A committee of distinguished Americans has awarded Roger Williams Straus, co-chairman of the National Conference of Jews and Christians, the 1935 American Hebrew medal for outstanding service in promoting better understanding between Christians and Jews, the magazine announced today.
Previous winners of the award have been Newton D. Baker, Archbishop Edward J. Hanna, Dr. John H. Finley, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and James G. McDonald. The public presentation of the medal will be made in the latter part of March.
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