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In the three years Frank worked for Northwestern, he doubled the endowment fund, recruited many students, and traveled frequently. He developed a national reputation for oratory and made contacts with some of the most influential businessmen in the United States. In 1915 he became a private secretary for one of them, Edward A. Filene, a Boston retailer and philanthropist. Relocating to Boston was an important step for Frank. In the East he amassed more business contacts, continued to refine his oratory, and took his first steps into politics, helping Filene administer pet projects such as the League to Enforce Peace, an antiwar association. In 1918 he wrote his first book, in collaboration with Lothrop Stoddard, a Harvard Ph.D. The Stakes of the War urged Americans to take an active role in the efforts to settle the peace following World War I. The book sold well, and...
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