Evening star., 1944-08-03
Baltimore Sun
Supports COP Third
Time in 1O7 Years
BY the Associated rress,

~ eAS AecVStAteQ k'IGSS.
BALTIMORE, Aug. s.,-The
Baltimore Sun, independent
Democrat) announced today its
support OF Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
OF New York for the presidency
the third time In its 107-year
history that the newspaper has
backed q Republican candidate.
In 1895. the Sun supported William
mckinley, a. opposed to William
Jennings Bryan. and in 1910 advo-
Gated the election OF Wendell WILL
kie In opposition to third term for
President Roosevelt. The news
paper supported Mr.. Roosevelt in
1882 and made no choice in 1896.
The newspaper says in q three
column editorial announcing Its sup
port Of Mr.. Dewey that Mr.. Roose-
velt's decision to run for fourth
term makes 1t necessary for the Sun
to oppose him In order to do what 1t
can to forestall the evils which such
q decision brings into view.
Fortunately, the Republicans
have nominated an able candidate
In Gov. Dewey. Good Democrats and
good citizens generally can support
Mr. Dewey with few reservations and
no misgivings. -
THE claim made that only Mr..
Roosevelt can guide the country in
to an effective international organ
ization is not borne out by the facts.
So close have we come to
manimity in our belief In inter-
national organization as essential
for maintaining peace, that he
would be q hair-splitter who could
point out q major difference be-
tween the platforms of the two
parties on this issue. -
"An administration which uses its
power and the substance Of its peo-
pie to win the labor vote or the
vote Of any organized pressure group
Is q corrupting administration. Its
moral basis Is as bad as that Of an
administration which bids for the
support Of monopolists or any other
vested interest. ="
Favoritism Denounced.
'Favoritism in Government tends
to destroy national unity at the very
time national unity is our greatest
asset. That we have done as well
as we have with war production is
q tribute not to Mr.. Roosevelt's pol
Icy, but to the inherent strength and
patriotism of the American people
in all ranks.
There is nothing in the record to
show that Mr.. Roosevelt compre-
hends the nature Of the difficulties
we shall face after the war. There
Is nothing in the platform on which
he is running which shows more
than a verbal concern for those diff
hculties.
THE alternative. to Mr.. Roosevelt
Is Mr.. Dewey, a practical, level
headed man with a mind more like
that of a scientist than that of a
warrior on horseback. His passion
is for orderly procedure. His hatred
Is for negligence and disorder. His
inspiration is not intuition, but rea-
son. He does not crate, he dis
cusses. *a+
Stability Is Urged.
There will be few brilliant i'm
provisations, few inspired pronun-
Citations (by Mr.. Dewey. Those
seeking a leader with a capital L
had best not vote for him. On the
other hand those who feel that IL
years Of Government by ear are
enough and want a return to stabil-
ity win find in him something al
most unique in the way of
vigor, conscientiousness, understand
ing and clarity of thought
Three terms for q President are
one too many. In fourth term,
with unifying ties of wartime emo
ton removed, the forces of disin-
tegration which we all know exist
would be free to do their worst. The
national safety would be compro-
missed. Mr.. Roosevelt's record could
be much better than it is and Mr..
Dewey's much worse and still the
public would demand a change"