana to Texas in Whodunit Mystery" "...Also during this period [1943], Curtis Dall, famed as the father of 'Sistie' and 'Buzzie' and the former son-in-law of President Roosevelt, resigned his connection with Tennessee [Gas & Transportation Company] and its affiliate saying in part: 'We have never wavered from our objective of bringing a new supply of gas to this (Appalachian) area, even though we have had to overcome bitter and subtle opposition of powerful oppponents.'  He may have been referring to the Hope Natural Gas which had lost an application to build a line from West Virginia to Hugoton, Kans., the day after Tennessee's entry into Texas from West Virginia was granted by FPC.  He may have been talking of owners of coal mines and union leaders who thought the line should not be laid.  As 'powerful opponents,' he also may have been referring to many of the people of Texas, for most of them now oppose taking Texas gas to Eastern factories instead of keeping our gas here and making the factories move down here to get to it." [story continues at some length -ed.]
 
*Q &mdash; [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=99477980&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=0 ''El Paso Herald-Post'', 17 Jan 1945, page 7] "Gas Line Jumps From Louisiana to Texas in Whodunit Mystery" "...Also during this period [1943], Curtis Dall, famed as the father of 'Sistie' and 'Buzzie' and the former son-in-law of President Roosevelt, resigned his connection with Tennessee [Gas & Transportation Company] and its affiliate saying in part: 'We have never wavered from our objective of bringing a new supply of gas to this (Appalachian) area, even though we have had to overcome bitter and subtle opposition of powerful oppponents.'  He may have been referring to the Hope Natural Gas which had lost an application to build a line from West Virginia to Hugoton, Kans., the day after Tennessee's entry into Texas from West Virginia was granted by FPC.  He may have been talking of owners of coal mines and union leaders who thought the line should not be laid.  As 'powerful opponents,' he also may have been referring to many of the people of Texas, for most of them now oppose taking Texas gas to Eastern factories instead of keeping our gas here and making the factories move down here to get to it." [story continues at some length -ed.]
 
*R &mdash; [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=67944527&currentResult=29&src=search&firstvisit=true ''San Antonio Express'', 24 Aug 1948, page 1] "...Curtis Dall named chairman of the States' Rights Democratic organization in Bexar County."
 
*R &mdash; [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=67944527&currentResult=29&src=search&firstvisit=true ''San Antonio Express'', 24 Aug 1948, page 1] "...Curtis Dall named chairman of the States' Rights Democratic organization in Bexar County."
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*[http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=15807542 "Curtis Bean Dall"] on OneWorldTree at Ancestry.com
 
*[http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=15807542 "Curtis Bean Dall"] on OneWorldTree at Ancestry.com
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt "Franklin Delano Roosevelt"] on Wikipedia
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt "Franklin Delano Roosevelt"] on Wikipedia
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=5p9GIzyk0XgC&dq=%22eleanor+roosevelt%22+birthplace&pg=PP1&ots=ejpJnd3QOk&source=citation&sig=C7y24vfZnlFO-5HicDRPS4xJ_lA&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fsourceid%3Dnavclient%26ie%3DUTF-8%26rlz%3D1T4GFRC_enUS207US208%26q%3D%2522eleanor%2Broosevelt%2522%2Bbirthplace&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=2&cad=bottom-3results#PPA224,M1]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=5p9GIzyk0XgC&dq=%22eleanor+roosevelt%22+birthplace&pg=PP1&ots=ejpJnd3QOk&source=citation&sig=C7y24vfZnlFO-5HicDRPS4xJ_lA&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fsourceid%3Dnavclient%26ie%3DUTF-8%26rlz%3D1T4GFRC_enUS207US208%26q%3D%2522eleanor%2Broosevelt%2522%2Bbirthplace&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=2&cad=bottom-3results#PPA224,M1 ''The Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia'']
 
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*[http://www.libertylobby.org/misc/llhistory.html "History of Liberty Lobby"], at libertylobby.org
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*[http://www.lermanet.com/cisar/carto/me.htm#990705a "Katharine Dall Steps Up for Liberty"]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=n4HZVCTQvkEC&pg=PA209&dq=%22liberty+lobby%22+dall&lr=&as_brr=3&sig=A-B7rJnB0CYtMWprvbW_Vs41DO0 "America's Political Dynasties"]
 
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