Word: deweyitis
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...wife and eldest son sat a few feet away, watching intently, Governor Thomas E. Dewey last week stepped out in front of the television cameras in Manhattan's barnlike CBS studio 56. At 8 p.m. Dewey began speaking; by 8:02 he had made public a decision that went to the heart of U.S. politics. Said he: "After the most thorough and even painful consideration, I have concluded that the time has come for me to return to private life. I shall not, under any circumstances, be a candidate for any public office this fall...
...A.F.L. President George Meany exposed a bland and impervious hide to four eager newsmen. Even as determined and tenacious a questioner as Lawrence Spivak was unable to make any headway, and when the New York Times's Stanley Levy suggested that Meany had worked with Governor Thomas E. Dewey to enforce the licensing of stevedores on Manhattan's odorous docks, Meany snapped: "I guess you don't read your own newspapers. I publicly opposed licensing...
Like the Democrats, New York Republicans are puzzled about the identity of their candidate for governor. Tom Dewey, finishing his third term, is expected to 1) take the nomination himself, or 2) give it to U.S. Senator Irving Ives, who doesn't want it. Last week, when the governor stepped before 5,000 Republicans at an anniversary dinner in Long Point, N.Y., everyone listened carefully for an announcement or a hint...
...Prosecutor Dewey immediately lashed out at Democrats who had been criticizing his record. Said he: "I don't particularly enjoy having to spend useful time protecting the people of this state from fraudulent misrepresentation by ambitious Democratic operators, but the people must know the truth about the public business. The Republican record of progressive, humanitarian achievement for the people of this state is long and proud, and shines all the more brightly in comparison to the shoddy Democratic period of stubborn, stupid and shortsighted political obstruction . . . [The Democrats are] bankrupt of political conscience and any sense of responsibility...
...Tribune is not for sale. This in formation will be a disappointment to 'leaders of thought' in New York and Washington ... to Mr. Dewey and the rest of the New Deal Republicans . . . It will be a disappointment to political thieves, regardless of party, to the Communists, to corrupt labor bosses, to the Socialists, the planners and the Big Government boys. We hope that you will continue to enjoy the Tribune...