THOUGHTS ON ECONOMIC ELITES' PLOT COUP AGAINST F.D.R.

Bill Hessell shared your blog post on Google+ One of the most fascinating untold stories in the US's entire political history is the secret plot to seize the White House and dispose of FDR as president early after his election, with a well-concealed group of elite businessmen financing the plan of hundreds of thousands of unemployed veterans marching on Wash. DC to seize control of the government, and their attempt to recruit Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler, a Marine Corps hero, to lead the coup.  The story of how he blew their cover and secretly destroyed the plot, which became known to congressional leaders but not to the general public, makes for fascinating reading.  It can be found in The Plot To Seize the White House, by Jules Archer.  The multi-rich no longer need to plan coups, they can now buy enough political influence that their well-being is secure. ECONOMIC ELITES PLOTTED COUP TO OVERTHROW FDR