Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-10
Mrs. Moskowitz Eulogized
AS Woman of Rare Intellect

The death Of Mrs. Belle Moskowitz,
associate OF former Gov. Alfred z. Smith
! in New York affairs, brings to public at
tention q brilliant career and one which
left its mark on American life. Her CO.
| operation with the former State execu-
| tive and candidate for President is de-
clared to have accomplished much In
the direction of social benefits.
She seemed to have no personal am
billions other than to serve her State
| and generation" according to the New
ark Evening News, which records that
for some years she was real force In
New York State politics, to all appear
ances for the love of State service and
with self submerged" The New York
Evening Post pays the tribute In the
newspapers Of late they have been max
ing lists Of American women whose
lives have been of the most service to
the people. To all Of them we wanted
to add the name of Mrs. Belle Mosko-
witz. The tributes to her life today
seem inadequate in everything save the
depth OF their feeling. 1t seems to us
that the State Of New York and the
country at large owe vast debt to her
because her vision opened the eyes of
one of our great leaders, Alfred z.
Smith, to corridors of humanitarian in
terests that he knew not of. He was on
their verge when Mrs. Moskowitz first
introduced him to the suffrage cam
paign in 1918. He had come good
way up from the city streets But any
one who knows Al Smith will say that
ne never heSitated to give to Mrs. Mos
| kowitz all credit for broadening and
raising his understanding of life Just as
his career reached that need. 1t was a
splendid service, given quietly and abb
solutely unselfshly. In Belle Lindner
MoSkowitz New York loses one of its
few finest citizens"
"She was a real leader in the poll
tics of her State and country-more of
leader, by far, than any woman who
held Office" declares the YOUNGSTOWN
Vindtcator, while the Roanoke Times
says: "A talented, able and unselfish
woman, she was the former Governors
'right-han man during the most i'm
portant and fruitful period of his pub
lie career" The Birmingham Age Her
aid sees as her contribution to the as
ISOLATION with the former Governor "a
cultural background, the social workers
knowledge and intellectual acuteness."
and, recording that she had IAN excel
lent education which supplemented
beautifully the native power of Mr..
Smith" that paper asserts: They were
magnificent team" The Hartford
Times AYERS that both were children of
the tenements and humble origin, and
were fired alike by the will to self-bet-
terment and to social service"
THE great record that Alfred z.
Smith made as Governor of New York"
says the Louisville Courier-Journal,
was In large part due to his sponsor
ship OF the many social reforms Mrs.
Moskowitz advocated and which became
laws that are models for the rest of the
country. These reforms alone attracted
| to Al Smiths banner in 1928 some of
the country's highest types of intel
Rlectual and cultured men and women
a fact which many ignorant of Gov.
Smiths record failed to understand.
Belle Moskowitz contributed much to the
progress of her State and not the least
| indication of her shrewdness and per-
| spicacity was the fact that she recog-
nized in AL Smith born leader OF
men,"
She Is described by the Columbia
Is. CD State as having had ''one Of
the foremost intellects Of the world"
and that paper advises that 1T Is worth
while remembering that one Of the
most original of our later-day political
thinkers and workers relied SO conf