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committee, even if I hadn't known him personally. He was a Democrat. He was an admirable man - excellent, competent and experienced.

I had met Fiorello LaGuardia at that time. I knew him by reputation. He had been a Congressman and one of the authors of the Norris-LaGuardia Anti-Injunction Act, and as such, of course, he had come to the attention of anybody who was interested in labor matters. Whether I'd ever actually met him or not, I don't know, though I think I had just barely met him, but he meant nothing to me. I had no specific reaction to him.

Serving on the McKee committee, I probably gave a small amount of money to the campaign fund. I didn't make a large gift because I haven't large gifts to make, but I probably gave fifty dollars, or something like that.

Otherwise I don't remember much about the election in New York City. It wasn't a matter of prime concern to me at that time, because of the fact that I was fully - really more than fully - occupied in Washington as Secretary of Labor during the toughest period of getting going. However, LaGuardia was elected and took office January 1, 1934.

Another thing that happened during that period was the death of Will Woodin and the appointment of Henry Morgenthau, Jr. as Secretary of the Treasury. I knew Mr.