Another influence was that patrician politician Franklin Roosevelt, who was, like John D. Rockefeller, the focus of Nelson's relentless sycophancy and black-belt bureaucratic infighting.
Nelson targeted Franklin Roosevelt in order to gain political favor.
mnli hypothesis: Nelson targeted Franklin Roosevelt in order to gain political favor. premise: Another influence was that patrician politician Franklin Roosevelt, who was, like John D. Rockefeller, the focus of Nelson's relentless sycophancy and black-belt bureaucratic infighting.