Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-29
Job as War President
Worries 10 Mother
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she can still waop the golf ball. and spends good
deal of her time on the links the Owosso Country Club
Tom pretty like all boys" she tells inqurng
biographes I'D there going to be all this fuss
when he grew paid attention to the things he
do and say
Didn't you think he might grow up to he PRESIDENT"
guess all mothers have notions like that In the back
of their minds-but not really seriously"
In dsavowng early predictions of glorious future for
Tom Mrs. Dewey makes herself unique among Owossotes
The usual among longtime residents of the city is
Tom Dewey: Yes. sir; the minute set eyes that
hoy knew he was going places You mark words, used
that lads going to be mighty big man some OF these
days
pressed for their they usually tumble around
for words and up with something like
Well gosh, don't exactly know He "as-"eh he was
kind of DIFFERENT"
The difference questioning brings out seemed to lie
chiefly in quiet power of personality which seemed in some
way tied up with his forceful deep brown eyes
You couldn't argument with him to save your
life" an old schoolmate recalled
There is probably something this for his success after
he decided to be lawyer instead of singer s'emmed
in large his ability convince jurors and voters
he sufficient number of voters in the
coming election he will youngest mold the
office of president United States He will be just AZ years
and "a days old20 days younger than Theodore
Roosevelt when he naugurated.
Into years Tom Dewey has packed career
government and politics that few men twice his age can
match
Politics he learned his mothers knee. The Dewey home
favore gathering place for prominent Repub
leans Chase Osborn, of Mchigans distinguished
such frequent visitor that Tom knew him as
Uncle" Chase
Toms great great great great great grandfather josiah
plunged Dewey politics by running for constable at
Lebanon 1885, He and rarely have the Deweys
been out of politics since.
Toms uncle Edmund o. Dewey, postmaster at Owosso
and his father held the office from 1924 until
his death in the summer Of 1927.
His grandfather, George Martin Dewey delegate to
convention in Jackson Mich in 1854 at which the
Republican party Abraham Lincoln bornthe old Repub
can party founded Jefferson having changed its name to
Democratic.
George Martin Dewey until the end of his life was valued
adviser Osborn Congressman Joseph W. Fordney and
high Republicans would often drop In at the big frame
house Owosso to discuss affairs of state.
After some persuasion they could usually be prevailed upon
stay for dinner then they would nge the parlor well
into the night-takng politics.
we'll behaved and drinking 1t all in with his
intense brown eyes, would usually be George Martin Deweys
little grandson Tom
He fascinated at this talk that most youngsters
would have boring fighting sleep until he longer could
keep his eyes open.
Of the visitors would chuck him under the
chin and utter humorous remark like:
WELL Tom, what you going to be when you grow up
president of the United States?"
And Tom wise for his age would join the grownups
in laughter at this preposterous idea.