Kentucky GOP solid for Dewey
Louisville, Kentucky (UP) –
The 22 Kentucky delegates selected to go to the Republican National Convention in Chicago will cast first a complimentary vote for Governor Simeon Willis as the “favorite-son” candidate for the presidential nomination and then switch to New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, it was disclosed today.
The selection of delegates was completed yesterday at the State Republican Convention here.
Friends of Ohio Governor John W. Bricker had hoped to captured at least four of the 22 delegates, but a solid front for Governor Dewey was presented.
Governor Willis, elected convention chairman, keynoted the meeting. He said:
After the November election, we will have no buttery-voiced fireside chats or My Day tripe in the newspapers. We must have a President who does not show contempt for the intelligence and character of the people. For 12 years, we have seen the United States mismanaged, manhandled and outraged, but deliverance is in sight.