A Passion for the True and Just: Felix and Lucy Kramer Cohen and the Indian New Deal

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a passion for the true and just A Passion for the True and Just Felix and Lucy Kramer Cohen and the Indian New Deal alice beck kehoe The University of Arizona Press© 2014 Alice Beck Kehoe All rights reserved www.uapress.arizona.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kehoe, Alice Beck, 1934– A passion for the true and just : Felix and Lucy Kramer Cohen and the Indian New Deal / Alice Beck Kehoe. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8165-3093-9 (hardback) 1. Cohen, Felix S., 1907–1953. 2. Cohen, Lucy Kramer, 1907–2007. 3. Indians of North America—Government relations—1934– 4. Indians of North America— Legal status, laws, etc. 5. New Deal, 1933–1939. 6. Commandments (Judaism) 7. Antisemitism—United States—History—20th century. 8. United States. Indian ReorganizationAct. 9. UnitedStates.BureauofIndianAffairs—Officialsandemployees— Biography. 10. United States—Politics and government—1933–1945. I. Title. E93.K24 2014 323.1197—dc23 2013039495 The phrase “A passion for the true and just” is attributed to John Collier, 1953, and appears in Indian Affairs and the Indian Reorganization Act: The Twenty Year Record, ed. William H. Kelly. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1954. The full quotation appears on the dedication page to this volume. Manufactured in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper containing a minimum of 30% post-consumer waste and processed chlorine free. 19 18 17 16 15 14 6 5 4 3 2 1 “An interest in the Indian can be symbolical of, or instrumental toward, interest of far greater scope. Felix Cohen had a world wide passion for the true and the just.” —John Collier, December 1953, dedicating the symposium to Felix Cohen, who had died less than three months earlier ...