The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

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Thomas Dewey years nc e.
when he hopes
to be it's standard bearer again.
But. as we know, AIS good man.
agement from 1929 to 1882 yielded
an asset Of advantage TO Franklin
D. Roosevelt instead Of Al.
Wendell clearly doesn't intend, II
he can help it, to permit some
other aspirant TO benefit, in 1914.
by all the fixing he has IT in mind
to be attending to meanwhile. as
happened to Al.
However. Its a foregon conclu-
sion that he'll have rivals at the
next G o. =. national convention,
particularly if he's so handled his
party's politics, up until then. as
TO make the Republican nominees
chances Of election look pretty
good, Mindful Of Al Smiths fate.
presumably he'll be doing his best
~ guard against any Of these rival
build-ups to an altitude higher
than his own.
And Tom Dewey is widely sug-
eested as probably the most for
midable rival Wendelrs likely TO
have at the critical juncture
Tom himself isn't talking about
IL NOW He took his Philadelphia
convention defeat in excellent part.
He campaigned for Willkie and did
il we'll He indorses all Of Wendelrs
post-election remarks. But. in the
back Of his head. it's surmised that
he must have a few 1914 ambi-
tons. and they may be due to
swell up gradually.
New York Governor
For instance. Dewey already is
getting himself mentioned as
1912 candidate for the governor
ship of New York. Should he be
nominated and elected tand he has
the qualifications to make a strong
rum, all hands recognize that New
York states governor is promi-
nently in the presidential line.
ID, Its incumbent's prestige at least
should be equal to that Of an actu-
ally nominated. but defeated,
White House aspirant.
Nor is it altogether matter OF
what Tom says or may yet say on
his own account. l hear good bit
OF comment in Republican circles
in Washington to the effect that
he'd have been a stronger nomi-
nee in Philadelphia than Willkie
turned out to be. Not that Wen
delrs popular vote is sneeZed at,
but there are G.. o. p. surmises
that Tom would have done better
yet.
Nobody makes this guess rela-.
tive to Senator Robert A. Taft. IT'S
the consensus that Wendell was his
party's best bet-eXcept perhaps
Dewey
Dewey guesses are numerous
enough. though. to make them no.
ticeable.
Tom was badly handicapped at
Philadelphia by Republican big
business suspicious of him, in the
event that he did get into the
White House The big business
crowd favored Taft. or somebody
else like him. II didn't reckon that
Taft, for instance, would be as
good a vote-getter as Tom would
be. 1t did believe, however. that 1t
could manage a president like Taft,
assuming his victory. 1t hadn't an
idea how Dewey would perform.
And big business and its politi-
clans would almost rather be beat
en- with a candidate it likes than
win with one they dislike or are
skeptical OF.
crowned on WiIllie, Too
Big business didn't want Willkie.
either. 1t didn't know much more
about him than it did about Dew
ey. He was sprung on it so abrupt
ly, however. that 1t didn't have
time 10 get its guard IN
Maybe. as to 1914, as itgets bet
ter acquainted with Tom, ana II he
reacts to its fancy, it will beXin
to prefer him to Willkie.
He still will be young enough. as,
so will Wendell.
Doubtless it's long glance into
the future to begin discussing
1944s Republican nomination al
ready Nevertheless. relations be-
tween Willhe and Dewey and
probably some other developing
G. O. p aspirants are dug to be a
live issue up until then. and they
may effect Democratic policies
likewise Meantime. unity? Except
on the subject Of national defense,
hooeyl-to judge from all the po-
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