Al Smith argued New York spent on resource conservation but neglected the poor

Evidence

We are pledged to conserve the natural resources of the State. Millions of dollars of the taxpayers’ money, untold and uncounted millions, have been poured into that channel. We have been in a great hurry to legislate for the interests. We have been slow to legislate along the direction that means thanksgiving to the poorest man recorded in history—He who was born in the stable at Bethlehem. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 551

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Personal lived poverty, not ideology, drove Al Smith’s political passion — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 545