Evening star., 1932-07-02

NOMINEE HAS WON
MOST OF BATTLES
Bucked Tammany in 1912
Convention, Winning Viii
sons Friendship.

A distant cousin of 'T. r." Gov
Roosevelt has manifested much of the
Rooseveltian progreSsiveness. Like the
late Theodore Roosevelt the cousin is
fighter. He usually has won his bat
ties
He made his first bid for political
Office in 1910, when, at the age of %,
he ran for the State Senate from
Dutchess County, which had been a
Republican stronghold since Civil War
days. His first political campaign at
tracted attention not only because of
his courage in running as a Democrat
against such odds, but also because of
his novel use of an automobile in can
vassing the county. Automobiles in
those days still were regarded with
curiosity.
Much to the surprise Of county poll
ticians, and somewhat, he later con-
fessed, to his own amazement, Roosevelt
won the election. In the State Senate
he became known as vigorous legis-
lator and even dared to shake his fist
at Tammany. He took issue with Tam
many over the choice of United States
Senator. Roosevelt's anti-Tammany
candidate, James A. O'Gorman, tri-
umphed
hcputhuOn became NatIOnal.
BY this time the Democratic chief
jtains were beginning to sit up and take
tnotice of new leader in their midst
1.-THE Roosevelt reputation became ma
tticnal In extent in 1912, when he again
sbucked Tanmany and led the conven-
ton forces at Baltimore in a battle
that resulted in the nomination of
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson rewarded Roosevelt by ap-
pointing him Assistant Secretary of the
Navy. He served in Washington under
Josephus Daniels, and differed with
Daniels frequently on policies governing
regulation OF naval personnel. During
the war he banned red tape in order to
expedite naval procedure essential to
conduct the war.
He remained in the Navy Depart
.ment until 1920, when he was the
nominee of the Democrats for Vice
President on the ticket with James
M. Cox. He went down to defeat
under the Harding landslide.
il Attacked by Paralysis.
The next year he was thrown into
o battle with an enemy more in
Sidious than any he had ever tackled
anfantile paralysis. Once an athlete
he was rendered almost helpless by
an attack that paralyzed him from the
waist down. At no time giving UP
hope, he successfully warded off fur
ther encroachment Of the disease and
began bathing in the healing waters
of Warm Springs, Ga. Gradually he
regained use of his legs, discarding
crutches in favor of canes. Now he is
able to stand with only the aid of
metal braces on his legs and can walk
about freely with the aid of the canes.
Gov. Roosevelt was among the first
TO promote the presidential candidacy
of Al Smith. and the break that de-
;veloped months ago between these old
friends was a shock to political circles.
Roosevelt first nominated Smith at the
Democratic convention OF 1920 and
Hour years later he served as floor
trnanager for the New York Governor,
tgain placing him in nomination.
In 1928 he resumed his campaign
FOR Smith and for the third time
fplaced the Governor in nomination.
with the victory in the convention
won, Roosevelt made preparations for
1the election campaign. In order to
laid the cause of his friend, he finally
jconsented to proposal that he run
FOR Governor of New York ''to strength
len the Democratic ticket" Although
Smith lost New York to Hoover by
bnore than 100000 votes, Roosevelt won
the goyernorship by abort $4,000 votes.
Aligned Against Smith.
Four years later he found himself
aligned against Smith for the presiden-
tial nomination of the Democratic
party. He became an outstanding can
xiidate as a result of his reelection as
Governor in 1880 by the unheard-of
plurality of 725,000 votes. Smith
emerged from retirement at the height
of the Roosevelt boom to announce
himself as a competitor for the nomi-
nation and the fight between the for
fner cronies was on.
OF distinguished Dutch and Franco
Flemish stock, Roosevelt was born jan
uary 80, 1882, at Hyde Park, N. Y. He
is the son of James Roosevelt, fourth
cousin of President Roosevelt. Edu-
Gated at Groton School, Harvard Uni
versity and Columbia University, he en-
tered law practice in New York.
He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt,
member of distant branch Of his own
family, on March II, 1905. They have
-four sons and daughter.
Has Varied Interests.
Roosevelt has three hornes-the old
estate at Hyde Park on the Hudson
River, city house on East Sixty-fifth
street, New York City, and home at
Warm Springs, Ga, where he regained
his neaIJu anu WIltIS ie Hoo AA0Oi1ioc
health foundation for other paralysis
sufferers.
He has been active in many welfare,
educational and patriotic organizations
and movements. He has been mem
Der of the board of governors OF Har-
ward University, a trustee OF Vassar
College and of the woodrow Wilson
Foundation. a member of several his
torical societies and clubs and was ma
tional chairman of a fund campaign
for the Cathedral Of st. John the d.
vine in New York.