Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 18, Number 30, DeMotte, Jasper County, 25 June 1948 — Gov. Dewey Wins GOP Nomination For President [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Gov. Dewey Wins GOP Nomination For President

Convention Hall, Philadelphia, June 24. The Republican National Convention unanimously placed its presidential banner for a second time tonight in the hands of Thomas E. Dewey. And proudly he accepted the nomination with a pledge to work for “freedom of men’* everywhere in these times of “grave challenge.” The New Yor k governor walked away with his personal victory on the third ballot of the 24th GOP convention —1,094 to 0. “Hallelujah,” cried Mrs, Dudley Hay, convention secretary, as she finished the roll call. The party had decided to ‘try to make a winner in 1948 of its 1944 loser. Exactly four years ago, lacking a day the GOP gave Dewey his first fling at the White House. He lost to the old master, Franklin I). Roosevelt. But this time, the Republicans were cockily proclaiming, it will be different against Harry S. Truman—or anyone else the Democrats might put up. Again as at Chicago in 1944, Dewey had things his way almost from the start. He romped out ahead on the first ballot. On the second he raided opposition camps, lassoed stray votes from delegation after delegation and pulled to within 33 votes of the

glitteriing goal of 548. A Coalition had tried frantically to stop him. In it were other candidates, men of stature within the party; They never had a chance, but they were late finding it out. Included among them were Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, former Governor Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota, Governor Earl Warren of California, Senator Arthur H. Yandenberg of Michigan. _ Dewey even gave them time in ft two and a half hour recess to reorganize their state gy. The best they could do was meekly submit to the —pressure of rank and file delegates who saw the New Yorker walking away with \ the nomination. Those dt legates ! wanted to be with him when he i won. So the ahti-Dewey boom collapsed dramatically and completely. One after another emissaries for the faltering candidates—arid Stassen in jrerson hustled to the convention platform. One after another they surrendered. Each i in turn promised to pitch in and 1 help guarantee a Republican election in November. r 1 hat >ettied it. The roll was called just because the- rules say it had to Ik*. Dewey came in to iriake his acceptance speech. His pretty wife stood by his side for » (few moments, s ailing at\ the ciawd, l>ut mostly looking at her k*isbo-nd with maybe a trace of tear* ;> h*r eyes.

CHARLES A. HALLECK