Straus named Hopkins , then unknown to Roosevelt , as TERA 's executive director .
In 1931 , New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt named R.H. Macy 's department store president Jesse Straus as president of the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration ( TERA ) .
Jesse Straus named Hopkins , then unknown to Governor , as TERA 's executive director .
In 1931 , New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt named R.H. Macy 's department store president Jesse Straus as president of the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration ( TERA ) .