Word: deweyitis
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...industrial areas of the Midwest the Republicans actually gained two seats. In much of the Midwest-primarily the areas in which the farm vote was critical-the Republicans were losers rather than gainers from the new voting patterns. "The old man of the Ozarks," 58-year-old Dewey Short, seemed likely to be the most resounding Republican casualty of all. In his attempt to win a 13th term in the House, he was trailing 36-year-old Charles Harrison Brown, a polio victim who campaigned with a hillbilly quartet. In the Far West, the gains were made by the Democrats...
...Long Island home and communiting to Cambridge for the Fellow's weekly dinners. During this period, Bundy became what associates describe as "unbearably Republican" before the other young scholars in the Society. He worked for E.C.A. in Washington, and then joined the foreign policy staff of Thomas E. Dewey for the 1948 election...
...Republican party does not have many men with great experience in foreign affairs. Perhaps their most striking figure is John Sherman Cooper, but he would scarcely be likely to resign his newly-won Senate seat. Of the others, three men suggest themselves as successors to Dulles--Thomas E. Dewey, Christian A. Herter '15, and Henry Cabot Lodge '24. Lodge is the only one now working in the realm of foreign affairs, as U.N. delegate, but his record there is not impressive, He has rarely been more than efficient, and his best remembered act was a refusal to shake hands with...
Herter and Dewey would both be acceptable as efficient administrators who could be counted on to improve Department morale and listen to expert advice on key issues. Each has maintained an interest in world affairs recently while working for a Republican victory...
While Herter would be a good choice, Dewey now has a close political rapport with the Republican congressmen, something that would have served Dean Acheson and Dulles very well. Furthermore, his greater administrative experience and prestige outweigh the Massachusetts governor's early experience in foreign relations, experience that centers in the 1920's, for the problems of today are new, and exposure to the diplomacy of then, while helpful, is not vital...