Dewey and Warren Seen as Best 1948 Ticket
The New York Sun praises Thomas E. Dewey as an unfettered candidate and says labor will be split but many delegates will back him. It argues Warren would be a fitting running mate but warns Arizona’s split river dispute weakens other gubernatorial candidates. It urges a Dewey Warren win and criticizes Democratic stagnation.
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Earl Warren
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Berlin
United States
Democratic Party
Dewey Circle Promises Quiet White House Teamwork
The article portrays Thomas E. Dewey as a modest small town American whose White House would feature a quiet family life. It highlights Dewey’s trusted advisers like John Foster Dulles and Elliot Bell, and praises his loyal, hardworking circle led by Paul Lockwood. It argues Dewey will govern with delegation, responsibility, and sober administration.
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Elliot Bell
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New York State
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Ickes Recalls Wallace’s Cabinet Schemes in 1938
In his reminiscences My Twelve Years With F D R Harold Ickes recalls Wallace's bid to push him from the cabinet. Hopkins relayed Wallace's alleged plotting in June 1938 with Ickes calling Wallace selfish and power driven. The Kansas City Times notes readers may now view the account with interest.
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Saturday Evening Post
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Kansas City Times
Martin at Gettysburg Warns on Communist Tactics
In a Memorial Day speech at Gettysburg, Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. warned that efforts to curb Communist activity often draw subversives to shelter under the very constitution and bill of rights they seek to undermine. He urged vigilance against civil liberties used to shield disloyal actions.
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Milwaukee Journal
New Republican Party Symbol Draws Bitter Satire in Philadelphia
In a June 28 Philadelphia column, Westbrook Pegler ridicules the Republican convention symbol as a grotesque, manipulated circus relic. He accuses the party of adopting Truman's civil rights agenda and aligning with Communist-inspired aims to appease northern voters and urban aliens.
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Origins of the Fourth Estate in historical debate
Historians question who originated the phrase Fourth Estate with roots in Carlyle's 1837 use and Burke's supposed remark. Evidence shows Carlyle referenced a Fourth Estate two years earlier than attributing it to Burke, leaving Burke as a possible origin but lacking solid proof.
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From high school to army life the young men move on
The nation’s young men may soon transition from high school or college to military service. The piece notes the clash between commencement speaker expectations and the harsher judgments of the army top sergeant, Bill Vaughan.
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Kansas City Star
Dewey nomination charms Philadelphia convention week
The Philadelphia convention week unfolds with Harold Stassen, Thomas E Dewey and others vying for the Republican nod as weather stays gray and the city buzzes with visiting crowds. Dewey projects steady leadership while campaign chatter mixes with light family banter at the gathering.
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Imagination At Work About Gov. Dewey Personal Moments
The piece humorously imagines Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and his wife in a private moment after a convention, with satirical dialogue about political fate. It captions imaginary exchanges with fictional and humorous asides, including imagined comments from the Dewey children and aides.
Twickenham owner seeks tax cut over ghostly tenants
A Twickenham property owner asks for reduced taxes claiming his rented house is haunted. The Louisville Times notes the argument is flimsy without evidence of rent losses or tenant refusals due to ghosts, suggesting no real impact on value amid housing shortages.
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Louisville Times
Peak renamed for Eisenhower in Canadian Rockies
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, widely honored, learned that a peak in the Canadian Rockies has been renamed Mount Eisenhower. He quipped that, with his own thinning hair, it “must be bald.”
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