Evening star., 1944-09-21
By ]. A. O'LEARY,
CO. G.xr


ON DEWEY TRAIN EN- ROUTE
TO SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.-
Facing an uphill fight for Cali
fornia's Is electoral votes, Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey will strive dur
ing the next two days to con-
vince the voters of this big West
ern State that a new approach
to Government problems will be
needed in the postwar era.
He has promised to unfold in a
radio address tonight his formula
for achieving two great goals for
America-freedom and security for
all" His underlying theme is ex-
pected to be that the New Deal gov
erns the lives of the people too COM
pletely from Washington.
The text he has taken for this
speech would afford a good opportu-
nifty for the Republican nominee to
expound the doctrine laid down by
the rs Republican Governors in Au-
gust, when they called for a greater
recognition of State rights in solving
those domestic problems in which
both the States and the Federal
Government have an interest.
Independent at Polls.
For good many years California
has been noted for its independence
at the polling booths. 1t has voted
heavily for President Roosevelt in all
three of his elections, but its people
have tendency to attach more i'm
portance to men and issues than to
party labels. This is reflected in its
primary laws, which enable candi-
dates to run on more than one party
ticket.
Because of this historical back
ground, the impression Gov. Dewey
makes during his personal visit to
San Francisco today, and Los An
geles tomorrow, may go a long way
in determining whether he will be
able to overcome the advantage
neutral observers believe President
Roosevelt holds at this time.
| California is one of the States
that has attracted thousands of
temporary war workers into the
aircraft and other war industries,
which will make the labor vote a
decisive factor Gov. Dewey de-
cided to outline his labor policy at
Seattle several days ago, but he
did not go into detail at that time
S1thioNt hot ie
dustrial workers-postwar social
security. He may do that while
in California.
Urges Housecleaning.
On his way through the towering
fir forests of Oregon yesterday, Gov.
Dewey indicated that he plans to
strike hard at regimentation from
Washington. Stopping briefly at
Eugene, Greg, the home of Wayne
Morse, Republican nominee for the
Senate. Gov. Dewey called for the
biggest, the finest and most COM
plete housekeeping in history" in
Government.
Then" he continued, I'VE have to
install people like your own Wayne
Morse and others in administrative
posts in Washington. People who
have lived close to the people and
who know their problems-who do
not 90 to Washington for the pur-
pose of telling 10000 900 Americans
| that they know better how to run
their lives than the people do them
selves.
Then. with the establishment of
a government of sound principle
which believes in our future, which
wants to create jobs and go forward,
We can wipe out these dismal years
Of the New Deal. We can forget
the RECOMMENDATION and the slow,
slipping toward a totalitarian econ
omy, and we can 60 forward again.
free and united people, to better
and happier days than this country
has ever seen"
Train Reconditioned.
Gov. Dewey and his party-some
of whom still nursed bruises and
aches from Tuesdays wreck-left
Portland yesterday morning after
railroad workers had completed a
fast job of reconditioning the 13-
car train. Working throughout
Tuesday night, they cleaned out all
signs of the crash and had the cars
In first class shape at leaving time.
Shortly after the train left Port
land, Gov. Dewey walked through
all of the cars, anxiously inquiring
how every one felt. He was especial
ly solicitous for those who had sus-
tained painful, though not serious,
injuries.
In his talk at Eugene Gov. Dewey
praised the railroad porters for the
way they conducted themselves
after the train crash Tuesday.
I'VE have had very nice day"
he told the crowd, "and, I may add,
no train wrecks today, and all the
porters on the train are still doing
business. Despite the fact that most
Of them got bloody heads and
banged-up noses, they carried on
in spite of the discomfort and took
care of the passengers first. So.
1t was very interesting and, in
many ways, heartening experience
to see how all the men on the rail-
road thought first of us and after
ward Of their own comfort. Two
Of them I have been trying to chase
to hospital for "a hours"
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