Evening star., 1944-06-29
The Campaign Beqins

lnOIHdS T.. OtWey COMES 10 tlle
national political stage at a solemn
and fateful hour in the history of
this troubled world.
We have reached the point where
we can see through to the end of
the war, and know that we shall win
it, Then will come the great prob
lens of the peace, of the reconstruc-
ton, and of the rebuilding of our
own war shattered economy. AS
suredly, the next four years will be
critical years, the years in which
we shall make or break our future.
In such time there will be crying
need for the right mentor men
with high sense of responsibility,
for men of courage and vigor and
faith.
The people of the United States,
fully conscious of these things, will
want to know how the man whom
the Republicans have chosen as their
presidential candidate measures up
to these specifications. They have
right to know, and Mr.. Dewey must
tell them
In Chicago last evening, accepting
the nomination, he made an admi-
rable beginning.
Mr.. Dewey is free mana man
who has made no pledges, promises
or commitments of any kind, and
those that he makes in the future
will be made only to the people of
this country. There can be no
doubt whatsoever that this is true,
for Mr.. Dewey did not have to trade
and barter for his nomination.
Having let the nomination come to
him, he stands in the enviable posi-
tion of presidential candidate who
has made no entangling alliances
that will pull him down and tie his
hands. He is his own master, and
he can call the shots as he sees them.
The acceptance speech did not
purport to be a detailed statement
of Mr.. Dewey's position on the issues
before the country. 1t was merely
the opening gun of his campaign;
the rest viii come later. @ s
But he did pledge himself, if
elected, to put an end to "one-man
government" by selecting a cabinet
OF the ablest men and women in the
country and delegating to them the
full powers of their Offices. He
sounded an earnest note of assur-
ance to our Allies and of warning
to our enemies There will be no
interference from him with the
military conduct of the war. If he
becomes President he will work with
other nations in the maintenance of
peace. He does not believe that
peace can be assured by mere words
or flne-sounding treaties. 1t must
be the handiwork of many men.
based ION the solid rock of a united
American public opinion" His words
and his manner last night were not
the words and the manner of a man
who would lead us back to the ooobv
trap OF isolation, and those who have
tried to pin the lsolationist tag on
him are doomed to disappointment.
Mr.. Dewey lashed out at the Roose-
velt administration where it is most
vulnerable-at its "weariness." at it's
"Squabbling" and its internal feuds.
at its penchant for division rather
than uniflcation
He said, and it is true, that the
administration never fully solved the
problem of unemployment until the
war burst upon us. He promised
that the Republican party would
solve it, but he did not say how, and
this, next to the securing of the
peace, probably is the most i'm
portant matter with which he must
deal during the campaign.
The Republican candidate con-
cluded his acceptance speech with
an emphatic declaration of his faith
in the bright and limitless future
OF this country. Today, perhaps as
never before, we need faith in our
selves and faith in our future. Mr..
Dewey sounded as though his faith
was real and genuine, and it is in
the name of that faith" that he will
carry his cause to the country. He
is going to be an earnest and effec-
tive candidate.