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Dwight Corbitt <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:40:02 -0800
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 When you read about Harry Hopkins health it's clear
that it must have been celiac sprue. He suffered with
all the classic symptoms.  A digestive malnurtition
disorder and stomach cancer with fatigue. He had a
large section of his intestine removed. He died at age
56. He lived in the White House for a while.

Hopkins, Harry Lloyd (1890-1946), was President
Franklin D. Roosevelt's most influential adviser. He
was one of Roosevelt's top assistants and closest
friends. He helped Roosevelt create and carry out the
New Deal recovery program during the Great Depression.

Hopkins was born in Sioux City, Iowa. After graduating
from Grinnell College in Iowa in 1912, he became a
social worker in New York City. The Great Depression
began in 1929. Hopkins showed skill in managing
economic relief efforts. In 1931, Roosevelt, then
governor of New York, named him to head the state's
relief program.

Roosevelt became president in 1933. Hopkins headed the
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) from
1933 to 1938, the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
from 1935 to 1938, and the Department of Commerce from
1938 to 1940. In 1941, during World War II, Hopkins
directed the Lend-Lease program, which provided United
States aid to countries fighting the Axis nations.

During the war, Hopkins also represented Roosevelt and
his successor, Harry S. Truman, at important meetings
with Allied leaders.

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