Max Lowenthal (1888–1971) 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 (1947–1952).
Max Lowenthal in his Washington office (1939)
Logo of the Russian-American Industrial Corporation, brainchild of Sidney Hillman.
George Woodward Wickersham.
Former U.S. Senator Burton K. Wheeler served as Lowenthal's counsel before HUAC in 1950
The War Labor Policies Board (WLPB) (1918-1919) was a temporary agency of the United States Government to support American military actions during the end of World War I; future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a member.
US President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany on April 2, 1917
Wreckage of Chicago's Federal Building after bomb explosion allegedly planted by IWW (1918) – indicates politico-socio-economic climate faced by War Labor Policies Board of 1918-1919
Franklin Delano Roosevelt served the board as the Navy's representative
Felix Frankfurter served as the board's chairman
