Part: 123456789         Session: 1         Page na123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339340341342343344345346347348349350351352353354355356357358359360361362363364365366367368369370371372373374375376377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419420421422423424425426427428429430431432433434435436437438439440441442443444445446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460461462463464465466467468469470471472473474475476477478479480481482483484485486487488489490491492493494495496497498499500501502503504505506507508509510511512513514515516517518519520521522523524525526527528529530531532533534535536537538539540541542543544545546547548549550551552553554555556557558559560561562563564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585586587588589590591592593594595596597598599600601602603604605606607608609610611612613614615616617618619620621622623624625626627628629630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654 of 654

that intimate, “in the house every day” kind, that I think Smith had hoped for unconsciously.

Mrs. Moskowitz had certainly planned for that kind of a relationship. She grew more and more and more bitter. It got to the point where I couldn't see her without her saying very nasty things about the Governor. Even after the Governor was President Mrs. Moskowitz was still saying nasty things about Roosevelt. I suppose she said them to other people. She certainly said them to me.

She died in '34 or '5. Henry Moskowitz lived for some years after her death. He had a stroke not long after that and recovered from that. He was working for Roosevelt's reelection in 1936 certainly. Whether he lived as long as 1940, I can't say. I think he did and that in both of those campaigns he was working for the election of Roosevelt. I don't know if he shared her views about things. He was far too loyal to Belle to discuss her attitude toward Roosevelt. You never raised it with him.

He was on various consultative committees in Washington. When he came down, he always came in to see me. He said to me on several occasions, “You know, it's a pity. There should never have been this bitterness between Al and the President. It never should have been. That was one of the great historic mistakes. There was no real reason for it and no sense in it.”