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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1948
Page
8
Governor Dewey declares he is free to follow the party platform and will campaign once Democrats convene. He pledges a Washington housecleaning after January 20 and promises to appoint no Communists to payrolls while aiming to appoint top talent and pursue a decisive foreign policy.
The United Mine Workers seek a $1 per day raise for 400,000 miners and a $100000 annual increase in the welfare fund, with southern operators and steel interests opposing. A 16 a.m. meeting was set to finish the contract draft as the Taft-Hartley inquiry board prepared to report.
Thomas E. Dewey wins the Oregon preferential contest decisively after early losses in Wisconsin and Nebraska. He mounts a White House bid by touting his Albany record, contrasting it with Truman’s administration. Dewey highlights New York’s $500 million surplus, tax cuts, veteran bonus, debt reduction, anti discrimination moves, a planned state university system, and a ban on public employee strikes.
The piece recalls Tom Dewey gaining 515 votes on the second ballot at the Vandenberg convention, with Michigan ready to back him. Connecticut’s Raymond Baldwin tried to steer toward a Dewey favorite son but a late coalition collapse and Taft’s withdrawal sealed Dewey’s path. The anti Dewey bloc dissolved as Taft quit amid arithmetic.
Harold Stassen, the lone candidate remaining as balloting began, trailed Dewey on every ballot. Dewey built a near flawless delegate lead, including Puerto Rico on the second ballot. After a lengthy recess, Stassen withdrew, urging supporters to back Dewey while continuing to champion progressive ideals. The crowd lauded him as he spoke, recognizing a dignified defeat and lifelong commitment to his principles.
A sprawling critique traces F B I chief J Edgar Hoover and Thomas Dewey through a web of detectives and political power. It recalls Hoover era grit, Lepke Buchalter case, and Roosevelt era shifts, arguing a looming upheaval before the next president takes office.
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