The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-28
Young Thomas Dewey Is Man Of COP Hour
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 On the roll call of states preced- ing Griswold's speech, Alabama yielded to Nebraska and all other delegations passed except Minneso- ta and Wisconsin.
 Minnesota announced that 1t had candidate-Lt. Cmdr. Harold E. Stassen-and Chairman George R Cady of the Wisconsin delegation said member from that state would put Gen, Douglas MacArthur in nomination.
 Only Obstacles
 These were the only obstacles, ap- parently, to nomination of a pres idential ticket by exclamation.
 Griswold's speech stirred the del- egaets to applause. His declaration that Dewey will restore the pres idency of the United States to the American people" was just the kind of victory meat the delegates had been hungering for.
 Although the nominating speech was in a sense anti-climaX.-as will be gre balloting later today - 1t brought the convention at last to that part of its foreshortencd wer- tune program where the delegates could give vent to their ncpes of victory in November.
 It had been apparent from the beginning that the youthful former gang buster the one-time church singer, the young man from Owosso, Mlch., who conquered the big city in traditional American style, would Dc the champion in which this conL cention would pin its hopes of re- gaining the presidency for the ftfst time since Franklin D. Roosevelt won his first term in 1882,
 Before Dewey's name went before the convention, the last obstacl lk to 100 per cent Republican unity dis appeared when J. Russel Sprasue New York National Committeeman announced that Gov. John w. Bricker of Ohio would be the vice. presidential candidate. Bricker, who had campaigned long and hard for the No. l post, had held out to the last against the rising tide of Dewey votes.
 Parade
 Griswold hardly had time to get out the words-"I give to you as the nominee of the Republican party, the spokesman of the future, Thom- as E. Dewey"-before the delegates were launched on their quadrennial parade of the standards up and down and around the stirling con- vention hall.
 The Dewey people had planned well to make the demonstration col orful, noisy and long. Before; the session convened, they had brought in dozens of truck loads of giant sized pictures of their man. The musicians in the gallery were all set. The delegates were keyed to shake the steel rafters.
 And while the convention was get- ting set to do the well-advertised expected thing, Dewey in Albany was poised to jump into a Douglas 2l-passenger transport and fly here to accept the nomination. The draft" was a fait accompli.
 Since the opening 1t had been the vice presidential situation that chiefly piqued the delegates inter- est. Dewey had wanted Gov. Earl Warren of California, but the big westerner put the kibosh on that last night when he announced he would not be a candidate under any circumstances. That had left Griswold and Bricker as possibilities, but the Dewey packers nodded toward the Ohioan.
 Former Gov. Sam McKelVe, cnair- man of the Nebraska delegation, had said he had arranged for Gris- wold to be put in nomination for vice-president Several hours later he told the United Press:
 No further effort will be made to obtain the vice presidential nom- tation for Gov. Griswold. We defer to the desire of the New York dele- gatio nto maintain harmony in the party and recognize Gov. Bricker, too. As far as we are concerned, we consider 1t happy arrangement.
 Bricker Acceptable
 McKelvie evidently was referring to statement by J. Russell Sprague New York State organization Bricker continued to insist that he was candidate for the presiden- tial nomination but replied mo comment" when asked whether he would accept second place If of. fered.