The shy, jug-shaped man who often says no to Franklin Roosevelt gulped and said yes. Thus Justice Samuel I. ("Sammy the Rose") Rosenman, 47, decided to quit his job as a New York Supreme Court Justice (salary $25,000 a year) to become "special counsel" to the President (probable salary $10,000 a year).
In 1928, when Franklin Roosevelt was campaigning for New York's Governorship, he met a learned, self-effacing young lawyer. Sam Rosenman at once became useful to Candidate Roosevelt; he dug up facts for campaign speeches, modestly made many a sound suggestion. Governor Roosevelt made Rosenman his personal counsel, dubbed him "Sammy...
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