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University Library 1994.DEWEY
IN ’48
ire	donePrinciples of Government
What kind of a President will Thomas E. Dewey make? Let’s find
out by looking at what he has done. That’s the only good way to find out,
for actions speak louder than words.
This booklet, devoted mainly to Thomas E. Dewey’s record as Gov-
ernor of New York State, is written in terms of action and results. It gives
the highlights of the record of a Governor who has been called “the greatest
public administrator of our generation” and who is famous for getting
things done.
No course of action in any field of endeavor can be successful unless
it is based on deep rooted principles. In building his record of good govern-
ment, what underlying philosophy makes Dewey tick? Books can—and
have—been written on the subject, but here in brief are the major prin-
ciples on which he operates:
1. He has confidence in the common sense of the American people.
He was bom and grew to manhood in the Middle West and has divided his
adult life between the city of New York, Albany—the capital city of his
adopted State—and the country town of Pawling, where he operates a
typical eastern dairy farm. Such a background is ideal for understanding
America, for knowing the aspirations of its people and giving them the
kind of government they need and want. Dewey is successful in dealing with
public issues because he never underestimates the intelligence of the Amer-
ican people.Principles of Government
2.	Government must be from the heart as well as the head. The biggest
job in government is human relations. Housing is not just a matter of bricks
and mortar—-it is a matter of human lives. Public health is not merely segre-
gation of the sick from the well, but the prevention and cure of disease.
Public welfare is not just handing out a dole—it is a matter of opportunity
for the handicapped.
3.	Freedom is the most precious heritage of America. Free government
is the target of attack over a large part of the world. Here at home there
are those who would barter freedom for security. Dewey sees no such
choice. We can—we must—have both.
4.	Central government is too far removed from the people. Leave as
much as possible of the power of government in the home towns where the
citizens can keep a watchful eye on government housekeeping.
5.	Only a solvent government can be a good government. Government
financial policies can make or break inflation.
6.	Labor relations is just one form of human relations. Success in this
field depends on a minimum of compulsion and a maximum of cooperation.
7.	The future hope of our republic lies in a rising level of intelligence
through education. Our school systems must be permitted continuously
and unstintingly to expand, under well-trained, well-paid teachers.High Spots:	Business: Good Government Helps Business Grow
Business tax sav- ings-$C9,000,000	Gov. Dewey’s economic policies as Governor of New York:
Surplus war plants put to work.	Resulted in $300,900,000 in tax credits in 1946, 1947 and 1948 to employers maintaining stable payrolls under the experience rating incorporated in the state unem- ployment insurance law. Saved $89,000,000 in two years in business tax cuts. Reactivated 103 of 113 federally-owned and poten- tially idle war plants by promoting reconversion to peace- time production. Increased by 140,000 the number of business finjas in New York State through practical program of assistance to small business.
140,000 new small businesses established.	“On the specific side, that matter of supplying ad' vice to the individual man, J^ew Tor\ has set a record that might well be used as a model by many other states.” Charles Hurd New Tor\ Times, June 23, 1946
4	• . i I Government Finance:	i
Sound and Productive	High Spots:
In his phenomenal administration of New York State’s	State debt reduced
government, Thomas E. Dewey:	$161,000,000 in
Reduced the state debt, excluding that for housing and the war bonus, by $161,000,000 in five years.	five years.
Cut personal income tax 40 per cent and business in'	
come taxes 25 per cent, saving taxpayers $800,000,000, mostly since the war. Gave credits of $300,900,000 in last three years on unemployment insurance tax.	Taxpayers savings
Bunt a surplus of $673,000,000 for postwar construe' tion and tax stabilisation.	$800,000,000.
Allocated $451,000,000 of state’s appropriation of $812,000,000 for 1948'49 to communities in state aid.	
Increased by 80 per cent the state aid to communities. Provided postcard'sise income tax form for small tax'	
payers.	Local aid in-
Allowed state income tax deductions on medical ex'	creased 80%.
pense and life insurance payments and classed college students over 18 as dependents. Saved $140,000,000 interest by 10'year financing of veterans’ bonus.	
Put state on a pay'as'you'go basis in its construction program. Only construction debt allowed is for state loans	Income tax cut 40
for community low'rent housing.	per cent.
Comparing Governor Dewey’s Annual Message to the 1948 Legislature and President Truman’s message open' ing the 1948 session of Congress—both delivered on Jan-	
uary 7—the New York Daily News said on January 9, 1948: “LiJ^e Dewey or not as Presidential timber, you've got to admit that when discussing public affairs he tells 'em with facts and figures. Mr. Truman only \ids 'em and hopes they'll swallow it."	Surplus built up of $673,000,000.
	5High Spots:
Shorter week-
higher earnings.
New York’s strike
rate lowest of all
industrial States.
85 per cent of
labor disputes
settled without
need of a formal
hearing.
Unemployment
insurance reserve
over a billion
dollars.
6
Labor
Picture of a Square Deal
Gov. Dewey’s labor policies in New York:
Put more than 1,000,000 more people in employment
than in 1939 on higher-than-wartime pay.
Gave the state lowest wartime strike record of all in"
dustrial states—and lowest postwar strike record of ten
leading industrial states.
Held 1945 strikes among 12 per cent of nation’s
workers in New York to only five per cent of country’s
strikers and 3.7 per cent of man-days idle.
In five years, settled, without formal hearing, 5,718
labor relations cases out of 6,751 filed.
Avoided major strikes during the war in matters before
state labor relations board.
Through mediation board averted 2,029 strikes and
closed 715 strikes in five years.
Created state school of labor and industrial relations, at
Cornell University—first in the country.
Built unemployment insurance reserve of over a billion
dollars.
Cut unemployment insurance waiting period, increased
benefit rates, and extended payment period to 26 weeks.
Increased benefits for total disability under workmen’s
compensation law and extended coverage to domestic and
restaurant workers.Tabor: (continued^	High Spots:
Extended minimum wage law to 525,000 retail store workers. Established equal employment law regardless of religion, race or nationality. Gave women equal pay for equal work. Set up 11,828 apprentice-training programs with 25,000 trainees, 90 per cent veterans.	Job bias on racial and religious grounds barred.
Because of Governor Dewey’s labor record, the New York State Federation of Labor in 1946 for the first time in more than twenty years failed to endorse the Democrat candidate for Governor of New York. Said William Collins, A. F. of L. Regional Director:	Women get equal pay for equal work.
“Labor’s contribution in any city or State depends on a favorable climate of sound industrial relations. We believe that we have such a climate in the State of "New Yor\.”	Apprentice-train- ing for 25,000 persons.Farmers:
High Spots:
Help Through Partnership
Faith in the
farmer’s know-
how.
Emergency Food
Commission as-
sisted farmers in
war production.
Food Commission
helps fight current
food shortage.
Program to fight
cattle and poultry
diseases.
State relieves rural
taxpayers.
Acting on the theory that “the American fanner knows
better how to run his farm than anybody who ever, got
elected to any office, to say nothing of anybody who was
ever appointed to any office,” Governor Dewey formu-
lated farm policies for New York which have:
Resulted in adoption of 90 per cent of the recom-
mendations of the State Conference Board of Farm Or-
ganisations.
Fought Bang’s disease through state-sponsored calf
vaccination program.
Established four regional laboratories to diagnose poul-
try diseases.
Created five laboratories to study mastitis and to test
cows.	.
Provided a laboratory at the State Agricultural College
at Cornell and the funds to conduct nation’s largest artifi-
cial insemination program.
Saved millions of dollars for rural taxpayers through
state assumption of cost of rights-of-way and snow re-
moval on state highways.
Set up Food Commissions during war and since to give
practical assistance to state’s farmers in protection of ani-
mal agriculture and diet of the people.
Maintained a program for abundant production.
Reduced the multiplicity of government farm in-
spectors.
“Dewey would give agriculture back to the farmer, cut down the army of bureaucrats, unify agencies dealing with
agriculture, and place practical men in charge.
As President he would stop considering the farmer as the nation’s problem child and remember that agriculture—which'
produces food, clothing and shelter—is the basis of all industry.
He would give the farmer an opportunity to obtain prices that are in adjustment with prices received by other groups of
the population.
Dewey would develop trade with the rest of the world in the spirit of both neighborliness and good business, on a basis
of fair exchange and of giving our own producers first chance to supply our markets.
He would insist upon a sound program for conserving the land for this and future generations, but in any such program
would not conceal devices for regimentation.
He feels that borrowed money is only deferred taxation. We can’t spend our way to prosperity and expect someone else
to pay the bill. We must work, pay our share, and insist upon efficiency and economy in government.
The Governor practices what he preaches.”
Article by L. B. Skeffington in Successful Farming,'June, 1944High Spots:	Women: Recognized in Government and Business
Women’s Poll shows Governor Dewey has “Done most.”	Gov. Dewey, who, in November, 1947, was awarded the Women’s International Exposition gold medal as “the Governor who has done most to further the interests of women in his state”:. 4 Ranked New York highest in placing women in key government jobs. Recognised vital part of women in life of state. Sponsored women’s legislation and programs. (Equal pay for equal work and minimum wage.) Integrated and centralised wage-hour laws. Raised wage floor for 325,000 women in many services; Appointed New York Woman’s Council to work with Miss Jane Todd, nation’s first state deputy Commissioner
Equal work, equal pay.	of Commerce. Sponsored clinics to aid women seeking to enter busi- ness.
Wage floors have been raised. i i	“You (addressing Governor Dewey) have in the true | sense been the Governor of ALL the people of the State. You have shown no special favors to labor, big business,t ' or any other groups. • “I don’t believe any Governor, or President, has ever sur- rounded himself with a more brilliant or honest group of executives. “If you had been at Yalta and Potsdam, Mr. Joseph Stalin would have met his match, and’the world would have been a far better place today. “We must be humbly grateful that you, with your in" tegrity, competence, and courage—-truly a man of the times—are available to lead and counsel the American people”* Address of presentation in awarding gold medal to Governor Dewey November 3, 1947.
10	Veterans:
A Home, a Bonus; an Education
Gov. Dewey’s extensive veterans’ program in New
York:
Distributed a $400,000,000 soldiers’ bonus, voted by
referendum on Nov. 4, 1947.
Set up the nation’s first and model emergency veterans’
housing plan.
Made available apartments for veterans and college
housing for veterans and veterans’ families totaling
61,280.
Provided nearly 900 classrooms, laboratories and offices
for G. I. College program.
Established 4,800 new scholarships for veterans each
worth $350 per year for four years.
Cooperated with 87 colleges in New York in increasing
enrollment by 100 per cent.
Accommodated 11,800 veterans in three G. I. Colleges
converted from military installations.
Created nation’s finest convalescent center at Mt.
McGregor.
Assisted over a million veterans and their families
through 272 county, city and branch service agencies.
Gave eligibility for $500 annuity to totally disabled
blind veterans and $250 to sick or disabled.
Aided and counseled veterans planning own businesses.
“As J^ational Commander of the American Legion, 1
am in constant contact , with veteran activities throughout
the nation. My initial observation of the program for
veterans in 'Hew Tor\ State has been most gratifying.
I can say without equivocation that I am more than
pleased with what I have seen here.
“Hetv Yor\ State has set the standard for the nation,
with its program to assist the returned veteran in re*
establishing himself.”
Commander James F. O’Neil,
National Commander of American Legion,
speaking to American Legion Meeting and
over radio, January 28, 1948.
High Spots:
Dewey program
provided housing
for veterans and
their families.
1,000,000 vet-
erans helped by
State counseling
service.
New York pays its
veterans bonus of
$400,000,000.
Finest veterans’
Convalescent Cen-
ter in U. S.
I
9Public Housing:
And the Rent Question
Gov. Dewey has made New York the most active state
in slum clearance and public housing by:
Arranging for loans of $277,321,900 for 42 public
housing projects in a $435,000,000 program and making
cash payments up to $13,000,000 a year to maintain rents
as low as $7 per room per month, including hot water,
heat, electricity and gas.
Providing homes for 160,000 otherwise doomed to
slums.
Enlisting support of private investors in joint public'
private enterprises.
Giving certain state and municipal tax exemptions for
multiple housing undertaken by veterans.
Enacting a standby law to maintain rent controls—the
only such law in the nation when federal rent control
lapsed for a short time in 1946.
O’DWYER PRAISES DEWEY’S
HOUSING PROGRAM
“To show you this is not a political matter, let me point
out that this could not have been done without the
generous aid of the Governor of this State. We've had a
few disappointments in the Federal field, from which we
expected a lot more help than we've got. I have to give
Governor Dewey his just due, and if this were not a non-*
political gathering I could ta\e a little soc\ at Wash*
ingtori.”
Mayor William O’Dwyer of New York
City, speaking at National Convention of
the American Legion, August 28, 1947.
! High Spots:
New York leads
nation in public
housing.
Housing for
160,000 persons
otherwise doomed
to squalid condi-
tions.
Rents as low as $7
per room.
When OPA quit, a
New York law
prevented rent
gouging.
11High Spots:
No penny-pinch-
ing for schools.
State boosts
teachers’ salaries.
New York sets up
first three G. I.
colleges.
New institutes for
vocational train-
ing.
Education:
Investment in America’s Future
Faith in the nation’s educational system as one of free'
dom’s greatest guarantees for the future prompted Gov.
Dewey’s active New York educational program in which
he:
Revised the formula for state aid for education so that
this year’s aid is $182,000,000 instead of $100,000,000.
Increased teachers’ salaries and met 83 per cent of total
increase with state aid to communities. Minimum salaries
now range from $2,000 to $5,325.
Planned state-supported building projects for higher
educational institutions at estimated $42,000,000 cost.
Aided in. establishing most comprehensive college pro-
gram for veterans. (See Veterans)
Created five vocational training institutes offering two-
year courses to thousands on full and part-time.
Increased the value of 3,000 state scholarships.
Appointed a commission of civic leaders to study means
of meeting demand for higher education. Established pur-
suant to its findings an integrated State University system
under the unified leadership and direction of a State Uni-
versity Board of Trustees.
“Ho State has done as much as Heu> Yor\ along educa'
tional lines, and much better progress has been made in
this respect under Mr. Dewey than we have \nown for
many years. He has succeeded in substituting perform'
ance for promise.”
Editorial in
Amsterdam, N. Y. Recorder
October 19, 1946
12i
Saying Lives:
Health and Welfare
High Spots:
Sound, but progressive, programs for public health and
welfare have been instituted by Gov. Dewey in New
York through:
The launching of a plan to eradicate tuberculosis in the
state in 20 years. Free chest x-ray examinations are pos-
sible for every citizen. Free hospital care and treatment
are offered.
An expanded program of state aid for local public
health work.
State payment of one-half of planning costs for 764
sewage improvement projects and 160 water systems.
A simplified and integrated social welfare system which
cut the local cost and eliminated unqualified applicants
from relief rolls.
Development of program of care, treatment and cure
of mentally ill under which 100,000 patients are bene-
fiting, and of a proposed hospital expansion program that
will cost more than $100,000,000.
Stimulating local community work in juvenile delin-
quency with a state program directed by a State Youth
Commission which sponsors local recreation and education
projects and youth bureaus.
Creation of a Division of Safety to cooperate in a state-
wide effort for protection of life and property through
accident and fire prevention.
Tuberculosis “out”
in the next 20
years.
Employables
thrown off relief
rolls.
Emphasis on cure
of mental patients,
not mere custody.
Youth guidance
given through
local recreation
and education
projects.
“The women of the State cannot but be interested in this welfare angle of our good State government nor can
they fail to be proud of Jffew Tor\ State’s superlative womens program under Governor Dewey.
“The ability of Governor Dewey to be so \nowledgeable in local affairs and yet to stand so staunchly by his
philosophy of home rule, which is that ‘local people \now best about local affairs,’ seems to be one of the fine
basic principles of this administration.
“Women have a sta\e in ‘home rule.’ It is in local hospitals and homes, on boards and committees that those of
us with domestic ties can wor\ and learn the many ways this good administrative policy has strengthened
our lives. It is fine to \now that we have a State government that abides by this policy and does everything
possible to provide financial assistance to the localities for these activities in which women are so greatly
concerned.”
Helen Hayes, noted actress and member of the Board of
Visitors of the New York State Reconstruction Home. 13High Spots:
Government Employees:
Well-Paid Jobs and the Ban on Strikes
State starting
salary raised 77
per cent since
1942.
Why State em-
ployees may not
strike-—Dewey’s
statement.
New York State employees are well paid. The lowest
starting salary in 1942 was $900. Today it is $1,600. Five
years ago the average pay of the 50,000 New York State
employees was less than $1,700 a year. Today it is $2,450.
The State government feels a special responsibility to'
ward its employees, because it has by law denied them the
right to strike for higher pay or for any other cause.
This law, the Condon'Wadlin Act, breaks new ground
in the practice of government. It draws a fundamental
distinction between the private worker and the govern'
ment employee. It aroused bitter controversy, and to press
for its adoption and to sign it required high political cour'
age on the part of the Governor. His statement of the
principles underlying the law cuts through the fussy
thinking that has surrounded many labor questions.
Governor Dewey said: “Some people opposed this pub'
lie strike law because by some process of reasoning they
thought it was an opening wedge to injure the freedom
of the members of unions to strike. Nothing could be more
mistaken. There is no parallel whatsoever between the
rights of employees in private industry and those who
work for government. The very right of private employees
to strike depends upon the protection of government. Our
government is not an end in itself. It exists to serve all the
people. It belongs to all of us. We cannot strike against
ourselves.”
14Foreign Policy:
“Above all other purposes, we must labor by every peaceful means to
build a world order founded upon justice and righteousness. That kind of
world will have peace. That kind of peace will be worth having. That is the
crowning responsibility that our people have laid upon us. That is the
crowning task to which we dedicate ourselves.”
With these words of conviction, Thomas E. Dewey accepted the Re-
publican Presidential nomination at Philadelphia on June 24, 1948. Behind
these words are years of intimate contact with the foreign affairs of the
United States. With a thorough understanding of responsible diplomacy,
his vision and leadership have consistently pointed the way to achieve a
secure America in a peaceful world.
The record shows that Dewey was in the vanguard of Republican
leaders to declare for—
.... A two ocean Navy# (1940)
... A European Recovery Program (1942)
... An International Organisation for Peace (1942)
. . . No appeasement of Russia (1944)
. . . An effective World Court (1944)
... A Bi-Partisan Foreign Policy (1944)
. . . Preservation of a mighty military establishment (1945)
. . . Inclusion of China in the Marshall Plan (1947)
... A Federation of European Nations (February 1948)
In 1944, he knew that the United States had broken the Japanese code
prior to Pearl Harbor and that our government had advance notice that the
Japanese attack was on the way. But he never made use of this information
even though many people agreed it would have elected him President that
year. There was no telling whether the Japs knew we had broken their code,
and Dewey, a man of principle, made no use of his information, embarrassing
as it might have been to President Roosevelt.
In the years since then, as Governor of New York State and titular
leader of the Republican Party nationally, Dewey has received many world
leaders who have visited these shores and has come to know, personally,	E*Foreign Policy: (continued)
prime ministers, presidents, ambassadors and other leaders of various na-
tions. Among those who have visited with him at Albany or New York are
such world celebrities as Winston Churchill, ex-Premier DeGaulle of
France, Premier de Gasperi of Italy, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, wife of the
Premier of China, and many others.
Governor Dewey knows that we can. never have an effective foreign
policy “unless that policy expresses the will of the people.” Aware of this
necessity, he has offered this bold, forthright approach to the tough job of
securing real peace in these times of international tension and crisis:
Waging Peace
“Freedom and peace should be the goals of our foreign policy. We
must wage peace with all the vigor, imagination, skill and energy with which
we waged war. We must make it plain that as a nation we propose to live
in harmony with any other nation, regardless of its form of government,
that desires to live in harmony with us. We are prepared to lend our help
to freedom-loving peoples struggling to recover from the ravages of war and
to re-establish freedom. So long as human liberty is maintained as a principal
objective of a government, that government is our friend. Wherever human
freedom is threatened by aggression, the interests of the United States are
concerned.”
National Defense
Dewey has long advocated that we maintain adequate military strength
including “the' most powerful single air force in the world” to protect
America. He puts it this way: “We must build up our national defenses
not to wage war, but so we can command respect from those who might
seek to destroy us. We need also to command the confidence of those who
wish to follow our leadership.”
United States of Europe
He would use our European Recovery Program “to achieve the goal
of a federated free Europe.” His reasons are sound and clear:Foreign Policy: (continued)
“A weak and divided Europe is a continuing invitation to aggression.
A practical goal of our foreign policy should therefore be to assist the
freedom-loving countries of Western Europe to unite into one strong eco-
nomic and political union. That should be a major purpose of our European
Recovery Program, The establishment of a United States of Europe can
bring to an end the constantly recurring need for America having to rescue
Western Europe.
“Using our aid as a lever to bring about a strong federation of the free
nations we can make them strong enough to defend themselves, feed them-
selves and make of themselves a great force for peace.”
American-Soviet Relations
“The best way for us to get along with the Russians is to restore their
respect for us. We should deal with Soviet Russia, as with all other nations,
in a spirit of friendship and fairness, but we should long since have made it
perfectly plain that we do not intend to be bullied or bluffed.”
Moral Offensive
Military security and strong friends are not enough. We must have the
will and the moral force if we are to achieve peace. Dewey describes this
third fundamental in these words, “We must put aside our fears, cherishing
the highest faith in our own capacity, in our own ideals. We must reject
the false counsels of those who would have us withdraw from the world
and invite future catastrophe. We can move into an era where the spirit
of freedom, of love of God and respect for the dignity of our fellowmen will
animate mankind.
“We must launch a moral offensive which will rally the peoples of the
world to the cause for which we stand. Ours is the cause of justice, of
religion, of the dignity of the individual, of common decency.”
These are the cornerstones of a foreign policy for a secure America
waging peace in a tense and fearful world.
17	People Vote for Dewey:
High Spots:	
Dewey the first Republican Gov- ernor of New York in 20 years.	Thomas E. Dewey is the only man in the country in high office who has taken on—and trounced—the com' bination of New Deal, mis'called American Labor Party and Liberal Party, PAG and Communist forces. But he is not a one man show. His success is built on good appoint' ments and good teamwork. He appoints men of outstand' ing ability both to administrative positions and to the bench, and he believes in dose teamwork with the legisla' tive branch of government.
;	Thomas E. Dewey was literally drafted to run for Dis' trict Attorney of New York County in 1937, on the same ticket with Fiorello H. LaGuardia, who was running for re'election as Mayor. LaGuardia carried the county by 91,989, Dewey by 109,019—the greatest majority by which Tammany Hall was ever defeated in its own county.
Got largest major- ity ever recorded. 1	In the governorship election of 1938, Herbert H. Leh' man, running for rejection, won over Dewey by only 64,394 votes out of nearly 5,000,000. The Republican vote was larger than the Democrat, but Lehman was saved by left-wing Labor Party votes. The Republican Party, by reason of Dewey’s large vote that year, became the top'flight party of the State for the first time in 16 years and has continued ever since to occupy the top row on the ballot. Furthermore, in that year, Dewey’s strong race gave the Republican Party control of the State Senate.
18	In 1942 Dewey was elected Governor of New York
IPeople Vote for Dewey: {continued)	"" # High Spots;
State by a 173,254 majority—the first Republican Gover- nor in 20 years. In the governorship election of 1946, Dewey ran against a New Deal stalwart, U. S. Senator James M. Mead, who had the support of the Democrat, American Labor, Liberal and Communist parties. Dewey over-	Only Republican elected to serve
whelmed his opponent by 687,151 votes, the largest	more than four
majority ever received by any gubernatorial candidate in	years.
the history of the State.	•
Dewey is the only Republican who ever served as Gov- ernor of New York for more than four years. Furthermore, the confidence the people of New York State have in him is reflected in the strong Republican majorities they have given him to work with in the legis- lative branch of the State government. Roosevelt won over Willkie in the Presidential election of 1940 by 4,914,715 votes. Roosevelt won over Dewey	
in 1944, at the climax of the war, by 3,5i4,674 votes. In 1940, with the “third term” issue working for him, Will- kie received 45.1% of the total vote. Four years later, with the “don’t-change-the-commander-in-chief-during-a- war” issue working against him, Dewey received 46.2%] of the vote. Many who voted for Roosevelt in 1944 were shocked to find Truman as President a few months later. They	
would welcome another chance to choose between Tru- man and Dewey in 1948.	19A Great Team:
“I look forward to the closer association that I will have
with our great standard bearer, my long-time friend and
colleague, Governor Thomas E. Dewey.
I want to say to you, my Republican friends, that I
will join with him this summer and this fall in making a
great crusade throughout this country for the return of
our government to Republican principles, and then I
pledge you that if the people place their confidence in us,
as I believe they will, during the next four years I will
give to him every bit of loyalty and help in my makeup.
I will work with him to make this government of ours
responsive to the people at all times. I will work with
him to make it a humane government, a fair government,
and an efficient government, and above all, a government
of integrity, from top to bottom.”
—EARL WARREN
Accepting the Nomination as Re-
publican Candidate for Vice Presi-
dent of the United States, June 25,
1948.Highlights of the Career of Thomas E. Dewey
Thomas Edmund Dewey, Governor of the State of New York, was born in
Owosso, Michigan on March 24, 1902. He attended the public schools there and
worked as a farm hand when he was sixteen.
He was graduated from the University of Michigan with an A.B. degree in
1923. Moving to New York, he was graduated from the Columbia Law School
with the degree of LL.B in 1925. He has received the Columbia University Medal
for Excellence, the Cardinal Newman Distinguished Service Award at the Unk
versity of Illinois and honorary degrees from twelve colleges and universities.
In 1928, he married Frances Eileen Hutt, of Sapulpa, Okla. They have two
sons: Thomas E. Dewey, Jr., 15, and John Martin Dewey, 12. They have a farm
at Pawling, Dutchess County.
In 1931, he became Chief Assistant U. S. Attorney for Southern New York,
and later served briefly as U. S. Attorney. In 1935, he became Special Prosecutor
in charge of the Investigation of Organised Crime.
In 1937, he was elected District Attorney of New York County, the first Re'
publican elected to that office since 1913. His racket-busting and crooked'Tam'
many'politician'busting form one of the epics of American legal history.
In 1938, running for Governor of New York, he received more votes on the
Republican line than Governor Herbert H. Lehman got on the Democrat line but
he was nosed out by the support Lehman received on the American Labor Party
line. However, the Republican Party was restored to the head of the ballot and
the Republicans gained "control of both houses of the Legislature.
In 1941, as National Chairman of the first USO campaign, Governor Dewey
organised the national drive for $10,675,000. The campaign raised $16,000,000.
In 1942, Governor Dewey was again the Republican candidate for Governor
of New York State and was elected by a majority of 173,254.
In 1944, Governor Dewey was the Republican candidate for President of the
United States. He was defeated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat
and American Labor Party candidate. The total vote for Roosevelt was 25,602,505;
for Dewey, 22,006,278.
In 1946, Governor Dewey was reflected to the governorship by the largest
majority in the history of the State—687,151 votes. His opponent, U. S. Senator
James M. Mead, had the support of the Democrat, American Labor, Liberal and
Communist parties and the P. A. C.