Washington D.C. Percy Straus, President of Wcy ? and Company, who was a visitor to the Capitol today

Housing head talks to newsmen. Washington, D.C., Dec. 10. Nathan Straus, Chief of the United States housing Authority who spoke before members of the National Press Club yesterday. 12/10/37

New U.S. Housing chief. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. Nathan Straus, New York housing expert who was recently named by President Roosevelt to the $10,000 post as Chief of the new U.S. Housing Administration. Straus is a son of the Philanthropist and former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 10/20/37

Straus holds off housing requests. Washington, D.C., Nov. 3. Nathan Straus of New York, who took over the United States Housing Authority today, served notice on states and municipalities that the new agency cannot receive applications for new projects under the new $550,000,000 housing and slum cle

White House caller. Washington, D.C., Oct. 8. Walter Chrysler, automobile magnate, was a White House caller today. He refused to divulge the nature of his conversation with President Roosevelt. 10/8/37

Secretary and new Undersecretary of Treasury see President Roosevelt. Washington D.C. Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau (right) with Roswell Magill, newly appointed undersecretary, as they left the White House today after a confereence with President Roosevelt

Boston merchant before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13. Louis E. Kirstein, Boston merchant, appearing before the senate unemployment committee, said "that developments have reached the stage in this country where no one group of agencies can deal adequately with the totality of community

Nathan Straus waits while House Committee holds post mortem on Senate debate. Washington, D.C., June 27. Nathan Straus, USHA administrator, after reading 14 pages of a 56 page statement to the House Banking and Currency Committee yesterday, today looked resigned while the Committee held a 20 minute

Sen. Rob't Wagner of N.Y.