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He was, along with Julian Mack and Stephen Samuel Wise, a founding trustee of the Palestine Endowment Fund, Inc. (1922). <ref>Goodman, Philip (1989). [https://books.google.com/books?id=rn0rAQAAIAAJ&q=straus 66 Years of Benevolence: The Story of PEF Israel Endowment Funds]. PEF Israel Endowment Funds, Incorporated.</ref>
He was, along with Julian Mack and Stephen Samuel Wise, a founding trustee of the Palestine Endowment Fund, Inc. (1922). <ref>Goodman, Philip (1989). [https://books.google.com/books?id=rn0rAQAAIAAJ&q=straus 66 Years of Benevolence: The Story of PEF Israel Endowment Funds]. PEF Israel Endowment Funds, Incorporated.</ref>
He served as New York State Administrator of the National Recovery Administration in 1934 , a member of the New York City Housing Authority in 1936 , and Administrator of the United States Housing Authority from 1937 to 1942. He published two books on housing issues: Seven Myths of Housing (1944) and Two-Thirds of a Nation – A Housing Program (1952).
He served as New York State Administrator of the National Recovery Administration in 1934 , a member of the New York City Housing Authority in 1936, and Administrator of the United States Housing Authority from 1937 to 1942. He published two books on housing issues: Seven Myths of Housing (1944) and Two-Thirds of a Nation – A Housing Program (1952).
He then served as chairman of WMCA radio until his death.
He then served as chairman of WMCA radio until his death.
In June 1933 Nathan said:
{{Cquote|"We are not building Zion merely because of the German emergency. Hitler's men will come and go as other tyrants have. Governments rise and fall, nations clime to dizzy heights and then crumble to Ihe dust — but the Jewish people go on. We are an eternal people, building a home of our own for the troubled spirits of every land who feel as strangers in the world and who long for freedom to find for themselves a better way of life. We Jews believe that Palestine, reclaimed and re-inspired, yet may bring ancient dreams and hopes to ultimate fulfilment," Mr. Straus continued.<ref>The Montreal Gazette, Jun 5, 1933. (p.7)
[https://books.google.com/books?id=RhcvAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA7]. "Definite Plot by [[Hitler]] Visualized.
Extermination of German Jews is Aim, Says Nathan Strauss Jr.
Sounds Warning Note."
</ref>}}
On September 13, 1961, he was found dead in a motel room in Massapequa. He was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Hawthorne , New York.
On September 13, 1961, he was found dead in a motel room in Massapequa. He was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Hawthorne , New York.