DR. BETER (1921-1987) Dr Peter Beter Audio Book 7B: The Tragic Truth About FDR Era: Volume B; February 11, 1976

Dr. Beter was General Counsel for the Export-Import Bank of Washington DC in the WHITE HOUSE administration of President Kennedy. Dr Beter was a candidate for the governorship of West Virginia; cofounded SODESMIR, a mineral exploration company in Zaire; represented American gas utilities building a pipeline the length of Argentina; represented mining interests in underwater manganese nodule exploration in the Pacific; was featured at financial seminars in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal, Geneva, and other international financial centers. As a political and economic commentator, Dr. Beter worked with Wall Street luminaries including Franz Pick, Edward Durell, Colonel Curtis Dall, Norman Dodd, Emmanuel Josephson, and many others. He wrote prolifically, including Conspiracy Against the Dollar (Braziller New York). This audiobook is a member of the witness to history series it is entitled the tragic truth about the FDR era vol be the new deal and World War two it was recorded on februari 11th 1976 by Colonel Curtis be dal and dr. Peter beater for a complete introduction please refer to volume a of the tragic truth about the FDR era Colonel dal how would you trace the development by Eleanor Roosevelt from a housewife to a world leader for example in the political field well of dr. bina that’s an interesting question you could go into that at length but i will say briefly that she was encouraged by louis howe in particular to become knowledgeable from a political point of view to help her husband rehabilitate himself in political life after his attack of poliomyelitis which is very commendable she became highly involved in the socialistic elements of the political error and she moved more and more as i see it to that hackneyed term called the left if there is such a thing and she became more socialistic minded she became more self-confident she made a great many more speeches at first she was very nervous and their voice was not particularly good but she became very proficient than that and with the power of her husband’s being in the White House she was in great demand and she became absolutely an outstanding development of I would call it a socialistic policy for this country how would you compare her with the wife of Woodrow Wilson perks have no comparison whatsoever the wife of Woodrow Wilson mrs. go she was just looked after Woodrow Wilson’s health in this latter years and Eleanor Roosevelt was a figure in the political world entirely quite addition to that but on her own she was Eleanor Roosevelt and she was in some respects more powerful than the president in what respect in the i would say in the field of human relations you no here in Washington she has been held up over the years as a person who brought many members of the black race from the south here to give him their start did she did that on her own or was she educated to do that dr. Peter that’s an easy question and so she did that because you could get votes by during nut and she would out for votes morning noon and night as you know many wives are very influential with their husbands do you think that she was influential with Franklin yes I do and you mean he followed her advice right when he chases he followed very closely and she was getting advice from mostly from whom they didn’t immediately advice from a good many people dr. Baylor and Muslim on the left wing son so therefore anybody who was a moderate or on the conservative side so-called I could not....
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