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By Robert Taylor, Pittsburgh Press staff writer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania –
Pennsylvania Republicans today organized their forces for the presidential campaign to the accompaniment of resounding criticisms of the New Deal.
According to plan, members of the State Committee were to reelect their principal officials, but delegates to the national convention were to forego endorsement of any candidate for the Republican nomination for President.
Though the nomination of Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York was virtually conceded by party representatives here, the principal business was to name Governor Edward Martin as chairman of the group that will vote for Pennsylvania at the Chicago convention.
That action was expected to rule out any possibility that the Pennsylvania delegates, who usually go to conventions uncommitted, might stand off in the convention by casting ballots for Governor Martin as a favorite-son candidate.
The state committee reelected State Senator M. Harvey Taylor of Harrisburg as chairman and Insurance Commissioner, Gregg L. Neel of Pittsburgh, as secretary.
Former State Senator G. Mason Owlett, president of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association, and Mrs. Worthington Scranton of Scranton, members of the national committee, were renamed for four-year terms.
Mrs. Edna Carroll of Philadelphia was named vice chairman in place of Mrs. Margaret R. Lamade of Williamsport, who retired, and Mrs. George Hemphill of Beaver, as assistant secretary.
Two speakers – Philadelphia City Chairman David W. Harris, and Vice Chairman Edna Carroll – told a dinner meeting of Republican women last night that “the atmosphere looks Dewey,” but the decision of party leaders against a Dewey endorsement was expected to dominate the delegate caucus.
Speakers at the series of meetings gave a sample of what Republican campaign oratory will sound like as they denounced the New Deal, its works and personalities.
Edgar W. Baird, candidate for state treasurer, said:
It’s not the New Deal anymore – to my mind it’s the National Socialist Party of America.
Lieutenant Governor John C. Bell asked:
Shall the House of America, built on the rock of Liberty, be supplanted by the House of Roosevelt, embedded and about to be rebuilt on the shifting sands of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Communist Russia.
Government seizure of Montgomery Ward & Co., high taxation and the activities of the CIO Political Action Committee are among the subjects Republicans will hammer on, according to this preview.
Mr. Owlett summed it up this way:
I don’t believe we’re going to turn this nation of ours over to Sidney Hillman, Frankfurter, Hopkins or Mrs. Roosevelt.
Senator James J. Davis, head of the state ticket as candidate for reelection, told the meeting the nation must be prepared after the war for “full participation in an international organization to preserve the peace.”
Must have better program
Governor Martin, in the keynote speech, said that, in five years of Republican rule, Pennsylvania turned a deficit of $71 million into a $100 million surplus, with lower taxes and increased appropriations of $40 million for education and welfare.
After 12 years of the New Deal, he said, the nation now is entering “the most difficult and dangerous period of American history.”
He said:
Regardless of the fact that the Constitution has been ignored and frequently evaded, and that our domestic problems have been recklessly handled, the Republican Party cannot win by griping, complaining and faultfinding.
We must have a better program. We must convince the voters that we have the will and the ability to put that program into effect.
11-point program
The Pennsylvania chief executive expressed the greatest confidence in the ability of the Republican Party to stop the greedy nations of the post-war era, and to lead the people in the “American way.”
Mr. Martin said:
From the days of William McKinley, John Hay and Theodore Roosevelt, the Republican Party has ably handled international affairs. The acquisition of the Philippines and Puerto Rico gave us great concern. The Democrats opposed, but the problems were courageously met and handled to the entire satisfaction of the American people by the Republican Party,
Mr. Martin proposed an 11-point program for the Republican Party:
The use of all our energies to speedily win the war.
Work for permanent peace in collaboration with other nations.
Preservation of the sovereignty of the United States.
A program of veteran rehabilitation, reemployment and opportunity to succeed as a recompense for sacrifices made in the service.
A government of thrift and economy. Elimination of all unnecessary super-government.
A policy toward agriculture, labor and management, that assures them equality of opportunity, freedom of action and minimum of interference by government.
Simplification and decentralization of government.
An end to the economy of scarcity and a clear recognition that the economy of plenty is the only economy for America.
Disposition after the war of all surplus lands, factories and material required by the government for the prosecution of the war and full establishment of an economy of full private enterprise.
A program of conservation of national resources.
An adequate program of national defense to safeguard America and secure peace for the world.
Senator Holman trails Wayne Morse
Portland, Oregon (UP) –
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York took an overwhelming lead today over LtCdr. Harold E. Stassen and Governor John Bricker of Ohio in Republican presidential preference write-in votes cast in yesterday’s Oregon primary election.
Returns gave Mr. Dewey a lead of almost 8 to 1. The uninstructed 15-man Oregon delegation is not obligated to vote for the winner of the write-in campaign, but the results of the presidential preference balloting were expected to have a strong influence on the delegation at the Chicago convention.
Roosevelt unopposed
President Roosevelt was unopposed in the Democratic preference primary.
Local interest centered on two close contests for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, where outlying results may decide the issues. Senator Guy Cordon, interim appointee replacing the late Senator Charles L. McNary, stayed slightly ahead of ex-Governor Charles A. Sprague for the Republican nomination.
Wayne Morse, former law school dean who resigned from the National War Labor Board to oppose Senator Rufus Holman (wealthy Republican manufacturer), held a narrow lead throughout the night’s tabulating. It was Mr. Morse’s first political race, while Mr. Holman is a veteran campaigner.
Edgar Smith, member of the State Board of Education, easily won the Democratic nomination for the Democratic nomination for the long-term Senate seat from Walter W. Whitbeck, while Willis Mahoney was unopposed for the Democratic nomination for the short term.
Returns from 829 out of 1,828 precincts gave for the GOP presidential write-in race:
| Dewey | 14,032 |
| Stassen | 1,867 |
| Bricker | 979 |
Returns from 1,029 precincts gave for Senator:
| Short term | |
|---|---|
| Henry Black (R) | 3,270 |
| Cordon (R) | 33,883 |
| John McBride (R) | 2,152 |
| Sprague (R) | 29,166 |
| Mahoney (D) | 9,031 |
| Long term | |
|---|---|
| Earl Fisher (R) | 4,456 |
| Holman (R) | 29,733 |
| Morse (R) | 33,048 |
| Smith (D) | 19,523 |
| Whitbeck (D) | 7,384 |
Congressmen renominated
Republican voters renominated all four o the state’s GOP Congressmen with James Mott of Salem the only one with a contest. He led Dan Harmon of Newberg, 2 to 1. The only Democratic Congressional contest found Lester Sheely of Portland holding a slight lead over L. N. Granoff.
The withdrawal of Wendell Willkie from the presidential race did not deter National Republican Committeeman Ralph Cake from being reelected. His opponent, Charles Paine of Eugene, based his campaign on Mr. Cake’s managing of the Willkie campaign.
Birmingham, Alabama (UP) –
Seven delegates instructed to support Thomas E. Dewey and seven others uninstructed but reported to favor the New York Governor were selected yesterday at the state Republican convention to cast Alabama’s 14 votes at the national convention in Chicago.
Would keep state control of elections
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