Evening star., 1944-10-17

economic crisis, exercise any degree
of direct control. ~ Then it
says, the economic and social costs
of retaining men in the services
would be less than those involved in
dealing with an unemployment de-
preston through civilian relief"
Now, let my opponent try to pass
the buck to one of his assistants, "
Gov. Dewey continued. They can
slip and squirm in this New Deal,
but when my opponent uses the
word 'falsification,' as he did on the
radio in the teamsters' speech, 1t
comes home to haunt him"
Gov Dewey turned his guns in a
new direction by charging that the
pickering" which he has attributed
to New Deal agencies on the home
front also has extended into civilian
agencies of the Government abroad
Can an administration which is
filled with quarreling and backbiting
where We can see it be any better
abroad, where we cannot see it?"
the Republican nominee asked.
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Dewey then brought out more quo
tations and summed them up by
listing Is alphabetical agencies he
said are operating all over the
world. IN addition to the officials of
the State, Army and Navy Depart
ments. Among the agencies he
mentioned was the ACPSAHMWA
american Commission for Preserva-
ton and Salvage of Artistic and
Historical =. Monuments in War
Areas.
Gov. Dewey quoted Senator Rus
sell, Democrat. of Georgia, one of
the Senators who inspected the war
fronts last year, as having reported
to the Senate on his return:
Our civil agencies abroad are
numerous, but too often they are
either working at crosspurposes or
worse to relate, in some cases have
no apparent purpose"
At the outset, Gov. Dewey de-
clared: 1T is clear by now that the
New Deal has been taken over pv
the combination of corrupt big city
bosses, Communists and fellow trav-
elers. The people of Missouri have
shown their independence before
by throwing off the rule of the cor
rupt Pendergast machine. In the
light of that record, I am sure they
will never permit men who are
products Of that machine to succeed
in their current attempt to take
over our National Government
Gov. Dewey devoted a large part
OF his speech to examples of what
he called constant pickering" be-
tween Government officials and
agencies.
Even Mr. Roosevelt publicly con-
fessed on August 81, 1912, that these
conflicts within his administration
have been a direct and serious
handicap to the prosecution of the
war" Gov. Dewey asserted. How
costly they have been we will never
know. But we do know one thing.
Twelve years of this kind of govern
ment are too long. Sixteen years
OF it would be intolerable."
In reiterating his old charge that
the New Deal failed to end the de-
preston during its seven prewar
years, Gov. Dewey also resurrected
a quotation attributed to Winston
Churchill in 1887, as follows:
The Washington administration
has waged so ruthless a war on
private enterprise that the United
States is actually at the pres
ent moment leading the world back
into the trough of depression"
The big Kiel Auditorium present.
ed a brilliant spectacle for the Re-
publican rally. Red, white and blue
bunting draped the walls, a band
played the marching songs of the
various branches of the military
service. Across the center of the
gallery, several hundred young wom-
en- were seated so that their white
dresses spelled out the name of
Dewey in letters 20 feet high.
In scenes reminiscent of national
convention, political enthusiasts
marched up and down the aisles
carrying pictures of Gov. Dewey