Evening star., 1949-06-26
Governors
Make Hay
q
At Parley
Warren, Stevenson
Improve Their
50 Chances
By Jock Bell

BY jack Bell
Two men rode out Of the 4lst
annual Governors Conference In
Colorado Springs, Colo. last week
with 1852 flags flying . little
higher.
But the big question still is:
What Is Gov. Thomas Z. Dewey
of New York going to do?
Gov. Dewey's 194S running
mate, Gov. Earl Warren Of Cali
fornia, was regarded as the Re-
publican who made the most po-
litical hay on the slopes Of the
Rockies at q conference where
politics is always Of top concern
because its open discussion is
tacitly barred.
Think Dewey's Through
On the Democratic side, Gov.
Adlai z. Stevenson of Illinois add
ed some luster to his leadership
in the big-vote States which often
produce presidential candidates.
Not quite the star Of the show
he was last year-before he took
his second licking for the presi-
dency-Gov. Dewey nevertheless
was one Of the main attractions.
The consensus Of those who ad-
NIT they don't know what Gov.
Dewey is planning for his political
future is that he might run for
Governor again next year-under
certain circumstances. None Of
Gov. Dewey's friends seem to think
he can be enticed into the race
to succeed ailing Democratic Sen
ator Robert A. Wagner regardless
of whether Senator Wagner re-
signs in time for a special elec-
ton this year.
Republican Governors willing to
talk about 1t privately said they
don't think Gov. Dewey has any
present intention Of trying for q
third COP presidential nomina-
ton in 1852. Most Of them think
Gov. Dewey won't run for Cover
nor again II another strong Re-
publican candidate can be found.
But none Of them counted Gov.
Warren out Of the picture. pend
ing his expected bid for third
term as California's Governor next
year. Gov. Warren might face
James Roosevelt as Q Democratic
opponent In that contest.
Matches Truman Strstesy
Gov. Warren more than ever
seems to represent the COP wing
that believes the Republicans
won't get anywhere attempting to
match Democratic promises Of
Federal Government service dur
ing the campaign and then at
tacking as state socialism" the
Democrats attempts to carry out
their promises after they have
won.
Gov. Warren's friends say he
thinks the Republican ticket was
licked last year because the peo-
pie just didn't believe that the
Republicans intended to carry out
their promises.
1 Operating on this theory. Gov.
Warren has matched in California
the national political strategy fol-
lowed by President Truman. Gov.
Warren has put all his campaign
promises into concrete proposals
to the Legislature.
He hasn't got many Of them
across. Perhaps he never ex-
pected to. But he keeps remind
ing the people what he stands for
and building up for the record
that he has tried his best to put
it across.
Nomination Chance
There is something of the same
sort Of system in the work of
Illinois Democratic Gov. Steven
son. He has had a lot Of trouble
with a Republican Legislature. but
he has won some recommenda-
tions.
A quiet-spoken fellow who says
he really isn't cut from presiden-
tial cloth. Gov. Stevenson de-
clared that the Governors had
better trim Government costs at
home before they begin to quar-
rel about the distribution of Fed
eral aid.
Gov. Stevenson's term runs
through 1852. so he has q lot more
time to keep making his record.
II Mr.. Truman doesn't run again
"a number of Governors think
he will--Gov. Stevenson might be
in line for nomination.
Distributed By the Associated Press.)
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