Hillman predicts ‘purge’ in House
New York (UP) –
Sidney Hillman, chairman of the National Citizens Political Action Committee, predicted yesterday that at least 25 opponents of the Roosevelt administration in the House of Representatives will be defeated through the efforts of the PAC.
“Most of them are Republicans,” he told a luncheon meeting of religious associates of the NCPAC at the Hotel Commodore. “The reason they are going to be defeated is because of the opposition to the national program and the war effort.”
Mr. Hillman predicted that 50 million votes would be cast Tuesday. He said that he was “quite sure” President Roosevelt would carry New York State over Governor Thomas E. Dewey. He said the PAC would have 20,000 volunteer workers in New York City alone. He scoffed at charges that the PAC was “connected” with Communists. “Communism never will take over this country while we have a happy country and while we work for the people,” he said.
Bricker in Ohio, will tour East
Aboard Bricker campaign train en route to Toledo (UP) –
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker was on the road again today carrying his campaign for votes through Ohio before swinging east in an attempt to capture New York and Pennsylvania for the Republicans.
The GOP vice-presidential nominee visited his state house office in Columbus yesterday for the first time in more than a month as he pointed up speeches he will deliver this week.
Speaks in Toledo
Governor Bricker resumed his drive with a rear-platform talk at Delaware, Ohio, this afternoon, followed by similar talks at Marion, Upper Sandusky, Carey and Fostoria.
Tonight, he speaks in Toledo.
Tomorrow, he makes two night speeches at Peterson, New Jersey, at 9:30 ET and at Queens, New York, immediately afterward. He ends his campaign at Cleveland Saturday with a major speech, nationally broadcast over the Blue Network at 8:30 p.m.
Assurance From Dewey
In a press conference last night, he said he believed the Farm Belt states would go Republican in Tuesday’s election.
He also said he had received a telephone call from Governor Thomas E. Dewey, GOP presidential nominee, shortly after his arrival in Columbus and that he “assured me the Republicans will carry New York.”