A DUAL HERITAGE, THE PUBLIC CAREER OF OSCAR STRAUS, BY NAOMI W. COHEN

For Oscar Solomon Straus the American Dream came true. He was a peddler's son who became a merchant prince, an immigrant Jew who served in the president's Cabinet. Three Time envoy to the Ottoman empire, member of the permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hauge, Secretary of Commerce and Labor during Theodore Roosevelt's Administration, he had dealings with all presidents from Cleveland to Harding. His Public career of forty years involved him in many significant developments which shaped the course of modern american history... The spanish American war and imperialism, the growth of corporations and of labor unions, the Progressive movement, World War I and the Paris peace Conference. Straus brought his public service a strong commitment to the precepts of Reform Judaism

Title: A DUAL HERITAGE, THE PUBLIC CAREER OF OSCAR STRAUS, BY NAOMI W. COHEN