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Show ewey deists isys New York Governor Stands High in Public Estimation By BAUKIIAGE News Analyst and Commentator. Washington. Last week we looked at some of the contenders con-tenders for the Republican presidential nomination. This week it is the New York governor's turn. More than one person who has tried to talk about or write about Thomas Edmund Dewey has complained of the difficulty diffi-culty of this task. There doesn't seem to be any one place to begin or end. Several simple declarative sentences can be written about the ambitious ambi-tious governor of the State of New York. For instance, he is ambitious. Everybody admits that, his friends approvingly, making it a sort of copy-book virtue; and Dewey has taken the copy-book to heart, not merely in regard to ambition, in general, but in attempting to justify just-ify a specific ambition, one we all heard some time or other in our youth: "every American boy has a chance to be president." Dewey has taken that seriously. His enemies look upon Dewey's ambition as Brutus looked upon Caesar's. I'm afraid that wasn't as simple or declarative a sentence as I in tended. Let's try this again: Thomas Thom-as Dewey is not a hail fellow well-met. (I doubt if anybody will deny that.) Thomas Dewey once was chosen as one of America's Amer-ica's 25 best dressed men. I think anybody who has seen him win say that was a justifiable choice. Thomas Dewey Baukhage Is a small man In stature. (The Jokesters have done the best they tan with that Joke but it's worn by oow.) Standing in a small group vith Dewey you aren't particularly conscious of his height or lack of t When he looks at you he can look rard enough to make you feel that jou are almost seeing eye to eye laterally, I mean not necessarily Lguratively. Tom Dewey is a hard worker; he is 45 and, like Taft, was a good student. When it comes to generalities Dewey is more difficult to describe. There is one thing, however, that emerges clearly when one examines Dewey's career. It follows a very definite curve which he undoubtedly plotted a long time ago and which will take the boy from Owosso, Mich., all the way into the White House if he is permitted to follow it Frequently he has had to pause in his upward course but he always manages to start over again where he left off, and continue con-tinue in the same direction. He lost his first bids for the gnber- natorial and presidential nomination nomi-nation in 1938 and 1940, respectively, respec-tively, but he tried again for the governorship in 1942, and was carried into office en a landslide land-slide that ended 20 years of Democratic control. That carried car-ried him along to the next milestone mile-stone and he became automatie contender for the presidency in 1944. The revolt against the New Deal which put the Republicans back into power in New York wasn't strong enough to ever-come ever-come the Roosevelt popularity o Dewey had to mark time until the next time which is now. However, there is no use leapfrogging leap-frogging the nomination, which is the issue at the moment There is the usual controversy over the results re-sults of Dewey's western trip, which ended in August but his managers, with confident optimism, announced on his return that his first-ballot strength at the convention would register at least 400 out of the 547 votes needed to nominate him. Taft Might Hinder Dewey's Possibilities However, the results of the more recent Taft Journey might mean a double setback for Dewey if what Is claimed Is correct; namely, that Taft not only strengthened himself but strengthened Republican prospects pros-pects generally. The reason for this is that the men who pull the strings in the Republican party have no great affection for Dewey. If they thought they were doe for an easy victory they would be likely to push him aside regardless regard-less of his vote-getting ability. In other words, while the Insiders In-siders want a man who can get . the popular vote, they would rather . have somebody whom they are entirely sure is their man, even if he Isn't as popular popu-lar so long as he has edge enough to pull through. While no formidable "stop Dewey movement is evident the fact tht Taft tossed Warren of California Califor-nia a whole bowl of roses, took occasion oc-casion to at least mention Stassen and found no occasion to notice the existence of the governor of New York seemed to indicate that there might be some concerted effort in the future on the part of the serious contenders. And, of course, there are always the favorite sons whose supporters always hope against hope to get together in a "stop Dewey" effort One thing about Dewey, however, how-ever, is that he appears to be able to build as he goes. That is, up to the present he has gained in velocity ve-locity without having to reach too far back for his prestige. Dewey's opponents point to what they call a "blank" record rec-ord as governor. The Democrats Demo-crats say that about all he did was to cash in on a number of progressive steps taken by bis predecessors clear back to AI Smith. While it is true that he has increased his political stature, moving steadily and steadfastly toward his goal the White House he has at the same time been accused by his opponents of leaning over backwards back-wards to avoid doing or saying anything that might prove an obstacle toward that goat This thought was put into concrete form in a recent resolution passed by the New York state Industrial Union council (the official CIO body which represents all the CIO unions of New York) at Saratoga Springs in September, which read: "We accuse ac-cuse Governor Dewey of permitting his personal ambition to take precedence prece-dence over the best interests of the people of New York." 1 don't mean to imply by this that Dewey counts too heavily on the CIO vote. Although he has created a considerable aura of pro-gressivism pro-gressivism about himself, some of his backers are very conservative and financially-powerful individuals. There is one characteristic revealed re-vealed in Dewey's career which may be forgotten as his record as an executive eclipses his achievement THOMAS E. DEWEY Hi's Ambitious. as a prosecutor. It must be remembered remem-bered that more than once he has sacrificed a highly lucrative position posi-tion for the pure Joy of criminal prosecution. First, when after making mak-ing a good record on the staff of the United States district attorney, he postponed returning to private practice prac-tice in order to prosecute Municipal Court Judge Hunstler, without pay, for the American Bar association; then, when he accepted the position as deputy district attorney at $16,-000 $16,-000 a year to go after Dutch Schultz, Lucky Luciano, et aL He is quoted as saying once that he would rather prosecute criminals than eat VANISHING AMERICANISMS Party Line That chatty, friendly Institution, the rural party line, the force which has bound farm residents together to-gether into communities and spread more news than Walter WinchelL is getting ready to bid farewell to the American scene. It's in the cards. The party line will be replaced, eventually, by the unsociable but efficient dial telephone tele-phone exchange. That fact became apparent recently when a telephone and radio manufacturing firm announced an-nounced development of a dial telephone tele-phone exchange especially designed for the small community which has only 300 or 400 subscribers. The new type of exchange, which will make dial phones economical for an operating company with as Toward Presidency I S , - Z y t X i I , , , ? Si. ,. , -V rA : ; i ' Mr : ' . r ,' f S; y i ' ' . -. ! ' .-Pi fr,.-.wY..:.v-.r.; -y -i'i'i IIJJ 1 -.w....'if &t HEARTS IN THE HIGHLANDS . . . Four kilted members of the royal Scots guard are shown performing the celebrated Highland fling with swords at the Silver Lining fesUval which was held at the "cockpit" in London's famous Hyde Park. Festival was a tribute to London's 50,000 voluntary workers in the national savings movement. NEWS REVIEW Rough on Reds: Byrnes; AFL Overrides Lewis MEMOIRS: No Patience James F. Byrnes, who, when he was secretary of state, was a veritable veri-table personification of "patience on a monument" in his dealings with Russia, stepped down from his pedestal ped-estal and announced that it was time to start slugging. In his published memoirs, "Speaking Frankly," Byrnes proposed pro-posed that the U. S. reply to Russia's Rus-sia's "obstructionism" on atomic energy and German peace treaty agreements with "better and more" atomic bombs and a decision to drive the Red army out of Germany, by force If necessary. Exponents of the "get tough with Russia" policy now have a sturdy champion in the former secretary of state, who resigned re-signed that post only last January because of ill health. Byrnes presented pre-sented a 10-step "course of action for restoring peace, basis of which must be the conclusion of BYRNES a satisfactory German peace treaty. At the same time, he conceded con-ceded that the plan of action conceivably con-ceivably could lead to World War III if Russia refused to co-operate. First of all, said Byrnes, the U. S. should ask the Big Five to call a full-dress conference of all nations on Germany "early in 1948." If Russia refuses to participate or if she boycotts the conference, the other nations should proceed without with-out her. Then comes the stinger which Byrnes advocates. If Russia refuses to sign the treaty and likewise refuses re-fuses to withdraw Red troops from western Germany, other nations should ask the U. N. security council coun-cil to order her out And if Russia vetoes the security council order, then the U. S. must drive her out of Germany by force. However, Byrnes is firm in his belief that the U. S. probably will not have to resort to warfare. He thinks Russia will withdraw her troops from western Germany upon completion of a peace treaty. REFUGEES: From Soviets Streams of refugees are reported to be coming through Russia's iron curtain to the southeastern coast of Sweden. Reason for their flight, they say, is that the Baltic lands where they made their homes, now under control con-trol of the Soviet Union, are being combed by the Russians for men and women to be deported to Siberia. A secret transportation route out of the Soviet zone manages to spirit the refugees to Sweden. Cost for such a Journey 2,500 German marks. Heading few as 40 lines, is termed un-romantically un-romantically a "community rotary exchange." Cost of Installation will average about $100 a line, but the cost to an individual subscriber will be much lower than that because be-cause rural exchanges usually have from 4 to 10 parties on a line. The unit will provide fully automatic auto-matic service for individuals, private pri-vate branch exchanges, 2, 5 and 10-party 10-party lines, as well as pay station service. Major development is the circuit arrangement which completely separates sep-arates toll from local service, thereby there-by insining the availability of lines for long distance calls, even though all local facilities may be busy. THE LEIII SUN. LEHI, UTAH BELABOR: Leivis Downed "On this issue I don't think the federation has a head. I think its neck has Just grown up and haired over." Thus spake John L. Lewis, he of the king-sized eyebrows, at the American Federation of Labor convention con-vention in San Francisco. The issue to which he so lustily referred was that of whether the AFL should vote to wipe out Its 13 vice presidents, of which Lewis is one. And despite Lewis' name-calling and hammy, mane-tossing histrionics, histrion-ics, the AFL did vote to abolish its vice presidents in a move to make the entire federation eligible to use the national labor relations rela-tions board under the Taft - Hartley law. The action, which leaves only William ureen, president. JOHN L. and George Meany, LEWIS secretary - treasurer, treas-urer, as top federation officers, was taken in order to permit the AFL officers to sign non-Communist affidavits affi-davits for AFL federal unions which have no national officers of their own. No union may have access to the facilities of the national labor relations board under the Taft-Hartley law unless their officers sign the affidavits. Lewis previously had adamantly refused to sign the non-Communist affidavit on the grounds that he would be making a concession to the Taft-Hartley law, much reviled by labor. REPARATIONS: Germany Pays European aid took a different turn with an announced plan by British and American military governments govern-ments to dismantle 682 German industrial in-dustrial and war plants in their two zones for reparations. Purpose of the move, slated to bt carried out as swiftly as possible, is to expedite European economic recovery. Most of the factories a! 4 metal, chemical and electrical engineering, engi-neering, shipbuilding and power plants. The announcement points up the problem, still not fully solved, of whether completely to destroy Germany's Ger-many's war potential by cancelling out her industrial strength, or to rebuild re-build the German industry for peaceful production. Obviously realizing the possible adverse effects which the dismantling disman-tling of the plants might have upon the German people, the U. S. and Britain issued a joint statement emphasizing em-phasizing that they would consider suggestions ' from the Germans for substitution of equivalent individual plants. for Doom Exponents of the "community rotary exchange" boast that once the unit is installed it continues to operate for months untouched by human hands. With this mechanical marvel at the helm, the party line will become be-come as obsolete as Benjamin Franklin's kite. No longer will every ev-ery phone on the line ring when someone puts in a call The jangling on the wall will be heard only in the home of the person for whom the call is intended. Final analysis reveals that the new dial exchange can do everything every-thing the old party line did. and can do it better. With one exception: ex-ception: It can't trace down the doctor doc-tor in an emergmcy. mmmmmmm. DREW PEARSON Farm Leader Spurs Food Drive ALBERT S. GOSS, master of the National Grange, the na-A na-A tion's biggest farm organization, is a mild-appearing, .bespectacled, .be-spectacled, little man you might mistake for a professor on leave from an Ivy league college. However, Goss does some unprofessional slugging on issues is-sues that interest him, and although he represents the farmer he also strongly believes in feeding Europe. Calling on president pres-ident Truman, Goss urged drastic steps to deal with the food CriThis is an emergency, comparable to a wartime emergency," toe farm leader told the President. "So we all must pitch in, tighten our bens and treat it as such. ... "Until it is over, everybody-business, labor and the farmers wut have to be satisfied with a smaller margin of profit X am sure you win find the farmers only too willing to do their part" The grange leader showed Mr. Truman a colored slide or a picture of one week's food rations in the American occupation sone In Germany, taken when Goss was in Frankfort during a European tour last spring. It was enough to cover a good-sized dinner plate, plus a small loaf of bread a full week's supply for one person. "That's typical of the countries now asking us for help, explained Goss. "Let me remind you that this picture was taken last spring. The people over there will get even less next spring unless we do something WALTER WINCHELL New York by Lamplight Silhouettes About Town: Lizabeth Scott, star of "Desert Fury." enjoying enjoy-ing "The Medium" at the Barry-more. Barry-more. Few seasons ago Liz ushered there. . . . Nellie Lutcher, newest disc-overy, who averaged $200 per week until a few months ago. She'll get $3,000 per concert (per huh?) at Town Hall. . . . Sari Gabor (Mrs. Conrad Hilton) who says she was robbed of $500,000 in gems, used to have "awful pains in the head," and Invariably wore a huge turban, under un-der which was an ice bag. The U. S. doesn't want a war with Russia any more than Russia Rus-sia wants a peace with US. . . . Can you remember way back when Moscow was begging us to send our troops overseas instead in-stead of daring us? WALTER SHEAD Americans Resent Regimentation THE democratic way is the voluntary way. There is no question about that premise. The American people resent being regimented In peacetime peace-time or forced to do anything. During the war they had boys and husbands hus-bands and friends in a fighting war and they stood for some regimentation in the interests of the common good. But one cannot help but wish that in such an emergency as the present food crisis, when the cooperation of every American is needed to back up the foreign policy of the nation which is waging a war for peace, the President of the United States had some of the wartime powers of which he was stripped by repeal of the war powers act. A case in point is the sullen reluctance of grain exchange gamblers to post higher . margins on future speculations when asked to do so by the President in order to take some of the pressure off higher prices. H. I. PHILLIPS It's a Change in the Weather Rep. Sid Simpson of Illinois is fathering a bill for a half million dollar appropriation to take up the matter of converting clouds into rain, dissipating fog and producing snow. Government control of weather, weath-er, as it were. In s way this movement for government gov-ernment operation of weather is one of the best things ever suggested. More than 75 per cent of the gripes yon hear are about the weather. But we fear complications once the matter gets into the hands of politicians. poli-ticians. We might see the Republicans beating the Democrats on a pledge to prevent a recurrence of the blizzard bliz-zard that came in the latter's administration. ad-ministration. , Or the Democrats fighting the GOP on the claim that PAUL MALLON Red Strength lies in Politics T3 USSIA may be weak from a military and economic standpoint, but 1X she is far from weak from a political standpoint Her diplomatic position, which has enabled her te veto world peace plans and atomic control, hardly can be considered weak. More than 2,000 American passports for Russia are said to be out-standing. out-standing. From more than one American, who has visited Russia lately to see what the Kremlin restrictedly wishes a visitor to see, has come the suggestion that economically Russia could not pursue a war of any duration. Her production is bad. From the military standpoint no doubt she could seize certain Turkish territories and perhaps even Greece without great trouble. Indeed, she might even try to seize the whole of Europe, although her ability for military action up to the eastern rim of the Atlantic ocean can be gravely doubted. One peaceful chance of solution of this problem has not been mentioned men-tioned much in the discussions behind the scenes. If Russia is as inefficient ineffi-cient as she has shown herself to be, her destiny will be downward. She developed only one good gun and one good plane during the war" Ruthless sacrifice of manpower won the war for her. Only in politics is she strong. Therefore if an aggressive resistance is maintained to her by the world and she is allowed to work out her downward destiny in accordance with her lack of ability-then peace could come without another war. WRIGHT PATTERSON Hoover Urges Voluntary Saving THEY tell us Herbert Hoover is not an orator, but he can put more information and more appeal into his matter-of-fact statements than can any mere orator. From him we received a clear-cut appraisal ap-praisal of the food situation of the world; what is needed in this country coun-try if a disastrous ' European and Dnn't ht amazed if Senator Taft sides tvith moderates in the coming battle of prices in congress. He could even be liberal if it weren't for bis wife, Martha. Capitattlers will assurt you Martha is the old, old guard, plus a sharp tongue. Washington Ticker: The President has a new hideaway in Florida where he can go when Washington weather gets too brrr. At Key West. . . . You can expect more attacks on other high-living U. S. generals (similar to the General Lee affair) who served )a the CBI theater. . . . Secretary of Agriculture Anderson "threatens" to sue Whittlesey House for NOT publishing a book. What perplexes thai firm is that Anderson Ander-son didn't write the book he is only "associated" with it the worst humidity always cams when the Republicans were in. Jersey saloon keepers have voted to use a smaller beer glass. Somebody always is attempting the impossible. Next Week: "MURDER IN THE NURSERY." Eric Johnston, movie czar. How I wonder where you are As I hear you talk and sup But observe no follow-up. An army balloon, fully inflated, was stolen at Asbury park the other day, probably some housewife determined de-termined to get up among the current cur-rent price levels. Maybe the decision of International Harvester to turn to refrigerators reflects re-flects the growing belief that we may all be eating bay before long. Asiatic famine is to be avoided; an appeal for voluntary action on the part of the American individual that can accomplish the needed results. That appeal, coming from Hoover! with his first-hand knowledge. vtili do more to Induce the necessary saving of food than could be accon plished by regimentation. n;L.t ri . 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