Show e r k Ir IrN N GOV E. E DEWEY Republican Candi Candidate ate for lor President ent REPUBLICANS NAME DEWEY AND BRI BRICKER Both Selected as Unanimous Choice at National Conven Convention ion By WRIGHT A A. A PATTERSON For PRESIDENT THOMAS E. E DEWEY of New York For VICE PRESIDENT JOHN W. W BRICKER of Ohio That is the ticket unanimously named by the 1059 delegates with an equal number of alternates at atthe atthe atthe the Republican national convention in Chicago Those delegates received received received re re- re- re no direction or Instruction from political leaders They had been sent to Chicago by the people in their home states the Joes Johns Dicks Harrys Marys Marrs Janes and Sallys to do the bidding of ot that great rank and file body of ot Republican can voters of the nation The home folks from Maine to California from the Canadian lint line to lo the Gulf Gull knew the man they wanted as a leader the man they wanted in the White House and would brook no compromise with their demands They demanded Governor Dewey and the delegates they sent to Chicago did the bidding bidding bidding bid bid- ding of those who sent them and drafted him as they were directed So far as the selection of a candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date for President of a leader the convention was over before it start start- ed The few ew states in hi which the people people peo peo- pie thought otherwise and tho the United lim Un- limIted limited number of delegates who had thought of other candidates t the general demand and before before before be be- fore the first session of the convention convention convention conven conven- tion had opened on Monday morning such a preponderance of delegate votes had lined up for Governor Dewey there was no question of whom the people wanted and demanded asa asa as asa a leader and other candidates accepted accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac the verdict Unity Predominant In that great gathering on no subJect subject subject sub sub- or any point was there any evIdence evidence evidence evi evI- dence of ot even the slightest friction There was a universal spirit of unity unusual In any great national partisan gatherIng With Wilh that unity was displayed a steadfastness of at serious purpose expressed by wild demonstrations of approval They had gathered in Chicago to do those thou things needed to save the American way of life Ufe to preserve American freedom to maintain constitutional government I have hava seen many conventions of ot both of ot the major political parties of tho the nation I have never before attended a convention in hi which there was such an entire freedom from friction such an entire unity of ot purpose and approval of leaders leaden and policies such a sense of patriotic devotion such an utter absence absence absence ab ab- ab- ab sence of political squabbling such an entire submission to the will of ot the mass of the people The atmosphere atmosphere atmos- atmos phere was more that of a great religious revival than a partisan political gathering There was but a limited amount of even mild viewing with alarm no tune time wasted In violent denunciation denunciation alion of the opposition though the opportunity offered was great greal The thoughts thought of the delegates tho the selected officers of the convention and tho the speakers were centered on the constructive moves and methods needed n d JQ restore restore to o the people the Continued on page five Uve r x 4 Y R GOY GOV JOHN JOlIN W. W BRICKER Republican Candidate ate for lor Vice VIco President J- J Republicans Name Dewey ewe an and Bricker ric er Continued from page one A freedoms ee ems guaranTeed guaranteed G 6 By Y tF the e C on Const nS s tt- tt ttY and the Bill of ot Rights A Peoples People's Convention Of the 25 national conventions oi ot the two major political parties I have reported since 1896 1596 the Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican gathering of ot 1944 was remarkable re- re ref remarkable re re- f for the serious consideration tion given to the needs of ot America at this time of ot war and during the formation of that lasting peace that must be provided for the future It was unique also for the determination determination nation to follow the wishes and demands demands demands de de- de- de mands of the people with no effort or thought to promote the interests of political leaders It was in every sense a peoples people's convention in which ballyhoo had no place but an extreme patriotic enthusiasm was manifest The formalities of the convention followed the established procedure of ot such gatherings Harrison Spangler Chairman of the National Committee called the convention to order shortly after ten o'clock on Monday morning At that session Gov Earl Warren of California was elected as the temporary chair chair- man At the Monday evening session ses sion Governor Warren presided and delivered a ringing Republican keynote address that was far more constructive than condemnatory In that address he sounded the program of constructive c legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion the party promised the people of the nation legislation that would mean the preservation of |