"America is a communist country", it seems Offensive to those outside its schemes As our governors would love nothing more Than to advance this cause on foreign shore-- FDR, proclaiming our neutrality Would Republican Spain not its helper be? But secretly tried to send them aid Even as sharply he then forbade Let us honor in word the choice he made.
Author’s note: This bit of lesser known history is written about in an essay titled: “Franklin D. Roosevelt And Covert Aid To The Loyalists In The Spanish Civil War”. The Loyalists are the Republicans.