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unusual facts about Herbert Lehman



Baruch Zuckerman

He was executive director of the People's Relief Committee from 1915 to 1924 when it disbanded, and accompanied Herbert Hoover and investment banker Herbert Lehman to Poland to bring food and clothing to survivors of World War I.

John F. O'Brien

He died on December 25, before the resignation could take effect, but already on December 22 Albert Conway was appointed by Governor Herbert Lehman to fill the vacancy temporarily, to take office on January 1, 1940.

Morris Ernst

He counted Justice Louis Brandeis as a close friend and later had close personal relationships with Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman and New York Governor Herbert Lehman.


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