Two editorials which appeared recently in the “Boston Transcript” and “Boston Herald” are lavish in their praise of A. C. Ratshesky, newly-appointed American minister to Czecho-Slovakia, for his communal work in Boston. In an editorial entitled “Our Loss Is Czecho-Slovakia’s Gain,” the “Transcript” says:
“If Czecho-Slovakia gains one-tenth of the services which Boston will lose in the departure of A. C. Ratshesky to act as United States minister to that country, that enterprising new State may count itself extremely fortunate. Boston has so long been accustomed to take for granted the unselfish services he is continually rendering to the community that, while in itself this is the highest praise, it seldom finds expression in words. No man has more efficiently or more modestly lent himself to good causes. With wealth of his own creation, as the founder and head of a highly successful bank, with a ripe literary culture which has led him into the study of how all mankind lives and functions, with a generosity which has taken no thought of self, Mr. Ratshesky is one of that small group of men to whom the people instinctively turn when a cause or a community is in need of aid.”
The “Herald says:
“The first reaction on hearing of Mr. Ratshesky’s appointment as United States Minister to Czecho-Slovakia is a sense of loss. For many years Mr. Ratshesky has been one of the strong men of Boston to whom the community has turned in times of stress or emergency. After the Chelsea and Salem fires and the Halifax explosion and during the World War when he was assistant to Henry B. Endicott, food administrator for Massachusetts, he vividly demonstrated his ability to diagnose a situation quickly and administer the cure. In peace times he has been no less valuable, giving time and money in directing the Metropolitan Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Federated Jewish Charities and numerous other philanthropic enterprises. While he has been a leader of the Jews of Boston, he has also been a leader of Bostonians, eager to help his fellow-citizens, irrespective of race or creed.”
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