Evening star., 1948-06-25
Mrs. Dewey, in Hour of Victory,
Saws I'D Better Put on Ny Hat

T " VII IVY ISuI
/ Back at the hotel, the Governor
and his Texas-born wife paid a
quick visit to the milling crowd
in the main ballroom, which Gov.
Dewey had reserved as public head
quarters.
Again Mrs. Dewey left the speech
making to her husband.
From the ballroom the couple,
followed closely by their sons, re-
turned to their eighth floor suite
by way of a side-corridor elevator
What happened after that was
related to reporters by Maureen
McKerman, Westchester County,
New York, newspaper woman
loaned to the Dewey team for the
convention.
The Governor put his hands on
the shoulders of his younger son.
John boy he said, as his wife
looked smilingly on.
Big one" he greeted young
Tommy. Then he kissed each boy
on the cheek.
Mrs. Carl T. Hogan of New York
City, who had taken the boys out to
the convention, embraced Mrs.
Dewey. The latter then turned and
Rugged Ann Grace of the New York
State Publication Committee.
Just Seemed to Relax.
Miss McKernan finished her re-
port with these words shortly be-
fore 1890 pm:
She's going to bed, she probably
is there now. And that, ladies OF
the press, is the way one woman
acts as the wife of a nominee for
President of the United States.
cried like a baby at it. Mrs. Dewey
never did She just seemed to re-
lax"
The Deweys met at New York
voice studio when he was a promis-
ing young baritone torn between law
and music. She had left her Sapulpa
! (Okla.) home after finishing high
school in 1920 to study voice in New
York. She sang in the chorus OF
Broadway show. went out with
road companies and was soloist
in a number of churches. They
were married in 1928.
Extremely retiring, Mrs. Dewey
seems reserved and tense among
crowds. Actually. among friends,
she is witty and gay. She dresses
conservatively and extremely well,
favoring black dress with touches
of violet or green, her favorite COL
ors She is fond of gardening.
And 1 don't cross bridges before
I come to them," she said the other
day, refusing to speculate what she
would do If she became First Lady.
The Governor opposes partisan
ship or bipartisanship at State
levels, but a stanch supporter of
the two-party system nationally
He has sometimes appointed Demo-
Gratis to office His executive secre-
tary is lifelong Democrat.
Until he consented to having his
name presented by his States dele
CATION to the 1948 convention as a
candidate for the presidency, Mr..
Warren seldom announced publicly
his views on national and interna-
tional issues.
Then he began to outline his
beliefs He indorsed universal mill
tary training as necessary under
existing conditions America, he
said, must keep itself militarily
strong to achieve its objectives of
peace.
mo sane ruler or country would
deliberately provoke war with a
rich country like ours if it were
known that we were ready to defend
ourselves" he added
While conceding that the people
of Russia had the right to deter
mine the form of their own govern
ment, he said I'VE are bound to
oppose the imposition of a COM
munistic or any other form of gov
ernment upon any nation through
exterior political or diplomatic pres
sure or threats or actual use of
force"
He declared further that "on the
ground of common humanity" as
we'll as for self interest, the United
States should help wartorn coun-
tries which were either free or
struggling for their freedom.
Gov. Warren has expressed the
belief that most of the bad practices
in Government can be remedied
through administration rather than
through legislation.
In a 1948 Lincoln Day talk he
urged that the anniversary be util-
lied by the RepublicanParty for
"introspection to make sure that
it remains today party, not of
expediency but of principle"
If the party wanted to follow in
Lincolns footsteps, Gov. Warren
said "it should be the party Of the
poor and the rich alike"
Mr.. Warren was Republican Ma
tional committeeman for California
from 1886 to 1910. He achieved
his first party recognition nation
ally in 1914 when he was named
temporary chairman of the conven-
ton at Chicago and delivered the
keynote speech. He previously had
attended convention as delegate.
His feat in winning reelection as
Governor at the Enthusiastically
the nominee of both the Repub-
licans and Democrats-gained him
additional national attention. He
won the election by the biggest ma
jority ever given a California Gov
ernor.
Born in Los Angeles March 10,
1891, he attended public schools in
Bakersfield and was graduated from
the University of California in 1912
He was graduated two years later
from the universitys school of
Jurisprudence. From 1914 to 1917
he practiced law.
During World War I he served as
lieutenant in Company I. 363d
Infantry, but did not see overseas
service.
Former District Attorney.
Gov Warren was appointed
deputy city attorney of Oakland in