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Bricker, of Ohio as his running mate, said: "With the help of God, I sliall try to be worthy of the trust." "I accept the nomination." Dewey asserted that he accepted the responsibility as "a free man." "I have made no pledges, promises prom-ises or commitments, expressed or implied, to any man or woman," ' he said. "I shall make none, except ex-cept to the American people." Dewey was repeatedly interrupted interrupt-ed by the greatest ovation given to anyone at this convention as he clearly enunciated what he intends in-tends to do if elected to the nation's na-tion's highest office. Dewey said: "These pledges, I do make: I 1. "To men and women of the t Republican party everywhere I pledge my utmost efforts m the months ahead. In return, 1 ask for your support. Without it, I cannot discharge the heavy obligation obli-gation you lay upon me. 2. "To Americans of every par- (ty I pledge that on January 20, next year, our government . will ! again have a cabinet of the ablest men and women to be found in America. Its members will expect and will receive full delegation of , the powers of their office. They will be capable of administering j those powers. They wall each be j I experienced in the task to be done, I and young enough to do it. This election will bring an end to one- ; man government in America. j 2. "To Americans of every par- j ty I pledge a campaign dedicated to one end and above all others that this nation under God may continue hi the years ahead a free nation of free men. "When we have won the war, we shall still have to win the peace," he said. "We are agreed, all of us, that America will participate par-ticipate with other sovereign nations na-tions in a cooperative effort to prevent future wars." "For many months John Bricker j has gone from state to state telling tell-ing people what the real issues are and what great good will come with election of Republicans," Dewey said. "Never before in the history of j our party did any American dis-i dis-i play such good sportsmanship and j such fine statesmanship as he did j this morning and I am happy to j be associated wuth him." I Bricker had been a candidate ' (.Continued on Page Four) party " harmony;; Kc made a seconding sec-onding speech, .for Dewey's nomination. nomin-ation. Dewey asserted that "everything we do today and in the future must be devoted to the single purpose" pur-pose" of winning the . wax. ' "To our allies let us send from this convention one message from our hearts: The American people , history of Republican conventions, speeches, demonstrations - and roll. The business the nominating calls took less" than three hours. .- Permanent Chairman Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts convened con-vened the session at 10:49 a. m. Dewey was officially declared and nominated at 1:03 p.m.' then Bricker at 1:44 p. m. are united with you to the limit of our resources and man power, devoted de-voted to the single task of victory and the establishment of a firm and lasting peace. 'To every member of the axis powers let us send this message: By this political campaign, which you are unable to understand, our will to victory will be strengthened, strength-ened, and with every day you further fur-ther delay surrender the consequences conse-quences to you will be more severe." se-vere." The special plane which brought Dewey from Albany to Chicago's Municipal stadium arrived at 7:29 p. m., just little more than six hours after he had been nominated.' nominat-ed.' Coincidentally, his plane carried the name, "State of Ohio," home state of his nmning mate. Governor and Mrs. D w i g h t Green of Illinois met the Dewey party at the airport, and, behind motorcycle escort, sped with them first, -to convention headquarters and later to the Chicago stadium where Dewey was to address the 1057 delegates. Thus, .Dewey followed a precedent prece-dent established by President Roosevelt in 1932. Mr. Roosevelt, nominated in this, same stadium flew to the convention to make his speech of acceptance and went on to win the election the first Democratic president In 12 years. Both Dewey and Bricker were nominated on the first ballot at a morning session Wednesday. Except for one vote from the Wisconsin delegation, Dewey's nomination' would have been unanimous. un-animous. That one vote was cast lor General Douglas MacArthur, the official final tally being Dewey 1056, MacArthur 1. As for Dewey, his nomination had been a foregone conclusion. What little opposition there was melted away during Tuesday night and in the Stadium Wednesday as the delegates, perspiring and fret-, ting because of a 96-degree temperature, tem-perature, voted to get it over and wait for Dewey's personal appearance appear-ance Wednesday night. The nominating session Wednesday Wednes-day was one of the shortest in REPUBLICANS NAME DEWEY, BRICKER IN CONVENTION (Continued from page One) for the presidency but withdrew his name from the convention earlier Wednesday for the sake of |