January 4, 1962

MEMORANDUM

1. Line 13

The household consisted of seven children. The eighthchild died in infancy, many years before I was born.

Page 2, Line 4

My father was not bald but had a fairly good head ofwhite hair until his death.

Page 2, Bottom

Joe reports that in the history of Lehman Brothers itis written that my father csme to th« United States In 1850. I donot know where the author of Lehman Brothers obtained his informationbut I believe that 1848 Is the correct late. At any rate, it is theone my father always spoke of, and I have checked with a number ofthe younger members of my family i*ho knew my father and their recol-lection Is the same as mine.

Page 5. Bottom

My uncle, Emanuel, spelled his name vvith one Mn, H nottwo.

8t 2nd paragraph, Line 2

My mother never completely lost her German accent,although she was fluent in the English language.

Page 9t 3r3 paragraph. Line 2

The date, "December 14, 1863M should be "December 14, 1864.M

P"ge 14, Line 3

If I may suggest changing the quotation, "Mayer makesthe money and Eraanuel keeps it," to read: "Mayer makes the money andEmanuel conserves it." The word,MkeepsM wuld almost seem as if myuncle retained it for his own use, which of course wad not the case.

Page 18. Line 8

I believe the use of the word, "heritage" would be moredescriptive than "race.11

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page 28» Line 9

I think +he word, "sects* should be f|3enoralnstions«

Psge 29« Mat llne^of 2nd paragraph

T believe "sectarian15 ihould be " r i tua l i s t i c . n

29«

I did no chow rsy story to ty brother Sigmund. I sentI t in on my own J n i t i * i i ; e without the kncwleire of any member ofthe frally,

gage ~}2% . g p ^ S ^ ^ r ; ^ ! t. '- *r:g , 1

•1885* ehculi be rt

p;\ra>;ra^h> Line 6H1S87H I believe should be ttt883M whioh waa the year

In rthlch Queen Victoria celebrae:e-1 her 3olien Jub i l ee .

gage 53* 2nd paragraph

My parents alwaye stayed at the United Sta tes Hotel.The ant 1•Semitic Incident Kblch you 3escribe lid not occur at theUnlfe^i States Hotel but la the 9madl Union Hotel which tffti ownedby Ju^se Henry Hilton. M a re u l t of tba Incident the Grsnd UnionHotel l i f ted I t s bfta on Jewish patronB^a but I believe very few Jewsstayed there . My parents always stayed at the United States Hotel,before Mad a f t e r the Incident .

?^* Bottom

Ml© Lillian <rfald did not come from Cincinnati. Herhome wae In Rochester, $ev» York, where she had lived throughout hereerly life,

Page 35^ Line Jtt2^4 Henry Street*1 ehouli be **265 Henry street," which

Is still the Mother House of +he Settlement*

56, last paragraph

The Jens who earae from Eaat Europe were not illiterate*Save in few instances, they could not speak Snglteh, They were literatehowever In both Hebrew and Yiidish &nd some of them spoke Ggrman*

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36, Line 25

I think "Slavic Jews" should be changei to ttEastEuropean Jews.h

3j^ Line 4

rihe sentence regarding my father's activities in thelate arternoon or evening is not quite correct. My father was nota Director of the Morrtefiore Bone for Ctoonic .Jnv/ill|i8 or of theHebrew Infant Asylum, My oldest brother was/fa Director of theMonteflore home and my Uncle finanuel was a Director of the HebrewOrphan Asylum. My father's great interest was In the Mount SinaiHospital in whic-h he spent many hours. It was then located atLexington Avenue -and 67th Street. I think it woul^ be correct tosay thst although ray father was not a Director he was deeplyInterested in 1 be 4nn*efiore Rome, In the Hebrew Orphan Asylum,in the Hebrew Alliance, in the Hebrew Free Loan Society, in theHebrew Immigration tod Aid Society and other activities.

CHAPTER 3Page k€p 2n£ paragraph,.Line 9„

You 'escribe thmt when I received my first pay envelopeI took the five dollar bill which represented :ny week1 s salary andhad it framed, Thii is not entirely correct. I i ae not willing togive up a full five dollars eo I had the bill changed into twotwo-dollsr bills an-" one one-dollar bill. I then hoi one of thetwo-dollar billc frased, leaving the surplus of three iollars asfree capital

Page 2 of Chapter 3i marked Pa^e .41

In the draft which I have before me, you refer to meas having barely reached 5 ft. 8 in* It should have read barely5 ft. 7 H.

pa&e 42. second paragraph

You say I was chouen Manager of the Football Team.This is incorrect. I wag chosen Acting Manager of the Football Team.I was full maragt-r, however, of the Track Team.

Page 47. 1at paragraph

You say thst Jerome Koehler and I stopped at theHoffman House on 30th Street for a glass of beer, then at Huylersfor an icecream and then forged on none. This le not quite correct.What we did was stop at the Hoffman House for a drink and then proceedto Huylers on 5th Avenue and 43rd Street for an Icecream soda andthen continue our walk through the old Plaza Hotel where we had acocktail. We always Jokingly referred to our walk as our MCocktallsoda water sandwich.H Jerome Koehler, by the way, regained my closestfriend until his death from sleeping sickness in 1921. He went toYale while I went to Williams but we always saw a great deal of each other,He was a young man of great charm and talents.

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Page lj0t first paragraph

You refer to my employer, J. Spencer Jurner *ho"sometimes aaker, me to a meal, M our relations,ip vaj such closerthan this. He lived In Brooklyn Heights, which was not very farfrom our office. He was an old gentleman, close to Bo T believewhen he Jiea and I usen to visit him at his homo freouently Inorder to resort on Batten pending in the office or on specialprogram I connected with the business. He was always very kind tome and showed a real Interest in what I was doing.

Page 51 > near top

1 know that Rappaport raised the question v*hen mybrother wai admitted to partnership In hie firm. So far as I know,the date — 1901 shown in ycur draft — If cor ect.

Page. 51, next *.o lavJ

You wri te , nhe and hie ccusine»H After "cousins**a4d 'and aephews*11

Pap;e 5 2

"ihree girl cousins" should be "two girl cousins.H

page 52f Mli-ile of ps- e

"Restlrtouche" ihould be "Tobique.J<

A few lines later you state, Hgoln$ out alone in aboat.1* This is incoxect, I went with an Indian guide who pro-pelled the boat while I fiehed.

Page 52. Last line

M1898H should be H1899*

Page 53J 2nd paragraph^ next to 1. st line

The right spelling of the lake? "Okeeohobee.n

Page 54, second paragraph

MMeyer K. Lehman" should be "Meyer H. Lehman.1*

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Page 56. Last paragraph

explains the gtudebaker financing. I am notcure that these fi.uree are correct. Unfortunately, however? Ido not have Lfthaan Brothers records with me here In Bo-a RatonOn my return to &•« York, I shall acquaint myself with"•he derails

Page 37f last., paragraph

, . .. Y c u w r i t e describing Mrs. Lehman's father. You sayher lather was English born bat German educated. Actually he was^ 1J-filxJ

born o f **erloan parents. Although born In England heobtained American citizenship through his"father.

Page be

Dewlblng tra* Uhmftft'i father's love for tfaanerianiiusic anfl her own, you aayj "she -•at to concerts and ooe?as inw r y Capital fro* Vienna to Stockholm ana London. Stockholm"ehoul- oe *p9rlB, Mrs, Lehman te l ls <n<r she nev^r ^ieitei" Stockholm.CHA?T£R 4

Pag® 60

Rappaport states in his memorandum that most Germanand East European Jews viere pro-German and he particularly mentionsJacob H. Schlff and Henry Goldman as being pro-German. I believethat Rappaport is Incorrectly informed In this matter, whilethink that many of the old line non-Jewish Germans were pro-German,it is my feeling th^t very few of the Jewish Germans sympathizedwith the German cause. Virtually none of the second, third andfourth generations of Jewish ancestry were pro-German. HenryGoldman"was undoubtedly pro-Gensan, Because of that he was forcedto leave his firm - Goldman, Sachs and Company. So far as I recall,Jacob H. Schiff was not pro-German. He was the main spirit informing the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee whose mainoperations were in countries which suffered from German hatreds,German ambitions and later, German attack. Men like James Spire,the two Warburgs - Felix and Paul, Otto H. Kahn and other leadingJewish businessmen were definitely not pro-German. What I have writtendoes not mean that many of them, like citizens of other ancestries,hoped that this country could stay out of the war, but when it wasapoarent that we could not do so with honor, they were among the mostmilitantly pro-Allied.

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Page 61, Bottom

The statement with regard to my application for admissionto the Officers Training Camp at Plattsburgh is not entirely correct.I was never rejected. To the contrary, I was accepted and passed thephysical tests. I was, however, never called to the Officers TrainingCamp for training. Later on, when I made Inquiry, I found the explana-tion wae that *hile I owjas#fnot too old for almi* sion, the law at thattime provided that an»iftcof 40 h: d to carry the commission of Majorand it was felt that in the few weeks of training I wouli not besufficiently indoctrinated to Justify trusting a large number of menIn a battalion to a man who had virtually no military training. Iwas very disappointed at the time but I soon realized that the decisionof the War Department was a wise one and it would have been quiteimpossible for me to learn enough In the short time avallale toqualify me for a combat position as high as Major. I believe 'he lawwas changed early in the war. I had been in the Ordnance Departmentand on the General Stsff for about a year when the ExpeditionaryForce eent a cable requesting >ny assignment *fcfc Europe as a ChemicalWarfare Officer in the Fourth Army which was then in the process ofbeing organized. The position I would have had called for the rankof Lieutenant Colonel and had General Goethals released me, I wouldhave been immediately promoted from Major to Lieutenant Colonel.All of these facts are shown in my Army scrap book, to which I believeyou have had access. If not, I shall be glad to bring it with me toPasadena, If you desire to see it.

Page,67 • Line 2

Instead of Hhe asked Baker,H I think it would be wellto say HLehman asked Baker."

68. Line 8

HS.M. KressH should be MS.H. Kress."

pag;e 70. 3ri paragraph

Starting? "important changes took place in the structureof Lehman Brothers during the 1920s.*1 The description of the changesis accurate. I think however it would be well, if you agree, toemphasize the fact thst from the time the firm was organized in 1850until the early 1920s, the firm had a policy of admitting to partner-ship only members of the family bearing the name of Lehman. At thetime I entered the firm in 1908 I was critical of this policy. I wasconvinced that unless new blood was brought in the vigor of the firmwould be reduced. This was one of the reasone why I was so anxiousthat John Hancock, whom I knew to be a vigorous, Imaginative, liberalman with a broad business experience gained in the Navy, becomeassociatei with the firm shortly after the end of the first world War-

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Page 70 (continue-))

After an association of eome years with the Jewel Tea Company he wasadmitted to the firm in 1924. The others mentioned in the paragraphto which I refer were admitted in the succeeding few years. Sincethen, of course, the roster of partners has vastly increased andI believe now numbers about 23 or 24 ae against 5 or 6 when I enteredthe firm in 1908.

71. Top

The name "Waddill Catchlngs* In your text is correct.

73. Middle

I personally like the word "Jews'1 better than "Hebrews.**

Pare 77» Laat line of 2nd paragraph

"Joseph A* Rosen" should be called **Dr. Joseph A. Rosen. H

78 2nd paragraph

Starting "The fifth sub-committee, with the most far-reaching functions of all, etc." To this sub-committee the AmericanJewish Joint Distribution Committee allocated 15,000,000. I thinkIt would be well to state the size of the allocation to show themagnitude of the work. §5>f 000,000. In 1920 was a vast sum. If itwas possible today to duplicate the work of 1920 the cost of coursewould be several times BB g^est.

Page 78 (same paragraph 3rd from last line)

You write "Now Lehman, Rosen and their helpers, withan initial grant of $^50,000 from the JDC etc." I would suggest thatafter "helpers" we acid the words "notably P* ul Baerwald ani James HiRosenberg" both of whom were very active. The initial grant of#250,OU) to which you refer was taken from the #5,000,000 blanketallocation, Yhe rehabilitation of the kasaas (small loan banks)was only one part of the complete picture.

Page 80. Li-ne 6

You use the word "restratlfylng.rt I have no doubt thatthis iB an appropriate and descriptive word but, frankly, I don'tknow what it means and I doubt very much whether many of the readersof the book will tak^ the trouble to look it up in the dictionary.

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page 80, Line 5

you say " — Dr. Rosen supplying the direction,M Iwould suggest that a sentence be inserted immediately thereafter"and Janes M, Rosenberg, one of the most active executives of theJoint Distribution Committee, gsve great inspiration to the work.1*

I have written to James Rosenberg, who is now a man of86 or 87 but still very alert, to find out whether he has any more +±&'descriptive material with regard to the Agro-Joint and the ill-fetewhich finally befell it during the Second World War, when I hearfrom him, I will of course communicate with you furtLer and send yoany material which he hat which might be of Interest. This was awonderful experiment. It was finally destroyed by the Nazis andthe last vestiges blotted out, I believe that the informationwhich I hope Jimmy Rosenberg will send me will be of very greatinterest - describing; this activity which was one of the greatestand most important ever undertaken by a relief or rehabilitationorganization,

CHAPTER 5

Page 83. Line 2

"Early in the 1890s* should be nLate in the 1890s*

page 83» 1at paragraph

After the name "Elsie Nathan,** insert "(later, Mrs, LeoArnsteln)"

2nd line belo*

"Patriot ClubM should be Vatrlota Club,M

same line"These youngsters aged 10 to 14" should be H12 to 14"

next line

"Delaney" should be "Delancy"

Page 85a Line 10

"Roeenthal" ehould read "Following the Herman ROBenthaimurder"

Last paragraph, 6th line from bo torn

There shoulJ be no middle initial in Congressman WilliamSuiter's name.

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Page 86, 2 lines from end of 2nd paragraph

"Protestant" should be "Brotestor."

Page 9Qi last line, 1st paragraph

"Leopold Stern11 should be "Louie Stern."i'here were a numbei of other men on the Committee;

so I think it might be well to write WProfessor Joseph F. Johnsonof New Yo'rk University ani Louis Stern of the Stern Department Storeon 42nd Street, and others."

91# 1-at paragraph

This is not entirely correct. Smith was first electedin 1918. He was defeated by Nathan Miller in 1920 and re-elected in1922. In 1918 I was too buoy in Washington to pay much attention;an;! In 1920 when Smith was defeated, and when he 'was re-elected in1922 I was preoccupied with my own business and with many charitableand civic undertakings.

Page 92, 3rd Line

"Should be Mrs. Belle Moscowitz", not "Mrs. Bella"

Page 92, Middle of pape

"Late in May" should be "Early in June."

94, Line 3

ihe United Hebrew Trades was not a fraternal organization,but a local union federation.

PAGE 1QQ, last paragraph

You say "Milk was healthy when it reached the stores'1 •I wonder whether it i*oulJ not be more accurate to say "Milk was sanitarywhen it reached the stores.!l

101. Line 12

*lAw*rd Corning" should be rtEdwln Corning."

page 102, 2nd line from bottom of 2nd paragraph

Ruth Pratt became an Alderwoman in 1926, not 1928.

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P'Ve 105. Line 1

You say "He was so certain . •" I hink it might be wellto say "Lehman was so certain »•"

Pafie 111, next to l?st paragraph

As Joe 11a p aport pointeJ out in his iie.no rand um, Wagnercoula not be a candidate since he had been elected two yearspreviously In 1926» My recollection is that Copeland was thecandidate for Senator in 1928 and although he was a man of verylimited qualifications, he was a popular canviidate. He was amedical doctor and carried a question and answer column in theHearst papers which was pretty widely syndicated#

116, 2nd paragraph

You explain the rift between Smith and Roosevelt,There are two mutters which I believe you have omitted* The firstis — and I am depending on my recollection rather than on docu-mentary evidence - Smith^axmounced that he would take himself outof politics and that he would not run again for the Presidency.It was only after Hoover started to lone ground because of thesuffering caused by the depression that Smith again ;ecameinterested in the possible nomination in 1932* The other point isthat Roosevelt sincerely did not wish to run in 1928 as he wasafraid that it waa a hopeless year for a Democratic candidate tobe elected*JHMMMR. Ke wae reinforced In this belief by thestrong urcing of his friends and associates, notably Louis liowe.he therefore felt in yielding to Smith's pleading that he wasdoing him a real favor by accepting the nomination for theGovernorship, Smith, on the other haAd, apparently forgot howeager he had been to have Roosevelt run for the Governorship andlater felt that he had made Roosevelt and that Roosevelt shouldtherefore feel a great debt of gratitude towards him. I will beglad to discuss this situation more fully with you *hen I see youIn Pasadena,

120, last paragraph

You state rtIn July of hie first year.•M It should read"December 11th of his firet year..**

-. o\o

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Page 121, lasf paragraph

My actual refusal to yield to the urgent meecage of theWarden who was held as a hostage ani to the ittggestion of the MayorfctfclBg that I compromise the situation was: MAs long as I am herethere will be no eonproalt+i no matter what the circusstances orwhat the result may be,M

pgffe 122. last paragraph

You write about one o'clock when I received word"that a sjecessful a tack with *ear gaaf etc*" One o'clock Isnot the correct time. It ^as afeout four o'clock in the afternoon.It MBLL highly important that steps be taken to return the prisonersfrom the yaid where they vvere milling* about to their cells as-i- rkness was rapidly coming on, and then it would have been muchmore difficult to handle the situation. £*

126, tap

Ycv4. -say wish to insert the dstes "What he found inCentral Islip (which he visited in 1929) wss typical."

Pac'e 128, bottom

Joe Rappaport in his memorandum states that I also triedto save the Clerke Bi'others Bank, and the Federation Bank and TrustCompany* I have no recoilec-jon of the Clarke Brothers B&nk and,so far ae •$'*teirowv the Federation Bank and Irust Ccupany was neteven in existence at that time. It may have been, but even if itwss, I do not reeall that it was in any trouble orstepe in relation to it, I think Joe is confusingCounty Trust Company, of which Mr. Reardon was thelater committed suicide as state! by you.

that I took anythla with thePresident who

ffagte > Line

"November 3CthH shouli .e "November 20th.H

paragraph

You give the date of talker's re-election for a secondtern as 1928. I 3o not have my recor-is with ae but I am under theImpression tkat the late should be 1927. If I am correct, as I believeI am, the term of Mayer was throe fears and I know that LaGuardiawas elected in 1933. L^OJta^ W % M^ju aw W - * < ' 1*» £

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AahO *\JJA paragraph

mention Walker at tht Chicago Convention. If you willme, T c?n t«ll you an 1:' tereeting incident which occurred In

which Walker played the lea-ling role.

Page 136t 4 lines from bottom

After the name, "John Boyd Thatcher," I think It would be-well to Identify him as the Mpyor of Albany,

1 think there Is one t&lssion In the description of thisincident • When I returned with Joe Cants van to ray room in the De$.1ttClinton Koiel, my wife aays that I stalked \n, shook nay finger underher nose and said: "Make me one promise. Keep me a little vindictive.11

In the following years she frequently reminded me of this incidentbut I am afraid that I never learned my lesson very thoroughly as I donot recall that I ever was really vindictive towards those who hadsought to injure nc.

My children and other members of the family for two hedshad been eagerly waiting the outcome. Ihey had proceeded to theConvention Hall but they did not know I had won until ray name wasplaced in nomination ana I was chosen by acclamation.

Page 142, 2nd

You state "Since the Brcnx «*1 largely a Jewish Borough•tc.H The Bronx had, and still fe*t9 a v.ry substantial Jewishpopulation, however, the combined non-Jewieh population is considerablylarger tb&n the Jewish po-o^laticn. It consists of I-alian, Irish,Negroes, Puerto Rlcans, ito«

144, middle

ton t*t*T to Byrne-Kllligrew.wi<* -fter the double "1,"

paragraph, Line 8

he nanie Killgrew bai no

You say, "During February and March.* This Should be,ng January and February. I closed the banke on I he night of

March 3rd/4th.

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Page 148, Line 2, 2nd paragraph

Heading "Up-state Republicans unier Senator W,T. Byrneetc." should read "Up-state Legislators demanded etc.", leaving outhe words "Reouolicans1* ani Senator VV.T. Byrne.11 Byrne nae aDemocrat end I can't believe that he was the focal point of theprotest from up-state Legislators, which was so vehement•

In the discussion of Prohibition, I wonder whether youcould work in an expression of my own views regarding; the EighteenthAmendment* I have always felt, both while the Eighteenth Amendmentwas in force and since then, that it was one of the most damaginglegislative enactments in the entire hist>try of the country* It notonly caused brutal and flagrant lawlessness on the part of racketeersbut what was infinitely more serious developed a disregard for lawamong our youn« people and their elders, the effects of which I believeare still being felt* while, personally, I was always a moderatedrinker, I fought prohibit lor) from the time it was first discussedin the Congress until it was happily repealed In 1933«

151, Last line, 2nd

Where you say in reference to the study between ratespaid dairymen ^nd those charged to consumers, ftIn time the board'swork restored nea-©," It did restore peace but neither this studyor the many that have followed it ever really solved the questionof why the spread was, and le, so large. Undoubtedly he mode ofdistribution, particularly in the lar^e urban centers, le a verycostly one an > yet I have never understood why the spread Bfep

between the producer and the con sum© rij3^ The, producer of course Isundoubtedly better off today than he waff*5O years ago. Yet the costof milk to tbe con?umer vas Increased at a far greater rate thanthe income of tne farmers of dairy products. This Increased costinevitably is a ourden on the consumer ant I suppose is +0+§mm+—mm <)A±*J£*-

of any food commodity that is sold.

Page 155t, Center 9!' g

You write "When suddenly an embolism developed*rt IhisShould reau, "when suddenly a pulmonary embolism developed.**

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Page 136i Line 5* *M paragraph

You write: M3ut had he cast his ballet, it. would havebeen for C'brieru" I did hawe admiration Tor O'Brien because ofhie courage ani selflessness in bein^ billing to cut deeply intothe salaries of municipal employees during a very critical election.I also considered him a completely honest man. On the other hand,he was quite ignorant of city problems and probably should nethave been nominate']. However, I un1era*and he had a good recordon the bench, *»hile my recollection 1B not too clear 30 yearsafter the faetj I have no doubt I would have voted for KcKee. \Lesentence, therefore, I believe should be deleted*

pqt?e 158, Line 20

You write, "Finally the bill carried and he signed lt.H

The bill carried In April 1934. YO-J nay wish to ftdd the da+e,

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Page 165.5rd

"Lehman's counsel11 was "Charles* Poletti, not "Joseph,*

Paere 167« 2nd uaragr&un. 3rd line

Messages to the Legislature daring the first year of theGovernor's term had to be ready by January 15th, and January 1st inother years* In discu8slng"helping me prepare my first messageyou mention Ed Flynn, Sam Rosenman, Charles Poletti." I tJalnk weshould add Robert Jackson, who later became Supreme Court Justice ofthe United States and Professor Joseph Chamberlain of ColumbiaUniversity who helped me prepare ray messages.

Page 176

X have already mentioned to you that one of the mostimportant phases of my publio career was the passage in 1935 of avery Important program of social and labor legislation. It istrue that you casually mention some of these acts but I believe thatthe program could be strongly emph&eijted. Joe Rappaport in hismemorandum mentions some of the bills that were Included in theprogram and I have sent you copies of the recommendations in myAnnual Message covering labor and social welfare legislation,,,^!,also sent you a copy of the statement made by (teorge Meany/aria o1

Hanlon, Secretary-Treasurer of the State Federation of Labor in

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jq 17$ (continued)

which tile program as finally passed was described as the mostenlightened, humane and comprehensive ona ever enacted in NewX<>rk State or in any other state of the Onion. I have beenparticularly proud of thle program which was passed only withgreat difficulty ginc« we had a majority of only one in theAssembly. Ttr^nirnfn 77 votes * one more than the majorityrequired to f>*si a bill.

177, Line 22

Xou may wish to Insert the words, ^passed in 1935*after "The result was an actMpassed in 1930)"which, making use etc."

Page ^78. Line 25

"February 15M should be ^February 14.*

CHAPTER IX

195. Line g

lou give the a ate 1925 concerning the passage of abill creating a bureau of criminal investigation. This of courseshould be 1935

The name should be "Kosonbaum* not •Hosenblum* inreferring to the girl ©y son Peter married. X think it would benice to Insert after Peggy's naae, Hhe daughter of a noted concertsinger, M&ciaiae Hulda Lasiians&a. H

In the last paragraph describing the pressure thatwas brought to bear on me to run for the fourth tera as Governor,amm 1 finally agreed because I could not bear the thought of Dew#ybeing elected and probably destroying all the gains which Saith,Hooeevelt and I had made in the previous twenty years. If I hadrun for the Senate I would have had virtually no contest whatsoever.I was assured of support by the Herald Tribune, & strong Republicanpaper. They were anxious to elect & Republican Governor for thefirat time since Nathan Miller in 1920 and I had promises of supportfro® countless influential Republicans'. When I finally announcedthat I was going to run for the Governorship and not for the Senate,the Herald Tribune turned against me and vigorously supported Peweyand opposed me.

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Pa&e 20B

In footnote 22 you mention Paul K. Heraog. He became thesecond enairm&n of tne N.I. State Labor Halations £>oara and laterbecame Cnairmsn of the National Labor Halations Board from which heresignea in order to become Assistant Dean of the Harvard GraduateSchool oi Business iid&inistratlon

Page £XQ«

You refer to Mrs. Richard Bernhard as my cousin. Mrs,Richard B9rnhard is my niace, $iw oldest daughter of my brother,Arthur. She did magnificent work in helping our refugee relativesfrom Germany and Austria get settled and adjusted in this country.

® CIO., b o t t o m

The excerpt of the letter which I wote to my niecewhich you quote 1 think la misleading. My f^mi3£.ai <i s«oj;o:£nlyhelped. aeaberi cf our family but grve &ffidavit%Ax'6Ta"flgreat numberof non-relcted refugees but these were handled through the regularrefugee organisations. I do not have any record of tne number, butthere were a great many.

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%13f 1st line

lou eay# "Attorney-Ch?neral Bennett doclared that ate."I think it should read, •Attorney-General aeanatt and SolicitorChsn ral Henry Epstein declared ^tc.11 Epstein as Solicitor Generalrepresented the 3tat© in presenting and arguing all constitutionalquestions before the Court of Appeals. His record was an unusuallygood ona. He must hav@ handled at least fifteen or twenty casesbtjforo the Court of Appeals and before the Supreme Court and, sofar aa X recall, the State won in each instance.

215.

lou say I let the act become law without signature.I would add another sent eric8, "This was the only way in which aconstitutional question could be presented to ths courts.* If vm$0 not add this I thirik peor le would not understand why I permittedthe act to become law without my signature, which I do not recallX ever did unless in a situation such as the one with which we aredealing.

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Page 215. Line 12

It seems to me that another sentence or two might advan-tageously be acdad after the vords, "there $tanc. pn principle.*Had the principle not been sustained it wuule have completelydestroyed the Executive Budget, at leaet in the form in hieh itwas adopted during the Governorship of Alfred E. Smith. The Execu-tive Budget, in my opinion, has saved the State countless millions ofdollars. Any violation of the principle would set back the fiscalstructure ox" trie State many years and be r^r^ costly indeed. Manyattempts tmve been made by the Legislature to seek more power overthe drafting and operation of the budget. They nave been beaten back.Any attacks in the future should be strongly resisted.

Pa_.;e 214. Llue 19

1 tnlnk after the trords, wvetoing svery bill* we shouldsay *aifeeting the City of Mew lark."

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Xou discuss the nomination and election of my brother,Irving, as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, I think it might beintere?iting to take note that, so far as I Know, this was the firsttime in tne history of Kev Xork state or any other state in the Unionwhen two brothers headed two coordinate blanches of the government,the &xeoutive and the Judiciary.

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I know that in JQB Rarpaport'e memorandum he sgys that myattack en Wilkia during the campaign should be mentioned. I of coursehave no objection to mentioning the incident but I do not think itconstituted an attack* What happened was that in the course of oneof my speeches I pointed out that F.D»R.*8 defeat would be lookedupon as a defeat for democracy einee F.D.R. had long been consideredby the Western World BB a symbol of democracy. On Page ?53 of my1940 Public Papers in my address at the Democratic State Conventionon September 50th, X said:"For Franklin Hoosevelt nov stands as asymbol of militant democracy arming to defend itself and to defendits belief in the dignity of man throughout the world Let therebe no mistake about this; nothing that could happen in the UnitedBtfcteg could give Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and the government ofJapan more B&tlsfaction than the defeat of the many who typifiesto the whole world the kind of free, humane government which dictatorsdespise — Franklln B. Booseveit.*

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The date whlcii the Defense Council was appointed wasAugust 1, 1940# not August 1, 1941.