Evening star., 1939-12-10
Balanced Budget
Plank Inserted by.
Dewey in Campaign
Candidate, in Capital.
Denies Democrat Can
'CIeun Up Mess
D. the Associated Press.

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Thomas E. Dewey placed q
"balanced Federal budget" plank
In his presidential platform here
yesterday.
The 37-year-old New York entry
for the Republican nomination stole
a march on a city filled with politi-
clans and notables here for the
annual dinner of the Gridiron Club
by conducting an informal. press
conference in his hotel suite.
"The next President can balance
the budget" Mr.. Dewey told ROOM
full Of reporters, Though I dont
think he can do it the first year" +"
Some one wanted to know why he
was sure the budget can be
balanced"
Hes got to-" Mr.. Dewey answered
quickly. There's a bottom to every
we'll"
Because it is necessary to balance
the budget, Mr.. Dewey said, ut is
highly important to the country
that Republican be the next
White House occupant"
Some one suggested conservative
or anti-New Deal Democrat might
be able to balance the budget.
Denies Democrats Effectiveness.
NO" Mr.. Dewey replied. mo
Democrat can clean up the mess of
this administration"
The New York racket-buster de-
cliied to elaborate on that word
mess" and warded off scores of
other questions.
There are a large number of
things which I will discuss in
specific detail in my speeches." he
said. you're asking me to make
my speeches now"
However, Mr.. Dewey said he would
not seek delegates to the Republic
an convention in "any State which
has genuine candidate"
He said this included his native
State of Michigan because think
Senator Vandenberg is entitled to
them"
Several asked about Ohios dele
gates.
Senator Taft is prominent
candidate for the presidency and II
they want to give him the Ohio
delegation. he is entitled to it" was
the answer.
Hamilton Replies to Ickes.
Other political developments dur
ing the day included statement
from John Hamilton, Republican
National Committee chairman, re-
plying to Secretary of the Interior
Ickes' remarks on the Ohio relief
situation, and comment from
Senator Bridges, Republican, OF
New Hampshire, that he was for "a
third-term try" for President
Roosevelt because he would be the
ideal candidate for the Republicans
to oppose"
Secretary Ickes had referred to
Gov. John w. Bricker's admins
tration in Ohio as "heartless." Mr..
Hamilton said Secretary 1ckes
should know. for no national ad-
ministration has ever been so heart
less in playing politics with human
misery as the present one"
Nor has any previous admins
tration," Chairman Hamilton con-
tinued, undertaken to turn the
White House into a Tammany Hall
by lavish use of public funds and
the prestige of the presidential
Office through purges to crush out
all oppoSition.
Bridges Agrees About McNutt.
Senator Bridges said he agreed
with Secretary Ickes' recent state.
ment that liberals would refuse
to support a ticket headed by Paul
v. McNutt, who has been mentioned
as a possible Democratic nominee.
The New Hampshire Senator said
he thought the Ickes statement was
made in an effort to clear the way
for President Roosevelts renomi-
nation, adding:
From my observation, Mr.. Roose-
welt would be the best candidate
for the Republicans to have as an
opponent. He personifies the New
Deal, and with him as nominee
there could be no dodging on the
New Deal program, which in my
Judgment is a dismal failure. With
this added to the third-term issue,
I believe the Republicans could
win"