Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27

Americas dread of the Hoo
ver-Dewey coalition.
Let's examine the evidence
Psychologically, both men pre-
sent the same appearance. They
are cold. Neither possess the
warmth which the present
White House occupant passes on
to the American people. In true
Republican tradition, they are
stiff, business-like, with an eye
for precision. The love of hui
manity-one of Franklin Roose-
velt's strongest qualities - is
clearly absent. Both Hoover and
Dewey, although they probably
won't admit it, have nurtured
childhood ambitions to ascend
to the presidency. The selection
of certain advantageous posi-
tions, all designed to enhance
their prestige, runs strongly
throughout their public careers.
Two Greats
Hoover, as head of numerous
relief and food administrations,
presented the world with the
picture of a great administrator.
Dewey, remembering what sue
cess friend Herbert had, paraded
as the racket buster" With
Dewey, as with Hoover, the ego
rumbled within-and the target
was set-the White House.
One wonders if Dewey, If
elected, will forget his racket
busting technique as quickly as
Hoover dropped his masquerade
of the great humanitarian of
relief" America still shivers
when it remembers the block
long breadlines which dotted our
cities because Hoover refused
depression victims relief on the
principle that this was prob
>lem for the states.
But there is more to the
Eoover-DeWey tie than person
Dality similarities. We mustn't
forget the men with the fat
check books. They were there in
Hoover's day, when he cham
pioned their idea, and they're
applauding with gusto as Dewey
echoes their sentiments today.
American millionaires poured
$1,210,000 into the Hoover cam
paign fund in 1928, infinitesmal
when one considers the 7,00O,-
600 collected in 1910 and the
shower of thousand dollar bills
being rained down on Dewey in
1914. The Fisher family, Alfred
P. Solan, Jr. and Alfred DUPONT,
all staunch Dewey men, gave
Hoover S150,000. Mr.. William
Nelson Cromwell, law partner of
John Foster Dulles, Dewey's ex-
pert on foreign policy, was tap
ped for S25,000.
Toms Menagerie
Tom Dewey's menagerie of
campaign advisors is solidly
linked to gigantic cartels and
corporations, first founded by
the proteges of Herbert Hoover.
When Hoover ran European re-
lief, his Belgian director was
Pretiss Gray, former head of the
j. Henry Schroeder Banking
Company, closely allied to Nazi
busin e interests. Although
Gray died in 1885, Dulles has
carried on the close ties with the
banking house. Other Hoover
men who turned up as directors
of the Schroeder Company were
George Zabriskie, head of the
U. S. Sugar Equalization Board,
and julius Barnes, head of the
u. S. Grain Corp.
Both Dewey and Hoover share
a burning admiration for Big
Business and will gladly rally
to its support. Wall Street vet
Grams still chuckle over the
sugar scandal which involved
Hoover's Department of Com
merce in 1923. The sugar Sec
ton released information that a
raw sugar shortage was certain,
never denied by Hoover. The
result? Sugar went up and |
Hoover's friends with huge
sugar investments cleaned up at |
the expense of sugar refiners,
wholesale grocers, and candy
manufacturers.
Same Old Formula
The facts are different, but
the formulas the same in the
milk scandal of the Dewey Ad-
ministration. Dewey's State
Commissioner of Agriculture
and Markets, Chester Dunn
mond, front for the big milk
lobby, the Dairymen's League,
approved a price rise in Glass l
milk which went over the OPA
ceiling and directly profited the
large milk corporations.
Hoover's tragic ineptness in
rescuing America from domes-
tic catastrophe overshadowed
his inadequacy in foreign af-
fairs. From all indications,
Dewey can offer no more. Her
bert Hoover from his early days
in public life was bitter foe
of Russia. His hatred probably
stems from the Soviet'S cancel
lation in 1913 of mining con-
cessions valued at $280,000