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else to do now. I'll do that, but without Mrs. Moskowitz we wouldn't have it so easy to work together, because she knows me, who I know, what I can do. She'll make suggestions. She'll be the best person for you.'”

I said, “Did you tell him that you would?”

“No,” he said, “I just didn't say right off that I would. I'll think about it, of course. She's a very fine woman, isn't she?”

I said, “Yes, she's a very fine woman. She's very capable.”

He said, “You know, I felt kind of funny about it, but I thought she was all right. But then I told Eleanor what Al had proposed. Eleanor knows her well too. You know what Eleanor said to me?”

This is honestly the first time that I've told this story to anybody.

“Eleanor said to me, ‘Franklin, Mrs. Moskowitz is a very fine woman. I have worked with her in every campaign. I never worked with anybody that I liked to work with better. She's extremely competent. She's extremely able. She's far-sighted. She's absolutely reliable. What she says she'll do, she does. You can count on that. I think a great deal of her and I think we are friends. But I want to say this to you. You have to decide, and you have to decide it now,