In 1945 Baruch was appointed United States Ambassador to Portugal . He served until 1947 , when he was named United States Ambassador to the Netherlands . Baruch served at The Hague until 1949 , when he resigned as part of his brother Bernard 's dispute with President Harry S. Truman . On his list of appointments for September 5 , 1945 Truman described his 11:15 AM meeting with Herman Baruch : " Flatterer . Wants to be ambassador to France . Conniver like his Brother . " After returning to the United States , Baruch became President of the Simon Baruch Foundation . He was a Delegate to the 1952 Democratic National Convention
1952 Democratic National Convention
1952 Democratic National Convention
Herman B. Baruch