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'''David Niles''' (November 26, 1890–September 28, 1952; Boston, Massachusetts) was a political advisor who worked in the White House from 1942–1951 for the administrations of [[Franklin Roosevelt]] and [[Harry Truman]]. Niles was one of only two Roosevelt aides retained by Truman upon his assumption of the presidency. Niles was instrumental to the attempts of the [[Zionist]] lobby to gain United States support for the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. [http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/wright.htm] Niles was often capable of bending the president's ear to Zionist arguments. In 1947, President Truman awarded him the Medal for Merit.
'''David K. Niles''' (November 26, 1890–September 28, 1952; Boston, Massachusetts) was a political advisor who worked in the White House from 1942–1951 for the administrations of [[Franklin Roosevelt]] and [[Harry Truman]]. Niles was one of only two Roosevelt aides retained by Truman upon his assumption of the presidency. Niles was instrumental to the attempts of the [[Zionist]] lobby to gain United States support for the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. [http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/wright.htm] Niles was often capable of bending the president's ear to Zionist arguments. In 1947, President Truman awarded him the Medal for Merit.
Niles served as both the Associate Director and Director of Boston's Ford Hall Forum (1921-1952), the Director of the American Business Census in Massachusetts (1933-1934), a consultant, director, and assistant administrator of the [[Works Progress Administration]] (1936-1939), Special Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce (1939-1940), as well as a consultant and advisor to the Office of Production Management and [[War Production Board]] before becoming a presidential advisor.
Niles served as both the Associate Director and Director of Boston's Ford Hall Forum (1921-1952), the Director of the American Business Census in Massachusetts (1933-1934), a consultant, director, and assistant administrator of the [[Works Progress Administration]] (1936-1939), Special Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce (1939-1940), as well as a consultant and advisor to the Office of Production Management and [[War Production Board]] before becoming a presidential advisor.