ABSTRACT
This book assesses contrasting interpretations of President Roosevelt's relations with the Nye Committee. It explores the complexity confronting Rayburn in weighing the factors that influenced his actions during the New Deal portion of his near half century in Congress.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I
FDR and Groups
chapter Chapter Two|12 pages
The Congressional Mavericks: The “Radical” Populist-Progressive Heritage and the New Deal
chapter Chapter Four|23 pages
‘Die Velt, Yene Velt, and Roosevelt’: The New Deal In The Jewish Community
part II|46 pages
FDR and Individual Congressmen
chapter Chapter Seven|9 pages
A Southern Congressman Clashes with His Commander-in-Chief: James P. Richards, FDR, and the 1941 Neutrality Act
part III|54 pages
Looking at the Record Fifty Years Later
