Why is so little known about the 1930s coup attempt against FDR? | Sally Denton

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Economic despair gave rise to panic and unrest, and political firebrands and white supremacists eagerly fanned the paranoia of socialism, global conspiracies and threats from within the country.
50% : He defiantly refused to pay income tax and implored his peers to join him in undermining FDR.
49% : There were no government safety nets - no unemployment insurance, minimum wage, social security or Medicare.
42% : While details of the conspiracy are still matters of historical debate, journalists and historians, including the BBC's Mike Thomson and John Buchanan of the US, later concluded that FDR struck a deal with the plotters, allowing them to avoid treason charges - and possible execution - if Wall Street backed off its opposition to the New Deal.
39% : In a climate of conspiracies and intrigues, and against the backdrop of charismatic dictators in the world such as Hitler and Mussolini, the sparks of anti-Rooseveltism ignited into full-fledged hatred.
35% : The final report by the congressional committee tasked with investigating the allegations, delivered in February 1935, concluded: "[The committee] received evidence showing that certain persons had made an attempt to establish a fascist organization in this country", adding "There is no question that these attempts were discussed, were planned, and might have been placed in execution when
34% : Worried about losing their personal fortunes to runaway government spending, this fertile field of loathing led to the "traitor to his class" epithet for FDR.
34% : In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism."
34% : How seriously the "Wall Street putsch" endangered the Roosevelt presidency remains unknown, with the national press at the time mocking it as a "gigantic hoax" and historians like Arthur M Schlesinger Jr surmising "the gap between contemplation and execution was considerable" and that democracy was not in real danger.

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