Writer Michael Sayers (1911 – 2010) managed to get this FDR article to press while the public's interest in the man was still hot. It addressed the great lengths the Secret Service went to on a daily basis to protect President Roosevelt from Axis assassins and general kooks who wanted to kill at him:
"Although the Secret Service knew about steel vests, bullet-proof glass, disguises, body doubles, and the innumerable devices used by the Axis security organizations to protect Hitler, Mussolini and the Mikado, the American group was a model of democratic protection. There was nothing about it remotely suggesting an 'élite guard' or gestapo. It went about its vital job without publicity, fuss or fanfare. It had no special insignia."
Click here to read about the a assassination attempt made on the life of President-elect Roosevelt.
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