Word: deweyitis
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...that was not the way it turned out at all. As the 1,500 diners comfortably sipped their coffee, New York's Governor Dewey arose to welcome the delegates and promptly aimed a roundhouse punch at the most sensitive of the guests. "It would be folly," said he, "to ignore the harsh fact that while the Soviet Union has ten to 15 million people living as slave labor ... no person anywhere in the world can sleep nights with any sense of security...
...Dewey watched the unwelcome guests leave. "I must say I am complimented," said he, "by the withdrawal of those who plot the destruction of the world...
...Familiar Name. All that remained to be done was to talk Congressman Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. out of his stubbornness. F.D.R. Jr. had the moral support of a sizable group of delegates who apparently felt he was the only man with a chance to beat Tom Dewey, but the New York City bosses would have none of him. Junior was finally persuaded that it would be best to quit. With a broad but mechanical grin, ambitious Congressman Roosevelt announced that he was all for good old Walt Lynch, and put away his gubernatorial dream until the 1954 convention...
...were gathered for their own convention. Like the Democrats, the G.O.P. delegates also were on hand simply to light the burner under a meal which had been precooked several days ahead and stuffed in the deep freeze until needed. The big difference was, however, that the Republicans figured Tom Dewey gave them a sure thing...
...Dewey and Joe Hanley trooped arm in arm through a clutter of cheering delegates, falling confetti and exploding balloons. The Governor himself nominated Joe Hanley for Senator; Hanley reciprocated by nominating Tom Dewey, "a beacon light on a stormy shore-steady, clear, unwavering...