Yes indeed--I was actually alluding to the WWI stuff with the reference to Ochs' ties to Schiff and the Henry Street Settlement. Schiff was a major benefactor of Henry Street Settlement director Lillian Wald, who worked closely with German agents in the antiwar movement tied to Lenin and Trotsky. There were New York State and FBI investigations of this during and immediately after World War I, which are part of the basis for what I mention there.
Wow !! What a great read (thanks to your hard work !!).
A "Thanks Fedora !!" BTTT !!
If I am not mistaken, then Schiff was connected to Pyotr Kropotkin. Kropotkin was a charming intellectual who also served as Lenin's fundraiser in America. He was a favorite of the fashionable salons in Manhattan, where he described the "class struggle" to the silk stocking class -- and relieved them of their excess cash.
In other words, Kropotkin was "radical chic" before there was a "radical chic". The pejorative "crackpot" is also said to be derivative of his name.