Evening star., 1943-06-21
IsoIationism Dead
For America, Dewey
Tells COP Leaders
Attends Conference Of
Governors; Brieker Uses
Loy-Low' Strategy
~ Staff Correspondent of The star

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COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 21.-Iso-
tationism for the American people
or for the Republican Party Is .
thing Of the past, according to Gov.
Thomas e. Dewey Of New York,
here for the 35th annual meeting Of
the Governors Conference.
He was asked whether there was
any chance Of a retur1 to isolation
ism either for the COP in the COM
ing presidential campaign or for the
United States after the war. He
snapped an emphatic mo"
Speaking as q member of the
newly-appointed Republican POST
war Advisory Council, which is to
aid the COP formulate its platform
declarations next year, the New
Yorker said:
Il hope the Republican Party will
adopt a strong postwar foreign
policy. If 1t does, it will be the first
such policy put forward. President
Roosevelt has never put one into
words or given an outline Of such a
policy"
Praised Fulbright Resolution.
Gov. Dewey praised the Fulbright
resolution unanimously reported to
the House by the Foreign Affairs
Committee, which in simple terms
expresses it as the view of Congress
that this country shall act with the
United Nations to set up machinery
to preserve peace, after the war has
been won.
1T Is good start" he COM
mented.
Gov. Dewey, who is avowedly not
q candidate for the Republican pres
idential nomination next year,
rolled into Columbus ready to ex-
press his views on both foreign and
domestic questions. from food and
the OPA to the once of War 1nfor-
nation. Domestically, Gov. Dewey
considers the country in q terrific
mess.
TT has been," he said, "for the
last 10 years"
Bricker Reluctant to Talk.
In sharp contrast to this readiness
to discuss national and international
issues, was the position taken by
Gov. John w. Bricker, Ohio's entry
for the Republican presidential
nomination next year. Gov. Bricker.
when questioned. would not admit
that he had made up his mind to
be a candidate.
The Ohio Governor insisted that
with the State Legislature on his
hands until now. and with the
myriad problems of the second war
producing State IN the Union, he
was unable to pay much attention
to national politics or international
problems.
However, he went so far as to say
that before the first of the presi-
Dental preferential primaries takes
place next year, he will have made
up his mind whether to announce
himself as an avoWed candidate for
the presidential nomination. He
also will have made clear to the
country his views on the war and
postwar problems.
Drive to Come Later.
From other sources it was learned
that within the next few months
Gov. Bricker will have translated
himself form negative candh-
date for the presidential nomina-
ton into positive candidate. It
is planned to have meeting of the
Republican State Committee, when
this will be accomplished, and a
drive will be launched openly to
accumulate delegates from many
States for Gov. Bricker in the 1914
COP National Convention.
In the meantime, Gov Bricker
will continue to "lay low" like Br'er
Rabbit. Indeed, this seems to be
the strategy preferred by some of
the Governors most ardent hackers.
Their contention is that they do not
want him to get fsr out in advance
of the field, as leading candidate,
where he will be the target of brick
bats from all other presidential pos
sibilities, including the Democratic.
He would be compelled to answer
ali kinds Of questions and to hold
on to leading position in the race
for year-until the National Con-
vention makes its choice. They
would rather see him come strong
next fall and winter, or even wait
until spring. At any rate, this is
the answer of his supporters when
their attention is called to various
newspaper stories and polls which
would indicate that Gov. Brickers
candidacy, last winter Towering
early, had taken a slump in recent
weeks
Calls Slump Synthetic"
The Ohio Governor. in conversa-
ton with newspapermen, did not
profess to be entirely oblivious of all
the discussion of himself as a presi-
Dental candidate. He admitted he
had heard the report his candidacy
had slipped" But he said, his early
build-up had been synthetic, and
now his slump is equally synthetic.
Gov. Bricker said he had no one
out scouting for him today-no one
designated to round up delegates for
him. Yet it is reported that some
OF the men who did that job for
Senator Taft in 1889 and 1910 are
busy today south of the Mason
Dixon line for Gov. Bricker-Sena-
tor Taft having stepped aside and
given the right of way to the Gov
ernor. These reports are that for
mer Representative Begg of Ohio
and Robert Lucas of Kentucky,
former executive director of the Re-
publican National Committee. have
been in Alabama on such a Quest.
The 1914 political cloud hangs
heavy over the Governors confer
ence. There are half a dozen Re-
publican Governors in attendance.
including Dewey and Bricker, whose
names have been mentioned with
more or less prominence for the
presidential nomination. They are
Warren of California, Green of Illi-
nois, Saltonstal of Massachusetts,,
Martin of Pennsylvania and Baldwin
of Connecticut.
Dewey Can't Kill Talk.
Gov. Dewey's comment, when he
was told that a great many Repub-