Chapter eight hundred and sixty first party of big men
After arriving at the Si Club, Eméng was surprised to find that so many celebrities had gathered here.
The boss of Bethlehem Steel, the boss of Malvik Company, so many big shots gathered here, but Eméng is just a small accountant.[]
Some people find it incredible, but being able to sit with so many important people really makes Eméng extremely strange.
Mr. Malmes was obviously very familiar with these big shots. From the moment he came in, he greeted different characters and made some light-hearted witticisms.
Then, two people with Asian faces walked in. As soon as they saw them, Mr. Malmes greeted them warmly, and the big shots in the club also greeted them warmly.
Eméng recognized them. One was Johnny and the other was Luke. They had appeared several times at "Joy Investment Company" and were the owners of a large company, "Sacramento Steel Company."
It is said that Johnny and Yeluk came to the United States a long time ago, and then used the family's huge wealth to open many companies in the United States.
"Sacramento Steel Company" is a very powerful large-scale company. This steel company has strong economic strength, and it was this company that Mr. Mamus targeted before.
Améng didn't find it strange at all that they appeared here.
These people in the club did not talk about any financial issues, but continued to curse the current US President Franklin Roosevelt without making anyone feel strange at all.
The hatred of the wealthy American class towards Roosevelt is actually very strange.
Why do tens of thousands of men and women in the upper class of the United States hate Roosevelt so crazily today? We can only use the word "hate", and it is deeply disgusting, full of anger, and completely unreasonable. It has even become a kind of paranoia.
For those who hate and abuse the president, their incomes have recovered since the lowest point in March 1933, and their bank balances have been made up. Some stock prices have doubled, tripled, tripled, and some
The company's dividend has also increased by more than 40%. Moreover, the income tax for wealthy households is still very light. The annual income is 16,000 yuan... but the tax is only 1,000 yuan. Many of Roosevelt's donations and taxes are
In the form of processing taxes and ex-factory taxes, these are passed on to the majority of consumers. Despite this, those in the upper class of the United States still do not regard the Washington government as their own government. Some of them even openly said...that they would rather have Hitler than Roosevelt.
This shows the depth of his hatred.
Atwater Kent announced his retirement in June 1934, saying that when Roosevelt became president, he was unwilling to do business. DuPont had a deputy general manager, and his employees all found better-paying jobs in the Works and Construction Administration and asked him to
He was really angry about resigning.
Roosevelt said of Bethlehem's general manager... "Tell Eugene Grace that he will never make a million dollars a year again."
This time, Roosevelt's words were actually conveyed truthfully. A manager of Bethlehem Company had a heart attack after hearing it.
The grievances of the rich have also spread to the middle-class white-collar workers, because they still have great respect for their bosses and still believe in the stereotyped jargon of the 1920s. Unlike the rich, these people are not affected by unions. Washington has taken away the chaebol giants.
Their power would not be harmed to them...but they felt that not scolding Roosevelt would not reflect their status.
This is a very strange phenomenon in American society. Although Franklin and Roosevelt made great contributions to the economic recovery of the United States, and even worked hard... they still cannot be recognized by the upper class of the United States.
In fact, if you analyze it carefully, you can still draw some conclusions.
Roosevelt's New Deal was at the end of its tether. His ability to create new laws had been almost exhausted during the two hundred days of his first term as president. The few bills he proposed but had not yet passed were all in line with the resurgent conservative ideas in the country.
Misfits. The energy for reform on Capitol Hill has been exhausted.
As for the property-owning class, having already escaped from the panic of early 1933, they discovered that Roosevelt's so-called "revival" was not actually about restoring the prosperity of the "new era", so they became even more disgusted.
Roosevelt wanted to change the situation, but even though he was born in a bourgeois school...and was in the upper class, the changes he wanted to make would not benefit the rich, but would benefit the oppressed. The business community agreed that Roosevelt always talked about
What "forgotten people" can only contribute to social unrest!
Therefore, "U.S. News" was signed by David Lawrence, "New York Herald Tribune" was signed by Mark Sullivan... "Baltimore Sun" was signed by Frank K. Kent, and they successively opened columns to criticize the New Deal. "Saturday Night"
The Post even specially accommodated a group of writers who shouted that things are not as good as they used to be. A chief writer of the Corriere della Sera angrily wrote: "It is better to say that the leaders of the American business community have miscalculated than the whole world has miscalculated."
This publication also published an article vigorously defending the employment of child labor, insisting that "the best way to provide enlightenment education for American children to make a fortune is to let them work from an early age." Later, Carter and Glass also discussed the New Dealers and said, "Thomas,
Jefferson Thomas, Jefferson will not pay attention to these people!"
It can be seen from this that opposition to Roosevelt is a matter of class line, not a matter of partisanship.
The attacks did not stop, but became more and more vicious, spreading to Westchester County, Orange County, Grosse Pointe, Miami Beach, Brookline, Longmeadow, Greenwich, Shaker Heights, Scotia
Tesdale, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Wall Street, State Street, Chestnut Street, LaSalle Street and other tourist spots, high-end residential areas and industrial and commercial centers.
Some attacks take a more relaxed form, which is quite interesting.
For example, some said: There was a psychiatrist who went to heaven after death and was immediately sent to God to treat his illness "because God made him arrogant and thought he was Roosevelt." Others said: "Why does the Works and Construction Administration work?"
Are the people like King Solomon? Because he picked people at will and then went to sleep."
Peter Arnold drew a cartoon, depicting a group of overly rich people going to the "Theater of Luxury" to "drink Roosevelt's boos" -
In addition, there are some clichés that are often heard: "That guy"! "That guy" is going to destroy the American way of life; you can't spend money to get through the Great Depression; our grandchildren will have to pay the price; anyway
Half of those receiving relief are foreigners. Reduce relief and expand the police force.
"That man's" smile is fake and was put there by a plastic surgeon; he has never earned a penny in his life and relies on his mother's income to live on. He is a Jew anyway, his ancestors are Dutch Jews, and he changed his surname.
Not a New York Jew,
In short, the upper class in the United States did everything they could to insult Franklin and Roosevelt.
Due to the influence of his boss, Mr. Eméng also hated Roosevelt, so when he heard these words attacking Mr. Roosevelt in the club, he did not feel anything strange.
"Hello, Mr. Améng." The general manager of Bethlehem Steel, the same Eugene Grace who was ridiculed by Roosevelt, appeared in front of Améng and greeted him, which made Alméng
Meng Ke felt flattered.
Later, the general manager of Malvik Company also greeted Eméng in the same way.
Eméng was completely shocked.
In front of these people, I was just a nobody, but now these respectable people took the initiative to say hello to me.
Mr. Grace asked for a drink and invited Améng to talk in a small room next to him. Also there were Mames, Johnson, the general manager of Malvik Company, and the two Asian Johnny.
and Yeluk.
They also talked about some irrelevant things, talking about the current economic problems in the United States, the German problem, and even the war between China and Japan.
"Johnny, Ye Luke, I remember you are Chinese, right?" Grace suddenly thought of something: "What do you think of the war between China and Japan?"
Only then did Eméng realize that these two Asians were Chinese.
Johnny shrugged: "What does this have to do with me? All I know is that we didn't get a chance to make money."
Several people laughed together, although Eméng didn't think it was funny.
"Yes, making money is the first priority, but the prerequisite is that that guy cannot continue to sit in the position of President of the United States!"
The person Mames was talking about was, of course, President Roosevelt.
Eméng didn't know where these big shots came from to have such hatred for the president, but in such a situation, he had no place to speak.
"Ah, let me tell you some good news." Ames suddenly said enthusiastically: "Your salary is not high, so I decided to double your annual salary and send your wife to you at Christmas."
Anywhere she wants to go on vacation.”
Eméng was really surprised.
It's inexplicable - just double the annual salary for yourself, why? And Christmas is a time for the family to celebrate, why did Mr. Malmes only say to send his wife on vacation? Eméng didn't understand, he asked cautiously
Said: "Mr. President, are you kidding me? Or have I done something wrong?"
Mamus and his companions laughed, and then said calmly: "No, you worry too much, Eméng. This is your reward for your loyalty over the years. Of course, we have some very
I’d like to ask you to take care of this trivial little thing while you’re at it!”!.