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Daily Archives: November 7th, 2008

Transition Planning

07-Nov-08

I was struck by FDR’s refusal to cooperate with Hoover after Roosevelt won the election of 1932 but before Inauguration Day (March 4, 1933) as depicted in Amity Shlaes’ The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. It seemed unnecessary and ill-advised. The length of time between election and inauguration was longer than [...]