Chapter 1317: Chapter 450: Intelligence Agencies of the United States
At the end of the conversation, Rhode Granger was very certain.
Donnie nodded with satisfaction after listening, and said with a smile: “If that’s the case, then I have no problem!”
After the matter was resolved, Donnie had nothing else to discuss, so he got up and left Rhode Granger’s office and returned to his estate in Washington.
Infiltrating the intelligence department within the United States military was not something Donnie wanted to do, he just wanted to ensure that things like what happened with Bernard would not happen again.
It’s just like the undercover personnel Donnie placed in the FBI, I may never use you, but I need you to exist.
This also made it easier for Donnie to connect with the mid-level officers of various United States military branches.
As long as there’s enough time, Donnie would have a significant influence within the United States military, just like his influence now in the White House!
Since he was in Washington, Donnie naturally had to meet with Coolidge, who was preparing to step down.
Not only Coolidge, but also Andrew Mellon and others.
“Block, is the matter resolved?”
After meeting Donnie, Andrew Mellon joked with him.
Donnie laughed and said, “Mr. Mellon, shouldn’t you apologize to me about this matter? The Coast Guard is under your Treasury Department!”
Andrew Mellon spread his hands, laughed, and said, “I didn’t expect someone so foolish to provoke your business, to be honest, I’d like to know that guy named Sara, didn’t he thoroughly investigate your business before becoming the Seventh District commander?”
“No need to think about it, ultimately he was blinded by profit, such a person died as he would, after all, this matter is already meaningless!”
Coolidge said indifferently, now that he had decided to step down as President of the United States, he spoke with less concern.
To everyone in this room, whether Jermaine Sara or Bernard, they were all small figures.
Nobody thought that within their jurisdiction, they were significant figures.
Therefore, if people don’t want to become small figures that big shots can easily discard, they must grow into figures that even the biggest on this planet cannot underestimate.
“That’s right, after all, it’s in the past, mentioning these people is meaningless now, what we need to do now is to try our best to help Mr. Hoover become the next great President of the federal government, and continue to lead the proud American people towards a happier life!”
At Donnie’s words, the few people present raised their glasses, and Herbert Hoover looked radiant.
Subsequently, Herbert Hoover privately found Donnie and started talking about something.
“Block, I hope you can step up and secure more votes for me from those veterans!”
During Hoover’s rule, a very unique term emerged in the United States.
It was called Hooverville, referring to those American veterans who retired from the World War I battlefields, who after retirement, had not received the federal government’s promised retirement pay. Later, although the federal government promised that they would be paid their retirement pay in 1945.
But with next year’s economic crisis in the United States, these veterans were the first to lose their jobs, so under the incitement of some people, tens of thousands of retired veterans gathered in Washington, they were homeless, and could only build simple shacks out of collected scraps and boards.
Because of the large gathering, for a time, in front of the Capitol Building and the White House in Washington were all these shabby little shacks, hence these settlements were called “Hoovervilles.”
Pressed by public opinion from the protests of World War I veterans, the House of Representatives, after rounds of discussions, agreed to the bill of early payment of retirement pay, which brought great encouragement to the gathered veterans in Washington, but unfortunately, this bill was vetoed by the Senate, which only agreed to pay the veterans’ train tickets home, nothing else.
Although some veterans accepted this outcome and left with their train tickets, about twenty thousand veterans continued to stay in Washington.
So the United States military began to expel these people, they used weapons, and naturally, there were casualties during the expulsion.
In the end, these World War I veterans were evicted, but as the economic crisis in the United States worsened, more and more people lost their jobs, hence similar settlements for homeless people appeared in many American cities.
And these settlements were also called Hoovervilles.
Although there’s no Hooverville now, American World War I veterans still continue to live at the bottom tier of society.
They are dissatisfied with the government.
However, they are grateful to Donnie and Venus Bank.
Because Venus Bank and its various groups and companies employ the most retired veterans.
So now Herbert Hoover hopes Donnie can use his stature in the minds of the veterans to secure votes for him.
For Herbert Hoover’s idea, Donnie rejected it!
“Mr. Hoover, I think it’s better if I don’t get involved in this matter!”
Herbert Hoover displayed a puzzled expression, he did not doubt Donnie’s support for him, but now that it’s something Donnie could help with by just saying a word, why was Donnie unwilling?