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The people who lived across the court had a radio. The old man used to sit in the window with the earphones in his ears listening. His window was almost opposite my bedroom window. During the convention he apparently got a loud speaker - one of these horns - because the other members of the family wanted to hear it. I remember saying, “Isn't this a world for you? Here I am in my own quiet little bedroom in the back of the house, chosen because it is quiet, and I'm kept awake by the noise of the Democratic convention in Houston, Texas.” It was such a terrible, loud blare. It was the first time that I had seen a loud speaker on a radio.

But I didn't go to the convention and what came over the radio didn't make any sense at all. Smith got the nomination on the first ballot. There was a great deal of shouting and enthusiasm.

Then they began the organizing of the committees. The headquarters were in New York. It was a very large and busy organization. Moses and Moskowitz were involved. Shientag was always in the background. Shientag never stood out in front. I don't remember Sam Rosenman at that level. He probably was there, but I never noticed Sam Rosenman, or that he was around, until some time after Roosevelt was Governor, and not very much then. Other people say that





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