Lamont had hired Fummi to work with the Morgan Bank in 1920, and Fummi had...
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- All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances That Drive American Power whole source · open book
Lamont had hired Fummi to work with the Morgan Bank in 1920, and Fummi had helped the firm gain Italian business, including with the Vatican. The letters warned Mussolini that Americans were angered by Hitler’s aggression and persecution of Jews. American sentiment could turn to join the war against Germany, and Italy should remain on the side of the Allies.
chapter: Chapter 7: The Mid- to Late 1930s: Policing Wall Street, World War II