The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-27
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Dewey Will Brief
prohlems Before Acting
By PAUL MALLON ),


problems Before Acting !
Republican nominee Tom Dew
ev,s method of handling a prob
lem is first to have it ''briefed."
He desipnates one Of his men to
analyze both sides thoroughly, to
set these down in writing, saying
aOn the one hand there is this
factor" and son the other hand
there is this" he takes this evil
dence. discusses it with his cOun-
cillors, then makes his decision.
Emotionalism Ruled
Perhaps people may well like to
be guided in their lives by emotion
alism and wholly human consid-
erations, which may not be right,
but for their leadership to assume
such a principle would plunge all
hope and faith for the future and
tip even justice itself into the caul-
dron of philosophical fires. dike
the Hitler leadership of unreasoned
torch bearing and hatredso I
guess this is what interests me
most in the new young leadership
which is taking over the Repub-
lican opposition because the Will
kee leadership popularity failed.
Perhaps I am prejudiced, because
for nearly ii years have seen a
government operate without
s'briefing," without judicial choices
cody arrived at, and I think this
is why its economic solutions par
ticularly have never worked out
successfully. It got votes, but it
never goth the problem solved.
Al any rate this is what makes
Dewey tick. ! suppose that in
tellecfuallY Mr.. Roosevelt would
be classified as a politician. His
decisions reflect that instinct. In
his way he is superior to any
public man I have met in IS
years Of political reporting. To
gauge the contrast which may
be offered by Dewey. If elsctsd.I
have collected the evidences Of
his gubernatorial and conven-
lion workings on one hand and
the other. not only from politi- +
clans assembled here but from
the thinking men. aad can
brief" the candidate himself
thus:
Classifices as Administrator
Intellectually Dewey must not
be classified as lawyer, or poll
tician Rather he is an admins
traitor. As district attorney and
governor he chose to lead bright
young band, and to rely upon
them for the spade work but not
as Roosevelt did, for ideologies.
leads them only in the sense that
an administrator assigns work to
them and makes the final con-
clusion from their work. He
does not try to dominate the
thoughts of his associates or press
them to his viewpoint. This is
evident in the fact that no one
whoever worked for him has re-
signed "a remarkable record.
Few men like work as he does.
He remained behind after this
convention to shake 5000 hands
the first night and to thresh out
campaign details with the hum
dreds of leaders assembled there.
He did not choose an outlying
hotel, but remained at conven.
ton headquarters. He likes Brick
er, who did much inside work on
the platform in daily breakfast
consultations with Senator Taft.
His convention tribute to Bricker
was not only an extraordinary
consideration for a second man,
but wise, and Bricker will no
doubt be a vice presidential cam
didate in fact instead of the usual
appendage.
Dewey's handling of the Jew
lsh problem (Which always calls
for wise practicalism in a state
like New York; is another primary
example of his instinct for un-
preJudiced administration. It was
his man who put the Palestine
plank in the platform, for the first
time any political party had men
toned it. Conspicuous also here
IN his behalf was Nathaniel Gold
stein, his attorney general, whom
ne designated in preference to a
personal friend. Efforts to bestir
class antaganiSms against him on