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Convention Ardent for Willkie Nods as Dewey Leads Nomination
The Republican convention floor erupted as Willkie received a strong demonstration amid clashes in the New York delegation and gallery fights. Dewey maintains a first ballot lead, Taft rises to second, with Willkie pressing for late support as delegates push toward a late Friday ticket decision. The platform advocates a two term limit and stronger national defense while opposing wartime provocations and endorsing farm and labor policies.
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Halleck
Joseph W. Martin
Roosevelt
John Lord O'Brian
New York
Dewey
Frank E. Gannett
Rochester
Taft
Grove Patterson
Toledo
Ohio
Willkie
Martin
Virginia
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Delaware
Indiana
Minnesota
Maryland
Resolutions Committee
Herbert K. Hyne
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Thomas
E. Dewey
Genral John Lord O'Brian
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Oklahoma
Herbert C. Hoover
Coolidge
G. O. P. Bigwigs