Word: lehman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...typewriter Pope Pius XII pecked out a warm greeting to UNRRA Director General Herbert H. Lehman: "May God strengthen your hands, give light and courage to the promptings of your heart - grant you the precious consolation of doing untold good . . . a truly Christlike work...
UNRRA, despite its international character, is predominantly American. The U.S. contributed the lion's share (40%) of its funds. Its main office is in Washington, in a converted apartment building on Du Pont Circle. Its director general is an American: balding, easygoing Herbert H. Lehman, onetime Governor of New York...
Last week UNRRA's Director General Lehman-no Herbert Hoover in his performance up to now-revamped his staff, announced that he would now spend as much time in Europe as in Washington. It was high time; the whole world was watching...
...that UNRRA would earmark funds for China's needs next year, start supplying the country in 1946. He said: "In a good democratic way, this document will have to go through a number of committees, and goodness knows when we shall be through." UNRRA Director-General Herbert H. Lehman promised that UNRRA would open Far East offices in Chungking and Sydney by year...
...Washington last week UNRRA's Director General Herbert H. Lehman and a special mission were waiting to fly to Moscow. For the settlement of UNRRA's future in eastern Europe and the Balkans, like many another international problem, was up to the Kremlin...