The Pittsburgh Press (September 7, 1944)
Dewey, Hull agree on ‘waging peace’
Washington –
A new American attitude on world collaboration has emerged from the Dumbarton Oaks Conference.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Republican candidate for President, has received through his emissary, John Foster Dulles, a complete picture of the plans for post-war security. He has accepted those plans as being above party politics and agreed with Secretary of State Hull that henceforth this country will wage peace as it has waged war – united.
It is the first time in U.S. political history that the two great parties have joined in an avowal to pursue peace with the same determination that they have waged war. In this act, Governor Dewey has gained prestige while Secretary Hull has added another brilliant achievement in diplomacy to those which have marked his work for peace.
Owing to the complete success of his mission, Mr. Dulles will now have his place in history as the man who helped lift peace efforts above the range of debatable issues in domestic politics.