he also unseats the new york city mayor who is an ally, mayor hylan, one of hearst's allies, replaces him with jimmy parker. hearst gets the last laugh. in 1932 hearst uses his power to throw on the fifth ballot or sixth ballot the nomination of -- from the fdr/smith battle, he takes his votes from california under mcadoo, i believe, and texas with john nance garner and give it to roosevelt. knocks smith out. he loses the nomination because of hearst behind the scenes. >> there were three or four presidential elections that al smith was active in. 1920, '24, '28 and '32. here's a newsreel recap. from 1932 about the '24, '38, and 1922 elections. >> then the great political battle of 1924 where with alfred e. smith and john w. davis he stood out as a leader. there never was a political convention to match the democratic national gathering of 1924 in new york. mcadoo against al smith. day after day a fruitless -- terrific storms of passion shaping the delegates and convulsing the thousands in the gallery. franklin d. roosevelt's presentation of the name of alfred e. smith. the happy warr