Evening star., 1944-10-15
2 :" THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington D. C.
Is 1874
Dewey Planning Third
Visit 10 Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH Talk Oct. 20
BY J. A. O'LEARY,
Star Staff correspondent.

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Star Staff Correspondent.
ALBANY, N. Y, Oct. 14.-Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey's decision to
speak in Pittsburgh next Friday
night was interpreted here tonight
as further recognition OF the vital
part Pennsylvania IS electoral
votes may play in this election.
1t will be the Republican candi-
dates third trip into the Keystone
State since his nomination. He
spent July 81 in Pittsburgh on his
way to the Republican Governors
Conference, meeting informally with
groups of voters from various walks
of life. Later he formally launched
his campaign with speech In
Philadelphia September Z before
going to the West Coast.
His Friday night speech will be
delivered in the Pittsburgh Armory
and broadcast over the NBC net
work from to $50 eastern War
Time). The meeting will be under
auspices of the Allegheny County
Republican Club.
In st. Louis Tomorrow.
The announcement came on the
eve of Gov. Dewey's scheduled de-
parture from Albany Sunday after
noon for a major speech at st.
Louis, Mo-, Monday night, from 10
to 1890 eastern War Time).
Returning Immediately from st.
Louis. Gov. Dewey will discuss post
war foreign policy for the second
time in the campaign in the New
York H er aid Tribune forum
Wednesday night.
If the election Is close many OBJ
servers believe Pennsylvania may
prove the final and decisive battle
ground, especially in view of the
fact that it will not count its alb
sentee soldier ballots until Novem-
ber %, is days after the polls close.
Some political experts in the State
estimate that between 125,000 and
100000 Pennsylvania fighting men
will vote by mail.
Any such number of soldier votes
could easily be the deciding factor,
since President Roosevelt's margin
of victory in Pennsylvania in 1910
was 281, ,187. incidentally, this State
wide majority four years ago was
almost exactly the margin of the
Presidents combined victory in
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. In
1910 the President carried Allegheny
County pittsburgh, by 104,641, and
Philadelphia by 177,271, or a total
margin in both cities of 281,912.
COP Expects Big Rural Vote.
The Republicans expect a dig vote
for the Dewey-Bricker ticket in the
rural counties, but experts agree
they also will have to cut sharply
into the Presidents past strength in
the two big cities to put Pennsyl-
vania back in the Republican col
umn, where it stood for many years
prior to 1886. The President did not
carry Pennsylvania in his first race
in 1882.
After a comparatively quiet week
spent in New York State, Gov.
Dewey's departure for st. Louis will
open up another active phase of his
campaign, which may continue with
increasing tempo until election day.
Gov. Dewey tonight honored the
memory of Theodore Roosevelt by
proclaiming October 27, the 86th an
niversary of the former Presidents
birthday, as Navy Day in New York
State. tJ 3tatst teF
Foundation for Strong Navy.
More than so years ago." Gov.
Dewey's proclamation began, "the
man who was then Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy began to arouse the
people of the United States to the
need for strong and efficient fleet.
Working uphill and against opposi-
ton he succeeded, and so laid the
foundations of strong American
Navy, a Navy which today is the
most powerful in the world.
That Assistant Secretary of the
Navy was the late Theodore Roose-
welt, subsequently President of the
United States. Thanks to him, the
revitalized and strengthened United
States Navy won with ease the first
war in which it engaged-the war
against Spain. In the First World
War our fleet exemplified in every
way the tradition of the service.
I'm the present war the men of
our Navy have written history in
victories which have transcribed all
their achievements in the past. In
the Atlantic they have co-operated
with our Allies in making the seas
safe for convoy service, and in the
amphibious operations which made
possible the invasion of Africa, of
Sicily, of Italy and of France. In
the Pacific our Navy, crippled at the
outset by stab in the back, fought
against overwhelming odds and
eventually won one brilliant victory