The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06

go first to the Constitution for
fundamentals, and see what is
expected of a president. The Con-
stitution is explicit in its definition
of the presidents functions. To
quote exactly, it says that the
president shall from time to time
give to Congress information on
the state of the union and recon-
mend to their consideration such
measures and expedient; and that
he shall take care that the laws
be faithfully executed.
Now that is an executive job.
It's not a job for an ordinary exc
utive nor for an ordinary man.
Neither is it as fr~ighteningly COM
pick as it has been made under
this administration, when centra-
lization of governmental powers
in the hands of the president, his
bureaus and special appointees,
has reduced Congress virtually to
a shadow and an echo of the boss.
The presidents job is a big job,
the biggest, most important job in
America. But if we follow the
Constitution in defining it's func-
tons, we shall see that it is a
job which can be done by an ex-
perienced executive with ability
and training and does not require
the services and ministrations of
a superhuman giant. Nor does it
call for someone with a dispensa-
ton from a hierarchy of intellec-
tual saints, and a mandate from
the people to possess the only
functioning brain in America.
We have plenty of brains in
America earmarked for presiden-
tial service. Tom Dewey has such
a brain. He has in addition to in
telligence, high principles and pur-
pose. He has honesty, vision, con-
viction and a clear sense of direc-
ton. He is a man who does his own
job well and has the pure sense
to pick men qualified for the tasks
he must delegate to the job. He is
a leader who has inspired conf
dence in himself as well as those
working with him and for him.
He has sound judgment and a
sense of discrimination about per-
sons and things. He can and does
make decisions after proper exa-
mination of the facts, and he has
the courage then to stick to those
decisions. He has an open mind
but not a wavering one. He is a
practical man who can get things
done. He is not a dreamer, an in
.tellectual visionary, nor a sales
man of charm. He has a high sense
of personal idealism with respect
to his office and his responsibility
to the people. He thinks of the
of America not in divisions
and casses with an eye to ingrati-
ating himself with this or that
powerful group, but as free-born
citizens whose rights are equal, as
hey should be and shall continue
be, in this, the finest working
in the world today.
Proof of Tom Dewey's execu-
i've and leadership qualities as
veil as of personal courage and
dealism, are found in his record
public office. The New York
District Attorneys office is one
If the biggest jobs in the country.
has rs assistant district at
,orneys on his staff, and the res
possibility of his office is to sever
million people. What he has
lone for the people of New York
he "a do for the people of the
broader field of national govern
nent.
The Man who Gets Things Done
If anyone can slash through the
maze of bureaucracy in Wash
ngton, and cut down the forest
If patronage, inefficiency and
waste, so that Americans can once
more see the three big trees of
Constitutional government, the leg
slative, executive and judicial
,aks of America, it is one Thomas
Dewey, the man who gets
done.
Reprinted from January 1910 is
sue of The Woman Republican,
published by New York State
Republican Women, Inc.