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I know it. Those two items were so deeply buried in his subconscious that he could hardly have been aware of them, but they were always driving elements driving him to do things. They were partly what made him so active when there was a great deal of indolence in his nature. That indolence was overcome by these drives. I think these two drives were very important to him. How he got that way, I don't know, but I think they were very important.

I think that his sensitive condition at this point, because of his crippled condition and the fact that he had been thought so sick, made him peculiarly sensitive to the idea that Smith was going to boss him. It was an idea, I may say, that Mrs. Moskowitz imparted not only to Al Smith, but to me and to others. I'm not sure that she didn't impart it directly to Roosevelt. At least Roosevelt heard about it and caught on to the fact that she was to boss him.

Roosevelt also caught on to the fact that Mrs. Moskowitz and Smith had anticipated that Lehman would take over at once, and that Lehman would be the principal operator. They could operate with him perfectly. They'd already established their working relationship with Lehman. Lehman was a pliable person and he regarded himself as a neophyte in politics. While very quick to acquire knowledge and experience, he always took advice very completely. He was Lieutenant Governor with