Platform of emancipation and collaboration
The Republican platform advocates freeing states and individuals from centralized control while preserving essential social programs. It calls for open treaties, Pan American collaboration with restrained federal spending, and orderly neighborly relations. It supports extending old age and unemployment insurance, returning public employment offices to the states, strengthening maternal and child health programs, and promoting affordable housing financed publicly or privately.
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Republican Party
Pearl Harbor
Federal Housing Administration
Our Resourceful Yanks and the War’s Political Aftermath
War correspondent Richard L. Stokes extols the American doughboy as the world’s best soldier. He notes soldiers’ courage, adaptability, and initiative while warning that postwar power politics threaten liberty. He fears manpower draft plans could bring women into industry under a totalitarian regime and urges political resistance.
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Richard L. Stokes
The
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Manpower Commission
A Dignified Convention By Westbrook Pegler
Chicago June 28 To the solemn and consecrated Republicans meeting in a save the republic mood the credit must go for abolition this year of the old absurdities which mocked the citizenry at revivals and visitors from abroad. The author rails against past conventions and praises a dignified approach while noting Dewey’s anticipated ovation and Bricker’s limited concession.
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Westbrook Pegler
Chicago
American Legion
Theodore Roosevelt
Bryan
Wilson
F.D.R
Curbstone
Teddy
Taft
T.R
Roosevelt
Republic
Henry Wallace
Dewey
Bricker
Stevens
First Great Speech Warns Before House Fire
The candidate delivers a memorable address urging prompt action before disaster. He rejects ordinary proverbs and urges citizens to summon help early, ending with a direct warning about delaying response to danger.
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Wisconsin Journal of Education
Dewey's Smart Triumvirate in a unique nomination push
Chicago dispatch analyzes Governor Dewey’s non campaigning strategy and three-man leadership. It details the triumvirate of Herbert Brownell Jr, J Russel Sprague, and Edwin F Jaeckel coordinating press conferences and resolutions to derail Bricker and bring Dewey to the front as a non candidate. It notes Willkie allies and Roosevelt era tactics shaping the plan and predicts a stronger, better organized challenge to Roosevelt.
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Paul Mallon
Chicago
Dewey
John W. Bricker
Willkie
Roosevelt
New York State
Oregon
Ralph Cake
Ken Bradley
Johnny Haynes
Cowles’ Brothers
Midwest
Bricker
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican State Committee
J. Russel Sprague
New York
Edwin F. Jaeckel
Jim Farley
Bill Reichel
California
Warren
Resolutions Committee
Mackinac Island
National Committee
Brownell
Sprague
Jaeckel
Mr. R
Another View of Dewey by David
Chicago June 28 Governor Dewey will be nominated by acclamation but not unanimously. Bricker draws some support for being forthright while conservatives fear he may move toward progressivism. Isolationism and nationalism color midwestern views, with Britain alliance debates noted. The piece contrasts Dewey and Bricker, noting Dewey’s radio presence and the war’s shadow on voters.
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David
David Lawrence
Chicago
Dewey
Bricker
Ohio
Middle West
Chicago Tribune
Britain
Willkie
Connally
Senate
Nye
North Dakota
New York State
Hanley
Roosevelt
Ireland Letters End With Finley Observations
Major Mark Finley concludes his Ireland series describing Northern Ireland life. He notes Irish thrift and friendliness, social habits, tea as a staple, Guiness, lively talk and mock fights, a 25 000 crowd at a soccer match, Sunday closures, and peculiar terms like a bank deposit as a “lodgement.” He praises local character and ends with a tribute to life in Main Street, U.S.A.
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Ireland
Mark Finley
United States Army Transportation Corps
Northern Ireland
Finley
The
Citizen
Los Angeles Times
Dublin
Galway Bay
America
Royal Ulster Constablary
Ulster
Eire
England
Main Street
U.S
U. S. Army Transportation Corps
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Chicago Daily News
Finland
Lawrence
Austria
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