As Norman Thomas's policy researcher, Rosner helped write the socialist platform for the 1932 presidential race.
Rosner contributed "The Myth of a Progressive Governor," a statistic-filled six page tract blasting Franklin D. Roosevelt's failure to honor his promise to "remember the forgotten man at the bottom."
Watchmen, lock tenders, and bridge workers in the state department of public works are also denied one day of rest in seven.
It would be a simple matter to amend that section of the N.Y. labor law so as to give all workers in New York this protection.
Communications were sent to the Governor, acquainting him with the facts and requesting his support, but he did not make any effort to compel action from the legislature.
In this respect, Rosner played an important, though low key, role as an early proponent for New Deal programs.