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Show I MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA. UTAH - Confident Repyblicaos Choose Dewey-Warre- n. Team for 1948 By WALTER A. SHEAD WNU Washington Correspondent PHILADELPHIA Bowling over all opposition in an unchecked power drive toward the coveted goal of 543 votes, Governor Thomas E. Dewey, of New York, swept to victory on the third ballot at the Republican National Convention. After a night of speculation on 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 Governor Earl Warren, governor of California, was nominated to the by acclamation after Arizona had withdrawn the name of Harold E. Stassen. Actually the colorful New York-er's nomination came by unami-mou- s vote after he had demon-strated unprecedented strength on the first ballot over six other con-tenders for the nomination. Gov-ernor Dewey polled 434 votes on the first ballot to 224 for Senator Robert A. Taft, of Ohio, his near-est competitor, with former Gov-ernor Harold E. Stassen trailing in third place with 157 votes. Senator Arthur Vandenburg, of Michigan, polled 62; Senator Raymond Bald-win, of Connecticut, 19; Speaker Joe Martin, of Massachusetts, 18; Carroll Reese, of Tennessee, chair-man of the GOP national commit- - - : : s . v ''" . . , . , ' " , f, '. ' . , ' - ux :: i ? ' : ' ' s , , i , THOMAS E. DEWEY tee, 15; General of the Army Douglas McArthur, 11; Governor Dwight Green, of Illinois, 56; Gov--ern- or Alfred E. Driscoll, of New Jersey,' 35; Governor Earl Warren, of California, 59, and Congressman Everett M. Dirksen, of Illinois, 1. Governor Dewey won the nomi-nation because he had the best or-ganization, because his opposition underestimated his strength and despite the fact it broke a Repub-lican party precedent of never having nominated a losing candi-date. The two-tim- e nominee, he was the party's standard bearer in 1944, was given a tremendous ovation when he came into the convention accompanied by his personable wife. His nomination came swiftly after Senator John Bricker, of Ohio, had withdrawn Senator Taft's name and Stassen had himself gone to wagon stampede of delegates for the New Yorker. The maneuver, clever phsychologically 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." Sena-tor Robert A. Taft, of Ohio, second man, with some 250 or more dele-gates on the first ballot and former Governor Harold E. Stassen, of Minnesota, with some 175 delegates, along with the Connecticut state chairman. Governor 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, the Dewey "blitz" brought Senator Arthur Vanden-burg from out of his cocoon as a dark-hor- se and into the picture as an active candidate to be nomi-nated on the first roll call of the states. First shown-dow- n was a split In the Pennsylvania delegation of 73 votes resulting in the withdrawal of Pennsylvania's Senator Edward Martin as a favorite son candidate In favor of Governor Dewey, throw-ing roughly 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 half of the Keystone state delegation controlled by Gov-ernor 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 npwpv wif.Vi Vtis: fnllrmrino- - rtf made a sturdy, if aged picture there with the kleig lights beamingl upon him. Foreign Aid Plank Features Platform Highlight of the 1948 GOP plat-- ., form and chief bone of contention; in sessions of the resolutions com- -, mittee was the foreign relations' plank. The all-o- ut approval, how-ever of the European recovery program and support of the United Nations was a clear-c- ut victory fori 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 covering the field of domestic issuesj including conservation of natural resources, farm price supports,' economy In government, against' high prices, abolition of useless1 government bureaus, maintenance' of an adequate armed service for sea, land and air; reduction of the , federal debt and taxes, elimina-tion of monopoly to aid small busi-ness, a sound soil conservation pro-gram, development of sound farm credit, encouragement of family-size- d farms; progressive develop-ment of the nation's water resources for navigation, flood con-trol and power; a comprehensive reclamation program; recognition of the nation's obligation to all veterans and a realistic and ade-quate adjustment of benefits; housing by private enterprise at lower costs, but federal aid for local . j ! ! I ' 4 V ' ' V! r V x -- ' ' 1 ' - X GOV. EARL WARREN the platform to withdraw in favor of Dewey. They were quickly fol-lowed by Governor Warren, of California, and the others. Governor Dewey told the dele-gates he accepted the nomination "unfettered by a single obligation or promise to any living person." His acceptance speech, which evi-dently had been prepared in advance, since it was delivered in mimeograph form to the press be-fore 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 to naught." Dewey In Center Of Early Activity Governor Dewey came into the convention as the leading candi-date, with approximately 350 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 failed to improve the governor's position in the first two days of the conven-tion, to shoot the works on the first ballot In an effort to start a band- - 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 sev-eral weeks then pulled into the Dewey camp with his te dele-gation. Up to this point before the balloting started, Governor Dewey had reached the peak of his claimed strength. Confident Spirit Highlights Sessions Until the demonstrations for can-didates started the wild and tumul-tous session which lasted 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-pla- y to any large degree. These delegates gathered here were all convinced they were naming the next President of the United States . . . that 1948 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 es-corted to the platform by. Alf Landon, of Kansas, the 1936 nominee. Mr. Hoover was given a demonstration and he slum clearance and low-rent- al housing; extension of the federal old age and survivor's insurance program and increase of the bene-fits to a more realistic level; strengthening of state-ai- d pro-grams to provide more adequate hospital facilities, to improve methods of treatment of the men-tally 111, to advance maternal and child health and generally to foster a healthy America. The civil rights platform , plank included an law, abolition of the poll tax as a requisite for voting, opposition to racial segrega-tion 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, re-vision of the procedure for election of president and nt to "more exactly reflect the popular vote." This plank referred to the Lodge constitutional revision reso-lution to change the vote procedure of the electoral college. Equal rights for women, equal pay for equal work regardless of sex, edu-cational opportunities for all and giving title of tideland oil lands to the states completed the document. GOP Wanted Mac's Return; Oh, Yes, They Surely Did By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator PHILADELPHIA. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in regret-fully regretting his inability to accept the senate appropriation committee's invitation to come to Washington to testify on the Far Eastern situation, said he'd rather wait until after the na-tional political conventions ; that he didn't want to get any poli-tical implications mixed up with his visit. Regular Republicans solemnly accepted the general's response Just as If they hadn't moved heaven and earth to keep him from accepting. Sen. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire remarked gravely at the time that if anything should happen while MacArthur was away (from Japan), he (Senator Bridges) certainly wouldn't want the responsibility of having the general back here (Oh, dear no!). The enthusiastic political ama-teurs who urged that the general be invited finally were quieted down to the dismay of the Democrats who wept loudly into their beards when i S i f ' ; X h they heard the general would not come. But there was enough danger of ruc-tions, rows and revolt among contenders for the Republican nomination with-o-taking chances on a military apple-cart upsetter. MacArthur in we shall waste those reserves for peace, and default to the forces that breed new wars." Wars can be prevented, said Bradley, just as surely as they can be provoked, and therefore "we who fail to prevent them must share in guilt for the dead." That thesis of General Bradley's that it requires positive peacetime action to stop wars is concurred in by Clarence Streit, president of Federal Union,- Incorporated, an organization working for the feder-alization of the free countries of the world. Streit's argument, made before the house foreign affairs committee, did not get the publicity it should. Streit said that only through free-dom can peace come. Specifically, if the free nations unite in a federation (by free na-tions, he refers to nations which are not dominated by any foreign power and where at least the theory of democracy, as we understand it, obtains) these free nations can as-sure peace. He suggests as charter members of the federation the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Lux-emburg, The Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Eire, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Streit says further that power can be divided into four suits, like a deck of cards, and that these 15 democracies, if they federate, can hold every ace. He lists them: "The Ace of Clubs: Armed power. Not only would their soldiers, if united, number as many as Rus-sia's and be much more mobile and better-equippe- but this union would begin by having the bulk of the world's airpower; 90 per cent of its naval tonnage; advance bases everywhere on earth; 100 per cent atomic power. "The Ace of Spades: Productive power. Despite the tangle on tar-iffs and currencies, these democ-racies outproduce the rest of the world. ' Think what they could do with a free flow of trade similar to that among our own states! "The Ace of Diamonds: Raw ma-terial power. No need of separate stockpiling of essentials. These na-tions would produce 50 to 90 per cent of most of them. "The Ace of Hearts: Moral power. This union would unite all lands towards which the rest of humanity has looked for refuge from oppres-sion and leadership toward liberty. Nothing can appeal to men so deep-ly as can individual freedom and to back it up with every ace is to add irresistible authority to its appeal." I think that is a very concise and logical statement. Western Europe already is moving toward a union, slowly, out of necessity, because there is NO OTHER WAT! The peoples of the world do not want war; the free nations, having achieved freedom, have no cause for war except to defend that free-dom. The federation could main-tain freedom without war, for no one would dare challenge it Convention Coverage Took Much Planning Convention hall in Philadelphia, as the Republican convention got under way, was no sight for the sore eyes of Harold McGrath and Bob Menaugh, superintendents respec-tively of the senate and house radio galleries and Bill Henry, president of the Radio Correspon-dents association. Since October, 1947, they've prac-tically been commuting from Wash-ington to Philadelphia to Inspect the hall plan where broadcasts should originate, decide where net-work and independent radio hews broadcasters of varying degrees of importance should be seated, confer with Republican and Democratic politicos, supervise hotel accom-modations and, most vital of all, hurt nobody's feelings in the pro-cess. Four hundred and 36 radio news-me- n were assigned to cover the Republican convention as compared to the 40 radiomen ac-credited eight years ago and 160 In 1914. Forty-fou- r organizations in addi-tion to the four major networkf, originated broadcasts from the con-vention; 31 of these shows came from the hall itself. Others origin-ated in the 14 other facilities scat-tered around the building, some on the stage of the hall, some in the basement and so on. the United States, marching under arches of triumph, enjoying the lay-ing on of leis, not to mention being cheered and perhaps even voted for by few starry-eye- d elephant cubs, was no pleasant thought for the Republican regulars to contem-plate. On the other hand this con-tingency would fill the simple Dem-ocratic soul with joy beyond com-pare. Wa observed the same sweet In-nocence as to the objectives of President Truman's recent little informal tour of the country. As Chairman Reece of the Republi-can national committee remarked before he left: "It (the trip) will be as as the Pendcr-gs- t machine," which Indicates the nature of the inter-part- y amenities which may be expected from now on. It is indeed a tragedy that this quadrennial sporting event a presi-dential election in which we go through all the motions of tearing our adversaries to pieces, accusing them of all the crimes in the calen-dar just as if we meant it, should have to take place while wars cold. If not hot, seem to be breaking out all over. It is probably a fine thing how-ever, that, as civilization progressed, we changed our methods of choos-ing a leader. In the old days it was a very simple process. When the eldest son had reached that point of strength and wisdom where he felt It was relatively safe to argue with papa the two of them took up their clubs, the ladies and younger children made a circle, and father and son held an election. It didn't take long, and the best man won. The ladies buried the defeated candidate, and tribal life continued tranquilly until the first Tuesday after the first Monday of the month and year that junior thought aus-picious. Nowadays, we stretch the affair out lor a whole year or more. The Russians have simplified elections by removing one candidate before-hand which eliminates much of the element of chance. With us the contest is highly absorbing and, just as the sabre tooth tiger often sneaked in and carried off some of the tribe while the others were watching the "election," so all sorts of things happen to us when we have our minds on the political race. This time there is some danger that a large fat bear may grab off a large chunk of d while we are watching the events leading to the November finals. Union of Nations To Secure Peace Recently Gen. Omar Bradley, chief of staff of the army, made a masterful argument for an unselfish and positive effort for peace, along with an Idealistic appeal that we steer "by the stars, not by the light of each passing ship." "In our hatred and renunciation of war," said General Bradley, "we must not forget that the roots of conflict flourish in the faults and failures of those who seek peace, Just as surely as they take shape from the diseases and designs of aggressors. While the American people have within themselves the moral strength, the power and wis-dom to marshall their forces against aggression in whatever form It affects we cannot feign innocence through indifference or neglect of struggles that bring on wars. We have suffered enough in two world wars to know that in peace means certain Involvement in war. "Either we shall employ our strength, pewer and conscience, boldly and righteously In defense of human dignity and freedom, or Horse Laugh r ONE evening Jones by Brown trying horse on to his doorstep "I say, old man, do hand," he gi. h pleaded, and Brom,,': dering, did so. "Now," con Jones, "let's get him up ft. ';"' and into the bathroom." After a lot of struggling, J, J the horse safely installed, mi' closed the door on him j? ,$ "What's all this about?" Brown, puzzled. ' "I'll teU you." said Jonei , sl got a brother-in-la-living win,. sl and he knows everything K ' e goes in the bathroom tom morning he'll shout down' i pl there's a horse In the bafei a' and for the first time I'll to shout back: Tes, I knowl"' Sl'fis'Ei Forecast of Death Dame May Whitty lived in an apartment house on DeLongpre avenue in Hollywood and had to climb a long flight of stairs from the street to her front door. . . . The lamps lighting the stain had been broken for months. . . . She kept complaining that they ought to be fixed so she wouldn't have to make the precarious climb in the dark. . . . One day she wearily told a neighbor: "By the time they have those lights fixed I'll probably be dead!" . . . The day she died the lights went on again. Vlo Earlson offers this sequel to our recent paragraph titled "The Wail of the Emcee": "An audience like this can be Instru-mental In keeping actors out of work" ... 'Is this an audience or a Jury?" ... "If I don't get a laugh soon, I'll be the best dressed layoff In Llndy's" . . . "1 can do better In the wax museum" . . . "When I was In the army I used to dream of coming home. This audience makes me wish I was back In the army." Facts About Shaw: George Ber-nard Shaw still detests teaching' methods and recently wrote the London Times castigating peda-gogues for loading their charges with burdensome homework. When asked to permit a scene from "Saint' Joan" to be published in a text-book, he replied: "NO. I lay my eternal curse on whomsoever shall now or at any time hereafter make school books of my works and make me hated as Shakespeare is hated. My plays were not designed as in-struments of torture. All the schools that lust after them get this an-swer and will never get any other from G. Bernard Shaw." He wrote five novels during his first years in London. His initial novel, "Immaturity," Was turned down by every publisher in town. Fifty years later he published it himself. . . . Shaw Is an inveterate piano thumper. . . . He did not. become a vegetarian until he was 25. It was a siege of reading Shel-ley that converted him. ... He covered art and books before be-coming music then a dram-a-critic. Midtown Vignette: It happened In a midtown barber Khop the other sundown. . . . Hoover, passing by, recognized a news-paper man and went in. . . . The FBI chief enjoys teasing people who gape at him. . . . "Didn't I meet you once in Alcatraz?" he sternly asked the bootblack. . . . "Ton never seen me no place" was the retort. "And the only time I ever seen you was In the newsreels!" Broadway Hassenpheffer: Lat-est head to roll over at Collier's Is the art director's, according to Writer's Newsletter. The mag owners feel that considerable good will has been kicked right out of the window and so they will kick out most at the helm for being so careless with the stockholders' money! ... A drug store on Ave-nue U (Bklyn) offers: "Penicillin, Soda, Candy." . . . The Balsams, luxurious New Hampshire resort, now is valued at 12 million bux. It Is located on property once for-feited to the state by Daniel Web-ster. (Because of a $30 unpaid tax bill!) ... "And the Poor Get Chil-dren Dep't": H. Hughes (who just bought RKO) got back almost a million already in that stock zoom. The Broadway Wags: Agent Paul Small was being bored by the con-versation of a famed ham seated at the next table. . . . "Lissen to him brag," said Paul. "He works even less than Joe Frisco and for the same dough!" . . . Gene Fowler, in-troducing an actor: "Meet Roland Young, the fellow with the perma-nent novocaine In his gums." . . . Joe E. Lewis' Intro of Basil Rath-bon- "He looks like a d vulture." . . . Arthur Murray tells of a bloke who found the racetrack closed. He didn't want the entire day to be a total wreck so he tore up his money. "Well," memos J. Elllnson, "there's one comforting thought. Russia won't drop an atom bomb on us while Wallace is still here." Big Town Cinderella: The magic which took Lana Turner, Rita Hay-wort- h and Dorothy Lamour from stores to stardom hovered around a pretty girl hostess at the 5th avenue Brass Rail. . . . The press agent of the spot, seeking a plug for the management, placed the girl on the "Models on Parade" program originating from the Copacabana. . . . She ran away with first prize a model's contract. . . . 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Governor Dwight Green, of is, the convention keynoter who delivered one of the able speeches of the convention, definitely had the lightning rod up on the However when the Illinois delegation broke from Green, It went, not to Dewey, but to the hopeless candidacy of Sena-tor Taft. Green couldn't deliver. For the first time network tele-vision carried the live scenes of this convention to the eastern seaboard from Richmond north to Boston. All television networks "pooled" their shots and fed through a cen-tral broadcast station so that all networks received the same cov-erage. "Canned" television took the story Inland. Around Philadelphia every television set was tuned Into con-vention hall and even in the lounges at the meeting outside the convention floor, the television was for many a much more popular and comfortable method of "cover-ing" the proceedings than the .acual convention itself. |