Evening star., 1944-03-26
A More Mature Dewey Sits and Waits
A of the Teadin6 Possh l;v

hackers represent, however, what might
modestly be called substantial interests.
Dulles is described by Dewey as his
most intimate personal friend. Many
Of Deweys ideas on foreign affairs can
be traced back to this international
lawyer, who has close and continuing
associations with Secretary of State
Hull and other high-ranking State De-
partment officials, as well as many
foreign leaders Dulles was secretary
of the Hague Peace Conference in 1907,
counsel to the American Commission to
Negotiate Peace in 1918 and 1919 and
a member of the Preparations Commits
sion and the Supreme Economic Council
in 1919. He is generally regarded as an
ardent internationalist.
The other immediate hackers are
practical politicians" who can be deft
or tough as the occasion demands. An
example of their deftness was the way
Sprague and Jackie let the word leak
out at the recent Chicago national COM
mittee meeting that they believed Dewey
would accept the presidential nomina-
ton If offered to him. They said moth
ing explicit, but interested callers got
the idea, and naturally figured that they
were speaking for their principal.
There is reason to suspect that until
the overwhelming election of It. Gov.
Hanley, Dewey gave the representatives
of big interests the same brushoff he
had handed reporters and professional
politicians-that he was not candidate.
Since then the businessmen and their
political representatives have indicated
that they have some inside information
and that Dewey is all right from their
viewpoint. This group, of course, wants
a winner, and while their first choice
seems to be Bricker, Dewey comes well
ahead OF Willkie, Macarthur and
Stassen.
Silence Hurts Campaign.
Among the rank and file voters,
Deweys candidacy-if it is a candi-
dacy-suffers from the campaign of
silence. For those who want his views
there are. on the record, only his sue
cesses as a prosecutor in New York City,
his one year as Governor and a few
speeches and press conferences, some
of which are already outdated.
His meteoric career as a lawyer at
tracted attention far beyond New York.
His prosecution of gangsters, racketeers
and corrupt politicians led to the Re-
publican nomination for the governor
ship in 1888, when he was barely de-
feated by Gov Herbert H. Lehman, and
to his outright campaign for the presi-
dental nomination in 1910.
He is a popular Governor, in State
with tradition of strong Governors
The Republican National COMMITTEES
publicity division is making a great
hullaballoo over the budget balancing
achievements of the party's Governors
but by simple mathematical calcula.
ton it can be proved that almost every
Governor has had such a record during
the past few years because of the soar.
ing national income
Dewey admits that he inherited" the
best State governmental setup in the
country and many New York Democrats
concede that the 20 years of Democratic
management had left job of clearing
out cobwebs and the dry rot which
gradually cut down its efficiency.
What is not generally known Is
that after his defeat by Lehman in
1888 Dewey asserted his rights as titular
head of the party in the State and by
conferences in New York City outlined
the political program for Republicans
at Albany, who had majority in both
houses. This not only acquainted him
with the State legislators, but also en-
abled him to map out his cleanup as
Governor. He has been able to carry