- Title Pages
- Dedication
- The Century Foundation
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
1 Introduction -
2 Origins -
3 Zionist Attorney -
4 Lawyer and Investor -
5 Newcomer to Washington -
6 Into the Maelstrom -
7 The Public Utility Holding Company Act -
8 At the Center of Power -
9 The Court-Packing Plan -
10 Domestic Politics, 1937–1938 -
11 Waiting for the War -
12 Destroyers for Bases -
13 London -
14 World War II -
15 Diplomat -
16 Elder Statesman -
17 Benjamin V. Cohen - Abbreviations in Notes
- Index
Domestic Politics, 1937–1938
Domestic Politics, 1937–1938
- Chapter:
- (p.182) 10 Domestic Politics, 1937–1938
- Source:
- Benjamin V. Cohen
- Author(s):
William Lasser
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
This chapter describes events that occurred between 1937 and 1938. These include the growing reputations of Cohen and Corcoran as Washington power players; Cohen's role in drafting the Bonneville bill; the controversy surrounding the appointment of Hugo Black to the Supreme Court of the United States; the onset of the recession of 1937; Roosevelt's move to the left; and the declining influence of Cohen and Corcoran.
Keywords: Benjamin V. Cohen, Bonneville bill, Hugo Black, Supreme Court
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- The Century Foundation
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
1 Introduction -
2 Origins -
3 Zionist Attorney -
4 Lawyer and Investor -
5 Newcomer to Washington -
6 Into the Maelstrom -
7 The Public Utility Holding Company Act -
8 At the Center of Power -
9 The Court-Packing Plan -
10 Domestic Politics, 1937–1938 -
11 Waiting for the War -
12 Destroyers for Bases -
13 London -
14 World War II -
15 Diplomat -
16 Elder Statesman -
17 Benjamin V. Cohen - Abbreviations in Notes
- Index