Evening star., 1948-09-26
DeWev Adds Some Pinch Hitters
Advance Men, Writers
And Researchers
Spell Teamwork

Dewey campaign. Mr.. BroWnell is
remaining at headquarters in WASH
ington.
In each State, the local party lead
ers board the train and Mr.. Jackie
is on hand to greet them, and find
out how the campaign is going In
their respective areas.
Hagerty Handles Press
Former Senator Townsend is
chairman Of the Republican Sena-
torial Campaign Committee. His
job, to help elect Republican candi-
dates for the Senate. is an i'm
portant one this year, because the
Democrats need net gain of only
four seats to recapture control.
Senate seats are at stake in eight
Of l3 States covered by this Western
trip, and Mr.. Townsend Is survey
ing Republican chances in each.
A new member of the research
staff this year is Stewart Beach,
one Of the editors of This Week
Magazine, on leave from his regular
post. Mr.. Beach is q former
Michigan man and knew Gov.
Dewey in college. Press relations
are being handled, as in 1914, by
James C. Hagerty. veteran political
expert of the New York Times, and
was himself a writer of New York
politics on the Times before going
with Gov. Dewey. He is well known
to the large corps Of Washington
correspondents, and it is a fair
assumption he will be White House
press secretary If Gov. Dewey wins
Although they are not accom-
panying him on his campaign
swing, two members of Congress
have played an important part in
the preliminary planning of the
campaign. They are Senator Lodge
of Massachusetts, and Representa-
tive Dirksen of Illinois.
Both men spent many days in
Albany after the Republican con-
vention, presumably keeping the
Dewey research staff informed on
the background of the legislative
record of the Eightieth Congress.
Senator Lodge directed the writing
Of the Republican platform at
Philadelphia. and for that reason
was helpful in shaping the issues to
be dealt with by Gov. Dewey in his
speeches. Both Senator Lodge and
Mr.. Dirksen are strong supporters
of bipartisan foreign policy, and
represent the internationally minded
viewpoint in the party.
Burton Supplies Statistics
An important member of the
Dewey team is John Burton, New
York's budget director. Like Sc
many of the others, he is still a
young man, but has been with the
Governor since he went to Albany
in 1912.
A native of Ohio, who studied al
Hiram College and Northwestern
University, he is relied on heavily
for fiscal research, and 1t is not un-
likely that he has familiarized him.
self with the complicated budget oi
the Federal Government, in add.
tion to keeping track OF the details
of New York's $500 ,O00,0 900 annual
budget.
Mr.. Burton is staying in Albany
during the campaign, but through
special teletype equipment he can
furnish the travelling research staff
with any data they may not have
readily at hand in their library on
wheels. Mr.. Burton undoubtedly
will hold key post in Washington
if Gov. Dewey is elected, either as
budget director, or on the staff of
White House advisers.
Gov. Dewey's research man on
aoSoA FaobACAAo, I0CAA II ltGSaEs d4oO
assisted in the 1914 campaign. He is
labor editor Of Business Week, on
leave for the campaign.
AL of the Dewey advisers are
hard workers and always keep
themselves in the background. Gov.
Dewey is telling the voters in all of
his campaign talks that, If elected,
he will build up a Government in
Washington composed of men who
know their jobs.
| Those who have followed Gov.
Dewey's campaigns believe he is too
keen a student Of politics to make
his administration top-heavy with
New Workers If he becomes Presi-
dent, but 1t is extremely likely he
will want to keep around him those
few close advisers whom he has
learned he can rely on TO do their
Jobs well Ia New York.