The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-17

a shift Of sentiment lately. Governors Conference at I
 Whether this is true or not, 1t is true that his fellow Republican Governors certainly came away from Hershey in a mood of thumbs down on the chief COP hopeful. Climax of their dislike came during the last meeting of the Governors Conferences closed-door, off-the-record ses- sion.
 At 1t, Dewey rose and in a gracious, half-apologetic manner, said that, while he was only sophomore at these conferences, having only attended two, never theless he felt obliged to make suggestion. As he saw 1t, he felt that more time should be given to the Governors for conferences with each other on State prob lens. Too much time, he said, was spent on entertainment, sightseeing tours and Chamber of Commerce speeches.
 Governor Dewey went into this at some length and, during the course of his remarks, 1t was no- ticeable that Governor Edward Martin of Pennsylvania looked somewhat uncomfortable. When Dewey finished, Governor Salton- stall of Massachusetts, who was presiding, rebuffed Dewey by ex- pressing the opinion that the gov ernors had ample time to confer with each other.
 q am quite sure," he added, "that the governor of New York meant no reflection on the Gov ernor of Pennsylvania, who has worked so hard to arrange our delightful entertainment pro- gram"
 HIS OWN WORST ENEMY
 Other governors went to the defense of Governor Martin, es- pecially, Governor Ed Thyre, who replaced Stassen in Minnesota. He said that he considered 1t a rare and impressive privilege to drive to Gettysburgh and witness the broadcast of Governor Saltonsall of Massachusetts and Governor Broughton of North Carolina-the North and the South-to Ameri- can troops abroad.
 "It was a most impressive ceremony" said Governor Thyre, "and one from which the entire country benefited. Certainly for one considered it no Cham Der of Commerce stunt"
 At this point Democratic gov- ernors began to sense that this was a marvellous opportunity to embarraSs the leading Republican candidate, MT. Dewey. But before they could take advantage of it further, Republican Governor Shell of Oregon, also sensing the situation, moved to refer Cover nor Dewey's proposad to the ex- ecutive committee. This was done.
 Later, Democratic Governor Hunt of Wyoming was a guest with other colleagues in the Union League Club, Philadelphia's inner sanctum of Republicanism, where Governor Martin was also present.
 ''The leader of the stop-Dewey movement at Hershey" remarked the Pennsylvania Governor, twas MT. Dewey himself"
 This seemed to be the unanim- ous impression.
 NAVAL INVASION
 OF GERMANY
 It was a military secret at the time, but the story can now be told how a group of young and daring U. s. naval officers plan ned e naval invasion of Germany as a part of the second front. It would have been one of the most spectacular military moves in his- tory. They planned to invade Germany by going up the Elbe River right into the industrial heart of Naziland.
 The young naval officers figur- ed that, if they took 100 fast destroyers, they could cram about TOO men on each vessel, packed like sardines. Then, with a couple of mine-sweepers steaming ahead to clear away the mines, this fiotilla of greyhounds would make a dash for the mouth of the Elbe.
 Once inside the river, there
 probably would be no mines,
 and although certain to lose
 part of the destroyer fleet, they
 figured that the balance could
 take Germany completely by
 surprise and penetrate straight
 up to Hamburg.
 Sweeping along the river, they could lay waste to industry on each side and get into the coun- try before the Nazis would have