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was in complete control of all branches
of the Federal Government" including
the Supreme Court Back in New York,
he visited campaign headquarters to
thank the staff employed there.
On October 20 he left for Massachu-
setts At Boston, on october 81 he at
tackled President Hoover for reSorting to
''personalities" and declared that his
new deal' was not aimed to change
fundamental principles, but to put them
into effect" The following day he visited
Rhode Island and Connecticut on his
way back to Albany. The final days OF
the struggle he devoted to New York
City and vicinity.
Altogether he visited SO States. His
total mileage was approximately 1900.
The cost of his fight has not yet been
ascertained, but it is estimated that the
Democratic party spent more than
81 SOC, 900 from March 4, 1929, TO July
/, 1892, in preparation for victory.
Mr.. Roosevelt had the support OF
members Of the so-called progressive"
or 'insurgent' group Of United States
Senators, including George w. Norris,
Hiram johnson, Bronson Cutting and
Robert M. La Toilette. Throughout the
later phases OF the campaign Tammany
Hall backed him with all its organized
strength.
John w. Davis, James M Cox. New
ton D. Baker, James A. Reed, Joseph
Tumulty, Owen D. Young. Senators
Carter Glass, Davis l. Walsh, Thomas
j. Walsh, Claude A. Swanson, Millard
E. Tydings and Huey Long, Cows. Al
bert G. Ritchie, Harry F. Byrd and Jo-
seph B. Ely, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross,
Mrs. Mary Norton and Mrs. Ruth Bryan
q nrny101nPnf DeTn-
ocrats who spoke for the ticket.
The Governor, however. did not have
the assistance Of the Roosevelt clan.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt widow of the
former President. Theodore Roosevelt,
jr., Governor General OF the Philip
pines, and Mrs Alice Roosevelt Long
worth actively opposed his election.
They represent the Republican branch
Of the family.
Mr. Roosevelts mother, still active
though advanced in years, was an inter-
ested spectator of the campaign.
She tells Of his boyhood with proud
dignity and affection. AS a lad, she
says. his hero was the celebrated Ad
miral Nelson. and his ambition was TO
20 to sea The White House does not
seem to have attracted him at that
time. Mrs Roosevelt cannot explain
why, but as boy her son never ex-
pressed interest in political affairs.
! That came later, after he had COM
pleted his education and been admitted
to the bar
Credit for Mr. Roosevelt's political
success must be given not only to Mr..
Farley but also to Louis Howe, news
paper man who had been his intimate
friend and adviser since war days. Mr..
Roosevelt. by the way. always has been
popular with news writers. The cor
respondents who accompanied him on
his 1920 travels formed a permanent
club, and annually dine together on
the Governors birthday.
Has Had Large Interests
Outside Politics.
Mr.. Roosevelt has had many non
political interests. He was a member Of
the Hudson Fulton Celebration Commis-
sion, 1909; OF the Plattsburgh Centen-
NAL Commission, 1918. and Of the Ma
tional Commission of the Panama Pa
cific Exposition, 1915. He was an over
seer of Harvard University from 1918
to 1924, and has served as trustee Of
Vassar College, St. Stephens College.
Cornell University, the woodrow Will
son Foundation and the Seamen's Insti-
tute. He has been president Of the
Boy Scout Foundation of New York
| City, and in 1927 he established the
Georgia Warm Spring Foundation, en-
dowing the latter with an insurance
| policy on his life in amount Of $500 900.
| He is q member Of the Naval History
Society. the New York Historical So
/ ciety, the Holland Society. Alpha Delta
Phi and Phi Beta Kappa. He is .
Mason
Mr.. Roosevelt has been a loyal COM
| municant of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, and has given largely Of his
| leisure and means in the advancement
Of the religious. educational and social
enterprises of that denomination. He
has been deeply interested in the CAM
John the Divine, in New York, and has
! signified on many occasions his good
will toward Washington Cathedral
| Mr.. Roosevelt is the ninth Episco-
| palian to attain the presidency.
Before his illness the Governor was
an ardent devotee of outdoor games and
sports, including yachting, fishing, golf
craftsmanship and cross country
tramping. He has been a great lover
Of nature. The woods and hills OF
Dutchess county lured him as q boy,
and he did not forget their attraction
when he became man. He enjoyed
wandering over the fields with friends
or alone. and today he likes nothing
better than . long automobile ride
| through country lanes. Ever gifted
with keen appreciation Of good horses,
he was an expert rider in his youth
and even now occasionally takes to the
saddle. He also was an excellent SWIM
mer. and he still manages to navigate
! in the friendly waters of Warm Springs.
When time permitted in years past,
Mr.. Roosevelt developed considerable
skill as a poker player. 1t is said that
"he was the kind that raised before the
draw" Testimonials to his prowess are
two straight flush hands tackled on the
wall Of an exclusive club in the vicinity
Of Washington.
From 1910 until his illness Mr.. Roose-
welt had little time for recreational read
ing, but, especially during his tenure of
ONCE in the Navy Department. he did
not neglect his habit OF purposeful re-
Search in American naval history. His
collections Of books on this subject and
OF prints illustrative of the theme are
said to be among the finest and most
valuable of their kind in existence. He
also possesses a number of models Of
ships built by the Navy during the
World War.
Avocations Include
Stamp Collecting.
Mr. Roosevelt's avocations include
philately. He began to collect foreign
and American postage stamps when only
small boy, and throughout his busy
career in Washington, Albany and
abroad he has remained enthusiastically
devoted to his hobby. He possesses some
thirty volumes of stamps. While he
was Assistant Secretary Of the Navy he
was sent to Haiti in connection with the
American occupation Of that country,
and he employed the occasion in part in
pursuit Of early Haiti issues. plating the
one and two centime productions OF
1881. He has specialized to q con-
siderable extent in the philatelic values
Of the West Indies and Central and
South America. He has two volumes
entirely dedicated to Dominican Repub-
lie specimens and one volume to the