He was so associated with the start of the Great Depression, that his humanitarian work was strongly overlooked. He organized food shipments to Belgium after the German invasion during World War I. He organized food shipments to Russia, after Lenin's management of taking food out of the countryside to the cities. He organized fundraising and food shipments to Finland during the Russo-Finnish War. He fought Congress to let Jewish refugees from Europe enter the U.S.
He was so associated with the start of the Great Depression, that his humanitarian work was strongly overlooked. He organized food shipments to Belgium after the German invasion during World War I. He organized food shipments to Russia, after Lenin's management of taking food out of the countryside to the cities. He organized fundraising and food shipments to Finland during the Russo-Finnish War. He fought Congress to let Jewish refugees from Europe enter the U.S.
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