Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-15
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The NEWS
BY Paul
Mallon

WASHINGTON, June 10
w The headlines announced
the cop faces battle TO Dust
Spangler as national chairman,
hui il will not be the kind OF
warfare we are having IN
France.
Apparently, friends of Mr..
Spangler have decided that In
recognition of his special har-
mony organization work at
NIackinac and elsewhere. he
should defy the custom OF re-
firing at the end of his term.
Ordinarily, the newly elected
presidential candidate at every
convention selects the national
chairman as his campaign man
ager.
II has been assumed that Mr..
Dewey will be the nominee ana
will choose either Herbert
BroWnelI, his manager IN the
New York state campaign or
Chairman Ed Jacket of the
New York state committee.
Spangler is supposed to have
strong support, but the choice
eventually probably will rest
with Mr.. Dewey, or who ever
is the nominee. The national
committeeman will do the
electing, represent political
leaders in the various states,
many of whom are not per-
sonally inclined toward Dewey.
but are reservedly going along
"uninstructed," as you might
say. in view Of the popular
showing which has risen for
him.
CPANGLER and his public re-
~ lationS counsel, James +.
Sewage. already have started
the post-convention campaign
work. Last time. when Willkle
was nominated, it, was six
weeks before a national head
quarters began functioning.
Now posters, slogans an
speaking material are ready for
use the day the convention
closes.
The same care has been
shown in working out details
for the Chicago meeting June
26. While confusing predictions
have been made in the gossip
columns. the distribution OF
convention leadership is fairly
well settled.
Chairman Of the platform
committee will be Senator
Robert Taft the new Borah of
the Republican party, a stu
dious. straight-thinking, clear
minded moderate. Already he
has begun work on the plat
form draft, gathering opinions
from the various leaders.
The man who will write the
international plank is Senator
Vandenberg of Michigan. He is
supposed TO be working along
the line of the Mackinac con-
ference, which brought the va
rious conflicting forces into
harmony declaration.
Probably incorporated also
will be the theory of the Smith
Connolly resolution. Both these
are along the lines in which
popular opinion is telling after
the strenuous debate, namely a
democratic formula for postwar
collaboration of nations.
Thus, all sides are 10 be well
represented at the top of the
gathering - Taft, the Bricker
man. and Vandenberg, the for
mer isolationist, with Dewey
selecting the chairman.
AT LEAST. this represents
IA composite viewpoint of the
most influential Republican
leaders here. and the only
thing likely TO upset it would
be an unexpected Bricker
chock under the Dewey band
wagon. Brokers people here
care continuously boosting their
claims of delegate strength.
Rivalry in politics is never
anything less than a battle"
yet the final reports from the
Harrisburg governors con-
ference indicated the personal
disagreement between the Ohio
and New York governors did
not reach the breaking point.
Neither went away carrying
hair from the others head.
Harmony is, therefore, far
more likely in the Republican
convention than in the Demo-
cratic meeting. where southern
delegates. at least. are reputed
TO be preparing to roll into the
convention hall in armored
cars and tanks. fully gunned,
and with full stock of ammu-
milton.
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