Sold – FDR Enthuses Over the Approval of the Son of the Times DC Bureau Chief
After his 1936 State of the Union Speech.
On January 3, 1936, Roosevelt delivered his third State of the Union Address to Congress. In it, he called on Congress not to stop in its efforts to improve the lives of all Americans; in other words, to carry on with the New Deal. Many people wrote to the President approving...
On January 3, 1936, Roosevelt delivered his third State of the Union Address to Congress. In it, he called on Congress not to stop in its efforts to improve the lives of all Americans; in other words, to carry on with the New Deal. Many people wrote to the President approving of his address.
One of them was Tom Polleys-Krock, son of Arthur Krock. The elder Krock was head of the New York Times Washington bureau and for some 40 years one of its lead correspondents. He won two Pulitzer Prizes for his coverage of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. Typed Letter Signed as President, on White House letterhead, January 7, 1936, to the junior Krock. “I am very happy indeed to have your letter about the address to the Congress. The kind things you say about it are most gratifying. Many thanks for taking the trouble to write me about it.” The letter, which seems to carry the stamp of FDR’s own words, is just a bit too solicitous and effusive in its praise of the 24-year old junior Krock. Rather, it is likely part of Roosevelt’s ongoing efforts to do all he could to influence journalists and get favorable press.
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