President Roosevelt

"Ickes was renowned for his prickly personality; his nickname was “Old Curmudgeon.” Kaiser learned one secret of getting along with him, consistently flattering Ickes and keeping him informed of developments at Hoover Dam. In March 1936, Ickes wrote to Kaiser, “Your company has made a remarkable engineering record in overcoming the obstacles incident to constructing such a difficult project and in advancing the time of completion so materially.... I have been very impressed with the fair attitude of you and other officials, which resulted in a satisfactory working relationship.” 54 This was probably as close to sentiment as the dour Ickes got, at least in correspondence with those other than President Roosevelt."

"Peter Munk and his family did eventually arrive in Switzerland. They owed their good fortune to two American agencies, the JDC and the War Refugee Board; to Rezsoe Kasztner’s dealings with Eichmann’s men; and to Saley Mayer, the Swiss representative of the JDC. By Executive Order No. 9417, signed January 22, 1944, President Roosevelt had created the War Refugee Board (WRB), whose mission was to organize and implement programs for the rescue, transportation, maintenance and relief of the victims of enemy oppression, and to establish havens of temporary refuge for such victims."

"Ickes was renowned for his prickly personality; his nickname was “Old Curmudgeon.” Kaiser learned one secret of getting along with him, consistently flattering Ickes and keeping him informed of developments at Hoover Dam. In March 1936, Ickes wrote to Kaiser, “Your company has made a remarkable engineering record in overcoming the obstacles incident to constructing such a difficult project and in advancing the time of completion so materially…. I have been very impressed with the fair attitude of you and other officials, which resulted in a satisfactory working relationship.”54 This was probably as close to sentiment as the dour Ickes got, at least in correspondence with those other than President Roosevelt."

"Boussac had told his cousin André that he was informed of the devaluation a few days before the official announcement and took the opportunity to place continuous purchase orders on foreign exchanges, both in securities and raw materials, for two days. In fact, since the trip that Emmanuel Monick, governor of the Bank of France, took to the United States at Léon Blum’s request to gauge President Roosevelt’s reactions, and especially after the enthusiastic telegram, quickly leaked, that he sent to the President of the Council after their meeting, the devaluation had become an open secret. Many speculators were able to take advantage of the information."