Nathan Straus Jr. yesterday expressed satisfaction over the appointment of Mrs. Anna Rosenberg as his successor as State NRA Compliance Director.
“Her appointment,” said Mr. Straus, “proved that demonstrated ability and devotion to duty are being recognized in promotion in the NRA.” Mrs. Rosenberg was formerly executive assistant to Mr. Straus. She was appointed on Monday after having been acting director since the resignation of Mr. Straus in September.
APPOINTEE IS 33
Only thirty-three, Mrs. Rosenberg, the wife of Julius Rosenberg, one of the owners of the American Rug and Carpet Co., is one of those highly efficient modern women of today whose principal forte is organization. Since 1922 she has been active in politics in Manhattan and is one of the few women ever to have served as election campaign managers.
In 1922 she managed the successful campaign of Walter Hagan for a position in the Board of Aldermen. She was also the behind-the-scenes organizer for the Alderman’s father, James J. Hagan, in his successful effort to maintain leadership of his district Democratic organization.
MANAGED BUCKLEY DRIVES
For years she managed the campaigns of State Senator James J. Buckley. But perhaps her greatest political achievement was the successful campaign she managed which elected Theodor A. Peyser to Congress two years ago. A political unknown in New York’s famed “silk stocking” district, long a Republican stronghold, Peyser was a real long-shot. Last year, Mrs. Rosenberg suffered her first political defeat when the campaign for Nathan Straus Jr. for President of the Board of Aldermen on the Recovery party ticket was unsuccessful.
ACTIVE IN SCHOOL
Mrs. Rosenberg, born in Budapest as Anna Lederer, came to this country as a child. While in Wadleigh High School she manifested her first interest in politics when she organized the “Coming Voter’s League.” She was an active member of the Seventh district’s Democratic club long before she was a voter.
Residing at 210 West Seventy-eighth street, Mrs. Rosenberg is the mother of a son, Thomas, who attends the Horace Mann School. She is a member of the National Council of Jewish Women and was executive director of the Women’s division of the Palestine Appeal. She has long been associated with the work of the ORT Reconstruction Fund and is a member of the Joint Distribution Committee.
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