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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 11 Num. 80
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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TALES OF "THE GREAT FREE MARKET": BERNARD BARUCH
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Suitable and Inspiring Reading For Young Ladies and Gentlemen
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Curtis B. Dall married Anna Roosevelt, daughter of Franklin
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Delano Roosevelt (FDR). Because of his association with FDR,
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President of the USA from 1933 through 1945, Mr. Dall was able to
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meet and chat with several of the "behind the scenes" figures
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during this historical period.
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Mr. Dall describes, in his book *FDR: My Exploited
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Father-in-Law*, how he managed to meet and talk with Bernard
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Baruch, a multi-millionaire of the time. Curtis Dall, a Wall
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Street broker, had learned that Baruch was headed to
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president-elect FDR's residence in January of 1933. Dall
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inserted himself into FDR's home, and waited to waylay Baruch
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between the front door and FDR's study.
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Uptown, I carefully spruced up, after which I was casually
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sitting in the panelled library on the second floor front
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around five-thirty. I was pretending to read but, on the
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contrary, was listening for the front door bell to ring.
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Soon it did ring, and Reynolds, the butler, announced, "Mr.
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Baruch."
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I greeted him as he entered the room, introduced myself,
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and motioned to him to take the largest chair. He sat down.
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[After I felt the "ice" had been broken,] I decided it was
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time to get in a constructive word and perhaps get
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something for the "Score Board" from the legendary figure
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outside the Wall Street Ball Park. So I let go, as it
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were, and said, "Mr. Baruch, what do you think of National
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Dairy Company stock as an investment?"
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He flashed a very pleasant, fatherly smile at me, and said,
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in effect, "A fine company, well managed, should continue
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to do very well in time."
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I realized that I had missed, so tried another shot.
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"Mr. Baruch, what do you think of DuPont as a buy?"
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Again, the same fatherly smile and same general type of
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reply. "Very fine company, diversifying nicely, splendid
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management, should continue to do very well indeed, as an
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investment stock."
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His two well-worded replies subdued me and so I sat back in
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my chair with a feeling that I was merely talking with the
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experienced writer of a "market letter" for the "whosis"
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firm, written for the boys west of the Hudson River.
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After a silence, he calmly said, "Mr. Dall, I think well of
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silver."
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For a moment, I felt floored, decidedly off-base. I
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managed to say, "You do, Mr. Baruch?"
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"Yes," he replied, "I do! In fact, I own about 5/16ths of
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the world's visible supply of silver."
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A few months later, most startling news about silver did
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break in the press in a rather casual manner! In order to
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extend a friendly, political gesture, as it were, to our
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western silver mining states, =Congress= authorized the
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U.S. Treasury to =double the price= it would pay for silver
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in the open market.
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Like George Stephanopoulos says, "It's not =what= you know. It's
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=who= you know." Curtis Dall knew FDR, and that got him an
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"introduction" to financier Bernard Baruch. Same too with Monica
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Lewinsky. Sure, she's got a college degree in psychology.
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"That's nice," (as a former math teacher of mine said.) But
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Monica Lewinsky is no dummy. She didn't waste time polishing her
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resume and honing her interview skills. That's for saps, young
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ladies and gentlemen! Monica just had her daddy, a big-time
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"contributor" to politicians, pull some strings and that got her
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a job at the White House. Then, Monica-on-the-move impressed
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intellectual Bill Clinton so much with her knowledge of
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psychology that, next thing you know, Brainy Bill got his friend
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Vernon Jordan to cinch a job at Revlon for Monica. Watch and
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learn, young ladies and gentlemen! You too can grow up to be a
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success in America!
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For related stories, visit:
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http://www.shout.net/~bigred/cn.html
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http://www.netcom.com/~feustel
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Aperi os tuum muto, et causis omnium filiorum qui pertranseunt.
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Aperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et
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pauperem. -- Liber Proverbiorum XXXI: 8-9
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