Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-27

By Paul
MaIon
CHICAGO, June 27-Here is
" Gov. Dewey, a man who is
not a candidate, who has spent
no money. made only three pub
lie appearances outside his state
in the last two years, on the
eve of an overwhelming nomi-
nation against John w. Bricker
and other candidates including
Willkie who did campaign, and
one of whom (Willkiet spent
money.
Never has there been a cam
paign like it in all American his
tory, and the inside story OF
how they did it likewise is
unique.
Perhaps the similar campaign
OF Mr.. Roosevelt Is what set a
tone which made this one pos
Sible.
1t is true also some money
has been spent by state organ
lzations for Dewey. but with
out any central guidance. and in
the face of disavowals of sup
port from on high.
VET this unique campaign has
Il brought most of the Wlllkie
crowd into or near the fold. His
Oregon national committeeman,
Ralph Cake, Il e n Bradley,
Johnny Haynes and others are
here. apparently ready 10 go
along with the prospective NOM
inee, as are the Cowles brothers.
leading Midwest publishers. al
though no one here pretends to
know what Willkie himself will
do.
(Rumors that he will become
publisher of the Chicago Daily
News or university president
and thus switch over to become
an unofficial adviser on politics
from his active political leader
ship position are generally &C
cepted as likely 10 work out)
At any rate, his following is
tending toward Dewey.
THE crushing of Willkie may
L be attributed to precon-
vention popular, spontaneous,
almost unled uprising, but the
crushing of the Bricker candi-
dacy is directly traceable TO the
smart head and footwork of the
Dewey campaign managers here.
Nothing like them has ever hap
pened before either. There is
not one Dewey leader. but three.
His triumvirate of managers are
all equal in position:
Herbert Brownell Jr, legal
counsel of the Republican state
committee and personally closest
TO Dewey; j Russell Sprague,
New York national committee
man and the Dewey spokesman
in press conferences. and Edwin
+ Jacket state chairman.
Their tactics are reminiscent
Of Jim Farleys grass roots dele
gate hunting and smart pub
licity.
THE way they took the heart
Il out of the Bricker move
ment without touching him IS
an example Of the way they
work. An hour after Bricker
had held a press conference on
the scene here in person. offer
ing his best publicity bid for
the nomination. criticlzing IN
his plain. unbitter way the alb
Sence. silence and d @ ] c & e
strength Of Dewey the -triuna-
virate called a press conference.
They said nothing about
BriCker and in fact nothing
themselves about Dewey. APP
parently they Just wanted TO
introduce the press to "a ma
tional committeeman twho are
actually political directors OF
their states or represent those
who arel and leaders of SIX
other states.
All 30-got up and spoke
few words for Dewey but the
most SiganS ont speaker was
Bill Reickel, California commit
teeman and Gov. Warren'S man.
TO all i'm the know, this meant
the end Of Bricker. The other
poiitiCos read the true meaning
of the incident and thereafter
the bandwagon started loading
fast.
The triumvirate arranged 10
have the New York member of
the resolutions committee pre-
sent TO it a 40-page report on
government, ripping apart the
ideals of the New Deal, the
manuscript as vas written by
Dewey himself in the capacity
of chairman of the committee
on government at the Mackinac
Island conference 1t sufficed.
TIiESE matters were made
L public but the triumvirate
privately had also arranged Thy
extra special concentration of
work. TO have the first five
Statcc on tho roll call on upapi-