Untermyer,
Samuel, 1858–1940, American lawyer and
civic leader, b. Lynchburg, Va., grad. Columbia law school, 1878. He gained
fame as a lawyer and took part in some of the country's most important
litigation. He served as counsel to the congressional committee headed by
Arsène Pujo that investigated (1912) money trusts, and to the Lockwood
committee of the New York legislature, which probed (1921–22) statewide
housing conditions. As special counsel until 1933 in the famous New York
City transit suits, he helped maintain the five-cent subway fare. Untermyer
was a staunch advocate of stock-market regulations, government ownership of
railroads, and various legal reforms. A leading crusader against
anti-Semitism, Untermyer was active in the movement to boycott Germany after
Hitler rose to power.
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