Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-23
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Film Colony Gives
Dewey Big Welcome
As He Ends Coast Trip
BY a Stan Correspondent.

BY q Stan Correspondent.
LOS ANGELES, Calf, Sept. 23.-
This nerve center of the movie in
dustry lived up to its Hollywood
reputation for doing things on q
grand scale when Gov. Thomas E
Dewey came to town yesterday.
The climax of his Western tour
came last night when 10000 persons
filled nearly all of the seats in the
huge Los Angeles Coliseum to hear
the young Governor of New York,
who has set out with confidence and
determination to try to end the
string of Roosevelt victories.
1t was a spectacle such as only
Hollywood could put on. Star after
star from the cinema armament
stepped up on the brightly lighted
platform to speak a word for The
young Republican challenger.
Crowd Forms Early.
The crowd began forming early
and was entertained by some of the
movie celebrities, and by music I'M
til, from a tunnel entrance, Gov.
DeWey's car drove into the oval
shaped arena. In every direction he
saw sea of faces as his open car
drove slowly around the roadway
that encircles the sports field.
The big Olympic torch, per-
manent part of the Coliseum's
architecture, belched forth tongues
of fire throughout the program, add
ing to the color of the occasion.
Overhead a new moon and star-lit
sky proclaimed a perfect California
night.
Cecil B. De Mile, Edward Arnold,
Victor Moore, Joel McCrea, Harold
Lloyd, Charles Coburn and others
from the film colony took their turn
at the microphone.
Ginger Rogers Helps.
Finally Ginger Rogers stepped, for
ward to introduce Gov. Earl Warren
of California and she told the huge
assemblage that hundreds of her
fellow workers in the film industry
had joined in a 'Hollywood-for-
Dewey" movement.
1t was a big day for Gov. Dewey.
1t began when Los Angeles gave
him the most enthusiastic street
reception he has yet received, with
an old-fashioned shower of ticker
tape and confetti descending from
the Office buildings.
And he staged the most unusual
press conference of the trip. 1t
started out like all other confer
ences, with the usual battery of
still-cameramen poised to set off
their flash bulbs as the nominee
walked down the aisle, but from
then on things began to happen
that were different.
Greeted by Barrymore.
Gov. Dewey always waits until the
photographers finish their work be-
fore the questioning starts. While
he was patiently smiling, first in
one direction and then another, at
The behest of the camera corps, down
the aisle came Lionel Barrymore,
popular veteran of the screen, in his
wheelchair. Gov Dewey greeted him
warmly and they chatted for a
minute or two, while the photogra-
pliers moved in with renewed vigor
for this unexpected shot.
A reporter asked Gov. Dewey to
comment on the speech of Vice
President Wallace, in which he
called the Republican party the
party of isolationism.
1T is too bad that people who
know better do rot confine them
selves to the truth" Gov. Dewey
replied.
From the rear of the room came
applause, which some enthusiast
punctuated by striking a chord on a
piano.
Il have had everything" Gov.
Dewey observed, but we never had
music to accompany a press con-
ference before"
Raps Pepper Charges.
A moment later Gov. Dewey di-
rected his fire at Senator Pepper,
Democrat, of Florida, a strong sup
porter Of the President, who pre-
coded the Republican nominee in
a speaking tour on the West Coast !
Some one asked the Governor what
mis- plans were for handling indus