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mother taught me to say my prayers. I say the prayers my mother taught me and I always will.” I told that and it went over big - mother, home, etc. Just as Irene would get a hand on “Anyhow he loves her,” I could get a hand on, “He says his prayers. I would rather have a man in the White House who says his prayers than one who doesn't pay any attention to religion.” That always got a hand. That turned out to be good even with strong Protestants out in strong Methodist and Baptist circles in Ohio.

This was our line. We had a great success. It was an enormous success. Mrs. Katie White - I can't think what her husband's name was - had one of the most beautiful houses I've ever seen in my life in Baltimore - a magnificent ancient house with a great forecourt, a lovely place. She gave a reception for us that afternoon to which a great many other people had been invited, who weren't at the meeting. We shook hands and made little speeches again, always about Al Smith. There was great curiosity and a great deal of questioning.

That evening somebody gave a dinner. It was at this dinner that Irene and I raised the question, which we had discussed privately, that we were only seeing the better elements. It had been in the papers who was at the meetings and so forth. Didn't they think that it would be very wise





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