Evening star., 1944-11-06

WI sSsssS SsNV Bvs
To Help Dewey Win,
Moscow Paper Says
, By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Nov. 6.-The Sovie
government newspaper, Izvestia
in an article headlined "Th
Election of Roosevelt Is Guaran
teed," said yesterday there wer
rumors that Republican interest
might stage a laSt-minute fax
plot" against Gov. Thomas f
Dewey's life and charge it wa
inStigated by American Com
muniStS.
The unsigned two-column surve,
of the American election asserted
such rumor was circulating anon,
foreign correspondents in Moscow
1t declared that Republican bosses
understand failure is immi
nent' and said that under theS
circumstances there is no wonder
the Republicans in despair
might resort to a big adventure" il
the hope of winning votes by scar.
ing people with the Communis
danger"
Gov. Dewey, reached in AL
bany, had no comment. Presi-
dent Roosevelt was in seclusion
at Hyde Park
''Cne should not forget that his
tory includes a number of such
insolent. crude provocations, begin
ming with faxed document ascribet
to Communists, which appear or
the eve of parliamentary elections
in some democratic countries, u,
to the burning of the Reichstag il
Germany" Izvestia said
Plot Story Outlined.
According to the rumors. Izvestis
said, the fake plot against Gov
Dewey is being prepared by the Re.
publican party with the responsi.
blllty for the plot fixed on Amer.
ican Communists adding:
The reason for this provoca tior
is clear-to make millions of voter.
jump in a different direction. I,
has been reported this fake plot will
be realized at the very last momen
before election, with the purpose Il
leave no time for denial or investi
CATION"
The paper declared that "neve,
before in the history of the Unitet
States have observers on the eve o
a presidential election been so sur
of the results as they are now, be
cause so clear is the composition o
forces supporting each of the tw
candidates.
Izvestia said Republican hope
were dashed when preliminary dat
indicated the number of voters thi
year would at least equal the. so,
100000 of 1910, adding that 9TH
chances of the second candidate
Dewey, have been melting befor
ones eyes"
The article said the Hearst news
papers and the publications of Nc
Cormick, Patterson and Gannet
carried on a campaign for Dewe
and simultaneously this campaig
was converted into defeatist, eve
pro- -Hitlerite agitation"
In Washington, Mrs. Eleanor
Medil Patterson, owner publish
er of the Washington Times Her
aid, termed the Izvestia article
as crazy In Rochester, N. Y,
Frank Gannett, publisher of the
Gannett newspapers, described it
as ridiculous and absurd" There
was no immediate comment from
Col. Robert r. Mccormick of the
Chicago Tribune or from the
Hearst newspapers.
(The New York Daily News, of
which Capt. j. M. Patterson is
president and treasurer, said it
had no comment on the story.
t"This crazy story, as quoted by
the Associated Press. makes the
close alliance between our pres
ent administration and that of
Mr.. Stain and the Communist
party clearer than ever" Mrs.
Patterson said)
Dewey Assailed.
The Izvestia article said that Go,
Dewey attempted to divide himsel
from the defeatist. isolationist con
ceptions and the most compromise
pro-Fascist elements. = Z. = but sti
!. the pro- -Fascists, pro-German ties q
those who formed the core of tn
! Republican staff who finance
Dewey's election campaign are we
! known"
His chances are insignificant
the article said, mot only because {
! the activity and growth OF his or
position, but first of all because {
the political aspects of his sympa
thlzers. The election campaig
E proved the people who are for Dewe
); don't receive the sympathy and sup
port of the broad masses of Ia
: American people. The campaign wa
carried on in the midst of blood
S war wherein the best representative
OF American youth are fightin
against Fascism in an alliance wit
: all freedom-loving peoples"
!, Izvestia said "the New York Tim,
!. and New York Herald Tribune al,
are against Dewey"
:. The New York Times has sui
. ported President Roosevelt editoria
!. ly, but the New York Herald Tril
, une has supported the candida.
|, Of Gov. Dewey.