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job-hungry rank and file. Dewey
Is expected to address the commit
tee as part Of his monumental s.
day program here to establish first
hand contacts with practically
everybody who has an ofilcial place
In the Republican organization.
No Chore for Dewey
Twenty-Five floors above the street
In o suite overlooking the blue
waters Of Lake Michigan, the snnil-
mig candidate Is meeting regional
groups Of national committeeman
and women and state chairman and
vice chairman. At today's meeting
he will face the committee as q
whole for the first time. That win
be no chore for Dewey.
In the 80 hours since he arrived
here to accept top spot on the ticket,
Dewey has slipped only once. He
gave veteran Washington reporters
lesson in press conference tech
nique they long will remember at
his first meeting here with news
men and women. It was the largest
press conference this correspondent
ever saw, including any Of the jam
packed sessions before President
Roosevelts Uttered desk In the oval
executive Office room Dewey hopes
to occupy.
The governor handles himself cas-
lily, doubtless conditioned by long
experience as q prosecuting attorney
on what to do with tough questions.
If Mr.. Roosevelt Is the most adept
handler Of press conferences IN
contemporary political life, Dewey
probably is runner-up and may be
even. There were 800 or so in the
mob he confronted yesterday and
they pounded him on everything, in
cluding whether he welcomed the
editorial support Of the isolationist
Chicago Tribune. The governor
volleyed an ace with that one, re-
marking that he welcomed the sup
port in this campaign Of all pa
triotic Americans.
His Only Slip
His only slip so far was a COM
paratively little thing and one which
he evidently has undertaken imme-
diately to repair. 1t occurred on
the bright night Of his acceptance
speech with the Kleig lights beating
down on him and thousands Of his
partisans and new-found friends
whooping 1t up for the COP man
who. The governor had completed
delivery Of his acceptance speech
and was taking his bows. But in
those moments he forgot his run
ming mate who was sitting back on
the platform sweating and perhaps
thinking 1t might have been nice to
be out there taking the cheers him
self.
A gesture from Dewey would have
brought Governor John w. Bricker,
of Ohio, the Republican vice-presi-
Dental nominee, to the lip Of the
platform to share in the final
round of applause. Brokers ap-
pearance, in fact, would have set off
noble outburst because these dele
gates and the gallery crowds-the
latter being mostly from the Middle
West - have an affection for
Bricker that they so far have not
shown for Dewey. But the moment
passed and the opportunity with it.
Bricker Hurt
Those who saw the tall Ohioan
later that night know he was hurt
and perhaps angry. Dewey may
know 1t, too. Anyway, when he was
telling his press conference in gen.
eral terms how he intended to dis
pose of major campaign problems,
Dewey REPEATEDLY explained that he
and Bricker jointly would come to
their decision and that there would
be agreement between them before
things were done.
If the conferences and hand shak-
ing can be completed in good time,
Dewey and his party may leave for
Albany today and next weekend
doubtless will find him, at last. at
his Pawling, N. Y, farm where
much Of the master minding Of the
1914 campaign viii be done.