The Pittsburgh Press (October 17, 1944)
Jersey for Dewey, Roosevelt is told
Washington (UP) –
Charles Edison, former Democratic Governor of New Jersey, said after a conference with President Roosevelt today that he told the Chief Executive that “New Jersey would go for Thomas E. Dewey by a substantial majority.”
Mr. Edison, former Secretary of the Navy in this administration, said he thought the “influence” of Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, state Democratic leader, would “turn the vote for Dewey because there is a tremendous independent vote in New Jersey that is solidly against Hague.”