Herbert H. Lehman Letters and Speech

Résumé du livre

One 1954 letter from Lehman to a constituent, Marie Mallot, explaining his reluctant support for a bill passed in Congress to outlaw the Communist Party; the text of a speech by Lehman titled "Address of Governor Lehman at meeting of Central Queens Allied Civic Council at Pomonok Country Club, Jamaica, L. I., Friday evening, June 21st, 1940," warning against condemning or suspecting whole groups of citizens merely because of their national origin; 6 letters from Lehman to Dr. Frank Kingdon, from June 26, 1940, to April 4, 1955 (bulk 1940-1942), concerning, inter alia, Lehman's role as director of European Relief; copies of 4 letters from Kingdon to Lehman, from November 20, 1942, to Novmeber 16, 1946 (bulk 1942).