The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07
Thomas E. Dewey Has Campaign Conference
Young District Attorney of New York Makes His First Speech of Campaign at Minneapolis
 Leaders After Opening Blast

{, ing what was said in the same strain 50 years ago. He predicted that the frontiers of social ant economic expansion of Americs have not yet been discovered.
 11,5eO In Attendance
 He spoke at the City Auditorium under sponsorship of the State Re. publican committee before represen. tatives from five farm states. crowd of 1l,500 filled the auditor. ium. lining asiles and walls, ane 2,5o0 listened outside to loudspeak. CTS. t
 When he arrived yesterday he wa, paraded behind 6 band and "Wel. come Dewey" float through the business section. After his speech he was greeted at meeting oi the Republican chairwomen anc vice-chairwomen, presided over b, Mrs. Chris Carlson, national com. mittee woman from Minnesota. He planned to confer in his hote room today with men experienced in farm economies, politics and bus. mess. Neither Dewey nor his aides would disclose the names of his conferees but 1t was learned they included John Brandt president ot the Land OLakes Diaries, and Will liam Moscrip, head of creamery cooperative.
 Farm Question Second Dewey's aides said he considers the farm question second in im- portance only to the international situation and that he expects to leave today with, a clear picture of the farmers problems.
 Before he departs at 2:S0 p. m. for Washington where he will at- tend the annual gridiron dinner, he will have talked with Republi- lican leader from Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa and Wisconsin. He spent 10 minutes in a secret session yesterday with Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota who introduc- ed him last night.
 Stassin and Minnesota Attorney General J. 4. A. Burnquist described Dewey's speech as "The kind we need in this day"
 "rt was an able statement of a vigorous policy for the Republican party and the nation," Stassen said,
 Chided Youth Scoffers
 Dewey chided those who have re- preached his candidacy because of his youth. He Is 37. He turned to Stassen, who led the c, o. P. in upsetting the traditional Farmer Laborite control of Minnesota in 1888, and accused him of being five years younger than he.
 , "It's true, governor" Dewey said. You're guilty, Governor, envy you your youthful vigor."
 He referred only briefly to the farmers problems. He said the farmer must take an interest in the restoration of industry, just as in- dustry must take the same interest in agriculture.
 Clearly we are still far, far away from any reasonable parity between agricultural and industrial prices" he said
 He continued:
 After seven years of lending and spending, seven years of priming the pump, seven years of pushing the accelerator down to the floor on more and more and more public spending, seven years of warming up the cylinders of the machine with more than $22 000, ,000,00 (B) of new national public debt-after seven years what does the New Deal repair crew tell us? It admits de- feat. It says: The American eco- homie machine Is stalled on dead center"
 Explains Quotation
 The quotation was from report Dewey said was made by the tenn porary national economic committee this year.
 Dewey indicated that he would deal with specific issues in later speeches. He said the first thing to be discussed in the campaign was "The state of mind of our ila- tional government and the result ing state of mind of the nation.
 We have grave problems in agri- culture, in labor, in business. in unemployment, in finance" he said. But I wish to discuss the thing we must first get clear in our minds if we are to be successful in deal- ing with any of these problems"
 Praising Stassen's state admins tration, Dewey said:
 Your administration does not suffer from defeatism but the na- ton still does.
 Defeatism, National Enemy
 Our greatest national enemy is defeatism. We have Republicans who do not think that our party can win through. We have Republi- cans and Democrats who do not think that our country can win through. We have Europeans and Americans who do not think that civilization can win through. I am not ashamed to confess the abiding faith that our party, our country, nWd the world will win fhr0lseh."