Show guess early on 1948 mtv presidential d candidates an izates truman seen as standard bearer of the democratic party dewey faces fight in new york to stay in GOP race by BAUKHAGE news analyst and commentator service 1618 1610 Ey eye street eStreet NW D 0 national elections still guu are three years away but washington washingto n politicians ind and news correspondents particularly the latter already are selecting electing imen men to be watched the next campaign will be normal in at least one respect namely ame that the democratic c candidate an d bdate for oil all practical purposes already ha has been chosen unless the par tyl tys hierarchy wishes to confess failure allure of a policy of goberm government nent it has espoused with only occasional departures the ticket will be headed by president harry S truman As a matter of tact fact that can now be dismissed from conjecture unless fate intervenes truman Is the candidate however passing ot of a president and the elimination from the political scene of an incumbent in the vice presidency plus election of 0 a democratic mayor in new york city have combined to encourage election forecasting mayor elect william odwyer will not I 1 figure personally so nally but because he ran roughshod sho d over the nominee of governor thomas E dewey head of f the republican national ticket in 1844 1944 he has brought national implications implies eions into what otherwise would have been simply a municipal ballot who will be Trun ians running mate currently is a popular subject of debate in political circles whom the republicans will place on their ticket runs a close se second cond taking those developments up in inverse order attention first comes to governor r dewey his was the presidential chance dis discounted counte d by the election ol of odwyer in new york city over josiah goldstein Goldst eln a former democrat turned republican a circumstance that help him one bit in an overwhelmingly democratic community headed for or the past 12 years by mayor laguardia ardla the little flower de fled description by party label but his replacement on january 1 will be regarded as substitution of a democrat for or a republican no one familiar with new york stati politics needs to be told how poor are the chances of a candidate for governor who lacks city support dewey faces the new york electorate two years hence and he does docs it recent history indicates without city backing if he falls fails to gain another term at t albany that his defeat for or the presidency just about ends him as a contender strong GOP COP competitors loom assuming it if only for the sake of developing develop lne the thought that this I 1 diagnosis by washington scribes Is accurate upon whom does the mantle tall fail the subject becomes difficult at that juncture but there are two who stand out so tar far in front of cl other aspi aspirants as to make them virtually alone in ine beia one li is a disciple of the old school the other an ultramodern ultra modern in polities politics the former senator arthur vandenburg of michigan the latter former governor harold stassen of minnesota A close third and a vigorous contender Is ex governor john bricker of ohio A political catalogue could hardly record three more differing types senator vandenburg Is the josf most politically orthodox of the three his experience to in public life has been confined wholly to the united states senate but he be has made the best of cf every political break A forceful orator he captures headlines Is known throughout the country there Is no bluster to his oratory it has been pointed at specific objects and he has clicked with the cc country antry facing an era of international dealings of transcendent importance he is well versed in world affairs he was chosen over several other illustrious party members as a republican delegate to the united nations conference at san francisco where he acquitted himself well in the field of labor relations see ond end today only to international problems problem she he was the sponsor of the recent labor management meetings in washington which if they did no more proved that employers end and employees can sit down at the same table and discuss their differences feren ces even if they cannot bradl cate them that was a major stepping stone toward amity it was labeled the presidents president labor man argement conference both tides sides and the rest of the nation know it was w as Vanden burga burgs former governor stassen stands in a position to become the first veteran ot of world war II if to become president just as the incumbent president truman is if the first veteran of world war I 1 to achieve that high estate stassen has youth plus experience as the chief adminis administrator tr a of a state which Is important politically and geographically like vandenburg he also was a delegate to san francisco but in any rank frank appraisal ol of their roles in international politics he must give ground to the michigan senator however stassen has captured popular imagination imag by his forba forward rd looking lookin 9 attitude toward the tantamount subject of the day the atomic bomb tie ile has a fa acuity cu ity for or capitalizing on issues governor bricker faces aces the drawback that hes been to the we well U before he failed aled to fc win i the republican presidential nomination tion in 1944 and had to be content with ith second place but who could win against the wave of 0 dewey sentiment then washing was hing over the nation that he has made a splendid state td administrator even democrats admit what he lacks is recognition outside his own state he has suffered from rom the accusation that he is provincial his declarations on foreign affairs as a vice presidential candidate a year ago marked for their profundity convincing unless all present plans miscarry bricker will try for the united states senate that would give him the national soun sounding ding board be needs bricker Is handsome an attribute which cannot be overlooked in these days of vote hes an able speaker and a war veteran the latter will be a factor to be I 1 carefully weighed when the 1848 1948 ticket is made up and this time hell have the wholehearted support of senator robert A tatt taft of me his home state something he lacked lacked in a practical sense before tatt taft was wad a candidate himself this time he says he will not be democrats vie for far vice presidency on the democratic side the goal hopefuls will be shooting lor for is the vice presidential nomination me field Is rather open but not to the more obvious personages there is ol of course no vice president today senator kenneth mckellar functions on the job as president pro tem of the senate actually in spite of public thought to the contrary that make him the second highest officer of the federal government protocol places the speaker of the house next to the president asa matter of record president truman has asked congress to enact legislation creating statutory succession to the presidency with the speaker preferred over the president pro tem ot of the senate should vacancies occur in both the presidency and the vice presidency translated into sports talk mckellar to is in on a pass in any event mckellar will be approaching 80 years of age when the next convention rous rolls around and would be out of the running on that score if tor for no other reason A dark horse in the long range predictions is senator brian mcmahon of connecticut A first term member he trimmed trie popular and able senator john danaher republican to win his office he ha has many of the attributes which won votes tor for thomas dewey a year ago hes young just turned 42 he be has proved himself an able prosecutor while serving as chi chief of of the criminal division in the department part ment of justice when he cleaned up such messes as the harlan mine outlawry hes a white house intimate a vigorous rous speaker self made mari man with a substantial ace accumulation amul umul a ol of worldly goods gained to in the practice of law and hes chairman of the senates committee to develop national policy on atomic energy in gaining the latter distinction he overthrew the senate seniority rule and bypassed by passed older members who aspired to that important post |