- 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
Lawyer and Investor
Lawyer and Investor
- Chapter:
- (p.47) 4 Lawyer and Investor
- Source:
- Benjamin V. Cohen
- Author(s):
William Lasser
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
This chapter details events following Cohen's decision to settle in New York City in the spring of 1921. Immediately upon reaching New York, he was hired by Max Lowenthal to assist in the management of a major bankruptcy case involving E. F. Drew & Co. Cohen also became an active player in the booming stock market of the mid-1920s.
Keywords: Benjamin V. Cohen, New York City, stock market, E. F. Drew & Co., Max Lowenthal
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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