The Washington times., 1932-11-09
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&&ScClOn returns ana PERSONAL
congratulations from q host Of
friends and notables, such as ZAP
Smith, Owen D. Young, John w.
Davis. John J. Raskob. John F.
Curry, Gene Tunney. and Jack
Dempsey.
AS he left the Biltmore at las
O'Clock this morning on the arm
Of his son, James Roosevelt, and
surrounded by q heavy police
guard, ringing applause broke
loose and re-echoed through the
corridors of the hotel.
Throughout the night some
1000 men and women. in evening
attire, had taken part in O great
victory celebration" and nearly
all Of them remained to bid Mr..
Roosevelt a rousing good-by.
kilograms Pour In
Once his election was assured,
kilograms and cablegrams poured
in upon Mr.. Roosevelt from MI
parts of the world
Governor Roosevelt gave a
brief but warm interview to the
press, thanking the American
people for the confidence they
repoSed in him and made short
talk to his friends who as
sembled in the ballroom.
In his five-minute speech to
his friends, Mr.. Roosevelt char
acterized the result Of the cleo
ton as "a great liberal victory"
He said he hoped that in the
next four years all of us will
do what we can to help this
country to return to prosperity"
Throughout the night MIR.
Roosevelt, with James A. Farley,
chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, sat at the head
Of q large green topped table in
the private room receiving the
returns. Around the table were
massed 20 girls, telephones at
their elbows, all of them receiv-
ing the latest information from
all parts of the country. Three
teletype machines brought a
flood of dispatches into the room.
$50 Police on Guard
Uniformed policemen and de-
tectives, more than $50 of them,
guarded the door leading to the
room and patrolled the corridors
and the ballroom down the hall,
as well as the ballroom on the
roof, where about $500 invited
guests were making merry dane.
ing out the victory celebration.
Mrs. Roosevelt came. to visit
with her husband as the evening
progressed. So did the governors S
proud and happy mother, Mrs.
Sarah Delano Roosevelt; his sons,
James and Elliott Roosevelt, and
his daughter, Mrs. Curtis Dali.
A furry of excitement swept
the first floor of the Biltmore.
where the governor was quar-
tered, when al Smith, wearing
his famous brown derby, stalked
in, smoking big cigar and beam
ing his happiness over the great
Democratic victory. Flashlights
Of the cameraman doomed again
and again, and q hearty cheer
went up from the crowd.
Extends Congratulations
AL strobe into the flower-strewn
room, where the governor was sit.
ting getting the returns, and, ex
tending his hand, said:
Frank, ! want to cOngratu-
late yOu.'
Mr.. Roosevelt smiled and re
marked to those around him:
"This is the fellow who killed
Hawkshaw, the detective"
= He was referring to Smiths
campaign speech in Boston, in
which AL referred to Senator
George H. Moses as "Hawkshaw,
the detective" They smiled and
chatted, and Smith remained for
half an hour or so listening to
the returns.
Gene and Jack Arrive
The arrival of Gene Tunney
and Jack Dempsey, half an hour
apart, also drew salvos of ap.
plauSe from the throngs in the
corridors. The former heavy.
weight champions of the world
were attired in evening clothes
and looked more like young
brokers than ex-boxerS. RooSe-
Yelt was glad to see them, too.
A parade of prominent politi-
clans followed at brief intervals
There came John F. Curry, leader
Of Tammany Hall, Herbert H