The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-04
Happy Warrior" :" Gov. Al Smith, Who Made Brown
 Derby Famous, Dies Today


 Smith, 70, native of New Yorl City's East Side, four times Gov ernor of New York State and 1923 Democratic Presidential candidate died today
 Death came to the man wht made the brown derby famous al 6:2O o'clock this morning in Rocke- feller Institute.
 Dr. Raymond Sullivan, physician said lung congestion and acute heart trouble were the causes oi death. Smith was transferred tc the Rockefeller Institute September 23 from St. Vincent's Hospital where he had been treated for in testinal and liver disturbance. since August 10.
 Happy Warrior"
 Only last night, one dozen red roses arrived at the Institute for him from President and Mrs Roosevelt. It was Roosevelt who nicknamed Smith the Happy War rior" when he nominated Smith for the presidency in 1928.
 The close political friendship be- tween the President and Smith cooled in 1886, however, when Smith took what was called "a walk" from Roosevelt and the Democratic party and supported Ali Landon for the presidency.
 Smith again opposed the New Deal in l94O, stumping for Willkie
 Tributes Paid
 In Washington. President Roose- welt issued statement that said This country loses true pa- triot." The statement also said, in part, that Al Smiths qualities of heart, mind and soul, not only en- deared him to those who came under the spell of his dynamic presence and personal association, but also made him the idol of a multitude"
 Former President Herbert Hoover paid this tribute: "Gov. Alfred Smith contributed real part to the building of America. Great as that was, it was his qualities and character that will leave a mark on American life. He was gallant in political campaigns but he was so intrepid in his honesty of mind, in his fairness and his sportsman ship, that he won the esteem and personal friendship of every op- ponent.'
 Rising from humble surroundings on Manhattan's lower East Side, Alfred Emmanuel Smith became one of the most popular and color full figures in American public life of his time
 He was elected governor of New York four times, the first man to achieve that distinction, and in 1928 he was the Democratic party's candidate for President of the United States.
 With a personality that appealed to the masses, Smith, while he was in the New York state legislature and after he became governor, often was likened to Theodore Roosevelt because of the aggres- sive manner in which he fought his political foes. Another quality that helped him was his ability to answer all questions put to him and to coin epigrams which caught the public fancy.
 Even after his retirement from public life in 1928, when he turned the experiences of a lifetime of politics to business, Smith was in the public eye. The principal reason was his peculiar instinct of talking the language of the people. To thousands, he was never anything but Al"
 His retirement from active poli- tics followed his defeat by Herbert Hoover in the presidential election of 1928. It was only the second time in his life that he suffered a reverse at the polls. He carried only eight states but received more than 15O00,000 votes, 4l2 per cent of the total ballot, an unusual figure for a losing candidate.
 Up From The Streets
 Smith rose to the high place he attained in his native state and in the, nation by his own initiative and through opportunities that were largely of his own making.
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