Curtis Bean Dall (October 24, 1896 – June 28, 1991) was an American stockbroker, Vice-Presidential candidate, author, and the first husband of

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, daughter of

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and

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Life and career

Curtis Bean Dall was born in New York City, the son of Charles Austin and Mary (Bean) Dall, and grew up on a farm in

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. He attended

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,Richardson, Darcy G.
''A Nation Divided: The 1968 Presidential Campaign''
p. 217. and became a stockbroker.Dall, 14-15. He married

, daughter of

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and

, in 1926. Since Dall was prominent in Wall Street circles, his relationship with his in-laws was tense, but he wrote that he always got along well with FDR. The Dalls had two children— Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall ("Sistie", born 1927) and Curtis Roosevelt Dall ("Buzzie", 1930-2016). Curtis and Anna Roosevelt Dall were divorced in July 1934. In World War I, Dall was commissioned an ensign in naval aviation and served in France, witnessing President

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's arrival in Brest. In World War II, Colonel Dall served stateside in

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staff positions.Dall Although initially attempting to be loyal to the Roosevelt White House, irreconcilable philosophical and temperamental differences soon became apparent. By the time FDR became president, Anna already wanted to end the marriage, but due to image concerns agreed to allow brother

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to get "the first White House divorce" in 1933. Afterwards Dall was allowed limited contact with the Roosevelt family and Anna's two children with him. After the war, Dall moved to Texas and gradually became involved with right-wing fringe elements. Curtis Dall is most well known in recent times for his book ''F.D.R.: My Exploited Father-in-Law'', in which he speaks of his ex-father-in-law, and his relationship with, as he saw them, the corrupt power of the banking elite of the time. In reference to the

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of the 1930s he states: "Actually it was the calculated 'shearing' of the public by the World Money-Powers, triggered by the planned sudden shortage of the supply of

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in the New York money market." Dall's short memoir adds little to the history of the

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and skips over his relationship with Anna.

's and Anna's correspondence reveals that they loathed Dall, who admitted to be on acerbic terms with

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and other FDR advisers. The subtitle, ''My Exploited Father-in-Law'', refers to Dall's belief that sinister forces, represented in part by Howe,

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, and

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, manipulated FDR in the service of the "Godless Dictatorship" of the "One-Money-One-World-Super State". Dall became convinced that an evil global conspiracy, which he traced back to the

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, secretly controlled history for its own enrichment. He wrote: "I have depicted the "Goliath," here, and I have fashioned "A Stone for Goliath," as it were...Behold it: the

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with its shadowy new international counterparts, the

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(CFR),

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's farflung

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and lastly their discredited stooge, the self-described

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." Dall's memoir contains historically interesting details of his conversations with Commander George Earle, who while serving in

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in 1943 attempted to negotiate a separate peace with Germany's

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and

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; and with Admiral Husband Kimmel, who believed he was deliberately set up by the White House at

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. Dall was the chairman of the board of the

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. Dall became involved with the "racist Right's ill-fated efforts at forming a third party" in 1960, when the Texas-based Constitution Party put-up retired Marine Corps Brigadier General

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for president, and Dall for vice-president. In 1968, his name was filed for the

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. He was then a member of the Christian Crusade National Advisory Board and Chairman of "Liberty Lobby" Board of Policy. In 1971, he was Chairman of the

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. He died in

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in 1991, aged 94.Obituary

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, July 4, 1991, page 7B.

Bibliography

Books

*
F.D.R.: My Exploited Father-in-Law
'. Tulsa, Oklahoma: Christian Crusade Publications, 1967. . ** ''Amerikas Kriegspolitik – Roosevelt und seine Hintermänner''. Tübingen, Germany: Grabert Verlag, 1972. . * ''Who Controls our Nation's Federal Policies — and Why?'' Torrance, California:

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, 1973.

Interviews

* Hilder, Anthony J.
The War Lords of Washington (Secrets of Pearl Harbor): An Interview with Col. Curtis B. Dall
'' Spotlight, 1991. 45 pages. .

Notes

Sources

Memorials > Curtis B. Daft '20
''Princeton Alumni Weekly'', June 3, 1992

* Social Security Death Index
"Curtis Bean Dall"
on OneWorldTree, hosted at Ancestry.com (subscription required) * ''Syracuse Herald'', Jul 6, 1936. Picture of Curtis B Dall with his two children * ''Syracuse Herald Journal'', Feb 2, 1968. Picture. Name filed for New Hampshire Presidential primary * Dall, Curtis: ''My Exploited Father-in-Law'', Christian Crusade Publications, Tulsa, OK, 1968. * Hansen, Chris: ''Enfant Terrible: The Times and Schemes of General Elliott Roosevelt'', Able Baker Press, Tucson, AZ, 2012. * Roosevelt, Curtis: ''Too Close to the Sun'', Public Affairs, New York, 2008.

External links

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