The front pages of the entire American press are given up to-day to laudations of Mr. Straus, most of the papers printing in addition editorial articles eulogising his great philanthropic and life-saving work. There are also tributes by the leading men and women in the country, Jews and non-Jews, including President Hoover, the members of the Government and the heads of the most important organisations.
The death of Nathan Straus, President Hoover says in his message, removes from our national life a venerable figure which will be sadly missed, a Jewish leader, whose vision of service transcended all limits of race or creed, a philanthropist whose benefactions, especially on behalf of children, are of permanent value.
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