Brahmin in Revolt: A Biography of Herbert C. PellDoubleday, 1972 - 350 pages Member of the UN War Crimes Commission in London, fought against the US State Dept. and British F.O. attitude toward Nazis. |
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... Newport , where , at the end of the nineteenth century , millionaires lived as the poor always believed they did . The homes were castles on the Rhode Island shore . Henry James , whose sophisti- cated study of American society followed ...
... Newport , where , at the end of the nineteenth century , millionaires lived as the poor always believed they did . The homes were castles on the Rhode Island shore . Henry James , whose sophisti- cated study of American society followed ...
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... Newport house she kept required a staff of eight- een or nineteen - a coachman , a groom , two stable men , five gardeners , a chef , a butler , two footmen , a kitchen maid , a laundress who frequently had an assistant , two housemaids ...
... Newport house she kept required a staff of eight- een or nineteen - a coachman , a groom , two stable men , five gardeners , a chef , a butler , two footmen , a kitchen maid , a laundress who frequently had an assistant , two housemaids ...
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... Newport . He advocated to the Chamber of Commerce , for example , that something be done for " your poor fellow citizens , the workers of Newport . . ... I know of no place that does so little for its workmen . " He also was concerned ...
... Newport . He advocated to the Chamber of Commerce , for example , that something be done for " your poor fellow citizens , the workers of Newport . . ... I know of no place that does so little for its workmen . " He also was concerned ...
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Adolf Hitler Al Smith answered asked became began bert Pell Bertie bonus boys British Budapest candidate Cecil Hurst chairman club clubhouse committee Congress course Crimes Commission criminals Democratic party Department dinner diplomatic dollars elected England enjoyed Europe Foreign Office France Franklin D Franklin Roosevelt French German Gilded Age Hearst Herbert Claiborne Pell Herbert Pell Hitler Hopewell Junction Horthy House Hungarian Hungary interest Jews John Pell Klan knew later leaders learned letter Lisbon lived London Lorillard ment million Nazi never Newport Olive Olive Pell organization Paris Pell believed Pell recalled Pell wrote Pell's person political politician Portugal President punishment Regent reported Republican Roose Second World Secretary SENATOR CLAIBORNE PELL Sir Cecil Smith society soldiers story talked thing tion told took traveled trip Tuxedo Club Tuxedo Park United Nations velt vote wanted Washington York City Young Herbert