Evening star., 1944-09-07
New Deal Failed
On Home Front,
.DeweyCharges
Will Deliver First
Campaign Speech in
Philadelphia Tonight
HULL AND DEWEY exchange mes
sages on peace problems. Page AS
BY ]. A. O'LEARY,
Star Staff Correspondent

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BY J. A. O'LEARY,
Star Staff Correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey opened the
Republican presidential CAM
paign here today with the charge
that the New Deal proved its
inability to solve the country's
domestic problems during eight
prewar years.
Gov. Dewey arrived here at 11:03
am. for major speech tonight. He
Is starting on a transcontinentaI
tour that will cross 81 States before
he returns to Albany September 2S.
The Governor expressed confidence
in his election at press conference.
When Roscoe Drummond of the
Christian Science Monitor asked II
he thought the war situation is IA
vorable to a change, the Governor
replied:
Il believe the people viii change
administrations next January 90"
Views on Postwar Draft.
Gov. Dewey told another ques.
TONER that whether military train.
ing for American youth should be
continued in peacetime is a question
that will have to be determined in
the light Of postwar need.
"It depends on whether it Is nec-
essary after the war" he said, "and
we will have to determine that In
the light Of the circumstances at
that time.
Il am not for just another CCC
as . substitute for jobs" he added,
referring to the conservation corps
established by President Roosevelt
soon after he entered the White
House. A newsman asked If that
answer was aimed at the Presidents
recent discussion of military train
ing, the Governor said:
Il will let it stand on its own hind
legs"
\ Will Discuss Fundamental Issues. !
Gov. Dewey's charge of New Deal
failure in the domestic field came
when a reporter inquired whether
his first speech tonight would deal
with one topic or be general:
Tonight I shall state the funda-
mental issues of the campaign" he
replied. THE question before the
people Is whether to elect an admin
istration which viii serve largely, il
not wholly. in peacetime, that be-
lieves in this country, or one which
for eight straight years of its own
depression proved it could not solve
the problems of the country and
didn't believe in it.
The New Deal failed for eight
years, up to 1910, to solve our do
mestic problems. They had more
power and more money than any
previous administration for $50
years. The question is whether we
want to 60 back to it, with 10 0,OOO, 900
or $4,000, 900 unemployed, and its
failures, or 60 forward after the
war"
Some one called attention to re.
ports Of another Churchill -Roose.
welt meeting soon. and asked tho
Governor If he saw any significance
in the timing. The Governor said
he did not know the time. Another
reporter asked what he would think.
assuming the conference took place
this week end.
1T would be an amazing coinci.
oence, the Governor replied.
Says Attorney General Needed.
During the discussion of postwar
military training, the Republican
candidate went this far:
Il certainly wouldn't put anybodv
In the Army unless we needed a
force for the defense of the United
States-which Is a decision to be
made based on all the circumstances
after the war"
When a reporter tried to get an
expression on the need for new
laws to prevent vote frauds, Gov.
Dewey suggested that what In
needed Is change in the Attorney
Generals office.
OF course, there is some law ON
the subject now" he said. IT re-
member IL years ago directed soma
widespread investigation into fraud
ulent voting in a national election
and there were a large number of
convictions. I was then chief as
sistant United States attorney for
the southern district of New York.
1t is the old question of getting good
men to administer the laws. What
you need Is man who believes in
them and will put them to work. In
other words, you need an Attorney
A crowd estimated by police at
1 Zoo was on hand when Gov. Dewey
stepped on his special train at the
station. The New York Governor.
accompanied by Mrs. Dewey and 81
members Of his stan, was greeted
omclally by a Republican group
headed by Gov. Edward Martin.
Thousands Line Streets.
Walking through the station, Gov.
Dewey was cheered by fiae-bearing
crowd, among which teen-aged
girls formed a large proportion.
Streets were lined with thousands.
As the long string of automobiles
passed through Penn Square in
front Of the City Hall, torn ticker
tape and adding machine rolls cas-.
caded out Of skyscraper windows
onto the Governors car.
A large crowd greeted Gov. and
Mrs. Dewey at the Bellevue STRAIT
ford Hotel and as the Governor
passed up the steps, one man exc
In q loud voice, Our next
President" There was q responsive
cheer from the crowd.
Gov. Dewey plunged Immediately
into q series Of conferences with
political, labor, veterans and other
preceding his formal address.
Gov. Dewey was accompanied BY
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