Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
FEW PROSPECTS


Then. when they began looking
around for a further prospect,
they found the horizon about as
promising as a picked over vege-
table bin.
Ironically enough, the two men
who played the biggest part IN
pulling him out of the dilemma
were former President Herbert
Hoover and Senator Robert A.
Taft of Ohio.
Dewey has been far from en-
thusiastic about asking or accept
ing any assistance from Mr..
Hoover. and has gone almost TO
the point of actually snubbing
him. And ii was Senator Taft
whose presidential hopes Dewey
crushed at the 1910 Republican
convention in Philadelphia.
Late Tuesday afternoon. when
Warren finally convinced the con-
vention leaders that he meant
what he said. and was not just
playing hard-to-get. there was a
bedlam of scurrying back and
forth. The Dewey adjutants i'm
mediately fiocked to Broker but
Bricker wouldn't even see them.
AFRAID OF WILLKIE
Az that stage of the game, the
controversy about the foreign
policy plank was still raging.
Wilkes blast that the plank was
weasel-worded. and that il con-
tanned loopholes for later evasion
was causing almost as much per-
spiration among convention lead
ers, particularly Dewey leaders. as
the natural heat and the movie
kleig lights.
And in the midst of il all. word
leaked out that some of the
Willkie factions at the convention
had telephoned Willkie in New
York. asking him TO fly TO Chicago
and appear on the convention floor |
TO demand time on the rostrum.
The idea was that he would I
roast the foreign plank by direc-
ton, and make ii clear by infer 4
ehce that he preferred Bricker to /
Dewey, and might take a walk
unless Bricker were the nominee. .
To add 10 the FEASIBILITY of
that threat. il was widely known
in the convention that Willkie was
extremely friendly 10 Bricker. and
extremely unfriendly TO Dewey.
When the Dewey crowd were
unable 10 get to see Bricker per-
Sonally, they sounded an SOS for
Senator Taft. trying 10 get him 10
intervene for them. He did. 10 the
extent of getting an audience. but
the aud fence was unavaillng. .
Bncker still said no.
BRICKER CALLS HOOVER
The Dewey managers. by way
Of suasion. had made every con
ceivable offer. They told Bricker
that under Dewey's regime the
vice presidency would be elevated
70 new and much more important
prestige.
But Bricker still remained firm.
and In the early hours ri WedneS-
day morning. with the nominating
sessions only few hours away. ne
still had rejected all requests 10
axe the vice presidency.
Before going 10 bed, about mid
night on Tuesday. he put through
a call 10 Mr.. Hoover to congratu-
late him on his address before the
convention delegates. During that
conversation. Mr.. Hoover brought
Up the question Of the vice preSi-
dency.
He told Bricker that the whole
situation had degenersted 10 a
point where the Republican Party
ticket of this year was IN serious
danger. Mr.. Hoover told Bricker
that he didn't want 10 ask him
TO do anything that was contrary
10 his own views. but that he did
believe he could save the day If
he were TO accept the second
place post.
At 2 O'Clock Wednesday morn
ing. Gov. Dewey called Broker
and asked him II he would accept
Bricker did accept and from
there on everything was clear
sailing.