New Britain herald., 1928-10-03
ROOSEVELT COINED
 CAnP PAIGN SLOGAN
It lx M Tb Nlnd Smith "lhe Happy Hlrior"

New York. Oct . N1Franklin nslaas Roosevelt. nominated for governor of New York by the demo- .ratic party. coined the phrase ''the
 ,appy warrior" to dsscribe hts old
 riend Governor Smith. but his
 liends say it applies as we'll to him.
 elf.
 From the time. as editor of the
 rimson. Harvard's student news
 aper, he fought for ard obtained
 dequate fire escapes for the Har-
 ard dormitorics. he has always
 een fighting. generally for some- me else.
 He hrst became prominent nation ally in 1919 when he took up the fight in New York for Woodrow Wilson, defying the Tammany lead CTS who did not look kindly on the then New Jersey governor for pres ident He led tho Wilson delegates from New York in the fight for Wilson's nomination at Baltimore.
 Roosevelt first entered politics actively in 1910 when he was elected state senator from Duchess county. the hrst time that county had gone democratic in 7s years. There he hrst came to grips with Tammany Hall and its then leader. Charles r. Murphy. The issue was the election of a United States senator. Tam many was for William F. Sheehan. Roosevelt was for James A. OGor- man. Mr. O'Gorman was elected.
 Years later he defined his politics on that occasion by saying: Il am regular organization democrat Of Dutchess county. l am not an anti Tammany democrat but in this cam paign as in many others ! nave taken q consistent position against the control of the state democracy by Charles F. Murphy. believing he is . handicap to our democracy
 While he was in the senate the friendship between himself the rich well-educated lawyer and Governor Smith the poor. self-educated young man from east side New York. was finally sealed, a friendship which led Roosevelt three times to propose the governor as the presidential nominee Of the democratic party. the last time successfully. Long they have been Frank" and Al" to each other.
 Roosevelt's fight for Wilson at Baltimore in 1912 attracted notice of tho wartime president who named him assistant secretary of the navy. the youngest man ever to hold that post. and tho second Roosevelt to be 70 honored. His fifth cousin. Theodore Roosevelt was assistant secretary of the navy before he be- came governor of New York state and later president of the United statea
 Nominated for vice president In 1920 Franklin Roosevelt spent the campaign boosting the head of the ticket Governor James NJ. Cox of Ohio--again fighting not so much for himself as some one else. He "dh Uuilcu uhuCt tHC 41dIuiuS hsiuu- slide and retired from public life.
 On his island home of Campobello, \. B.. the following year he was stricken with infantile paralysis. For Q long time his life was despaired of Finally he won his fight with death but was left paralyzed from the waist down. tragic fate for track. tennis player. outdoor man, and swimmer.
 His spirit was not broken and he continued his law work on crutches. On those crutches he was helped to the platform of Madison Square Garden. and as many who had known him in his full health wept unashamed. placed in nomination for the presidency. his friend. Governor Smith.
 Recommended to the healing waters of Warm Springs, Ga. he took | lodge there and for the past two winters has spent his days talk ing long swims in the spring water Gradually he regained the use of his legs and last spring at Houston was able to walk to the platform with the aid of canes to again place Gov