Evening star., 1944-09-26
Dewey Is Seen
Giving President
Toughest Race
Oklahoma City Speech
Demands Integrity
In White House.
fTert on Page A-10. J
BY J. A. O'LEARY,
Star Staff CnrreS

otdi QUAIL SoIEeSpOHoSnl.
ON DEWEY TRAIN IN OKLA.
HOMA, Sept. 26.-The sledge-
hammer blows Gov. Thomas e.
Dewey aimed at President Roose-
velt from Oklahoma City last
night made it clear he is pre-
pared to make this the hardest
of Mr.. Roosevelt'S four cam
paigns.
The COP nominees special train
carried him to Sapulpa, where after
welcoming celebration on the high
school steps for Mrs. Dewey, the
New York Governor and his wife
planned brief visit with the latter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orla HUT.
Next stop was Tulsa for series Of
conferences, after which the special
was to leave for Albany, N Y.
1t was a new Gov. Dewey who
mounted the platform last night. his
fighting spirit aroused by the Presi-
dents Saturday night speech. and
charged that the administrations
failure to prepare the country for
war has cost countless American
lives"
Going back through public records
and publications, the Republican
nominee quoted long list of Mr..
Roosevelt's associates in government
as the basis for four of the major
accusations he has been leveling at
the administration since he began
his campaign.
Repeats Four Accusations.
He repeated them last night. az
follows:
l. That the administra ton plans
to keep men in the Army after the
war because it fears there will 90
no jobs for them.
2. That America still had 10000
OOo unemployed after Mr.. Roosevelt
had been in Office seven years.
3. That the Nation was not pre-
pared for war
4. That the Presidents support-
ers regard him as an Indispensable
man.
Gov. Dewey summed up his
charges with the prediction that
the American people in November
will see that We restore integrity
TO the White House 50 that its
spoken word can be trusted once
again"
The Republican nominee recalled
that he advocated a two-ocean navy
in January, 1910, and that Mr..
Roosevelt called his statement az
that time Just plain dumb
1000 Hear Address.
More than 1000 persons filled the
Municipal Auditorium to hear Gov,
Dewey lay aside the cloak of mild
ness that marked his Western tour,
and come out fighting.
A delegation of 20 Texans who
came up from the Lone Star State
to hear the speech was given a lusty
cheer when two of its leaders held
up the Texas State banner.
Gov. Dewey lost no time in re-
minding the Nation that when Mr.,
Roosevelt accepted the fourth-term
nomination in July he said, Il shall
not campaign, in the usual sense
In these days of tragic sorrow,
l DO not consider it fitting : ."
The crowd warmed up to the Re-
publican nominees new belligerent
style. When he asked the crowd
II one man should be perpetuated in
office, they responded with a lusty
chorus of No and they repeated
1t after several other questions about
the New Deal.
Effective Oh onSa ~ Dac>
At one point a man in the gallery
shouted. pour it on"
Oklahoma is inherently a Demo-
cratic State. but it has adopted a
system of separate ballots for presi-
dental electors, for congressional
candidates. for State and county
Offices. If there should be an anti
New Deal trend this year. the sep
arate ballots would make Il easy for
Democrats to vote against the
party's presidential ticket and still
vote for the State Democratic ticket.
Gov. Dewey used an effective
| change OF pace last night to drive
home his answers to the Presidents
classification" charges.
To sustain the charge that the
administration plans to keep men in
the Army after the war, Gov Dewey
repeated the statement attributed to
Director of Selective Service Lewis
B. Hershey, and printed in the Army
paper, Stars and Stripes" that I'VE
can keep people in the esArmy about
as cheaply as We could create an
agency for them when they are out"
Then he answered the Presidents
reply that the War Department had
a plan for speedy discharges.
You can read that plan from now
until doomsday," Gov. Dewey as
serted. and you cannot find one
word about speedy discharges It
Is. In fact, statement of the
priority in which men will be dis
charged after the war. 1t does not
say whether they are to be retained
IN service a month or years after
victory"
10 Million Idle in 1910.
To support charge No. 2, that there
still were 100000 unemployed
in March, 1910. Gov. Dewey said
those were the figures of the Amer.
lean Federation of Labor.
rs that fraud or falsehood?" Gov.
Dewey asked. If so. let Mr.. Roose.
velt tell it to the American Fedora.
ton of Labor"
The Republican candidate told his
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