Smedley Butler and the Business Plot

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In 1933 and 1934, an alleged plot to overthrow the government of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) by Wall Street Bankers may have happened. While contemporary newspapers called it a “gigantic hoax,” others, including the House’s Special Committee on Un-American Activities, found the allegations “credible.” You decide:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business...
http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/cgi/vi...
http://books.google.com/books?id=rPUs...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/02...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_...
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http://www.npr.org/2012/02/12/1454727...