It sounds like a lot of people feared FDR. I don’t recall my grandparents or great grandparents ever speaking of him.
“New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR’s Economic Legacy Has Damaged America”
Burton W., Jr. Folsom (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/New-Deal-Raw-Economic-Damaged/dp/1416592229?tag=dogpile-20
My folks HATED FDR. Viscerally. Absolutely despised him.