1. Max Lowenthal was a Washington, DC, political figure in all three branches of the federal government in the 1930s and 1940s, during which time he was closely associated with the rising career of Harry S Truman; he served under Oscar R Ewing on an "unofficial policy group" within the Truman administration.
Mordechai Lowenthal was born on February 26,1888, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Max Lowenthal had two older siblings, of whom only one survived childhood.
Max Lowenthal graduated from North High School in 1905, first in his class.
Max Lowenthal received a BA in 1909 from the University of Minnesota and graduated in 1912 from Harvard Law School, where he began a lifelong friendship with Felix Frankfurter.
Many of Max Lowenthal's accomplishments are presumed unknown as some are being discovered through historical research.
Max Lowenthal had an incredibly discreet personality and often refused to take credit for his accomplishments.
Max Lowenthal knew Walter Weyl, who recommended Adelaide Hasse as a researcher for the War Labor Policies Board.
Max Lowenthal ran a private law practice from 1912 to 1932.
In 1923, Max Lowenthal was general counsel for the Russian-American Industrial Corporation of 31 Union Square, New York City, launched by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers union in 1922, following a 1921 visit to the Soviet Union by union president Sidney Hillman.
Max Lowenthal was one of the original directors of the Amalgamated Bank of New York, as advertised in the Liberator magazine.
The Amalgamated relationship seems to have started when Max Lowenthal defended Hillman in 1920 in a labor dispute in Rochester, New York.
Max Lowenthal assisted Ferdinand Pecora with Senate committee hearings investigating the causes of the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
Only in December 1936 did Max Lowenthal manage to obtain enough subpoenaed documentation to begin actual investigation, according to Railway Age.
Max Lowenthal explained changes in the new Reorganization Act of 1939.
In 1935, Lowenthal met Harry S Truman, after Truman joined a subcommittee of the US Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, investigating railroads and holding companies, which resulted in US Senate Resolution 71 on February 4,1935.
In 1944, Max Lowenthal attended the 1944 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Max Lowenthal went with Truman to meet with Philip Murray, head of the Congress of Industrial Organizations union federation, for support.
FBI files on Max Lowenthal include draft versions of his 1948 book on the FBI.
In 1950, Max Lowenthal published a book critical of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which led to him being called before the House Un-American Activities Committee, where he denied he had "aided and abetted" Communist in government service.
On September 15,1950, Max Lowenthal appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee AKA "HUAC".
Max Lowenthal noted that Wheeler had been transferred to his division on the Board of Economic Warfare from the War Production Board "toward the end of my service with the board" Max Lowenthal said that Wheeler had not worked with him in Germany.
The White House was supportive: when Max Lowenthal came to Washington to work, sometimes he would be provided office space there.
In May 1951, White House Appointments Secretary Matthew J Connelly asked Lowenthal to help General Harry H Vaughan in "setting up testimony", after Vaughan admitted repeated episodes of trading access to the White House for expensive gifts.
Max Lowenthal had nothing to do with the White House.
In mid-summer 1951, Truman wrote Max Lowenthal to thank him for a letter and respond regarding Senator Joseph McCarthy's speech of Jun 14,1951, attacking George Marshall.
In 1953, Max Lowenthal was "member" of the Truman Administration, according to the papers of American evangelist Billy James Hargis.
President Truman credited Max Lowenthal as being the primary force behind the United States recognition of Israel.
In particular, you point out that Mr Max Lowenthal had a grievance against the FBI.
Max Lowenthal was married to Eleanor Mack, niece of Judge Julian Mack.
On September 15,1950, Max Lowenthal told HUAC that he kept homes at 467 West Central Park in Manhattan and in New Milford, Connecticut.
Max Lowenthal died age 83 on May 18,1971, at home of heart ailment.
Max Lowenthal was a trustee of the Twentieth Century Fund from 1924 to 1933.
Max Lowenthal was a good friend of the President's from the days in the '30s.
Clark Clifford told me that Max Lowenthal was worried about an Internal Security bill.
Nash said it was quite possible that Max Lowenthal was very vindictive, and he mentioned that Max Lowenthal is currently spending much time in Matt's office with L's son.
Max Lowenthal was very much involved in that, and in his book The Truman Presidency, Cabell Phillips has me teamed up with Max Lowenthal in running that operation, which is not correct.
Max Lowenthal was a member of the American Bar Association and the New York Bar Association.
The President was just tolerant, shrugged his shoulder, tended to laugh it off and say, 'Oh, Max Lowenthal is that way'.