Evening star., 1932-07-02

governor FLOODED
WITH GOOD WISHES
Household Stirred With Ex-
element as Final Ballot
Is Taken.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, July I'm a sag
ging, threadbare old armchair, where
he had sat all through the night be-
fore with his ear turned to the loud
speaker, Franklin D. Roosevelt calmly
received the news that he had been
nominated for President.
His first act was to send a telegram
to the delegates, suggesting that. to
avoid expense, he receive his formal
notification after his arrival in Chicago
by airplane today.
He then sent Speaker John N. Gar
ner and all the other candidates who
had withdrawn in his favor kilograms
of appreciation.
Four years ago in the same old red
brick mansion another Governor Of New
York. the happy warrior" received
word he had won the Democratic presi-
Dental nomination, and kilograms OF
| appreciation and congratulation were
exchanged between Alfred E. Smith and
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Hopes to See Smith.
Last night, when the victorious
Roosevelt was asked if he planned to
see the defeated Smith in the near
future, he replied with an emphatic
| nod:
Sure I hope So"
! For nearly an hour before Texas got
| her chance to throw in her 46 votes,
| thereby recording the New Workers. VIC
/ tory, the executive mansion was filed
with the roar Of the band-wagon out
in Chicago.
Three loud speakers were going fun
/ blast in different parts Of the house.
/ Al r1anfiny1 mir
| ture men radio men and photographers
milled about in the halls and drawing
rooms, telephones rang. and every now
and then above the general din the
voice of the Governors youngest son
John would sing out:
''Yipee Hooray!"
The excitement and the noise in
creased after the radio announcer'S
shout, Roosevelt is nominated!"
/ Kleig lights were turned on, mem
bers of the household staff and the
newspaper men ran hither and yon. ex-
cited voices shouted into telephones
and the Governors neighbors began to
arrive in the rain, in small groups,
cheering and calling for him.
Through it all, Gov. and Mrs. Roose-
I welt remained at eaSe-much less ex-
/ cited than those about them. When
/ newspaper men rushed into his study,
the Governor greeted them with:>
well! Good EVENING""
The interview was brief and it was
I interrupted by a telephone call from
J Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago.
There wasn't much opportunity to ask
questions.
Then Gov. Roosevelt, followed by his
family and his staff, stepped to the
front door of the mansion to greet his
neighbors
''Hellol" he called out to them. "And
! thank you, people!
I'm glad for one thing-for the next
six months, anyway, I'm going to be
able to spend my time right here with
my neighborS."
Hum Campaign Tunes.
/ Inside, members of the household
staff went about humming the cam
paign tunes, Happy Days Are Here
Again" and Anchors Aweigh," which
+ Mrs. Roosevelt later said is the Gov
ernor's favorite song,
Next came a session under the Kleig
lights with Mrs. Roosevelt and Elliott
and John, who had rushed upstairs to
put on coats and brush their rumpled
hair.
"Herel" the Governor smiled, hold
ing up thick pile of kilograms, as he
spoke for the sound pictures "All re-
ceived in the last five minuteS!"
/ The whir of the cameras stopped, the
sliding doors of the ball room opened,
and Mrs. Roosevelt hurried through the
/ crowd out in the kitchen to scramble
some eggs for the nominee.
| The radio men, sound picture men,
newspaper correspondents and photog-
| raphers drifted away.
| Shortly before am, Mrs. Roose-
velt and young John, with the dog play
ing about their feet, were standing on
| the rain-soaked lawn near the darkened
entrance, quietly talking with a police
man.