Evening star., 1944-06-22
Bricker, in Chicago,
Begins Last-Ditch
Fight 10 Stop Dewey
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vice presidential nomination ii
he mods his head But the Cali
fornian has insisted he is not
candidate and does not wish to
be. The lieutenant governor of Cal
ifornia is the Republican nominee
for Senator this year, and should
Gov. Warren become Vice President
the State would be without an
elected chief executive for the next
| two years. Under the State law,
Gov. Warren would appoint an act
| ing Governor to carry on, under
such circumstances.
Vice Presidential Picture.
Other vice presidential possibili-
| ties are Gov. Dwight Griswold Of
Nebraska and Representative Dirk
sen of Illinois, if Gov. Dewey heads
the ticket.
Gov. Bricker was accompanied
today by Mrs. Bricker, their son
Jack, Robert L. Barton, his secre-
tary, and John w. Galbreath, cam
paign manager and treasurer of the
Bricker National Committee. He
will make his only preconyention
address Saturday night in the grand
ballroom of the Stevens Hotel under
the auspices of the Chicago Bricker-
for President Committee.
Gov. Bricker's 13-year-old son
Jack was pressed into service as
an errand boy at the Bricker head
quarters in the Stevens Hotel.
Look to Connecticut for Aid.
The Bricker people, of whom Sen
|ator Taft is one, continue to insist
that the fight is by no means lost.
Senator Taft said he thought Gov.
Bricker still has good chance" to
be nominated.
West Virginian's Statement.
The Bricker headquarters trotted
out statement by Austin " Wood,
a delegate from West Virginia in
support of their contention that
Bricker is still very much of con-
tender. He said:
Il was astonished to read in the
press that Gov. Dewey's supporters
were claiming Is out of 10 delegates
from West Virginia on the first bal
lot. If this overoptimism Is in
dicative OF the basis for claims rs
to other States the Dewey band
wagon will fail utterly to mate
rialize. I am quite confident that
half of the West Virginia delega-
ton is firmly for Gov. Bricker and
that more than half of the remain
ing delegates are uncertain. ! have
talked with each of the members
of the delegation and know of but
three who are firmly for Mr.. Dewey.
Some weeks ago Gov. Dewey had
much greater popular strength in
West Virginia than he has today.
Both the man on the street and the
delegates feel that the issues in
volved in this campaign are so vital
to the welfare of our country that
it would be great mistake for the
Republican party to nominate as
their candidate man who has
failed to make known his position
upon any of these issues The last
word from Gov. Dewey is that he
favors an alliance with Great
Britain and also favors on interna-
tional police force. Gov. Dewey's
friends have repeatedly said that
the Governor did not mean what
he said with regard to these ques-
tiors.
THE delegates to the convention
and the public at large are entitled
to know whether Gov. Dewey speaks
for himself or his friends speak for
him"
The Bricker people are looking to
Connecticut to aid them. Wendell
L. Willkie had considerable support
among the Republicans of the Nut
meg State. j. Kenneth Bradley, an
original Willkie man and national
committee man from the State,
said:
This thing is either going over
on the first ballot or it will be q
terrific fight that anybody might
win"
1t is now confidently reported that
Gov. Dewey. If nominated, will come
Immediately to Chicago to accept
the nomination. If he does this will
make unnecessary trek later in the
summer to Albany for a formal
acceptance speech by the Governor
in days when travel is difficult due
to war conditions. Furthermore,
since Gov Dewey has continued to
insist that he is not a candidate,
if the draft goes through, he might
be considered ungracious if he failed
to appear before the convention
which rendered him the nominat ton.