Show 1 ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS well all I 1 know Is just what I 1 read la in the tha papers and what I 1 happen to see bee prowling hither yi and thither I 1 fifa was sn in na mcw e w york recently and I 1 decided that before I 1 left ae 11 there I 1 or q would like to see at al smith I 1 1 4 badent seen him in a ion long time and had always been an admirer 0 ot of him I 1 just wanted to see him and see how he be was and how bow he ha was feeling so I 1 phoned him ill and he said come right on down he is right across the street from that wonderful empire building in a corner suit overlooking it this building belongs to jesso jesse jon jones a mighty well known democrat ho he is the fellow that bought the democratic convention tor for houston tex he owns these buildings all over the tha country and rents em cm mostly to republicans well at al never looked better in his big life and I 1 have known and been teeing seeing him around now york tor for many years he started in ot of course by showing me the 90 story building out of 0 the window that gave us the best view of 0 it it did look wonderful its got some sort of 0 outside structural steel work that looks like Il linum and in the sun BUD it just glistens then ho he started in showing me old pictures on the wall of 0 his office that showed early scenes in new york ile he showed some ome ot of the old houses on the lower east side where he lived one under the very shade shada ot of brooklyn bridge then the old homo home in oliver street lie ho la is without a doubt the tha most sentimental prominent man I 1 ever met lie ile glories in the past lie he had one picture that showed tho the old theatrical team of 0 harrigan and hart who made their great fame in the alful mulligan an guards it ivaa v sa la in a large trama frame with dozens of 0 the old time favorites including the old the atres that they played in lie he would bould hum to you the tunes of 0 those old favorites I 1 dont care whether you agree with him politically or not the person dont live that could meet him and bo be with him awhile that would woul dent go away not likin lilting g him I 1 had juet come irom from the white house a day or so before and was telling him about how mr air hoover ws worked up over this relief business well sir ir I 1 bet mr hoover has not even among on his big own party a single man that has as much sympathy and good feeling for him than at al smith there was no put on about it he really meant it when lie he would talk of the many things that had seemed to go wrong through no fault of 0 tho the presidents bet et he had to bear the brunt ot of them here was a man that had been in office long iong enough to know what you can be blamed tor for no sir hookers lest best booster is at al smith and he had just been working with ex president coolidge on a com mattea to give away an estate that had been left to charity and le had the highest praise tor for coolidge too anil and he says saya as a I 1 leave lave always maintained that ilir coolidge has a great sense of humor and li he 0 would tell some of it that hp boned during their deliberations |