ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano, President . Typed letter signed ("Franklin D Roosevelt"), as New York Governor and presidential candidate, to T. Russell Hungerford of Washington, D.C.; Albany, 7 March 1932. 1 page, 4to, on embossed stationery of Executive Department, State of New York, boldly marked "Private" in Roosevelt's hand at top left. THREE MONTHS BEFORE HE BECOMES A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY, ROOSEVELT LASHES OUT AT A JOURNALIST: "I AM IN PERFECT HEALTH" A letter of unusual, barely suppressed anger and resentment, containing a very rare allusion to Roosevelt's polio and his use of a leg brace. Roosevelt responds energetically to an inaccurate and distorted article on him, which sought to create doubts about his health and fitness for the White House: "That kind of story is so typically yellow journalish that it creates in many respects a wholly false picture. For instance, the boat story is made out of whole cloth. The breakfasting part is only partially true; sometimes I do, sometimes I don't; it depends on what saves the most time in the midst of a very large family and, therefore, somewhat irregular hours." "The losing my balance and toppling is not true. As you know, I wear a leg brace to lock the knee and on one occasion, when I was speaking, the brace broke with the result that I went half way down. Frankly, I cannot see the importance of all this nonsense when I am in perfect health and get through three times as much work in the course of the average day as three ordinary men do. Come up here and watch me for twenty-four hours and prove it to your own satisfaction..." Roosevelt was stricken with polio in 1921 but overcome his lack of mobility by the use of leg braces to become Governor in 1929. Three months later, in spite of questions raised by his opponents concerning his health, Roosevelt won the Democratic nomination for President. An incident strikingly similar to the occasion Roosevelt here denies occurred in 1936. Moments before he was to deliver his acceptance speech to the convention, Roosevelt lost his balance and toppled to the floor. He regained his footing, stepped to the podium, and delivered his speech.
ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano, President . Typed letter signed ("Franklin D Roosevelt"), as New York Governor and presidential candidate, to T. Russell Hungerford of Washington, D.C.; Albany, 7 March 1932. 1 page, 4to, on embossed stationery of Executive Department, State of New York, boldly marked "Private" in Roosevelt's hand at top left. THREE MONTHS BEFORE HE BECOMES A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY, ROOSEVELT LASHES OUT AT A JOURNALIST: "I AM IN PERFECT HEALTH" A letter of unusual, barely suppressed anger and resentment, containing a very rare allusion to Roosevelt's polio and his use of a leg brace. Roosevelt responds energetically to an inaccurate and distorted article on him, which sought to create doubts about his health and fitness for the White House: "That kind of story is so typically yellow journalish that it creates in many respects a wholly false picture. For instance, the boat story is made out of whole cloth. The breakfasting part is only partially true; sometimes I do, sometimes I don't; it depends on what saves the most time in the midst of a very large family and, therefore, somewhat irregular hours." "The losing my balance and toppling is not true. As you know, I wear a leg brace to lock the knee and on one occasion, when I was speaking, the brace broke with the result that I went half way down. Frankly, I cannot see the importance of all this nonsense when I am in perfect health and get through three times as much work in the course of the average day as three ordinary men do. Come up here and watch me for twenty-four hours and prove it to your own satisfaction..." Roosevelt was stricken with polio in 1921 but overcome his lack of mobility by the use of leg braces to become Governor in 1929. Three months later, in spite of questions raised by his opponents concerning his health, Roosevelt won the Democratic nomination for President. An incident strikingly similar to the occasion Roosevelt here denies occurred in 1936. Moments before he was to deliver his acceptance speech to the convention, Roosevelt lost his balance and toppled to the floor. He regained his footing, stepped to the podium, and delivered his speech.
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