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First Major Decision
Dewey Character Will Be Judged
By Choice of His Running Mate

Gov. Dewey but do not like him
They say, with what seems to be en-
tire sincerity, that the others are
uninformed and they relate Incl
dents, big ana little, which show
him a considerate and often kind
employer,
The kind Of intelligence that
takes such pride in itself that it
wants only the best attached to its
name, of course, exists. 1t is little
more rare perhaps in presidential
politics because Presidents do not
want their lights dimmed 1t is
charged against Roosevelt-by Gov
Dewey, among others-that he cut
down potential rivals and had only
the second-class about him. Ger
tainly few notable personalities sur
vived the Roosevelt effulgence. as
the Democrats are learning to their
cost.
His First Big Test.
The vice presidency is Gov
DeWey's first big test and he will
be judged by it. Perhaps the
public will not be too harsh, but
the politicos and the correspond
ents. whose daily chore it will be
to weigh, report and predict the
candidate, will learn much from it.
If Gov. Dewey acts in the char
acter which his loyal associates
ascribe to him and the official
statements are the simple truth,
the candidate for Vice President
should make the country happy.
Opposition already is appearing
to Representative Halleck, who does
not fit either the New York State
pattern of progressive internation-
alism or Deweys personal staff,
which is headed by John Foster
Dulles. the international lawyer
slated to be Secretary of State.
MIR. Halleck represents the House
of Representatives and its record.
He not only voted for that record,
he is one CT the cool and tough
iunta that shaped it. He shares
with Speaker Martin, Leo Allen,
Clarence Brown and others full re-
sponsibility for its sins of omission,
the ERP cut, etc.
Certainly a Republican wing ex-
lists that thinks that record is okay
Also, Indiana did Gov. Dewey a
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Majority Leader Halleck. it's favor
ite son, and threw them to Gov.
Dewey on the first ballot.
AS the cock crowed Thursday
morning a member of the Indiana
delegation, who usually qualities as
a reliable source, was saying Indiana
had done it without Mr.. Halleck
He swore that at the time the del
egation visited Gov. Dewey to pledge
fealty, Mr.. Halleck was at Vanden-
berg headquarters.
Bolsters Declaration.
This gentleman, little worse for
wear at the moment, could not or
would not say what Indiana eX-
pected to get if not the vice presi7
dency for Mr.. Halleck. His insist
ence, however, firmly holsters the
official Dewey declarations. So does
Gov. DeWey's character.
The Governor of New York prides
himself that he is an intelligent
and efficient man. He has sur
rounded himself in Albany with
excellent administrators and superior
aides. had their State salaries
raised to meet the rising cost of liv-
ing and-they swear it on their
babies heads-let them do their
jobs.
They are resolute exception tc
the general rule that people admire
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Democrats Declare
Dewey Is Vulnerable;
Losers Praise Choice
Repudiotion Of Congress
Record Is Charged by
Senotor McGruth
By the Asseeioted Press

Gov Deweys unanimous ronina-
ton as the Republican presidential
candidate, brought this equally
unanimous reaction today from
Democratic leaders: Well lick him
While there was no comment from
the White House, Senator McGratil
of Rhode Island, Democratic ma
tional chairman, said:
This nomination comes as sort
of an encore for Gov. Dewey on his
unsuccessful Me, Too campaign OF
1914. The American people also
will play an encore In November. y
Senator McGrath said the nomi-
nation of Gov. Dewey 'repudiated
Senator Taft and his record of the
Republican Party which he achieved
in the Eightieth Congress.
Paul F. Fitzpatrick, chairman OF
the New York State Democratic
Committee, said We've licked him
before and we will do it again"
Dewey Called Vulnerable.
House Democratic Leader Nc
Cormack declared that Gov. Dewey
is politically vulnerable and with the
weak Republican platform and the
high cost of living as the para
mount issue we can hurl at the
Republicans, we can start out with
our chances of victory most favor
able"
Representative Mccormack said
the strongest candidate the Repub-
licans could have nominated would
have been Senator Vandenberg."
But Col Robert r Mccormick
publisher of the Chicago Tribune
who had opposed Gov. Dewey's
nomination, looked at 1t differently
1T might have been worse" he
said, 1T might have been Vanden-
berg
Senator Millikin, Republican. of
Colorado. who originally had sup
ported Senator Tafts candidacy
said Dewey is thoroughly splen-
did candidate. We carried Colorado
for him four years ago and we will
do it again"
Senator Taft told Ohio convention
delegates his showing was dis
appointment But after congratu-
lating the victor, the Senator told
newsmen he had assured Gov
Dewey that II would be glad TO
help him in any way could.
Macarthur Halls Choice.
Harold E. Stassen made no formal
comment after announcing to the
convention just before the decisive
third ballot that he was turning his
votes over to Gov. Dewey.
In Tokyo, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur said Gov DeWey's nomina-
ton was a splendid choice which
should give assurance and contl-
der1ce not only to our own people
but to the freedom loving peoples
of the world"
Other comment:
Gov. A. C. Robins of Idaho: I'VE
look for an overwhelming victory
for the entire ticket in November.
Clarence B. Kelland. Arizona ma
tional committeeman: I'm more
than delighted"
Frank C. Rand, ir., Santa Fe
IN. M publisher: 1T is definitely
my opinion that as our candidate
Dewey will be successful and that
he will be a very able President.
Vernon Romney. Utah central
committee chairman: Well get be-
hind Dewey 100 per cent and elect
him the State ticket also will
be successful"
Chairman Arnold Of the Montana
delegation: Montana stands strong
behind Dewey he will carry
Montana bv substantial margin. y
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countries. According to some re-
ports, the Wedemeyer mission is
interested chiefly in the restoration
of the defensive capabilities OF
those nations and his trip is be-
lieved to be preliminary to i'm
fermentation of the Senate reso-
luton passed before Congress ad-
journed, urging closer collaboration
between the United States and the
countries outside the Iron Curtain
on political and military matters.
II is pure coincidence that the
American officers trip. which was
planned some time ago. occurs at
a time when Russian Foreign Min
lister Molotov is presiding over the
Soviet bloc conference in Warsaw.
1t is also pure coincidence that this
exploratory visit should take place
at a time when Soviet authorities
appear to have decided to squeeze
the western powers out of Berlin,
which by the Potsoam agreement
was made the headquarters of the
Big Four.
Overshadowed by Convention.
The drama developing in that
city is overshadowed by the Re-
publican Convention as far as the
American people are concerned. The
implications of the Soviet action
necessarily are lost on the rank
and file of American citizens. be-
cause of the vital Importance OF the
COP meeting.
Diplomatic and military observ-
ers in Washington had predicted,
however, that the Russians would
take advantage of the American
peoples preoccupation with domes-
tic politics to undertake final
squeeze out" by peaceful means,
so as not to sound an alarm for the
American people.
The blueprint of such an opera
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Three Missouri Holdouts
Nearly Miss Bandwagon
By the Associated Press

ELPHIA. June 25.-
Missouri delegates came close to
missing the boat on the final roll
call nominating Gov. Dewey.
Dewey forces in the delegation
struggled to the last, trying to con-
vince three holdoutS. The three
finally gave in and Senator KEN,
chairman, announced the 33-member
delegation was solid for Gov. Dewey
Just as the final roll call started.
Senator Donnell and Mrs. Caroline
Hyde Kelly, Taft supporters, and
Frank Holman of Warrenton, a
Stassen man. were the last to
capitulate.
When it was over, Senator KEN
predicted IAN inspiring campaign
and the election of Gov. Dewey as
the next President by an over
Uhelminc vote"
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and specialists who know that they
will have to work with civilians and
therefore have close links with civil
life.
In the end only the press and a
few Zealots sat 1t out, and 1t was
round about 5 when my friends and
I had our goodnight breakfast. !
enjoyed it, as old and seasoned
journalists do. provided it is the
| sign of an event rising to its cli-
max, and I ate my corn flakes with
cream and blueberries with good
appetite, but I cannot think that
! this was the aim which the found
ing fathers had in mind. I think
they wanted the conventions to be
watched, every minute of them, by
decent folks who go to bed at rea-
sonable hours.
I am told that the organizers
of the convention put the evening
session at the hour of because
that enables radio to broadcast 1t
all the way over to the West Coast.
Here is another example Of the way
that we allow ourselves to be pushed
around by mechanical devices. You
fill UP the hall with all these mon
strous instruments that come be-
tween the audience and the speak
ers, and then when the business
reaches a stage which you cannot
kill. when the Importance is of such
"a thrilling nature that one would
think it indestructible, you see that
everybody present Is dopey with
the heat and fatigue, just so that
another mechanical device has fun.
This obsession is getting danger
GUS. II some one invents a me-
chanical device which enables peo-
pie not only to see what is happen
ing in the distance but have it hap
pen right in their homes, without
screen, with completely three
dimensional effect, but which can
not operate unless everybody con-
cerned stands on their heads and
walks on their hands, you will SUBJ
NIT, without a struggle; up will go
the heels Of the entire gathering,
without a protest. And the found
ing fathers would not have liked
that either.
Same Idea Through Ages.
But otherwise the session was a
Iheartening spectacle. The Stassen
demonstration l would have ex-
pected to be the liveliest, because
he has so many young followers,
and even those who are not young
have a blessed youthfulness which
lies In a lack of self-consciousness;
and I was justified. Some people
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QGng was WlOe
ope n. G o V.
Dewey told the
convention a n
hour later that
he was "unfet-
tered by a single
o b | j G alton or
promise to any
living person"
This inmedi-
ately raised the
uUPSllOIl Vi "ld I
quid pro quo In
diana had re-
ceived when it
took it's 20 votes
a,,.ar 4-an, Ha,lca
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night is no hour
to a 5 k serious
attention from
p opl e out Of
whom you have
already had two
hours listening
at eleven O'Clock
in the morning,
which is by my
r e c k o n i n'g 10
hours e rlier,
and W no have
probably b e e n
spending the in
tervening after
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great kindness and geographically
Representative Halleck would bal
ance the ticket"
There are other aspirants besides
Representative Halleck but his case
illustrates the tests by which Gov.
Dewey's first major decision as a
nominee will be judged. 1t is not
an. easy decision for him, but he
expects to be elected and he will
find then his hard choices" multi
plying thousandfold-and he
must accept them as the price of
the presidency,
Evening star., 1948-06-25
On the Other Hand
Dewey's Ability to Make Platform
Stick Is Held Doubtful

offers Congress a splendid program.
But much of that program has been
before the Republican Congress all
through the present session and has
been defeated or ignored. The dele
gates could have wondered if Dewey
proposes to give them as much
trouble on the score OF enlight-
ened legislation as President Tru-
man has been giving them.
1t can easily be true that Dewey
has not made a promise to a living
soul. Further, but less likely, it
could be true that no responsible
agent of Dewey has made any
promise that will fetter him in the
selection of appointive officials or in
his own legislative program.
But the Joe Grundys of this world
expect to be paid off. They always
have been and, looking at the Con-
gress with which Dewey will have to
work, they surely expect nothing
different in the immediate future
1t was Joe Grundy who broke
through the ice that had been
freezing around the Dewey candi-
dacy and opened up the way to
Dewey's nomination. He certainly
expects to collect for this service and
ne hasn't changed his terms-a
tariff system satisfactory to the
manufacturers. Unless Dewey is in
deed little giant, Grundy will col
lect.
The test-not necessarily Of the
tariff issue, but of Dewey's ability
To make the platform the actual
cornerstone of his administration
could be made before the election
President Truman could assure the
test by calling a special session. He
could offer Congress an opportunity
to repudiate its presidential candi-
date or the candidate chance to
repudiate his own platform by fail
ing to force action out of Congress
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a four = week
tour of France,
Belgium, Hol-
land, Germany.
Austria, 1t a y
and as many
other countries
in the Marshall
Plan as possible.
Gen. Wede-
meyer and his
staff are not in
terested profess
S on a ly, OF
course, in SIM
ply the eco
nomic condition
of tho ERP
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offer for that
exalted office;
t h e b e S t in
m a n y respects,
a t lie a S t, o t
those presenting
themselves t o
the N a t i n a |
Convention this
week. And the
P a + y doesn't
seem to be par
ticularly happy
about it. That
is true, if it is
possible to judge
by the spirit in
which tho dole
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ming rumor-hunting round the
hotels, who have possibly not had
too easy time getting meals, and
have certainly been dripping with
heat throughout all these activities
The significance of the conven-
tions surely depends on the presence
Of the people right there in the mid
die of them. Well, last night the
people were there for the earlier
part of the proceedings, though
many of them were plainly tired
But after l o'clock they began to
fade away and the last nominations
were witnessed by dots and streaks
of people in the galleries. I think
this was a pity.
Looked Like Amateurs.
The Macarthur nomination ]
thought people ought to see, and ]
wished lot of English people could
have seen 1t, too. 1t was a queer
sad, touching little nomination, and
it showed what happens when the
Army militarizes its soldiers toe
thoroughly. Ihey cannot get the
hang of civilian life, which means
that they cannot get the hang of
politics. They looked like amateurs
doing a show in the midst of pro-
fessional program, and in coun-
tries where such men come to power
they make that impression to the
point where farce runs into tragedy.
But they were good people. They
were brave men-had sheltered the
community by their courage. I ad-
mired the way that people here are
evidently just quietly easing them
along, without getting panic stricken
about them, realizing that one of the
few good things that modern total
war does is to kill the narrow mill
taristic life of the old professional
armies and form armies consist
ing of civilians who have Temporal
rily gathered together to do a job
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| LOUIE
Rv Doris FIeeS0n

PHILADELPHIA, June 25.-Her-
bert BroWnell, Dewey manager
told reporters Thursday evening
that the nomination for Vice Presi-
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By LoweH MeHen

PHILADELPHIA, June 25-The
Republican Party now has Presi-
dental candidate who is probably,
AL in all, the best the Party has to
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Bp Constantine Br0acn

1t. Gen. Albert c. Wedemeyer,
Army chief of planning. left WASH
ington last Friday, accompanied by
a number OF officer specialists, for
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British Writer Calls
Convention Eveninq
Hours 'Ludicrous'
Delegates Plainly Tired
After Rumor Hunting
Round the Hotels
By Rebecca Wea
Specjot Stur Correspondent,

PHILADELPHIA. June 24-I can
understand everything about the
conventions except the ludicrous
hour at which the evening sessions
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Turks to Develop Power

Turkey, where only 10 per cent OF
the people now enjoy electric power,
is mapping long term plans for
large scale power development.
Evening star., 1948-06-25

Enroll now! Finest troinina in
every phose Of Beouty Culture
Free catoIoe on request. Approved TOR
troinne Of Ve'erons under G. |. Bill OF
eiqhts.
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D~xx+0-1~ Po~1h F7orid0 Worlds

religionists were still living In
camps in Italy, with conditions Tar
from ideal. Italian Jews never
visit these DIP camps.
The majority of italian Jews
seem to be quite Indifferent to the
Jewish question, despite the TACT
that at the head of italian Jewry
there are leaders who are not only
fully conscious OF their RESPONSE
bility to Jewry, but also have con-
siderable authority on the great
political stage. In the first place
may be mentioned Raffaello Can
toni, the president of the society
of Italian Jewish communities, an
important political group, who re-
Gently interceded at the Colonial
Office in London for Italy to be
given back her former colonies.
Mention must also DE maze ol
Professor Prato, Italy's Chief
Rabbi, a we'll known philosopher
and a person of international re-
rute. There is also noted poll
tic;an, Terraccini, who, however,
as president of the italian Goa
stituent Assembly, is engaged
chiefly in general Italian affairs.
The situation seems to be as
stated above, but now we have
had occasion to see that the ma
tional consciousness of Italian
Jewry is awakened. We saw it
recently in the Embarrassing drives
for the defense of Palestine. There
are hardly 10000 Italian Jews,
yet it is expected that they Will
contribute more than 200 million
lires (about $35O,OOO) this year.
The campaign was launched at
the Congress of Italian Jews
which was held in Milan on jan
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minds of the masses of Jews in
Eastern Europe, did not find
a fertile ground in italian Jewry.
Indeed, there were in Italy rab-
binical seminaries, Jewish cultural
centers, religious schools and even
publishers of Hebrew literature,
but it was solely religious spirit
which dominated these institu-
tons
Italian Jewry lost 10000 souls
IN the last war. That great loss,
and the disturbances of the war,
had their profound effect, which
seemed, however, not to last too
long. At the end of the war the
presence of the Jewish Brigade in
Italy, it's successes and the allied
victory impressed the Jews. 1t
was an Italian Jew, Rienzo Sereni,
who, as Jewish parachutist from
Palestine, was dropped over Italy
in 1914, captured by the Germans
and then died heroically.
At that time some Italian Jews
immigrated to Palestine, mainly
girls going to marry Jewish
frances. Also, before the war,
there were already some Jews
from Italy who had settled in Pal
estine. But when the war was
over, the effect of all this weak
ened, and it seemed that Italian
Jews forgot that 10000 CO.
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In Italy there was no anti
Semitism at all. Economic riv-
airy did not exist, and there was
never place for race discrimina-
ton. So, in Italy, there was
practically no Jewish question UNI
til 1885, when Hitler reminded his
friend and colleague Mussolini Of
his duties as Fascist.
1t is interesting to note that the
revolutionary ideals, as we'll as
the ideals of Zionism, as they
lived and grew in the hearts and
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Is Italian JeWry Still Alive?
BY LEO BERNSTEIN
ROME

Italy at the end OF Ine
assimilation
In time not only did they FOR
idds never known Italy, but they
the High Holidays
render selections
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/ will pay freely for any keep or
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FASHION NOTES
from
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INCOME TAX forms now on
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N o T E

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Lost and Found

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10. 33-tfnp
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STRAYED about November Is
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