Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
Dewey and Warren Get Ready

At the end of their two-day conference
in Albany today, Governor Dewey of New
York and Governor Warren of California
probably will be pretty we'll agreed on their
respective roles in the forthcoming presi
dental campaign. The purpose of the
meeting has been to draw up at least a
preliminary outline of strategy, including
the timing of the opening guns, the places
where each will make major speeches and
the chief issues they will emphasize in
their joint effort to turn the rascals out
and restore Republicanism to the White
House for the first time in sixteen years.
OF all these matters, the issues to be
debated constitute the most interesting
and most important problem before the
strategy planners. Just what line of
attack will finally be decided upon is not
yet clear but Mr.. Warren, speaking as the
vice presidential candidate, has informally
suggested that two questions are likely to
be paramount-1 in the domestic field,
high prices and GU in the international
field, peace with honor" In addition, he
has indicated that he and Mr.. Dewey will
have good deal to say during the cam
paign about taking every logical and
reasonable means" to end Communist in
filtration in the Governments subject
which other members of the party prob
ably will exploit to the full making the
most of President Truman's "red-herring"
remarks.
At first glance it may seem that these
are not issues calculated to stir up lively
political arguments. For if the Repub-
licans are against high prices, so are the
Democrats, and both parties are certainly
very much in favor of peace with honor"
Similarly, the two are essentially of the
same mind regarding Communist infiltra-
ton, and their platforms, with few excep-
tions, differ only slightly in what they
have to say on many other national and
international problems. In short, despite
their party differences, they are equally
against SIM equally for virtue, and about
equally lavish in what they promise to
do for practically every important minor
ity or pressure group in the land.
In spite of all this, however, there will
be plenty of room for debate on such major
issues as imitation and international affairs
Thus, although both parties are opposed
to high prices, the Democrats will doubt
less let loose great mass of oratory in
an effort to place the blame on the
Republicans, and the latter naturally will
respond in kind. AS for foreign policy
although it has been bipartisan, Mr.. Dewey
Mr.. Warren, John Foster Dulles and others
have plainly indicated that the COP will
hit hard at the Truman administration.
The attack will be not on the adminiStra-
tons detectives but on the methods used
in pursuing those detectives. In other
words. vigorous attempt will be made to
convince the American electorate that if
they elect Mr.. Dewey President, our role
in the United Nations will be carried out
with greater foresight and effectiveness to
make reality peace with honor"
Needless to sa., of course, Mr.. Dewey
and Mr.. Warren cannot of themselves limit
the number and character of the issues to
be fought out in the campaign. Their
strategy will have to be flexible enough
to meet what may prove to be some
telling challenges by President Truman
Senator Barley and other key Democrats
capable of putting up a good battle along
the line that Republicanism in 1948 is still
the same old pre- 1882 wine in new bottle
Conceivably that could be effective, and
Mr.. Dewey, though his chances seem