Public Service
By 1917 Palmer's career now altered course away from United Fruit. In 1917 he joined the office of Alien Property Custodian, which was charged with the investigation of attempts by German nationals to conceal their extensive property of all sorts in the United States, and with the confiscation and disposition of this property. President Woodrow Wilson's first appointee to the office was Alexander Mitchell Palmer, known as a crusading and fearless Attorney General of the United States. He was not related to Bradley Palmer. The attorney general choose Bradley Palmer as an investigator for the office. They did both investigations and dispositions, mainly by sale, for which legal expertise was required. All of them, including the Custodian, served without pay. In 1918 Bradley was also appointed to an advisory committee supporting the Federal Reserve Board, also serving without pay. He was the board's lawyer.
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