The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-05
Lewis Strauss Tells or
 Work With Herbert Hoouer

bane manner and his delightful con versational gifts making him an agree able companion and an interesting ra- contour.
 Hoover's Qualifications
 Would I have liked to see MT Her bert Hoover President of the United States of American" Mir. Strauss re- reated my question quickly. Yes; but not for his own sake. because l know of nothing that would have been more distasteful to him, but for the sake of our nation--for the sake of the world at large, I would have been happy to have seen that event come to pass, and I used my time and my means to bring it about. MT. Hoover is the most unusual man I have ever known. his ability. surpasses anything I have ever seen. He is an inveterate work CT. and inspires everybody around him to work endlessly and faithfully.
 MT. Hoover accomplished his great work as head of the food administra tion by working 80 hours day during the war Hie did not receive dollar in compensa ton for his services; he wouldn't even allow the government to pay the expenses of his stenographer it was all done from rure love, for pa triotism and his great interest in hs fellow men.
 "Ip June. 1918. went across the seas with MT Hoover, Mir Strauss euntinu, o. to attend the inrerallied conference of food controllers held in Taris and London At this time We had the pleasure of visiting King AL bert of Belgium who with the royal family, was in exile at the time. The King and Queen were at Le Panne. a little seacoast village, q former resort of fashion--and were living in a sim pie little house. more humble and less pI ententious than the least pretentious 1,f,r i,a h iS pifx +. i1 rf.r1 stant danger. as bombardments we've going on all the time--bombs fro-, Os- tend were always in evidence and yet their majesties seemed to fear nothing. The little princess. Marie Jose and ths little prince would pick up the shells along the seashore and think it was great sport. King Albert. as well as lis family. vas always genial and dem ocra tic--far more than British royalty ---aLd the Queen always dressed in her favorite--whte. Even during her visit to America you recall she always wore white. The prince, wheN l saw him in New York had changed quite a bit--matured-of course. but he wa. the same unpretentious young felloH that l knew in Belgium. the King often remarking that he wanted him to be like i private citizen, rather than a prince since this King stuff was going out of date
 Ana SpedAlnS or DOmDdfuHleHlS Tt- minds me that the night MT. Hoover and I got to Cologne a fierce boT bardment Dy the Germans took place The panes of glass in the windows Ia our rooms were shattered. and r,tish headquarters demolished.
 Hoover Activities
 Few people know said MT. Strauss that all the time MT. Hoover Was providing food for the millions of hum gry European nations, at the same time he compiled with the request ot the supreme economic council and took charge of all the railroads, telegraph and telephone lines and coal mines i.l central Europe. In this completely de vastated country. where every line was out of commission during five long years. Mir. Hoover within 10 days had everything in working order and l sat at my desk and had telephonic com munication with Trieste. Vienna, War saw. Danzig and Budapest. not to speak of London.
 'sWe remained three months in cen tral Europe" Mir. Strauss said. "rs- turning shortly before the armisticc was declared. for Mir. Hoover to perfect some plans, and then we went back NIT. Hoover sending ahead of us r)s