Part: 123456789         Session: 1         Page na123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339340341342343344345346347348349350351352353354355356357358359360361362363364365366367368369370371372373374375376377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419420421422423424425426427428429430431432433434435436437438439440441442443444445446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460461462463464465466467468469470471472473474475476477478479480481482483484485486487488489490491492493494495496497498499500501502503504505506507508509510511512513514515516517518519520521522523524525526527528529530531532533534535536537538539540541542543544545546547548549550551552553554555556557558559560561562563564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585586587588589590591592593594595596597598599600601602603604605606607608609610611612613614615616617618619620621622623624625626627628629630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654 of 654

to do damage to Roosevelt. I tried to speak even more firmly to Mrs. Moskowitz than I did to Smith, trying to tell her that it was foolish to even try to have him nominated, and that he ought to take his place in the convention as a trader, a guide, an elder statesman, and a tried and true Democrat who had once been the candidate, but who no longer wished to be a candidate. She said to me, “But he's entitled to it and he feels entitled to it. After all, the Democratic party should run him again and it is his right to be run again.” I know Smith also felt that, because he told me so.

I think he was partly pushed and the increasing influence of mentalities like Proskauer, Mrs. Moskowitz, and a number of others whom I don't recall now, undoubtedly sort of crystallized his own feelings in the matter. Mrs. Moskowitz was ambitious for herself, a little. She was very ambitious for her favorite, who was Al Smith. She'd made him her favorite. Mrs. Moskowitz was a good woman, in which personal ambition was not the key to her nature really. She was always ambitious for the success and for the breaks for anybody who was her friend and her favorite. She would do a great deal to help people along. There were some of the most unlovely people I know whom she had undertaken to help. She was as loyal and faithful as she could be. She never got tired of her proteges. She promoted them.