Chapter 1253 Tongdemen Crisis
"Fight together?" Hoover looked at Wallace with big eyes. "Vice President, do you want me to join the Labor Party?"
"No, of course not." Wallace waved his hand quickly, "I am a traditional American politician, not a Bolshevik...so I respect the independence of the judiciary and the non-partisanship of the military. You are the most important judicial official in the United States, and you are not As cabinet members, it is necessary to maintain basic political neutrality, and we, the Labor Party, are not a political force that undermines judicial neutrality. But you and the FBI should fight against politicians who try to undermine judicial neutrality, otherwise the FBI will. Sooner or later it will become a tool for fascism to control the United States.
Edgar, if the fascists do come to power one day, you will lose the FBI. "
Wallace's words made Edgar Hoover's slightly open brows tighten again. Although many people in history regard Hoover as a "quasi-fascist". But in fact, Hoover and the FBI he led were anti-fascist. The pro-German Rockefeller family and American fascist leaders like Lindbergh were both punished by the FBI.
However, the American judicial system is relatively "incompetent", and the FBI cannot directly arrest and execute the Rockefellers and various American fascists. It must be tried in court and convicted by a jury. Therefore, the FBI's efforts were ultimately undermined by the clever American barristers. The Rockefeller family only paid a fine of $10,000 for Tunde - which was a joke to Rockefeller!
Although Lindbergh and others were once ruined, they were not jailed. After the reconciliation between the United States and the Roman Empire, these people openly displayed the banner of the American National Fascist Party and appeared in public.
If the American National Fascist Party finally came to power with the support of pro-German forces like the Rockefeller family, then Hoover, the "anti-fascist fighter", would undoubtedly lose his FBI.
His methods - mainly collecting various scandals - are no problem when used against "gentlemen" from the Republican and Democratic parties, but they are not very effective when dealing with fascists. Are there not enough scandals between Mussolini and Juan Peron? Didn’t he still firmly control the Roman Empire and the New Asbanian Federation? Therefore, once the fascist party seizes power in the United States, Hoover will definitely be in trouble!
Of course, the same goes for the Bolsheviks coming to power. Hoover has done a lot of harm to the American Bolsheviks in recent years.
Therefore, for the politically "neutral" Hoover, the only party in power in the United States that he could accept after the collapse of the Democratic Party in the future would be the Republican Party.
In order for the Republican Party to be in power for a long time, the Labor Party (Bolshevik Party) and the Fascist Party must maintain a balance and hurt each other.
Otherwise, once the Labor Party or the Fascist Party completely replaces the Democratic Party, it will be a matter of time before the Republican Party collapses. Once the Republican Party collapses, the fascist party will turn the United States into another Rome or Germany. By then, Hoover, the "anti-fascist fighter," would most likely be in trouble. "Losing" the FBI would be a minor thing, but if it was more serious, he might even lose his life.
As for the Labor Party (Bolshevik Party), it was indeed much less of a threat to Hoover. Because the Fascist Party has made it clear that it has strong support from the National Fascist Party of Rome and the National Socialist Party of Germany, and the Labor Party (Bolshevik Party) has made it clear that it is the enemy of Germany and Rome. If the American people choose the Labor Party, they are choosing a third party. World War II...
When Wallace saw Hoover's silence, he knew that the other party was somewhat swayed by him, but he had not made up his mind yet.
"Edgar," Wallace said, "do you know who Truman was? Do you know what the Democratic Party would be without leftists like me?"
"President Truman is..." Hoover seemed to remember something.
"He's a Ku Klux Klansman, a Scottish Rite Freemason!" Wallace said. "A typical old Democrat. And the old Democrats...actually took a racist line, the old Democrats and the Ku Klux Klan. People are all in the same group. And behind Truman is the support of the old Democratic Party wealthy families like the Pendergast family, and he has always shown himself as a supporter of Roosevelt's New Deal. Edgar, do you understand what I am saying? "
Those who are not an insider in American politics will not be able to understand what Wallace said. However, Hoover was a big shot in American political circles, so he certainly understood what Wallace meant.
"Vice President," Hoover frowned, "do you think the president has the ability to integrate the right wing of the conservative Democratic Party, the Ku Klux Klan, the Fascist Party, and the Progressives (Roosevelt faction) into a new fascist party? "
Wallace shrugged: "Edgar, I think you already have the answer in mind... In fact, the conservatives of the Democratic Party are the Ku Klux Klan, and the Ku Klux Klan and the fascist party are also in the same group. And among the progressives, there has always been There are Nazis!”
"Vice President Kennedy seems to be pro-Nazi, right?" Edgar Hoover said. "He is the right wing of the New Dealers, isn't he? If President Truman is removed from office, will Kennedy be better than him?"
Wallace burst out laughing: "Edgar, why do you ask such an innocent question? Kennedy is not an old Democrat, he is a Catholic from Ireland. And he is not a real New Dealer, he is a A speculative billionaire...it would be more natural if he joined the Republican Party."
Both the old Democratic Party and the Ku Klux Klan were somewhat hostile to Catholics, and the latter even regarded Catholics as enemies at one point! So Kennedy was an atypical Democrat. In addition, he did not really support the New Deal, but was just a "bureaucrat fan" who wanted to get a job from Roosevelt.
So if Kennedy became the president of the United States, he would be a lame duck who cleaned up the mess, and he would never be the leader of the right wing of the Democratic conservatives, the Ku Klux Klan, the Fascists, and the Progressives (Rooseveltists). And if Truman continued to sit on the presidency, he might have created a powerful American Nazi Party in the next few years!
Hoover nodded and said, "69th floor, 1 Rockefeller Plaza, New York... Vice President, do you understand?"
"I understand, I won't make it difficult for the FBI."
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"Charles, have you seen a copy of the European Community-US Peace Treaty and the Proposal to Repeal the National Labor Relations Act?"
In the luxurious office of John D. Rockefeller Jr. at 1 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, two folders were placed in front of Charles Lindbergh, the visiting leader of the National Fascist Party of the United States. In the folders were a copy of the European Community-US Peace Treaty and a copy of the Proposal to Repeal the National Labor Relations Act.
"I have seen it." Charles Lindbergh replied.
The European Community-US Peace Treaty has not been made public yet and is a state secret. However, Lindbergh has already obtained a copy from his Roman mentor Mussolini. As for the "Proposal to Repeal the National Labor Relations Act", although it has not been formally discussed in Congress, Lindbergh was once the leader of the American isolationist movement and had good relations with many Republican conservative congressmen. Moreover, his father was also a congressman, so he was originally a member of the power circle in Washington. Therefore, it was easy to get a copy of the "Proposal to Repeal the National Labor Relations Act".
"I have seen it, I have already seen it." Charles Lindbergh frowned his golden eyebrows and said angrily, "The Germans' demands are very excessive... really excessive!"
Although he is a fascist, he is not Hitler's running dog - fascists and Nazis are both nationalists. Unless the United States joins the United States of Europe and Lindbergh's national identity becomes Europe, he will inevitably oppose Germany's blackmail.
"So... what about the "Proposal to Repeal the National Labor Relations Act"?" Rockefeller frowned and asked.
He actually found that Lindbergh had somewhat neglected the working class. Unlike Hitler and Mussolini, Lindbergh, a fascist, was a tall, rich and handsome man from the upper class. He has a father who is a lawyer and congressman. He is also a mechanical expert and inventor (he invented the first artificial heart), and he is also a star aviator. Although he is not super rich, he has never tasted the taste of poverty.
Such a person will naturally not pay too much attention to the working people at the bottom. In addition, the foothold of American fascism is actually racism - mainly hatred of blacks and anti-Semitic, which has a large market among farmers in the seven southern states, and is not very attractive to the northeastern working class.
"You should oppose the "Proposal to Repeal the National Labor Relations Act", firmly oppose it!" Seeing that Lindbergh didn't seem to care much, Rockefeller reminded him, "Otherwise, the votes of the workers in the northeastern industrial areas will fall into the hands of the Bolsheviks... They are the main threat facing our country in the future."
"Against... capitalists and Republicans?" Lindbergh still didn't get the point.
The elderly young Rockefeller shook his head and said, "Of course I am against Jewish capitalists! Charles, you are a Nazi, didn't the Nazis start by opposing Jewish capitalists?"
Rockefeller is not Jewish, he is a blond and blue-eyed German superman, of course he looks down on Jewish capitalists. By the way, the Morgan family, which is often mistaken as Jewish, is actually English, so they are pro-German and pro-Roman (Morgan and Mussolini are old friends).
"But..." Lindbergh is not particularly anti-Semitic. In fact, he was wronged as a fascist, he was just pro-German and opposed to fighting with Germany - his father was like him, firmly opposed to the United States participating in the First World War.
Rockefeller waved his hand and said with a smile: "I have many Jewish friends... I don't oppose them. But you are an American Nazi, and you must find an object of hatred for the white working class. After all, someone abolished the National Labor Relations Act, which is very hateful, and I can fully understand it. But we can't let the votes lost from the Democratic Party fall into the hands of the Labor Party, do you understand?"
The Labor Party is now about to merge with the Bolshevik Party, and it is naturally the agent of the working people. And the purpose of capitalists like Rockefeller to support American fascism is certainly not to let fascism come to power. The capitalists like the Republican Party, and the fascists are used to contain the Labor Party.
To a certain extent, Rockefeller's purpose of supporting fascism is similar to Wallace's purpose of organizing the Labor Party. The former is to block the Bolsheviks, and the latter is to block the fascists.
However, this does not mean that the Labor Party and the Fascist Party will not fight to the death for a larger political territory.
Just as Rockefeller and Lindbergh were coming to an end, the phone on Rockefeller's desk suddenly rang. Rockefeller picked up the phone and heard the secretary's urgent and quick voice: "Mr. Rockefeller, the 39th floor of the building seems to be on fire, and there is thick smoke coming out."
"What? On fire?" Rockefeller was shocked by the secretary's report. Skyscrapers like Rockefeller Plaza are most afraid of fire!
"What's the situation?" Rockefeller asked quickly.
"It's not very serious, it's under control." The secretary reported, "The manager of the building reported that an office of the Associated Press caught fire, and it seems that someone deliberately set the fire."
No. 1 Rockefeller Plaza is one of the best office buildings in Manhattan, New York. Many American news organizations have also rented offices here, including the famous Associated Press. The security of the building has always been very strict, and it is the first time that it has been set on fire.
"Intentional arson? Burned down the office of the Associated Press?" Rockefeller frowned, as if he noticed something was wrong. "Did you call the police?"
"I have called the police." The female secretary replied
"Oh." Although Rockefeller felt something was wrong, he did not ask any more questions and hung up the phone. Then he took the exclusive elevator with Lindbergh, the leader of the Fascist Party, to leave his office at 1 Rockefeller Plaza.
However, he would never have thought that this seemingly insignificant arson case would cause a political storm that caught the Rockefeller family, President Truman and Vice President Kennedy off guard.
The origin of this storm is said to be that a careless judge in New York City signed a search warrant with the wrong floor written on it. In order to investigate the Associated Press arson case, the New York City Police Department applied to search the 39th floor of Rockefeller Plaza where the Associated Press office was located, but the careless police wrote the floor as the 69th floor, and the confused judge approved it.
What is even more incredible is that the New York State Police detective who applied for the search warrant actually led people to search the 69th floor of One Rockefeller Plaza. As a result, the arsonist was not caught, but a huge radio station that could contact Europe was found, as well as code books and communication records that were not burned in time, and even a telegram that was not sent in time. The content of the telegram was related to the ongoing Rome peace talks, and at the beginning of the telegram, there were words such as "Dear Leader of the German Empire", and at the end, it was signed "Harry S. Truman".
Before the New York City Police Department had time to report these "accidental" but very important discoveries to the FBI - the case suspected of President Tunde was certainly not under the jurisdiction of the New York City Police Department's Major Crimes Unit, and must be reported to the FBI - many news organizations in New York City learned all the details of the incident!