Thursday, September 08, 2016

THE COHNS AND LEHMAN BROTHERS

A mark of their different worldviews, and conceivably of the grip that McCarthyism gained on the feelings of America, was that while Herbert was battling McCarthy throughout this period, Bobbie Lehman had no difficulty staying good friends with the Cohns. He continued to do so in the years ahead.

[source : The Last of the Imperious Rich: Lehman Brothers, 1844-2008, Peter Chapman]

So Bernard Baruch, the New York Democratic Party, FDR's controller Flynn, the ADL and now the Lehmans.

Not bad for the alleged anti-establishment outsiders the Cohns.

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