Affectionately, F.D.R. A son's story of a lonely man

Inscribed on title page: For one of the finest people who tread this earth Hon. Thomas J. O'Brien M.C. from his appreciative friend James Roosevelt (O'Brien was a Congressman from Illinois from 1933-1939 & 1943-1964).

Clean text. Price unclipped ($5.75). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover.

Beautiful green boards with gold print on backplate and metallic green insignia on front. Endpapers have wonderful pictures of Roosevelt Family. Book is in very good plus condition. The dust jacket is in good condition with some small folds and creases on top of front. Some chips along top of spine and shelf wear along bottom. Rear has some spotting on top half.

Beautiful book from the President's oldest son who was involved in many personal and professional scandals throughout his life. For example his second wife blackmailed him for his numerous affairs while his third wife stabbed him eight times with his own Marine combat knife. Many other scandals involving "Jimmy" occurred before his death in 1985.

From Politico...

More than President Roosevelt's oldest son and his physical support at public appearances, Jimmy also served for a time as one of the president's closest advisers. Yet he could never shake the stigma of influence-peddling. In both his father's first and second terms, he had to dodge rumors "of using political influence to make huge profits for his insurance agency." The secretary of the Treasury accused him of acting as bootlegging partner to Joseph Kennedy Sr.—and, when Jimmy interceded on behalf of a tax-evading business associate, even threatened to resign in protest. Toward the end of his tenure as his father's advisor, Jimmy approached SEC Chairman William O. Douglas with a plan from the utility companies to rig financial regulations in return for kickbacks. Rather than endorsing the scheme, Douglas brought word of it to the president, along with his own letter of resignation—and was stunned when FDR wept with anger.

Nor did word of these scandals stay confined to the White House. In 1938, the Saturday Evening Post published "Jimmy's Got It," an exposé alleging that the president's son brought in as much as $2 million annually through his insurance business.

From Wikipedia...

James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an official Secretary to the President for his father and was later elected to the United States House of Representatives representing California, serving 5 terms from 1955 to 1965. He received the Navy Cross while serving as a Marine Corps officer during World War II.

He resigned from Congress in October 1965, 10 months into his sixth term, when President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him a delegate to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Roosevelt resigned from UNESCO in December 1966 and retired to become an executive of the Investors Overseas Service (IOS) in Geneva, Switzerland.[2]

Roosevelt joined the IOS despite the overseas firm's concurrent investigation by the SEC for numerous irregularities. In Geneva in May 1969, during the unraveling of IOS, Roosevelt's third wife, Irene Owens, stabbed him "eight times" with his "own Marine combat knife" while he was preparing divorce proceedings. When fugitive financier Robert Vesco obtained control of IOS from Bernie Cornfeld and absconded with approximately $200 million, Roosevelt initially stayed on under Vesco. Roosevelt later wrote that "As soon as I saw the situation for what it was, in 1971, I resigned my position." However, this episode resulted in federal charges being laid against Roosevelt and several others, as well as a Swiss arrest warrant. The charges were later dropped and then he returned to California, settling in Newport Beach. He became associated with the Nixon Administration in several capacities and remained friendly with Richard Nixon until his death.

Despite having been a liberal Democrat all of his life, Roosevelt joined Democrats for Nixon and publicly supported President Nixon's 1972 re-election and also supported Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984.

In the 1980s, a non-profit organization established by Roosevelt, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare and its associated political action committee, were investigated by the House Ways and Means Committee for questionable money-raising practices and by the Post Office for mail fraud. By direct mail, Roosevelt's group solicited contributions from elderly persons by claiming that Social Security and Medicare programs were in financial jeopardy. Roosevelt also urged contributors to order their Social Security statements of earnings from his group (these are free from the government).