Evening star., 1944-07-27
DeweyP Pledges
End Of Friction
In Government
15-Point Program
Mapped for PorIey
COP Governors
BY ]. A. O'LEARY,
Star Staff Correspondent.


nominee for President, declared
today, THE disgraceful spectacle
of petty pickering and constant
warfare between various units Of
Government will come to an end
next January TO-"
He made this prediction of victory
as he made public list ofs15 SUBJ
jects to be submitted to the st. Louis
conference of 26 Republican Gov
ernors August 2 and 3, covering
nearly every home front issue likely
to be raised in the coming campaign.
Included in the program are the
problems of spending, taxation,
labor, agriculture. veterans affairs.
public works and unemployment
insurance.
Campaign Plans Discussed.
The outline of the program was
made public after Gov. Dewey had
gone over it for many hours with
his running mate, Gov. John w.
Bricker of Ohio.
They also discussed their CAM
paign plans, but Gov. Dewey said
they were not ready to announce
them yet.
Asked If any Senators or other
officials would be in St. Louis to
represent the Federal point of view.
in contrast to the State views of the
Governors. Mr.. Dewey replied:
L trust Gov. Bricker and I will
represent that viewpoint since we
face the possibility of having to
exercise the responsibility.
After he had described the list Of
subjects as areas in which there
are varying degrees of conflict be-
tween Federal, State and local gov
ernment, Gov Dewey was asked il
it would be fair to draw the con-
clusion that the general objective
of the st. Louis meeting is to bring
about curtailment of Federal power.
No such inference can be
drawn" he answered.
Long Source of Friction.
AS the two Republican nominees
came onto the veranda of the ex-
ecutive mansion to meet the press,
Gov. Dewey began:
I'VE have canvassed the entire
field of conflict between Federal.
State and local government. This
conflict of authority and RESPONSE
bility has been a constant source
of friction for II years in this coun-
try now
There have been enough people
spending their full time fighting
each other over questions of juris-
diction and power between Federal,
State and local government to make
up a small army. In fact there
have been almost as many people
squabbling over this subject as there
are squabbling in the Federal Gov
ernment, if that were possible.
I'VE conceive it to be one of our
first obligations to bring agreement
out of this chaos, an dto bring unity
where there is only disunity now.
1t is for that reason the Republican
Governors will meet at st. Louis
and make an effort to settle the
areas Of responsibility to the people.
IF We are successful, this will not
only wholly unite the Republican
party as it goes before the people.
1t will also unite the viewpoint OF
the rs States headed by Republican
Governors. where three-fourths OF
the American people live. That
means that the disgraceful spec
tacle of petty pickering and con-
slant warfare between various units
of Government will come to an end
next January 90
Points to Be Discussed.
The IS points in the program are:
81. Public expenditures.
90 Public health.
"3. Administration of unemploy-
ment insurance.
e. Administration of the employ.
ment services. which were sur
rendered by the States to the Fed
eral Government in the war emer.
gency.
IS. The question of the relation
ship between unemployment insur-
ance and the employment service.
IS. Labor which involves the
sphere of influence of the National
Government as contrasted with the
States.
~ Public works-The extent Of
which they should be directed by
the States, and financed by tho
States and Federal governments.
IS. Highways. as distinguished
from public works, because some of
them are transcontinental or built
for military purposes.
Regulation Of Insurance.
49, Regulation of insurance of all
kinds.
10. Ownership and use of national
land. There are States where the
national Government owns 80 per
cent of the land. and questions arise
as to taxation or exemption from
taxation.
I'll. The separate but related ques-
ton of water, flood control and con-
|servation of natural resources.
"l2. National Guard-The question
of its continuance as a National
Guard, as reserve to the Regular
Army, and the extent of Federal
control under the act of 1920, or
whether they should all be federal
lied.
'"l3. The whole field of Federal-
State tax coordination, of over
tapping and conflicting tax collec-
tions and rates.
IA. Agriculture-The extent to
which agricultural aids, soil con-
servation and controls, If any,
should be locally. regionally and ma.
tionally administered.
"l5. Veterans affairs"
Gov. Dewey explained that he
could not say the Governors will
feel that all these subjects can bs
dealt with adequately In the two-
(See DEWEY, Page A-lsJ