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Lawyer, political scientist; born in Berea, Ohio. A law professor at Columbia University (1928--54), he was Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's representative on the New York Justice Commission (1931--33). An early member of Roosevelt's "brain trust" in 1933, he commuted from New York City to Washington while helping draft New Deal legislation. A contributing editor to Newsweek (1937--68), he became disillusioned with Roosevelt, criticizing him in After Seven Years (1939).