Reminiscences of Solomon A. Klein, 1962

Biographical Note

Lawyer

Scope and Contents

Immigration to United States; education, Cornell College, Harvard Law School; association with Harry G. Anderson, 1935-39; Kings County District Attorney's office from 1940; chief of Appeal Bureau; views on religion, ethics, politics; Manton case; organized crime, Murder, Inc. cases; blue ribbon juries; selection of jurors. Impressions of William O'Dwyer, Burton Turkus, Samuel Liebowitz

Subjects

• County attorneys--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Justice, Administration of.
• Kelly, John K., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Klein, Solomon A., 1906-1988--Interviews.
• Law--Political aspects.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• Legal ethics.
• New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951.
• New York (N.Y.)--History--1951-
• Oral histories (literary works)

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Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975