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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1948
Page
4
The column surveys Decatur’s growth with Decatur patches fading as city unification and new construction proceed. It notes the Crusade for Children aiding 230 million deprived children, Tennessee sales tax revenue, and veterans services expansion in North Alabama.
The article laments Southern delegates failing to assert their stance as a regional bloc during the Philadelphia convention. It criticizes Clare Luce for insulting the South and questions Republican leadership over constitutional concerns, anti-lynching measures, and fair employment practices laws. It urges Southern delegates to speak out at future conventions.
The scene in Philadelphia shows a tense Republican gathering with White House implications and hopes for Treasury action. Delegates and staff feel a triumphant mood as the convention brims with energy and anticipates the first ballot tonight.
National Chairman Carroll Reece clashed with Michigan’s national committeewoman Mrs. Hay over Georgia delegation seating. Reece accused Dewey supporters of browbeating the committee and threatened action after a 48 to 44 vote in favor of Dewey. Hay retorted that he would be replaced.
A wartime memory piece notes that three years after V E Day the US public mood has shifted. It argues wartime pledges to veterans faded as Republican gains and inflation rise while postwar profits surge and white collar incomes lag.
The piece notes a Republican shift as Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr listens to John Putnam and Nat Howard of Workers For World Security advocating world law and enforcement. About 306,000 signatories back a world government ethic, signaling a major ideological change debated within the party ahead of election without desiring another war.
The remark dismisses doubts about a plan, asserting confidence that opposition will fail. No specific people or places are identified in the readable fragment.
Clare Boothe Luce dominates opening night, attacking Roosevelt and Wallace in sharp prose. The speech frames Truman as safer vice president material, praises Luce’s past wins, and mocks New Deal critics while praising Churchillian rhetoric and a strong personal triumph.
The article profiles Paul Lockwood Edwin Jaeckle Herbert Brownell J Russel Sprague and George Medalie as Dewey’s inner circle shaping his 1948 campaign. It notes Lockwood’s New York journalism background and guiding role, Jaeckle’s upstate leadership and Bund ties, Brownell’s legal reform work and 1942 governor win, Sprague’s Nassau County GOP leadership, and Medalie as the senior among the young aides.
James Marlow reports from Philadelphia on the 1952 Republican convention showing two worlds: the public pageant and the private behind the scenes negotiations. Governors Dewey Warren and Stassen and Senator Taft are described as peak career figures facing the nomination, while insiders weigh power, futures, and the silent bargain for the presidency. Experts estimate long gas reserves underpin emerging policy debates amid the hype.
T R HARRISON at 108 West Moulton Street offers Hobart electric welding machines gas and electrically driven models. Also in stock are electric motors. Machine work and welding are provided as a special service.
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