I don't understand thi sFDR quote?

Gov Lehman was gov of New York and he worked with FDR when Roosevelt ran the department of the navy. Gov Lehman was Jewish which makes the quote about having people ask him for bread ( turning the tables I guess) make sense. He took over the UN OFfice of Relief and rehabilitation on 1943 He played an important role in the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, of which he was appointed the first administrator in 1943. This organization represented the efforts of 44 nations to deal with the vast problems of relief and rehabilitation raised by the war. It operated in 25 countries, served the needs of more than a billion people, and distributed 25 million long tons of relief and rehabilitation supplies.