Word: deweyism
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...promising, "We will not go out of Berlin." That was about all most U.S. citizens knew about their nation's developing diplomacy. But they were willing to applaud when Arthur Vandenberg warned the world not to misinterpret political differences in the U.S. After a conference with Governor Dewey, Vandenberg declared: "We are serving notice on the world that America is united to protect American rights everywhere...
Like most of its predecessors, the presidential campaign promised to be notable for irresponsible charges and ridiculous statements. Candidate Harry Truman charged that the Republican Party, and thus Candidate Tom Dewey, was the tool of "special interests." Candidate Henry Wallace cried that Candidate Truman was the tool of "the big money or the big brass." Candidate Dewey had not yet said anything, but he had okayed Harold Stassen's accusation that President Truman was trying to set "class against class...
...Demagogic Appeal." Next night, Harold Stassen (after clearing his speech with Tom Dewey) gave the Republican answer. He had almost no crowd-only about 3,000 party workers, who left 2,000 empty seats in Detroit's Masonic Temple. But he had the same radio network...
...story had a pat application, the Alsops wrote, to a lot of Republicans who have been complaining of Harry Truman's "executive usurpation," particularly in foreign affairs. If Tom Dewey is elected, some old Republican croakers might find him a King Stork...
Wrote the Alsops: "The struggle of real significance to the country is not the contest between Dewey and Truman. It is the inevitable post-election battle between Dewey and his party's Old Guard...