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difference in his thinking. The people he associated with then, such as Raskob, were certainly not New Deal. Raskob regarded the New Deal as an expedient or tool, although Raskob was a good Catholic and it could be proved to him, on good Catholic principles, that these “liberal” ideas were good ones. By this time we had not only the Rerum noverum, but the cuadragesimo, and Raskob was a very regular and strict Catholic. I think that Raskob was among the Roman Catholics who shared this passionate devotion to Smith because he took the curse off them. The feeling for Smith carried him (Raskob) through 1932 completely. I think Mrs. Moskowitz discovered Raskob as a moneybags and a giver, but his passion for Al Smith, I know, was based upon the same passion that practically all the Roman Catholics had and still do have - that he took the curse off them. He was the first person who rose in American life who took the curse off them.

During the time when Smith was Governor and during the time that he was a member of the Assembly, he came in touch with people of great wealth. He came in touch with them not necessarily socially, but competently and in ways where they developed friendships. For instance, I'm sure that Elihu Root would have regarded Smith as a friend, whether they had ever been in each other's houses or not. That