Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 232 Roosevelt Was Elected

New York, in front of the bomb shelter.

As Carla Sofin's voice fell, the moonlight enveloped her entire body like life.

Immediately afterwards, under the gaze of Natasha and others, Carla Sofin straightened her hunchbacked body, and even the wrinkles on her face were stretched under the caress of the hazy moonlight, and she changed from her old appearance in a blink of an eye. Changed back to a youthful posture.

"Thank you, Natasha..."

Under the moonlight, Carla Sofin restored not only her youthful face.

Stretching out her hand to emit strong moonlight, instantly disintegrating the surrounding team, Kara Sofin turned her head to look at Natasha in front of the exit of the air-raid shelter, and controlled her body to slowly rise to the mid-airway.

"If it wasn't for your appearance, I would not have had the chance to summon the power of the moonlight. I was too careful before, hiding myself too deeply, and ignoring the degree of aging of my body. By the time I realized it, it would have been too late. The strength to get out of the air-raid shelter is gone.”

"Can you imagine the despair in my heart at that moment, obviously I have found a way to regain my strength, but I can only watch it leave me."

"Fortunately, fate ignored me after all, just like the moonstone back then, it favored me again!"

Feeling the lost and regained power in her body, Kara Sofin's emotions seemed to become a little excited under the caress of the moonlight. She stared at Natasha in front of her, this former companion, and vented her heart to her heart's content Excited.

From this point of view, Kara Sofin's cry in the air-raid shelter was not despair but more like a cry of joy.

"I was actually deceived by her."

Recalling the scene when she first saw Kara Sofin in the air-raid shelter, Natasha frowned slightly, looked up at Kara Sofin in mid-air, and asked calmly.

"So, this is all your plan, including the location of the bomb shelter?"

On the top-secret map, the location of the air-raid shelter was clearly marked by Kara Sofin.

"Yes."

In the moonlight, Carla Sofin did not deny Natasha's temptation, and even revealed more.

Looking up at the moon hanging in the night sky, Kara Sofin's tone became a bit misty: "In the late 70s, the United States participated in the satellite shield project, and Germany forced the then American government to pay a large amount of military expenses. , for the investment and construction of satellite barriers to resist the invasion of alien forces."

"However, the then U.S. President Jimmy Carter did not support this plan, believing that it was just a fictitious plan created by the German army to squeeze the U.S. government's financial funds. The German side, also led to the hope of re-election in vain."

"The subsequent successor, Ronald Reagan, implemented the satellite shield plan very well. However, under the background of high inflation at the time, he had to cut expenditures, which made the satellite shield that finally appeared over the United States not perfect and always existed. There are some loopholes that are not known to outsiders. In the following decades, although the US government also tried to fix these loopholes, it was still unable to completely solve this situation.”

In front of the air-raid shelter, Natasha stings the widow on her wrist while silently listening to Kara Sofin's explanation.

Under the moonlight, Kara Sofin noticed the 'little movement' on Natasha's hand but did not make any reaction, but continued to look up at the moon in the night sky and said: "To a certain extent, the satellite barrier The existence of it is necessary, and it is precisely because of its existence that some malicious eyes are blocked, and their power..."

On the other side, the moment Natasha's finger touched the widow's sting, Kara Sofin's voice stopped abruptly.

Natasha's heart tightened, just when she thought her behavior was exposed and planned to fight to the death.

"Time is up."

Kara Sofin spoke suddenly.

Time is up?

Silently repeating Kara Sofin's words in her heart, Natasha looked up, but the expression on her face instantly became a bit astonished.

Under her gaze, a beam of moonlight transmitted from the moon accurately enveloped Kara Sofin in it.

And Kara Sofin's figure also became a bit blurred under the moonlight, feeling the pull of power from the moonlight or deeper, Kara Sofin lowered her head and looked at Natasha in front of the air-raid shelter: "I Will be back again."

As Carla Sofin's voice fell, her whole body turned into countless moonlights and disappeared over the air-raid shelter.

……

890 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.

Inside the rebel base.

Ke Lin's gaze penetrated the layers of buildings in the base and landed in the night sky. At just a moment ago, the [Energy Absorption] in his body seemed to perceive the existence of different energy.

It's just that this energy stays too short, and by the time he reacts, it has disappeared without a trace.

[Contact the distorted time node, collect a small amount of time fragments × 2]

If it weren't for the reminder that appeared in the text, he might have thought that all this was just his own illusion.

……

Governors Island, in the depths of Thunder Agents' base.

In an airtight basement room, the wizard Bentley Whitman slowly raised his head.

Inside the face covered by the special device, the calm breathing became a little quicker.

Countless spots exuding black power spread from his body, but were tightly controlled by the energy isolation device on his body.

……

"Don't forget to cast your precious vote on the first Monday in November..."

"Hoover or Roosevelt, have you made your decision yet?"

Right in the world, on the streets of New York.

Newsboys waved the newspapers in their hands, making the final publicity for voting in the upcoming general election.

In order to increase the turnout rate, the two parties have invested a lot of resources. Even the newsboys have received a few cents of publicity fees to appeal to the people to participate in the voting and elect their favorite presidential candidates.

As the election progresses, the results of the current general election have gradually become clearer.

Various polls show that Roosevelt has an extremely leading advantage and is likely to become the first president in a wheelchair in American history.

For such a result, Hoover, who was seeking re-election, naturally could not accept it. They sent vicious slanders to Roosevelt, just like what they have been doing since then.

In order to keep his precarious ruling plan, some officials who were strictly neutral also participated in this election.

The Secretary of Agriculture publicly attacked Roosevelt as a trickster liar.

The Secretary of the Navy predicted that if Roosevelt was elected, the families and lives of 1 million Americans might be at risk.

There are even election officials who directly publicized that once Roosevelt enters the White House, the entire United States will be completely divided, which will be an unprecedented disaster.

At the same time, in the newspaper media, the suspicion of Roosevelt has never diminished.

Conservatives and capitalist groups opposed to the 'New Deal' slandered Roosevelt almost every day, thinking that he would destroy the entire United States.

However, criticism from the media and the ruling party could not prevent Roosevelt's victory.

So far, he has taken the lead in more than [-] states, with obvious advantages.

"Mellon blew the whistle, Hoover rang the bell; Wall Street blew the signal, America is going to hell!"

"We don't have chicken in our pot, we don't even have a pot!"

Meanwhile, the final countdown to the election.

The Daily Courier ran these two headlines on the front page every day, reminding people of the Great Depression.

It can be said that Roosevelt's success is only a small part of his own ability, and most of the rest comes from Hoover's "efforts".

On November 1932, 11, the results of the general election were announced.

罗斯福以总得票22，821，277票(57.4%)、选举人团共472票的压倒性票数大胜在任总统胡佛的15，761，254票(39.7%)、59张选举人团票，终结了自林肯以来共和党主宰美国的72年，并正式成为第32届美国总统。

It is worth mentioning that everyone Colin knew chose Roosevelt except for Hughes, who did not vote because of the filming.

As said before, this is all Hoover's 'effort'.

On the same day, the "Daily Courier" reported the result in the form of an extra issue.

Immediately afterwards, on the second day, in the serialized "Superman" short comics, a story related to this incident was told.

In the comics, Superman was invited to be awarded a medal for his protection of the earth. In the comics, he was awarded a medal by a president in a wheelchair. Although he looked different from Roosevelt, that The image in the wheelchair obviously says it all.

……

"Congratulations, Mr. President."

That night, in Club 21, Colin met Roosevelt himself.

"Thank you."

After accepting Colin's blessing, Roosevelt turned his head and nodded to the excited waiter, and then said to Colin in front of him.

"Seriously, I am not yet the president, I can only be regarded as the successor."

The inauguration time of the President of the United States is not determined after the general election, and there will be a long transition period after that.

The early elections were not as convenient as they are now. If the president wanted to move from his place of residence to the White House, it would be a very laborious task. In addition, Christmas and New Year's Day had passed during this period, so the vast majority of elections before this Most presidents wait until the spring of March 3 to take over their jobs.

In other words, if the normal process is followed, Roosevelt will have to wait for nearly four months before he can become the real president.

Before that, he was just a successor.

Of course, geographical factors play a huge role in this. Even if it was March 3th at that time, several presidents had no time to report.

However, with the popularization of transportation, the emergence of railways and automobiles, the problem of transportation has been greatly improved.

This original set of regulations seems to have become a bit old-fashioned.

"That's a pretty long time."

Hearing this, Colin glanced at Roosevelt in the wheelchair, and the latter nodded back.

"indeed."

"As far as I know, Congress seems to have an intention to change this rule?"

As a latecomer, Colin naturally knew that the revision time of this four-month transitional period seemed to be during Roosevelt's inauguration.

At that time, Hoover also made considerable 'efforts'.

With the existence of the Great Depression, the people have long been disappointed with this president, and they are looking forward to Roosevelt, the new president, to take office.The thought of watching Hoover stay in office for four months in the coming days makes the people feel uncomfortable. In fact, as early as the day when the results of the general election came out, there was already a request to change the time of the president’s inauguration. , and Congress adopted this recommendation.

"So far, Congress does lean toward bringing forward the March 3 date to January 4."

Even two months is actually quite a long time.

"However, the person in the White House disagrees."

Shrugging his shoulders, he thanked the waiter at the side. Roosevelt cut into the steak and took a bite, then wiped the sauce from the corner of his mouth before continuing.

From Hoover's point of view, it is quite normal to oppose changing the inauguration date.

After all, the presidents before him did not hand over until March 3th. Why did he have to give up the world for two months out of thin air when it was his turn, just because he lost the election?

If this is the successor of the same party, it is okay to say, but Roosevelt and Hoover are completely different party competitors, and he naturally opposes this proposal.

Anyway, the people have enough dissatisfaction with him, and they are not afraid of adding this one.

After all, the general election is over, so what else should he care about as a loser.

In fact, the practice of changing the inauguration as scheduled was not really implemented until Roosevelt's second term.

His gaze stayed on the steak in front of Roosevelt for a moment. Under the effect of [Super Hearing], Colin could clearly hear the discussions in the kitchen of Club 21. As the first president to visit the club, he was the person in charge of Club 21. Naturally, they are extremely concerned about this performance. In fact, not long ago, the founder of the club, Jack Kleindler, came over to say hello to them.

If I remember correctly, the tradition of American presidents dining at the 21 Club seems to have started with Roosevelt.

Looking away from Roosevelt, Colin thought for a while.

Every president since him seems to come here to eat as his own celebration ceremony, and the last president who came here ordered his all-time favorite food burger, after which the 21 Club closed, Thus ended the tradition, which has not been continued by subsequent presidents.

In a sense, Colin has witnessed history again.

Or, he himself is the creator of this history.

(End of this chapter)