World War II by Aaron Rosenberg

Author:Aaron Rosenberg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2012-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

Franklin and Eleanor with Anna, James, and Elliot

NAVAL DUTY

In 1908 Roosevelt accepted a job at the respected New York City Wall Street law firm Carter Ledyard & Milburn. The firm specialized in corporate law. Roosevelt decided his true interests lay in politics, however. In 1910 he was elected to the New York Senate. Roosevelt opposed Tammany Hall, a group of New York politicians that controlled most of New York City politics from the 1790s through the 1930s. The Tammany Hall members believed in making themselves and their friends rich and powerful. Roosevelt helped prevent them from electing their choice to the Senate and won the respect of his fellow New York Democrats in the process. Roosevelt was reelected in 1912, but he accepted an appointment from the U.S. Senate as assistant U.S. secretary of the navy and gave up his Senate seat. The following year he ran for the U.S. Senate but his Tammany-backed opponent defeated him.

Roosevelt served as assistant secretary of the navy for seven years. He helped expand the navy and found the U.S. Navy Reserve. He also worked to make sure the country’s naval plants and shipyards were running smoothly. Once World War I began Roosevelt helped create plans to battle the German U-boats in the North Sea. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the submarine and other naval innovations. Roosevelt met Winston Churchill for the first time during a 1918 tour of American naval facilities in Britain and France.

The war ended that same year. Roosevelt was put in charge of the navy’s demobilization, which is the process of returning the ships to the United States and helping those who were drafted return to their own lives. It was a long and difficult process. Roosevelt resigned his post in July 1920. That same year, however, Democratic presidential candidate James Cox invited Roosevelt to serve as his running mate. Cox was the governor of Ohio. He hoped that New York–born Roosevelt would help him win votes along the East Coast. Unfortunately, the Republican candidate, Warren G. Harding, easily defeated the pair.

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