Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-11-08 | Page 4 | Truman Lauds Dewey for Show of True Yank Sportsmanship

ir irv v 4 f k 4 iI J-I- J x I I J j. i HARRY S. S TRUMAN Turned to fo pi piano no for solace when things looked dark darL Truman Lauds Dewey for Show Of True Yank Sportsmanship KANSAS CITY Nov 8 UP UP jp Sen Harry S. S Truman had some mighty might bad moments listening to election returns Tuesday night but he went to bed at 3 a. a m. m the vice president-elect president of the United States For a time the national result appeared in doubt but the senator senator senator sena sena- tor listening to returns with his family and a large group of friends in his hotel suite smilingly told the crowd Everybody around here is nervous but me Then came a report that unofficial unofficial unofficial cial returns Indicated that Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- might go Republican That was too much He went to a piano and concentrated on playing the difficult Minuet by He played without a score and turned out a perfect performance His home state kept him on the griddle for several hours as rural returns piled up an increasing lead for tor the Dewey Dewey-Bricker ticket At Atone Atone Atone one time it looked as if Missouri might break its record of having voted for the winner in every presidential election since 1904 as national returns disclosed a Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic lead Then the big city tabulations which had gotten off ot to a slow start began to pour in Soon after I midnight the Dewey-Bricker Dewey lead was waa wiped out and the result never was in doubt after that Then came Deweys Dewey's concession I i It was a grand statement by bj Gov Dewey and it shows American American Ameri Ameri- can sportsmanship in this campaign campaign campaign cam cam- Truman commented I It ItIs Itis Is our duty now to uphold his good gooc wishes and win the war and win the peace Out at suburban Grandview his year old mother Mrs Martha Truman listened to the returns throughout the early part of ot the night She had done some campaigning campaigning campaigning cam cam- for her son even if I am 91 years old She was philosophical about the matter when it seemed for a a. time that the Dewey ticket had a chance to win If Harry doesn't win he wont won't be disgraced It wont won't kill him But an afterthought afterthought- But since hes he's running I want him to win Truman's wife and daughter Margaret were iver with him in the hotel suite There was a constant stream of well ivell wishers and from time to time the senator was called to a microphone to broadcast on a network network network net net- work or a local station But he called it a night soon after Dewey conceded Im going to sleep until 3 o'clock was his good night