Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-29
GOVERNOR WARREN USES
GOOD POLITICAL SENSE

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Governor Earl Warren is to be con-
graduated and praised for his determine
ton to remain governor of California. 1t
IS no small undertaking to refuse the
honor Of a place on the top of the ticket
of a major political party, and 1t called
for even greater determination in reach
inp his conclusion at Chicago nasmuch
As his nomination for vice president
would have been unanimous. And the
honor within his grasp was the more
marked because he was at no time can
didate On the contrary he aVoWedly was
not a candidate and from the start of
boom by his friends, he made 1t clear he
was not receptive to the call.
Governor Warren has his work cut out
at home In the end he made this clear
and through his clean-cut declarations
persuaded his inSistent friends and the
30 delegates at Chicago that he must
remain governor.
The future holds much for Warren. His
road is clear and eight years hence he
will be peculiarly fitted for the nations
highest office. In the meantime he will
have grown in political stature. He has
been outstandingly a capable governor
and there is every reason to believe his
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bv the success of a man who knows what
his state and nation need and will meet
these needs in a highly satisfactory man.
ner.
Even the most disappointed of his
friends and advisers will see and recog
niZe the logic of his course. He was not
telling anything that everyone in Cali
fornia does not know-that ne has work
at home And these well-wishers, now
that the heat and stress of a political
convention are past will applaud his good
judgment.
Governor Warren recognizes the fact
that if this nation is to rise above the
present political and economic upset that
has been growing worse each year of
new deal rule, and that if the nation Is
to understand and meet the hardest prob
lem in history-recOvery after the war,
it is vitality important that each state
must have courageous, wise and vigorous
thinking and action. Wisely, Governor
Warren has chosen his course; well has
he visioned the hard days ahead in his
own state and in the nation and loud
should be his acclaim in recognizing
where he could be of the greatest aid in
the tasks ahead and shouldering his
part
At no other time in the history of the
nation has there been a time when the
interests of the west were SO vitality at
stake or where courageous leadership
was more needed. And by leadership is
meant the call for men to chart that
proper course and then carry on. Cali
fornia, probably more than any other
of these western states, is hanging in the
balance as between steady progress and
economic decentralization. Governor War
ren already has proved in his efficient
administration that he senses this crisis
and has done much to pull the Golden
State out of the economic chaos in which
it had been plunged and submerged by
the prior administration.
California stands close to the top
among the states producing the vast maj
ority of war materials. Its industrial
outlook calls for clear vision to deter
mine on the conversion course and then
some one at the helm to steer that course
straight and true. Governor Warren has
proved his foresight and it was not in
his mind to walk out and leave every
thing to the uncertainties that would
have followed loss Of the guiding hand.
Governor Walren's expansive views
have enabled him to know that weak and
vaccilating policies in state administra-
tions will scuttle the sweeping move for
national recovery and in this respect he
will be tower of strength in the work
ahead in the states themselves and his