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Al Smith Hangs Derby On White House rT 47 ss 1 L f I S I I I 4 S t. t I 4 p 4 4 pt i Al Smith and derby I I I I Democrat No 2 Chief to Pay First Visit to Roosevelt WASHINGTON Nov 14 Al AI Al Smiths Smith's brown derby will hang in the reception hall hail at the White House to today to ti day for tor the first time since President dent Roosevelt took office Coming here for tor the annual meetIng meeting meet meet- ing lIng of ot the trustees of Catholic un university uni I- I Smith will drop in for lor a I general talk with the president The White House and official Washington carefully withheld comment It was pointed out however that Smiths Smith's call is almost required by official courtesy unless he wished d to snub the president Smith has not been here since March 4 4 when he marched in the inaugural parade and waved ved a greetIng greeting greeting greet greet- ing to the president as a. he strode past the reviewing stands with the Tammany Tammany Tam Tarn many braves In recent magazine articles however however however how how- ever Smith has been critical of various van vari ous out phases of the new deal He also failed tailed to back Joseph V. V McKee Postmaster Postmaster Post Post- master General Farleys Farley's candidate inthe in inthe inthe the recent New York mayoralty elec elec- tion Rumors generally believed not to tobe tobe be well founded were that the meeting meet meet- ing would produce some rapprochement ment between Smith and the president president dent or result in a working a agreement nt to lo clean up tip New York politics and regain ground lost by the Democrats through the choice cholee of Mayor elect F. F H H. LaGuardia the Republic Republican fusion candidate |