Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20
Dewey And The Jury

For some weeks now, Governor
Thomas E. Dewey has been trying Presi-
dent Roosevelt before the largest jury he
has ever faced-the American people.
Unlike his conduct of cases before
formal trial jury, Prosecutor Dewey seems
TO have underestimate the intelligence
of the big jury and is straying consider
ably from the teChnic which he used when
he was the young gang buster.
Tactics which might work before
Jury concentrating upon doing justice to
criminal, cannot and will not work upon E.
jury bent upon weighing two personalities
in the balance and deciding which of the
two shall be best for the welfare of the
country.
Were Mr.. Dewey using his own ideas
instead of listening to the advice OF some
of the Republican master minds, his cam
paign would not have slipped as badly as
it has and he would no doubt pile up
more imposing popular vote even though
he very likely will be defeated.
Obviously, the boy governor is con-
centrating more on tearing down the Pres
ident than he is in building up himself
Certainly, in the face of the past per-
formance of his party, we cannot accept
Mr.. DeweyS promises without liberal
sprinkling of the salt of doubt.
Nor can we accept Mr.. Dewey's efforts
at sincerity in the face of the evidence
that he is surrounded on all sides by the
Republican reactiOnaries and die-hards
who were in charge of the biggest and
longest depression the country has ever
known.
Governor Deweys views on the war;
his efforts to cause dissatisfaction and
worry in the minds of the parents and
relatives of servicemen; his insistence
upon continuing his efforts to divide us IN
a crucial time; his lack of practical expert
ence and his prosecuting attorney psy-
cology all add up to make the American
people determined not to be lulled into
changing administrations.
The war is still going on. Germany is
helcing her lines. Japan is far from
being defeated, yet the New York gov
ernor and the newspapers which espOuse
his cause talk like the war is practically
over and tell us we should let the Repub-
lican party write the peace.
Our part in the war for many months
past has been marked by progress Our
commander-in-chi has played an I'M
portant role i'm deciding the strategy OF
the war. He knows the situation as well II
not better than any other living American.
But the Republicans tell us the war is
almost over and nothing remains but for
us TO let them write the peace.
Such is the reasoning of Governor
Thomas Dewey before the jury of the
American people, brand of logic which
cannot be justified by the actual condi-
tions which exist, and a plea before the
American people which is an insult TO
their intelligence.
That Mr.. Dewey is making some
speeches which please the Republicans
cannot be denied. Nor can we find any
fault with the eloquence of the Michigan
boy who made good in the big city. We
agree that Mr.. Dewey has some ability;
but our frank opinion is, that as president,
MIR. Dewey would make fine prosecuting
attorney.
Change is inevitable. Sooner or later
the war will be over, peace will settle
upon the world and men will resume nor
NAL living. Until then, let MIR. Dewey
administer the affairs of the great state
of New York and try and learn to be as
accomplished an executive as he was
prosecutor.