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that. He was easy to manage. If you didn't oppose him outright, he was easy.

Mrs. Roosevelt knew that. No woman who has lived with her husband as long as that fails to have observed these matters. Also, he was sick and wasn't fully recovered. He had limited strength. For several years he hadn't had much practise or experience in making decisions himself.

As he told it to me, he said, “Eleanor said to me, ‘Franklin, you'd better make up your mind right now whether you are going to be the Governor of the State of New York, or Mrs. Moskowitz. If you decide to take Mrs. Moskowitz it will be all right. She will make good decisions. She's a capable woman, she knows and she will make them in the direction of the welfare of the people of New York. There's not anything wrongheaded about her at all. But they will be her decisions, and not yours. I don't know, but that perhaps that's the best thing to do,’” said the wise Mrs. Roosevelt, knowing that if she said, “Don't do it,” he'd do it. She said, “Perhaps, that's the best thing to do. I don't know how strong you feel. I don't know whether you feel strong enough really to carry this and to make these decisions that you'll have to make, carrying the burden and making them your own. You must decide whether you're going to let her do it, or not, because she will do it if she's