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ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D., President. Typed letter signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt") as Vice President of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, to Mr. H. T. Morningstar at the US Navy Yard in Washington, 16 August 1927. One page, 4to, on Deposit Company stationery, two marginal 1-inch tears, touching 3 letters.
"It is very nice to have your letter, but please do not get excited about any suggestion of my running in 1928. I am still hoping that [New York] Governor [Alfred E.] Smith will receive the [presidential] nomination as I think that it will be more easy for the Democratic Party to elect him than any other candidate in sight.
"I have been very busy this past year trying to put Georgia Warm Springs on its feet as a therapeutic center to take care of infantile paralysis and other cases. My own legs are getting on extremely well and I walk with far greater facility and the improvement continues...".
During the year before the 1928 presidential election, in which he again supported the "Happy Warrior" Alfred E. Smith, Roosevelt had refused suggestions that he run for Governor of New York in order to strengthen Smith in their home state. At the last minute, however, during the state convention, he unexpectedly ceded to Smith's personal pleas, and won the election by a narrow margin after a four-week campaign.
"It is very nice to have your letter, but please do not get excited about any suggestion of my running in 1928. I am still hoping that [New York] Governor [Alfred E.] Smith will receive the [presidential] nomination as I think that it will be more easy for the Democratic Party to elect him than any other candidate in sight.
"I have been very busy this past year trying to put Georgia Warm Springs on its feet as a therapeutic center to take care of infantile paralysis and other cases. My own legs are getting on extremely well and I walk with far greater facility and the improvement continues...".
During the year before the 1928 presidential election, in which he again supported the "Happy Warrior" Alfred E. Smith, Roosevelt had refused suggestions that he run for Governor of New York in order to strengthen Smith in their home state. At the last minute, however, during the state convention, he unexpectedly ceded to Smith's personal pleas, and won the election by a narrow margin after a four-week campaign.