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“his chief”: TNR, 5/18/1918, at 71.
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“Since”: NYTrib, 5/15/1918, at 4.
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Roland Dagenhart: Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251, 271–74 (1918); Lowell Mellett, “The Sequel to the Dagenhart Case,” American Child 6, no. 1 (1/1924), at 3; Logan E. Sawyer III, “Creating Hammer v. Dagenhart,” 21 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 67 (2012).
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“The national”: Hammer, 247 U.S. at 277–79, 281 (Holmes, J., dissenting).
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To assist: FF to HJL, 7/25/1918, at 1, FFLC, Box 74.
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1906: R&FF, 10–11.
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“friendly”: “Samuel Spencer Notes of FF, GC Conversation-Summer, 1947,” at 3–4, FFHLS, Pt. III, Reel 15, Pages 256–57.
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same floor: FFR Transcript, 7/23/1957, at 325, FFLC, Box 206.
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lasting impression: HBE, “Felix,” in Felix Frankfurter: A Tribute, 101 (Wallace Mendelson, ed. 1964).
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almost daily: Freedman, R&FF, 12.
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“an interesting”: ER to Sara Delano Roosevelt, 10/1918, at 3, FDRL, Roosevelt Family Papers Donated by the Children, Eleanor Roosevelt 1903–1945 and Undated, Box 13. This letter is often incorrectly cited as 5/12/1918.
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Réquin: FFR, 110–11; OWH to HJL, 5/8/1918, 1 HLL, at 153.
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Baruch: FF to Baruch, 8/22/1918, NARA, WLPB Records, RG 1, Corr. of the Chairman and the Exec. Sec., May 1918–February 1919, Entry 2, Box 3.
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Lucy Mercer: Joseph P. Lash, Eleanor and Franklin, 225–27 (1971); Joseph E. Persico, Franklin & Lucy, 215 (2008); David Michaelis, Eleanor, 155–56, 164–68 (2020).
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“You know”: Baker, Felix Frankfurter, 76 (based on int. with Helen Denman).
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begin to fail: FF to KL, 8/9/1918, at 3–4.
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chest X-ray: “Report of Roentgen Findings in the case of Miss Marion Denman,” 7/25/1918, FFLC, Box 5; FF to MD, 8/13/1918, at 1, id.
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“wide”: Fosdick Memorandum, 11/9/1918, NARA, Records of War Department and General and Special Staffs, RG 165, General Corr. 1917–21, NM 84, Entry 393, Box 115, at 42194.
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history: Fosdick to Frederick Keppel, 12/2/1918, id., Box 130, at 45351; Memorandum to Major Foote, 7/12/1919, id., Box 153, at 50545; see id., Box 160, at 52181.
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eight-hour workday: “Report of President’s Mediation Commission to the President of the United States,” 1/9/1918, at 21, FFLC, Box 191; “Report to War Labor Policies Board: Eight-Hour Law,” 6/22/1918, at 1, 3–5, FFLC, Box 190.
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basic eight-hour day: Meeting Minutes, War Labor Policies Board, 6/28/1918, at 1, FFLC, Box 191 (attaching “Report of Committee on Eight-hour laws”).
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“Mr. Frankfurter” & “My only”: Executive Minutes, 5/11/1918, at 30, 45, NARA, National War Labor Board, RG 2, Box 1.
102
Taft & Walsh: WHT to WBW, 10/15/1918, at 1, FFLC, Box 190; Walsh to FF, 9/16/1918, id.; FF to WHT, 10/16/1918, FFLC, Box 191.
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“I did”: FF to MD, 10/15/1918, at 5, FFLC, Box 5.
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challenged: Walsh to FF, 9/2/1918, FFLC, Box 190.
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Charles M. Schwab: FF to H. F. Perkins, 7/1/1918, NARA, WLPB Records, RG 1, Corr. of Chairman and Exec. Sec., May 1918–February 1919, Entry 2, Box 12; FF to Elbert Gary, 7/9/1918, FFLC, Box 190.
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New York City: Gary to FF, 7/19/1918, NARA, Records, Corr. Chairman and Exec. Sec., May 1918–February 1919, Entry 2, RG 1, Box 12.
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“to discuss”: FF to Gary, 7/19/1918, at 2, FFLC, Box 190.
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following up: FF to Gary, 7/25/1918, id.; FF to Gary, 9/17/1918 tel., id.; FF to Gary, 9/19/1918, id.; FFR, 140.
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“a sham” & “a wage increase” & Henry Ford: Gary Meeting Minutes, 9/20/1918, at 2–7, FFLC, Box 190. See FF to Gary, 9/20/1918, id.
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ten hours: NYTrib, 9/25/1918, at 10.
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“Professor Frankfurter” & “Ah,”: FFR, 140–41.
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summarizing: FF to Baruch, 9/25/1918 & FF to WBW, 9/25/1918 tel., NARA, WLPB Records, RG 1, Corr. of Chairman and Exec. Sec., May 1918–February 1919, Entry 2, Box 12.
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Five days: NYTrib, 9/25/1918, at 10.
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“really big” & “its immediate”: FF to WBW, 9/25/1918 tel., at 1, FFLC, Box 5 (handwritten to MD).
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“honored”: FF, “The Conservation of the New Federal Standards,” The Survey, 12/7/1918, at 291, FFLC, Box 194.
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took months: Report re: “Regulations Governing Night Work of Women,” 9/16/1918, FFLC, Box 190; Meeting Minutes, War Labor Policies Board, 11/15/1918, FFLC, Box 191.
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“I’m a warrior” & “He was a warrior”: TNR, 1/11/1919, at 291.
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peace talks: FF to TR, 8/27/1918, TRP, Reel 294, Series 1, Image 139.
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“pessimistic” & “reactionary forces”: FF to WL, 1/13/1919, at 1, WLP, Reel 9, Box 10, Folder 420a.
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resigned: FF to WBW, 2/8/1919, FFLC, Box 191.
CHAPTER 8: PERSONALIA IN PARIS
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informed: FF to RP, 2/22/1919, at 1–2, FFLC, Box 6.
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“noble”: Jacob de Haas, Louis D. Brandeis: A Biographical Sketch, 52 (1929).
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“My approach”: Brandeis, “The Rebirth of the Jewish Nation,” in id. at 163 & Jewish Advocate, 10/2/1914, at 6.
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lieutenants: LDB to JWM, 3/19/1915, 3 LLDB at 487; Harry Barnard, The Forging of an American Jew, 172–98 (1974).
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Arthur Balfour: Balfour to Lord Rothschild, 11/2/1917, 7 CWP at iv.
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“undivided”: Journal, 2/16–18/1918 & 2/22/1918, at 1, 4–5, FFLC, Box 189.
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pleaded: CW to LDB, 11/26/1918, 9 CWP at 38; CW to LDB, 12/3/1918, id. at 52; CW to AA, 12/22/1918, id. at 80.
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funding: “Zionism,” at 7, LDBP-Brandeis U, Box 121; LDB to FF, 11/19/1916 & LDB to FF, 11/25/1916, HBHS, at 26–27; David W. Levy & Bruce Allen Murphy, “Preserving the Progressive Spirit in a Conservative Time,” 78 Mich. L. Rev. 1252, 1261–63 (1980); Bruce Allen Murphy, The Brandeis/Frankfurter Connection, 40–45 (1982); Melvin I. Urofsky, Louis D. Brandeis, 502–5 (2009); David Luban, “The Twice-Told Tale of Mr. Fixit,” 91 Yale L.J. 1678 (1982); David J. Danelski, “Review: Brandeis and Frankfurter,” 96 Harv. L. Rev. 321 (1982); Robert Cover, “The Framing of Justice Brandeis,” TNR, 5/5/1982, at 17–18.
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equal citizenship: LDB to Louis Kirstein, 9/10/1915, 3 LLDB at 587.
107
“I wish” & “we must”: FF to MD, 2/9/1919, at 1–2, FFLC, Box 6.
107
flowers & notes & “as I”: MD to FF, circa 2/15/1919, at 1, FFLC, Box 6.
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obsessive: FF to MD, 2/28/1919, at 3, id.
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“So much”: FF to MD, 3/10/1919, at 1, id.
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Rue de Rivoli: FF to MD, 2/28/1919, at 3.
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“had a foothold”: Ella Winter, And Not to Yield, 50 (1963). Ella Winter may have been in love with FF and, after she learned of his engagement to MDF, married journalist Lincoln Steffens. Stella Frankfurter Int. with Joseph Lash, 11/4/1983, Lash Papers, Box 65, Folder 1; JLR Int. with Lash, 11/14/1983, id., Box 68, Folder 2.
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Prince Faisal: CW to Balfour, 7/17/1918, 8 CWP at 228–30; CW to AA, 10/4/1918, id. at 276; CW to AA, 12/12/1918, 9 CWP at 62–63; id. at 86–87.
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“quiet” & “fascinating” & “The Arab prince”: FF to LDB, 3/3/1919, at 3, FFLC, Box 6 (handwritten to Marion).
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“said all” & “said exactly”: id.
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exchange letters: FF to Meyer Weisgal, 12/3/1929, at 1–2, CZA, Box A264, Folders 9 & 35; FF, Memorandum, n.d., at 1–2, FFLC, Box 162.
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“We feel” & “We are working”: Prince Faisal to FF, 3/[1]/1919, at 1, FFLC, Box 162. There is some dispute as to the date of the first letter. The original Faisal-FF letter is dated March 1; FF’s copy is dated March 3.
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reply: FF to Weisgal, 12/3/1929, at 1–2; FF, Memorandum, n.d., at 2; NYT, 3/5/1919, at 7.
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“We knew” & “For both” & “We each”: FF to Prince Faisal, 3/[5]/1919, FFLC, Box 162. FF delayed delivering his response because of a bout with the flu. FF to Colonel Lawrence, 3/23/1919, id. The dates on the reply also differ. The original FF-Faisal letter is dated March 5; FF’s copy is dated March 23. Neil Caplan, “Faisal Ibn Husain and the Zionists,” International History Review 5, no. 4 (November 1983): 561–614.
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“Oriental” & “wise” & “ ‘a caravan’ ” & “That’s”: FF to MD, 3/27/1919, at 1–2, FFLC, Box 6.
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“THE ARAB QUESTION”: FF to LDB, 3/3/1919, at 2–3.
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discovered: Aaron Aaronsohn, “Agricultural and Botanical Explorations in Palestine,” 8/4/1910, Bulletin No. 180, Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (Washington, DC: GPO, 1910).
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Turkish atrocities: Alexander Aaronsohn, With the Turks in Palestine (1916); Alexander Aaronsohn, “Our Swords Are Red, O Sultan,” Pt. 1, Atlantic Monthly (7/1916): 1–12 & Pt. 2 (8/1916): 188–96.
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“confession” & NILI: AA to JWM (Confession), 10/9/1916, at 1–2, FFLC, Box 162; Alex Aaronsohn, “The ‘NILI’ or ‘A’ Organization,” in Agents of Empire, 312–13 (Anthony Verrier, ed. 1995).
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exposed: Shmuel Katz, The Aaronsohn Saga, 258 (2007); Patricia Goldstone, Aaronsohn’s Maps, 201–13 (2007).
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Sarah: AA Diary, 12/1/1917, NILI Archives, 46_3_10 September till December 1917 I (translated from French) & Agents of Empire, at 295.
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“beyond”: FF to MD, 1/4/1918 (or 1/11/1918), at 3, FFLC, Box 5.
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“the wonderful”: OWH to FF, 10/11/1915, H-FF Corr., at 34.
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inspired: LDB to Alfred Brandeis, 1/7/1912, 2 LLDB at 537.
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Roosevelt: AA Journal, 3/15/1913, at 1–3, Bullitt Papers, Box 174.
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House of Truth: AA, Addenda, 10/9/1916, at 1, NILI Archives, 21_1_56.
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travel companion: AA Diary, 3/18/1918, NILI Archives, 48_3_3 March 1918 A (translated from French).
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intermediary: AA to Alex, 11/26/1918, at 1–2, Bullitt Papers, Box 173.
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clashed: AA Diary, 2/18/1919, Agents of Empire, 302; AA to JWM (AA’s Confession), 10/9/1916, at 9.
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trust him: FF to LDB, 3/23/1919, at 3, FFLC, Box 162.
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“He is persona”: FF to LDB, 3/3/1919, at 9 (emphasis in original).
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“the enfant” & greatly aided: FF to LDB, 3/3/1919, at 9 (handwritten in margin). See AA Diary, 2/18/1919.
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House and Weizmann: CW to AA, 1/19/1919, 9 CWP at 96.
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backpedaling: Eustace Percy, Some Memories, 60, 73–74 (1958); FF to MD, 4/25/1919, FFLC, Box 7; FF to MD, 5/22/1919, at 1–2, id.
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“Why don’t” & “Tell these” & “I can’t”: FF to MD, 4/13/1919, at 1–2, id.
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Arab uprisings: Alex Aaronsohn to AA & FF, 5/8/1919, NILI Archives, 29_4_24.
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“As a passionate”: FF to WW, 5/8/1919, at 1, FFLC, Box 162 & WWP, Series 5B, Reel 405.
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“how deeply”: WW to FF, 5/13/1919, id.
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“occasioned”: FF to WW, 5/14/1919, at 1, id.
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“I never”: WW to FF, 5/14/1919, id.
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“slowly” & “there will”: Henry Alsberg to FF, 5/12/1919, at 1, 3, FFLC, Box 162.
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vouched: FF to EMH, 5/16/1919, id. & EMHP, Box 45, Folder 1435.
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negotiating directly: FF to MD, 5/29/1919, FFLC, Box 7.
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skilled negotiator: FF to MD, 4/17/1919, at 4, id.
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“No wonder”: FF to MD, 5/24/1919, at 1, 5, id. See TNR, 3/10/1920, at 64 & TNR, 4/13/1921, at 202, FFLC, Box 194 (criticizing WW for negotiating alone at Paris Peace Conference).
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Aaronsohn’s behavior: FF to LDB, 3/3/1919, at 9; FF to LDB, 3/23/1919, at 3.
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tears & “I must”: FF to MD, 5/17/1919, at 4, FFLC, Box 7.
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waited: FF to Walter Gribbon, 5/13/1937, at 2, FFLC, Box 57.
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never found: FF to David Fairchild, 5/16/1919 tel., FFLC, Box 162; CW to Julius Simon, Victor Jacobson, and Shmarya Levin, 5/17/1919, 9 CWP at 142; Goldstone, Aaronsohn’s Maps, 252–56, 259; Katz, The Aaronsohn Saga, 340–41; ToL, 5/23/1919, at 14.
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“And now”: FF to MD, 5/17/1919, at 1.
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relieved: MD to FF, 5/19/1919, at 1, FFLC, Box 7.
113
“cold” & “I hear” & “great Romantic”: FF to MD, 6/10/1919, at 1, 3, id., Box 8. See Manchester Guardian, 5/20/1919, at 6.
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“I sorrow”: LDB to FF, 5/20/1919 tel., FFLC, Box 162.
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disagreed: FF to LDB, 5/21/1919 tel., FFLC, Box 162; LDB to FF, 6/5/1919, HBHS at 31.
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“I made” & “Your failure”: FF to MD, 6/6/1919, at 1–3, FFLC, Box 8 (emphasis in original).
114
“vacation”: WP, 6/10/1919, at 4.
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waiting: FF to MD, 6/20/1919, at 3, FFLC, Box 8.
114
“at the very”: FF to MD, 6/21/1919, at 3, FFLC, Box 8.
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“a sound” & “a world” & “No statesman”: FF, “Memorandum re: Brandeis Interview with Balfour,” 6/24/1919, Documents on British Foreign Policy 1919–1939, First Series, Vol. IV, 1919, at 1276–78 (1952).
114
“their first” & “simply”: FF to MD, 6/25/1919, at 1–3, FFLC, Box 8.
115
choose Palestine: FF to MD, 6/19/1919, at 2, id.; FF to MD, 6/25/1919, at 5.
115
disappointment: FF to MD, 6/25/1919, at 1, 4–5.
115
signed: FF to MD, 6/29/1919, at 1, FFLC, Box 8.
115
Alsberg phoned: FF to MD, 6/13/1919, at 1, FFLC, Box 8.
115
Hugh Gibson: FF to MD, 6/30/1919, at 2, id.; FF to Hugh Gibson, 6/28/1919, id.
115
Morgenthau & agreed: Philip Kerr to Sir Percy Wyndham, 7/16/1919, id.; WL to FF, 7/28/1919, at 1, WLP, Reel 9, Box 10, Folder 420a.
115
Nothing prepared: FF to MD, 7/27/1919, at 3–4, FFLC, Box 8; FF to MD, 7/31/1919, at 4–5, id.; FF to MD, 8/2/1919, at 1–2, id., Box 9.
115
“systematic” & “live” & “to study”: FF to WL, 7/30/1919, at 1–2, WLP, Reel 9, Box 10, Folder 420a.
115
“as if”: Steffens to Laura & Allen, 8/2/1919, The Letters of Lincoln Steffens, Vol. 1, at 478 (1938).
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“Aaronsohn was”: LDB to AGB, 7/10/1919, 4 LLDB, at 417–18.
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twenty-three & “Felix was”: LDB to AGB, 8/1/1919, id. at 419–20.
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“a different man” “was thrilled” & “talk Poland”: FF to MD, 8/4/1919, at 2, FFLC, Box 9.
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made the rounds: FF to MD, 8/10/1919, at 1–2, id.
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warned Weizmann: FF to MD, 8/16/1919, at 1–2, id.
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“Brandeis could”: CW to FF, 8/27/1919, 9 CWP at 205.
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“a common”: FF to CW, n.d., at 2, 1919, CZA, Box A264, Folder 34.
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Rotterdam: FF to MD, 8/29/1919, FFLC, Box 9; FF to MD, n.d., id.
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“buried”: FF to MD, 8/14/1919, at 4–5, id.
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“summons” & “Very likely”: RP to JWM, 3/1/1919, RPP, Reel 78, Page 554.
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“a general” & “Bolshevists”: RP to FF, 4/28/1919, at 1, FFHLS, Pt. III, Reel 17, Page 890.
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“if he had”: RP to FF, 5/17/1919, at 1–2, id. at Page 892.
