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Dewey Casts Eye Toward Presidency
New York Governor Stands
High in Public Estimation
By BAl'KHAGE
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Washington.—Last week we looked at some of the con­
tenders for the Republican presidential nomination. This
week it is the New* York governor’s turn.
More than one person who has tried to talk about or write
about Thomas Edmund Dewey has complained of the diffi­
culty of this task. There doesn’t seem to be any one place to
begin or end.
Several simple declarative sentences can be written about the ambi­
tious governor of the State of New York.
For instance, be is ambitious.
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Everybody
admits
that,
his York—seemed to indicate that there
friends approvingly, making It a might be some concerted effort In
sort of copy-book virtue; and Dewey the future on the part of the serious
has taken the copy-book to heart, contenders. And. of course, there
not merely in regard to ambition, are always the favorite sons whose
in general, but in attempting to Just­ supporters always hope against hope
ify a specific ambition, one we all to get together in a "stop Dewey"
heard some time or other in our effort.
youth; "every American boy has
One thing about Dewey, how­
a chance to be president." Dewey ever. is that he appears to be able
has taken that seriously.
to build as he goes. That la. up to
His enemies look upon Dewey's the present, he has gained In ve­
ambition as Brutus looked upon locity without having to reach too
Caesar’s.
far back for his prestige.
I'm afraid that wasn't as simple
Dewey’s opponents point to
or declarative a sentence as I in­
what they call a "blank" rec­
tended. Let's try
ord as governor. The Demo­
this again; Thom­
crats say that about all he did
as Dewey is not
was to cash in on a number of
a
hail • fellow
progressive steps taken by his
well-met. (I doubt
predecessors clear back to A1
if anybody will
Smith. While it is true that be
deny that.)
has
increased
his
political
Thomas Dewey
stature, moving steadily and
once was chosen
steadfastly toward his goal —
as one of Amer­
the White House — he has at the
ica’s 25 b e s t
same time been accused by his
dressed men. 1
opponents of leaning over back­
t h i n k anybody
wards to avoid doing or saying
who has seen him
anything that might prove an
will say that was
obstacle toward that goal.
a ju s tifia b le
choice.
Baukhage
This thought was put into concrete
Thomas Dewey
form in a recent resolution passed
is a small man—in stature. (The
by the New York state Industrial
jokesters have done the best they
Union council (the official CIO body
can with that joke but it’s worn by
which represents all the CIO unions
now.) Standing in a small group
of New York) at Saratoga Springs
with Dewey you aren't particularly
in September, which read: "We ac­
conscious of his height—or lack of
cuse Governor Dewey of permitting
it. When he looks at you be can look
his personal ambition to take prece­
bard enough to make you feel that
dence over the best interests of the
you are almost seeing eye to eye.
people of New York.”
literally, I mean — not necessarily
I don't mean to imply by this
figuratively.
that Dewey counts too heavily on
Tom Dewey is a hard worker;
the CIO vote. Although he has
he is 45 and, like Taft, was a
created a considerable aura of pro-
good student. When it comes to
gressivism about himself, some of
generalities — Dewey is more
his backers are very conservative
difficult to describe.
and financially-powerful individuals.
There is one characteristic re­
There is one thing, however, that
emerges clearly when one examines vealed in Dewey’s career which may
Dewey’s career. It follows a very be forgotten as his record as an
definite curve which he undoubtedly executive eclipses his achievement
plotted a long time ago and which
will take the boy from Owosso.
Mich., all the way into the White
House if he is permitted to follow
it.
I
Frequently he has had to
pause in his upward course but
he always manages to start over
again where he left off, and con­
tinue in the same direction. He
lost his first bids tor the guber­
natorial and presidential nomi­
nation in 1938 and 1948, respec­
tively, but he tried again for the
governorship in 1942, and was
carried into office on a Land­
slide that ended 20 years of
Democratic control. That car­
ried him along to the next mile­
stone and he became automatic
contender for the presidency in
1944. The revolt against the New
Deal which put the Republicans
back into power in New York
wasn’t strong enough to over­
come the Roosevelt popularity
so Dewey had to mark time until
the next time—which is now.
However, there is no use leap­
frogging the nomination, which is
the issue at the moment. There is
the usual controversy over the re­
sults of Dewey’s western trip, which
ended in August, but his managers,
with confident optimism, announced
on his return that his first-ballot
strength at the convention would
register at least 400 out of the 547
votes needed to nominate him.
Taft Might Hinder
Dewey’» Potaibilitie»
However, the results of the more
recent Taft journey might mean a
double setback for Dewey if what
Is claimed is correct; namely, that
Taft not only strengthened himself
but strengthened Republican pros­
pects, generally.
The reason for this Is that
the men who pull the strings in
the Republican party have no
great affection for Dewey. If
they thought they were due for
an easy victory they would be
likely to push him aside regard­
less of his vote-getting ability.
In other words, while the in­
siders want a man who can get
the popular vote, they would
rather have somebody whom
they are entirely sure is their
man, even If he isn’t as popu­
lar — so long as he has edge
enough to pull through.
While no formidable "stop Dewey”
movement is evident — the fact
that Taft tossed Warren of Califor­
nia a whole bowl of roses, took oc­
casion to at least mention Stassen—
and found no occasion to notice the
existence of the governor of New
THOMAS E. DEWEY
He’t A mbiliout.
as a prosecutor. It must be remem­
bered that more than once he has
sacrificed a highly lucrative posi­
tion for the pure Joy of criminal
prosecution. First, when after mak­
ing a good record on the staff of the
United States district attorney, he
postponed returning to private prac­
tice in order to prosecute Municipal
Court Judge Hunstler, without pay,
for the American Bar association;
then, when he accepted the position
as deputy district attorney at $16,-
000 a year to go after Dutch Schultz,
Lucky Luciano, et a t
He is quoted as saying once
that he would rather prosecute
criminals than eat.
HEARTS IN THE HIGHLANDS , . . Four k llte j members of the royal
Scots guard are shown performing the celebrated IllghUbd fling with
swords at the Silver Lining festival which was held at the "cockpit"
In London’s famous Hyde Park. Festival was a tribute to London's
50.000 voluntary workers in the national savings movement.
N E W S R E V IE W
Rough on Reds: Byrnes;
AFL Overrides Lewis
MEMOIRS:
Vo Patience
James F. Byrnes, who, when he
was secretary of state, was a veri­
table personification of "patience on
a monument” in his dealings with
Russia, stepped down from his ped­
estal and announced that it was time
to start slugging.
In
his
published
memoirs.
"Speaking Frankly," Byrnes pro­
posed that the U. S. reply to Rus­
sia’s “ obstructionism” on atomic
energy and German peace treaty
agreements with "better and more*’
atomic bombs and a decision to
drive the Red army out of Germany,
by force if necessary.
Exponents of the "get tough with
jia ” policy now have a sturdy
champion in the
former secretary
of state, who re­
signed that post
only last January
because
of
ill
health.
Byrnes
p r e-
sented a 10-step
“course of action
f o r . restoring
peace, basis of
which must be
BYRNES
the conclusion of
a satisfactory
German
peace
treaty. At the same time, he con­
ceded that the plan of action con­
ceivably could lead to World War
I I I if Russia refused to co-operate.
First of all, said Byrnes, the
U. S. should ask the Big Five to
call a full-dress conference of all
nations on Germany "early in 1948.”
If Russia refuses to participate or
if she boycotts the conference, the
other nations should proceed with­
out her.
Then comes the stinger which
Byrnes advocates. If Russia refuses
to sign the treaty and likewise re­
fuses to withdraw Red troops from
western Germany, other nations
should ask the U. N. security coun­
cil to order her out. And if Russia
vetoes the security council order,
then the U. S. must drive her out of
Germany by force.
However, Byrnes is firm in his
belief that the U. S. probably will
not have to resort to warfare. He
thinks Russia will withdraw her
troops from western Germany upon
completion of a peace treaty.
REFUGEES:
From Soviets
Streams of refugees are reported
to be coming through Russia’s iron
curtain to the southeastern coast of
Sweden.
Reason for their flight, they say,
is that the Baltic lands where they
made their homes, now under con­
trol of the Soviet Union, are being
combed by the Russians for men
and women to be deported to
Siberia.
A secret transportation route out
of the Soviet zone manages to spirit
the refugees to Sweden. Cost for
such a journey — 2,500 German
marks.
VANISHING AMERICANISMS
f
BELABOR:
Leuis Don ned
“ On this Issue I don't think
the federation has a head. I
think its neck has Just grown
op and haired over.**
REPARATIONS:
few as 40 lines, is termed un-
romantically a “ community rotary
exchange." Cost of installation will
average about $100 a line, but the
cost to an individual subscriber
will be much lower than that be­
cause rural exchanges usually have
from 4 to 10 parties on a line.
The unit will provide fully auto­
matic service for individuals, pri­
vate branch exchanges, 2, 5 and 10-
party lines, as well as pay station
service.
M ajor development is the circuit
arrangement which completely sep­
arates toll from local service, there­
by Insuring the availability of lines
for long distance calls, even though
all local facilities may be busy.
Most of the color which leaven
display in autum n In such v arie ty
is there in the leof all the tim e —
but we don’t see it till fall. There
are three colors in a green leaf;
green, yellow and red. But the
green Is so strong In the sum m er
that that's all we see; then, when
fa ll comes the green color disap­
pears and we see the red and yel-
¡ low. Frost has little or nothing to
do w ith it.
\ 1 ’ H ILE watching a various at-
’ ’ sortment at pitchers and so-
called pitchers give up 08 walks
through the world aeries, one begins
to wonder what has become of base­
ball's real pitchers.
Watching Burt Shotton vainly try­
ing to find one pitcher who could go
__________ five innings — just
one pitcher in seven
games—one begins
to wonder again if
the art of pitching
isn't really lost.
From the stars
we
have
known
from the old days
of real pitchers, we
learned that a good
pitcher needs just
three things — a
fast ball. . a curve
G. Alexander
ball and control
Walter Johnson needed only a fast
ball and control. Today, pitchers are
looking to a slider, a knuckle ball
a screw ball, a sailer—almost ev­
erything except control
Imagine a Dodger pitching staff
that hasn’t a pitcher who can travel
five innings. The Yankees were only
a little better off. They had a fellow
named Shea and a relief pitcher
named Page
These took care of
three of the four games the Yankees
won.
The only pitcher the Dodgers had
was a big. husky fellow known as
Hugh Casey. Casey was the Dodger
itching staff. The Dodgers needed
im in only six of their seven games.
Gef this quick
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Amerien's favorite for 100 years
« ritt o n ly
W r’U name a few great pitch­
ers for you, if you've forgotten
their names — Cy Young. Wal­
ter Johnson. Christy Malhew-
son. Chief Bender. Eddie Plank.
Grover Cleveland Alexander.
Addle Joss, Ed Walsh, Smoky
Joe Wood. Carl Hubbell. Lefty
Grove, Dlizy Dean — these are
Just a few.
Walsh used a spitter and Hubbell
used a screw b all The others had
the three ingredients we have men­
tioned. Matty picked up his fade­
away after he hurt his arm and lost
part of his speed.
Thus spake John L. Lewis, he of
the king-sized eyebrows, at the
American Federation of Labor con­
vention in San Francisco. The issue
to which he so lustily referred was
that of whether the A FL should vote
to wipe out its 13 vice presidents,
of which Lewis is one.
And despite Lewis* name-calling
and hammy, mane-tossing histrion­
ics, the A F L d i d __
vote to abolish its
vice presidents in a
move to make the
entire
federation
They Had Control
eligible to use the
Most of these pitchers could work
national labor rela­
in 45 or 50 games. Ed Walsh worked
tions board under
in 66 games in 1908. winning 40 and
the Taft - Hartley
saving 12 others. Jack Chesbro be­
law.
longs in this list. He won 41 games
The action, which
for the Yankees in 1904.
leaves only William
Above everything else, they knew
Green,
president,
JOHN L.
where the pitch was going—or at
and George Meany,
LEWIS
I least within an meh or so of the
secretary - treas­
spot. Alexander could pitch into a
urer, as top federation officers, was j tin cup.
taken in order to permit the A FL
_
,
,
_.
i I was thinking of these old-timers
officers to sign non-Cbmmumst affl- wW,e watching guch pitcheri „
davits for AFL federal unions which
Branca. Barney. Gregg and others
have no national officers of their I shut their eyes while trying to keep
own. No union may have access to
| the ball in the same lot. Home
the facilities of the national labor ' plate? Home plate might as well
relations board under the Taft H art­ I have been in another city.
ley law unless their officers sign
Bob Feller was a much better
the affidavits.
pitcher than he is today when he
Lewis previously had adamantly banked on a fast ball, a fair curve
refused to sign the non-Communist and control
affidavit on the grounds that he
The two best pitchers we had
would be making a concession to starting this season were Feller and
the Taft-Hartley law, much reviled Newhouscr. Together they won 37
by labor.
games and dropped 28 during 1947.
This is certainly no record to rave
about.
Dizzy Dean was the best pitcher
Germany Pays
I ’ve seen in many years. Diz de­
European aid took a different turn pended on speed, a curve, change
with an announced plan by British of pace and ctontrol. He won 58
and American m ilitary govern­ games in two years—before his arm
ments to dismantle 882 German in­ went bad, due largely to post-sea-
dustrial and war plants In their two son exhibition games.
One of the best pitchers I ever
zones for reparations.
saw is barely known or remembered
Purpose of the move, slated to be today. His name was Addie Joss of
carried out as swiftly as possible, Cleveland. Joss was 6 feet 3. He
is to expedite European economic had a fast ball, a curve ball and
recovery. Most of the factories are control. Addie pitched eight one-hit
metal, chemical and electrical engi­ games.
neering, shipbuilding and power
He worked in the greatest pitch­
plants.
ing duel of all time—or at least it
The announcement points up the was close. This was against Ed
problem, still not fully solved, of Walsh, late in the season of 1908.
whether completely to destroy Ger­
many’s war potential by cancelling Aim Is Vague
out her industrial strength, or to re­
In this game. Joss pitched nine
build the German Industry for
perfect innings. No White Sox
peaceful production.
reached first base. Ed Walsh, the
Obviously realizing the possible loser, struck out 15 Indians and al­
adverse effects which the disman­ lowed one hit, as I recall it. Joss
tling of the plants might have upon might well have had five or six no-,
the German people, the U. S. and hit games.
Britain Issued a joint statement em­
Most of the pitchers that come
phasizing that they would consider
along today haven’t the slight­
suggestions from the Germans for
est Idea of what control means.
substitution of equivalent Individual
They rear back and give you all
plants.
they have, with co particular
target in mind. When in trouble,
they go to a slider, a sinker, a
sailer, a knuckle ball or some
other degenerate form of pitch­
ing that wears out the arm, and
certainly doesn’t help to get the
ball over the plate.
“ Every time I bat against Alex­
Exponents of the "community ander," Johnny Evers told me years
rotary exchange” boast that once ago, " I want to throw my bat away.
the unit is installed it continues to He never gives me a ball I can hit.
operate for months untouched by He could drive a nail with a pitch.
First it’s low and inside—but over.
human hands.
With this mechanical marvel at 1 move back and it’s low and out­
the helm, the party line will be­ side. But still over a corner.”
If you recall the details, Alex­
come as obsolete as Benjamin
Franklin’s kite. No longer will ev­ ander won only 94 ball games from
ery phone on the line ring when 1915 through 1917. He won 28 games
someone puts in a call. The jangling as a rookie with the futile Phillies,
on the wall will be heard only in and he started and finished prac­
the home of the person for whom tically every game.
Yet Shotton couldn't dig up a sin­
the call is Intended.
Final analysis reveals that the gle pitcher who could finish five inn­
new dial exchange can do every­ ings. Fortunately for Shotton, Bucky
thing the old party line did, and Harris was in about the same shape.
can do It better. With one ex­ Tile number of pitchers used in this
ception; It can’t trace down the doc­ last series was a disgrace to the
art and science of pitching.
tor in an emergency.
Party Line Heading for Doom
That chatty, friendly institution,
the rural party line, the force
which has bound farm residents to­
gether into communities and spread
more news than Walter Wlnchell,
Is getting ready to bid farewell to
the American scene.
It ’s in the cards. The party line
will be replaced, eventually, by the
unsociable but efficient dial tele­
phone exchange. That fact became
apparent recently when a telephone
and radio manufacturing firm an­
nounced development of a dial tele­
phone exchange especially designed
for the small community which has
only 300 or 400 subscribers.
The new type of exchange, which
will make dial phones economical
for an operating company with as
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