Show confident choose dewey warren team for 1948 by WALTER A SHEAD wash afton correspondent philadelphia bowling over all opposition in an unchecked power drive toward the coveted goal of votes governor thomas E dewey of new york swept to victory on the third ballot at the republican national convention after a night of spec speculation illation on vice presidential candidates which included the names of charles halleck of indiana senator john bricker of ohio governor warren was put forth as the dewey choice for the post governor earl warren governor of california was nominated to the vice presidency by acclamation after arizona had withdrawn the name of harold E stassen actually the colorful new yorkers nomination came by ote vote after he had demonstrated unprecedented strength on the first ballot over six other contenders for the nomination governor dewey polled votes on the first ballot to tor for senator robert A tatt taft of ohio his nearest competitor with former governor harold E stassen trailing in in third place with votes senator arthur vandenburg of michigan polled 62 senator raymond baldwin of connecticut 19 speaker joe martin of massachusetts 18 carroll reese of tennessee chairman of the GOP national committee 15 general of the army douglas mcarthur McArt bur 11 governor dwight green of illinois 56 governor alfred E driscoll of new jersey 35 governor earl warren of california 59 and congressman everett M dirken of illinois I 1 governor dewey won the nomination because be he bad had the best organization because his opposition underestimated his strength and despite the fact it broke a republican party precedent of never having nominated a losing candidate the two time nominee he was the party s standard bearer in 1914 1944 was given a tremendous ovation when be he came into the contention convention accompanied by bis his personable wife his nomination came swiftly after senator john bricker of ohio had withdrawn senator tafts taft s name and stassen had himself gone to 19 ar ft 2 GOV EARL WARREN the platform to withdraw in favor of dewey they were quickly followed by governor warren of california and the others governor dewey told the delegates he accepted the nomination unfettered by a single obligation or promise to any living person his acceptance speech which evidently had been prepared in advance since it was delivered in form to the press before he made it was on a high plane of a spiritual upsurge our problem he said Is most of all spiritual our problem Is not outside ourselves our problem Is within ourselves we have devised noble plans for a new world without a new spirit our noblest plans will come corrie to naught dewey in center of early activity governor dewey came into the convention as the leading candidate with approximately soo votes pledged to him on the first ballot and possibly some 50 to 75 votes as a reserve upon which he could count after favorite son candidates had been moved out of the picture the new york governor s managers decided however after they tailed failed to improve the governors position in the first two days of the convention to shoot the works on the first ballot in an effort to start a band w 71 tv fl Z giai da al I 1 z V 16 W 4 t i 1 vt 4 14 4 F if U THOMAS E DEWET wagon stampede of delegates for the new yo ker the maneuver clever in many instances became known as the dewey blitz it had one effect however it united the other leading candidates in a move to stop dewey senator robert A taft of ohio second man with some or more delegates on the first ballot and former governor harold E stassen of minnesota with some delegates along with the connecticut state chairman gov governor arnor kem sigler of michigan and some other delegate leaders held a meeting at which they canvassed the situation and decided that mr dewey did not have the votes he claimed further farther the dewey blitz brought senator arthur vandenburg from out of his cocoon as a dark horse and into the picture as an active candidate to be nominated on the first roll call of the states first shown down was a split in the pennsylvania delegation of 73 votes resulting in the withdrawal of Pennsyl pennsylvania s senator edward martin as a favorite son candidate in favor of governor dewey throwing roughly halt half of the delegation to the new yorker this did not change the picture in the total vote however since it meant only that the other halt half of the keystone state delegation controlled by gov arnor james J duff would go to senator vandenburg on the first ballot instead of waiting until a later ballot then the missouri delegation split with senator james P kem of that state going to governor dewey with his following of the delegation and senator forrest donnell holding out for senator taft with his missouri delegates governor alfred E driscoll of new jersey who had been flirting with the vandenburg candidacy for several weeks then pulled into the dewey camp with his 35 vote delegation up to this point before the balloting started governor dewey had reached the peak ot of his claimed strength confident spirit highlights sessions until the demonstrations for candidates started the wild and fumul tous session which lasted loas long into wednesday night there had been little enthusiasm and actually small crowds attending the convention there was an air of tenseness and responsibility about these delegates which did not lend itself to hilarity or horse play to any large degree these delegates gathered here were all convinced they were naming the next president of the united states that 1948 1949 is a sure winner for the republican party the best demonstration up to the roll call of states came when herbert hoover former president and GOP elder statesman was escorted to the platform by alt alf london landon of kansas the 1936 nominee mr hoover was given a 16 minute demonstration and he made a sturdy if aged picture there with the elein lights beaming upon him foreign aid plank features platform highlight of the 1948 GOP platform and chief bone of contention in sessions of the resolutions committee was the foreign relations plank the all out approval however of the european recovery program and support of the united nations was a clear cut victory for senator arthur vandenburg of michigan and senator henry cabot lodge jr of massachusetts the chairman of the resolutions committee while ERP was not mentioned by name the platform plank was clear and strong the platform was all inclusive covering the field of domestic issues including conservation of natural resources farm price supports economy in government against high prices abolition of useless government ent bureaus maintenance of an adequate armed aimed service tor for sea land and air reduction of the federal debt and taxes elimination of monopoly to aid small business a sound soil conservation program 9 ram development of sound farm credit encouragement of family sized farms progressive development of the nations nation s water resources tor for navigation flood control and power a comprehensive reclamation program recognition of the nations nation s obligation to all veterans and a realistic and adequate adjustment of benefits housing by private enterprise at lower costs but federal aid for local slum clearance and low rental housing extension of the federal old age and survivors insurance program and increase of the benefits to a more realistic level strengthening of state aid programs to provide more adequate hospital facilities to improve methods of treatment of the mentally ill to advance maternal and child health and generally to foster a healthy america the civil rights platform plank included an anti lynch ing law abolition of the poll tax as a requisite f for or voting opposition to racial se segregation rega in the armed services and equality of all individuals in their right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness right to equal opportunity to work and to advance in life not limited because of race religion color or country of origin the platform also pledged new legislation against communism revision of the procedure for election of president and vice president to more exactly reflect the popular vote this plank referred to the lodge constitutional revision resolution to change the vote procedure of the electoral college rights lor for women equal pay for equal work regardless of sex educational cat ional opportunities for all and giving title of tideland oil lands to the states completed the document ment |