Word: deweyitis
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...Wednesday four more blows fell on the bewildered opposition. Halleck announced that he would indeed deliver Indiana. Driscoll announced for Dewey, although his delegation was split. Senator James P. Kem came out of the Missouri woods, rushing for the Dewey camp. And right at his heels was Governor Robert Bradford of Massachusetts...
That night, having done all he could, Tom Dewey and his handsome wife, the former Frances Hutt of Sapulpa, Okla., settled down in their dignified hotel room, with its mulberry walls and rose drapes, to listen to the nominating speeches on television. The Governor was quite composed...
...Stassen and meet again the following night at Hamilton's other apartment at 2031 Locust Street. That night Stassen and Taft-old political enemies-confronted each other and sat down as allies. With Duff they reviewed the whole situation. In anguish they reported to each other that the Dewey camp was spreading stories so fast that by the time one was checked another had cropped up. Delegates were being stampeded. They compared notes. Taft's and Stassen's figures on the estimated strength of each were amazingly similar. Taft and Stassen, companions in distress, began to warm...
...national committeeman, Harold Mitchell (representing favorite son Ray Baldwin), and Kim Sigler, governor of Michigan, leader of the Vandenberg forces. California's Earl Warren was represented by a close friend, Preston Hotchkiss. They figured that the coalition could count on 630 votes-more than enough to stop Dewey...
When the meeting broke up, Taft rushed to a press conference at the Benjamin Franklin hotel. His stride was determined ; his face bore a look of hope. In confident tones he said: "The Dewey blitz has been stopped...