Show Meet Meef Mr Dewey r j Deweys Dewey's Regime as Governor Regarded as Testing Ground I By S. S Durton Burton Heath HeathI I XEA NEA Staff Stat Correspondent I Thomas E. E Deweys Dewey's month 18 regime as as' as go governor of of New York Yorki i has been under continuous micro- micro I scrutiny I because in the Final eyes of bot both h friends friends' and en en- Article it has has been regarded as In S Series erles his testing ground for the presidency Never since e the very beginning of his time big-time career has his g general intelligence been seriously questioned The hope of his his' enemies enemies enemies en en- the fear of ot his friends was that he might prove to be noth noth- nothing nothing ing lug more than a whirlwind prosecutor prosecutor prosecutor prose prose- badly miscast in an adminIstrative adminIstrative administrative admin admin- capacity Two things were watched most closely First his temp temperament his his relationships with legislators legislators legislators legisla legisla- tors party leaders his cabinet and staff subordinates Second his philosophy philosophy his his approach to social and economic problems in which under three notable predecessors predecessors New York state tate has been beena a bellwether for liberalism As did Franklin Roosevelt before before before be be- fore him he selected his own state chairman They have worked to together together together to- to gether harmoniously consulting regularly differing often but al always always always al- al ways getting together after arguments arguments arguments ments and collaborating to obtain resul results ts Out of ot such association between Governor Dewey State Chairman Edwin Jaeckle and the Ute leaders of the Republican-dominated Republican legislature legislature legislature legis legis- lature has come ample evidence that whatever may have been true in the past today Dewey is isable isable isable I able to work with others in the give and take of practical everyday everyday everyday every every- day politics Party did not anticipate anticipate anticipate an an- this One of them has told me in detail of ot their fears after a ter Dewey was elected th that t. t he would try to be a dictator and how a s select lect group of them gathered gathered gathered gath gath- ered in in inthe the interval between bet elec diet election election tion and inauguration and laid plans to thwart any such effort on his part Their Their plans were wasted because because be be- cause before he moved to Albany I be-I Dewey began to consult legislative legislative legisla legisla- tive live leaders lenders taking their advice often oCten working with them arranging arranging arranging ar ar- ar- ar ranging that they should receive public credit for their labors labors labors-a a program that he has followed cons consistently consistently con con- s ever since Tales have come out of ot Albany from time to time about incipient revolts in party ranks because legislators felt that the Ute second floor which floor which is where the gUbernatorial gubernatorial gubernatorial guber gUber- suite is Is' located was cracking too sharp a whip over the peoples people's representatives on the third floor Those stories had some justification justification justification cation but they were out of focus because such complaints are endemic endemic endemic en en- demic in Albany The same thing happened when Al At Smith was governor gover or when Franklin Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt was on the second floor even when gentle Herbert Lehman Leh Leh- man was chief executive Smith Smith invented and Roosevelt perfected the device of going to the people when legislators refused to obey the whip Observers have noted another symptom of Governor Deweys Dewey's party attitude While aspirants for the nomination were knocking each other around publicly often so b busily that they forgot the ultimate ultimate ultimate ulti ulti- mate goal to defeat President nt Roosevelt nei neither ther overtly nor covertly has Governor Dewey said one word in in derogation of any candidate for the nomination that ultimately came to him |