Evening star., 1941-12-07
Br CIarke Beach,
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explaining that It might inconvenience
the President
His court decisions are seldom over
ruled, and he is fast making a reputa-
ton as fine liberal iudee-in the ira
dition Of Cardozo ana Brandeis. who. it
is said. are his models. He is national
leader in Jewish educat tional and social
welfare lnsttutionals. TO which he de-
votes much Of his time
He has a free laugh and vivid sense
OF humor. In the Albany DAYS he func-
toned as court jester. the way Pa"
Watson does now. He has a large, finely
shaped head, topped with thick sandy
hair. He has sharp brilliant eyes an
aquiline nose and a broad, generous
mouth. His friends describe him as
'cheruhic" for his innocent. good -natured
expression and his plump physique Al
though he is only feet inches tall, he
weighs we'll over 200 pounds.
His Appetite Terrific.
Judge Rosenman has a terrific appe-
tite. and hunger is the only thing that
ever seems to irritate him. During long,
weighty day -anG-night conferences at
the White House he devours all the
sandwiches. coffee-and especially the
matted mllk-that the chef sends TO him
Miss Marguerite lie Hand, the chief
presidential secretary. ordered double
chocolate ice cream sodas TO keep the
inner-Sam contented.
He never smokes, and he drinks LIQUOR
very seldom. Steaks and chocolate in
every form are his chief gustatory de-
lights. He cooks steaks for his friends
over an open fire at his camp at Blue
Mountain Lake, in the Adirondacks. and
does an excellent job of it.
He loves plcnicS and outdoor frolics.
vet he loathes exercise. He contends
exercise is unhealthy and unpleasant.
so why bother with it. His idea of a
violent outdoor life is sleeping late, lying
in the sun in bathing suit and dan
Cling fishing line from boat in which
he can be comfortably seated. He is a
great reader and conversationalist.
Games bore him.
He enjoys motoring-driving his car.
as his wife says, with judicial tempera-
ment; he'll never get stopped for any
thing but blocking traffic"
Neither money nor position laid the
foundation for Judge Rosenman's climb
to his position next to the throne. He
was born of humble parents in San
Antonio, Tex. They took him to New
York City when he was 8. and there by
dlnt OF struggle. he obtained an excel
lent education, an A. B., with highest
honors. at Columbia University in 1915
and an LII. B at Columbia Law School
in 1920. During the first World War
he entered the Army as first lieutenant.
Fired with ambition and with his eye
always on the bench. he faced two
choices in making a start amid the fierce
competition of New York: Join big
law firm or 60 into politics. Lacking
the wealth and family backing which
usually launched young men into top
fight legal circles, he chose politics.
Wins Assembly Seat.
While practicing law as best he could,
he began ringing doorbells in the
18th Assembly district for that unit of
Tammany Hall which was controlled
by James j. (Jimmyl Hines. who is now
serving term in Sing Sing for giving
political protection to gangster Rosen-
man gave his time lavishly to Tam
manys free legal aid bureau for the
poor-one of Tammany's many welfare
activities which gave it its strange Jekyll-
| and-Hyde personality.
Hines, despite his highly successful
record as a politician, never had been
| able to elect an Assemblyman from his
district. In 1922 he was advised to
stop putting up one of the machine
| politicians who hung around the club
| Get q man from "the top of the hill"-
| the better -class neighborhood which
| centered at Columbia University. Run
| young Rosenman-a man untalnted by
| long contact with the organization, an
| intellectual fellow who was we'll known
and liked at Columbia University itself
Mr.. Hines did pick Mr.. Rosenman
and that year Mr.. Hines man won the
| Assembly seat.
| Mr.. Rosenman stayed in the Assembly
until 1926 there joining the coterie OF
the late Mrs. Belle Moskowitz. the social
worker who had become the chief asso-
ciate and adviser of Gov. AL Smith. She
| got him a place on the Bill-Drafting
| Commission.
He was holding this Job when his big
| chance came In 1928, during the guber.