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The head of research at WB through the 30's and 40's was Herman Lissauer. He was born in NYC, was a rabbi...it corresponds with the scarce information gleaned from Ruth Olay's interview (cited). However, I've not turned up direct reference to it.

Lissauer also founded the Communist "Liberal Forum" (see here: https://journals.ku.edu/index.php/amerstud/article/download/2247/2206 again is consistent with the biographical info Olay provides. It may not be a surprise, given her father's activities, that Olay preferred to leave sleeping facts lie. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pzzp ( talk • contribs) 04:12, 3 March 2011 (UTC) reply