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South Shore <strong>of</strong> Massachusetts, or at <strong>the</strong>ir New York<br />

apartment on Beekman Place.<br />

Despite his disappointment with Hoover, Donovan<br />

continued to take an active role in national politics. He<br />

ran Knox's campaign for <strong>the</strong> Republican nomination in<br />

1936, and his firm defended American Telephone and<br />

Telegraph in an anti-trust suit by <strong>the</strong> government.<br />

Donovan won handily, which brought in a new influx <strong>of</strong><br />

business to his firm.<br />

In 1937, Donovan renewed his association with <strong>the</strong><br />

Rothschilds. The Viennese branch <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> family had lost<br />

extensive holdings in Bohemia when <strong>the</strong> Nazis moved<br />

into Czechoslovakia. Because Donovan had already<br />

established a network <strong>of</strong> informants in <strong>the</strong> highest<br />

echelons <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nazi government, including Admiral<br />

Canaris, <strong>the</strong> Rothschilds asked him to salvage <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

interests. He went to Germany to argue <strong>the</strong>ir case, but<br />

despite his important contacts, he was defeated by<br />

Hitler's view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Rothschilds as a symbol <strong>of</strong> what he<br />

hoped to achieve in his battle against "<strong>the</strong> international<br />

bankers". The Rothschilds were not overly concerned;<br />

<strong>the</strong>y knew that World War II was on its way, and that <strong>the</strong><br />

out<strong>com</strong>e had been decided in advance.<br />

Donovan won ano<strong>the</strong>r important legal victory in 1937,<br />

when he and a staff <strong>of</strong> 57 lawyers defended 18 oil firms<br />

against anti-trust charges. His clients were let <strong>of</strong>f with<br />

nominal fines, and once again Donovan was considered<br />

<strong>the</strong> winner.

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