Evening star., 1944-08-02
Dewey, in 81. Louis,
Begins 2-Day Meeting
With Is Governors
Continued From First Pase.)

q NosSi41OIo AAiu tld party iidtSOua
ticket.
The as States represented her
have q total Of $50 electoral vote
with only 266 required to elec
President. 1t is obvious that tn
existence OF this many Republican
State administrations could prove ;
potent force In the national elec
ton.
On the other side Of the pictur,
is the drawing power Of Presiden
Roosevelt's name on the ballot
demonstrated in three successiv,
elections, leaving as the bigges
question whether the State organi.
cations headed by these as Cover.
nors, or substantial number o.
them, can overcome the Roosevelt
personal appeal.
In New York and Ohio-two ol
the biggest States-the issue in No.
vember will be drawn directly be-
tween the President and the two
Republican candidates, Cows. Dewey
and Bricker.
Depends on Happenings.
The success of the Republican
home-front strategy may depend
largely on what happens on the war
fronts between now and mid-Octo-
ber. If the German front should
collapse, for example, it would tend
to help the Republican emphasis on
home-front issues.
In line with the domestic ap-
proach Gov. Dewey lashed out at
the OPA in his press conference in
Springfield yesterday. declaring it
has brought chaos into price fix
ing" He said he told a labor
leader in Pittsburgh Monday that
the wage freeze, ordered by the
administration to help hold the line
against imitation, is essential, with
such adjustments as have to be
made to meet the changing cost of
living" Then Gov. Dewey added
Il told him the OPA has done an
incompetent, bungling job
Lists Topics for Definition.
Gov. Dewey brought with him to
the Governors conference the fol-
lowing tentative list of topics in
which he believes there Is need for
a clearer definition of the relative
responsibilities of the Federal and
State Governments:
l. Public expenditures.
2. Public health.
3. Administration of unemploy-
ment insurance.
4. The employment services, trans
ferred by the States to the National
Government for the war period.
S. The relationship between un-
employment compensation and the
employment services.
6. Labor, to determine the sphere
of influence of the Federal and
State Governments, respectively.
7. Public works, particularly the
extent to which they should be
directed by the Federal Government
and financed by both branches of
Government.
8. Highways, as distinguished from
other public works. because some
are transcontinental while others
are planned for military use.
9, Regulation of insurance of all
kinds.
10. Ownership and use of national
lands.
IL. The separate. but related ques-
ton, of water rights.
II, Flood control and conservation
of natural resources.
13. The National Guard, and its
status after the war.
a. The whole field of Federal and
State tax coordination.
Is. Agriculture, the extent to
which aid to farmers should be
administered, locally, regionally and
nationally,
Rough Drafts Of Policy.
Gov, Dewey also brought with him
rough drafts of declarations of policy
on each of these topics, which his
feuow-Governors will debate and at
tempt to agree upon today and to-
morrow. A decision will be reached
this morning whether the 26 State
executives will work in one group.
or split the subjects up into sub
committees.
Republican leaders in Illinois who
saw Gov. Dewey at Springfield told
newspapermen they expect to carry
the State this year. Senator Brooks
estimated the Republican ticket
would win by 10000. President
Roosevelt had margin of $4,000
four years ago. Some others pre-
dlcted the Republican majority
would be larger.
The Republican nominee, who put
In years at ''racket-busting' as a
district attorney, made his first
train platform speech of the cam
paign when he rolled into SPRING
field yesterday, and was greeted by
Gov. Dwight H. Green of Illinois.
He Gov. Green) and I have been
Going the same thing for IA years"
Gov. Dewey declared. Fourteen
years ago he and I were chasing
gangsters, I in New, York, he in
Chicago. And I may say we are
both Still at it to some extent"
At news conference later, Gov.
Dewey refused fatty to elaborate on
his statement.
In addition to labor, business, farm
and veterans groups Gov. Dewey
talked with large delegation of
colored citizens in Illinois. One of
them, Assemblyman Charles Jenk-
ins. while not predicting how a ma
tority Of the colored voters would
go this year, said he had noted that
they are inclined to be more inde-
pendent than in previous years. He
said he had seen indications that
some of the colored Democrats in
Chicago do not like the treatment
accorded Vice President Wallace at
the Democratic convention.
Among the more than 20 Illinois
labor officials who conferred with
Gov. Dewey yesterday was the pres
ident of Chicago branch of the
Steel Workers CIO. He was John
Henneberger. president of Local
1908. He told reporters he found
Gov. Dewey's policies ARE very lib
eral-more so than I thought" The
Governor indicated, he said, that
he would continue all liberal labor
laws and try to improve them"