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as he would have done it in the Albany picture, to point out that it was a great mistake, and point out everything where he had pushed aside or set aside a program that Smith had begun, or decided to do something else on the recommendation of one of his present advisers, or had neglected to give Smith credit for this, this or this, but had let the credit accrue to himself, although in actuality, according to Mrs. Moskowitz's ideas, and I think in reality, whatever the project was had been started by Smith. Roosevelt got in on the dedication of the state hospital, although Smith had built it and done all the leg work. When it came to the dedication, the Governor was there and smiled and took the credit. That's a natural thing. It does happen when people are Governers. They would say, if they tried to explain it, that the credit goes to the party and to the people who elected them.

I don't think that Roosevelt meant to omit the mention of Smith, but I think that Louis Howe and Guernsey Cross between them always managed to see that Smith's name was taken out of speeches, deleted if it had been there, the sentence rewritten and shortened. It was the same idea of what a fine and glorious accomplishment this was, but it was shortened and modified so that it didn't give any great credit to Smith. Louis' idea was that it was perfectly