Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-22
Dewey's Bid
Hinges Upon
War Policy
Innovation in Campaigns
for State Elections
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

IiOhAo L. LIZ w Il dpl'oi
u entity will be the Republican
candidate for the office OF gov
ernor of New York and the cam
paign against hum apparently
will be based on the question of
his foreign policy.
.,ft1fS rs new one In STATE
elections for the foreign policy
or. as matters stand today, the
war policy. of the United States
is a national matter entirely in
tho hands Of the President and
the national government.
No individual state. as such.
has a foreign policy and obvi-
ously If each state did have ono
we would have a terrible inco-
hcrent clamor of policies and
none that any other. nation
could understand as a guide in
It's dealings with us.
OF course, if a candidate had
declared himself in favor of HIT
fcriSrrr or IN favor of the German
arms in the war. that declara-
ton would be held against him. p
hut not because IL would ind-
cate any foreign policy OF the
state in the event of his election.
1t would be held against him
because u would impugn his
loyalty 10 the nation and his
faith in the American system Of
government.
nEWEY, of course, never has
- been guilty Of. and his most
vigorous opponents never hHvr-
charged him with, approving
Hitlerism or sympathZlng with
the German cause. v
ON this point he is no less
correct and loyal than even
President Roosevelt. himself.
In common with millions ~
other good Americans he did
hold. before Pearl Harbor. that
this country should place Us
own interests above all others.
even TO selfish extent. and,
recognizing the risk Of war, IA
Vorcd the creation Of armed
might while The other nations
were too btSiiy cmbrolled 10
attack Hy.
That was the policy ~ al
loyal iSClationlStS and while il is
tnIc that the bund and suel
other pro-NaZiS as dwell among
us mingled with them in Hi.
lcr'S behalf. il Is true. also. that
Earl Brcwder and all tho Corr
muniStS who now raise the most
strident voices against loyal
iSolationiStS. such as Dewey.
likewise tried 10 mlnglc with
them. in The interests of Joseph
Stain. until last June -.
Their iSnlationiSt cry was.
"The Yanks aren't coming.
which was changed 10 The
YankS aren't coming too late,
on June %. 1871.
TT IS likely that Dewey all
Il Viii be charged with hostility
10 or. anyway with lack of
sympathy for labor. and the
smear method of attack is 50
ContemptuouS Of tho voters in
telligencc and so boldly dlShon-
est that he may be placed on the
defensive even though he is nv
all odds the best friend Of labor
IN Tho race a.
Dewey fought and sent 70
prison many treacherous enc.
mics Of labor, operating through
unions. who were robbinc and
depressing the workers.
Jim Mead, who thus far APP
pears 10 be President RooSe-
volts candidate for governor Of
New York. has boen for many
years what tho snionecrS call a
labor stiff, meanipg a union
politician
A man Of his intelligence
could not possibly have been
ignorant Of the crooks who were
tolerated in some union offices
of the AFI.
But If was not wise politics 10
drag them off the necks Of the
of the workers and Dewey was
led 10 do the Job and brave tho
political risk of denunciation by
the union politicians. who were
thus shown up as incompotents
and be>raycrS of the working
citizens OF the whole nation.
JOIN BENNETT. the present
- attorney general and jim
Farleys candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination. recently has
shown some of the same interest
and zeal that Dewey displayed
for several years.
lie has moved against n shake
down union. but that shakednwn
among OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
within the authority of his Of
flee, has been operating for
years and he did not detect the
stencil mt il last January,