People: Dec. 6, 1926

Had they been interviewed, some people who figured in last week's news might have related certain of their doings as follows:

Henry Ford: ."The National University of Ireland* last week offered me an honorary degreeĀ—in recognition of my Irish descent and for having set up a branch motor car factory at Cork."

Nathan Straus, 78, merchant-philanthropist: "To rouse Boston Jews into giving towards the $7,500,000 which United Palestine Appeal fund wants to collect before next June, I reminded them last week that 'the Rockefellers, both father and son, are devoting their millions to help...

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