Word: deweyitis
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Daisy Chain of Thought. In Poughkeepsie, N.Y., the Vassar Class of '35 postponed its tenth reunion, sent out questionnaires instead. Sample queries : "Weight?" "Color of Hair?" "Wrinkles?" Out of the Red. In Woodstock, N.H., authorities gratefully accepted an unsolicited check for $1.20 from one L. Dewey of Muskegon, Mich., which wiped out the town's $1.19 debt...
...never too busy to politick, conferred with Democratic National Chairman Bob Hannegan and New York State Chairman Paul Fitzpatrick on the 1946 New York gubernatorial election, still 19 months away. The conversation apparently was heady. Emerging from the White House, Chairman Fitzpatrick made a bold prediction: if Tom Dewey runs for reelection in 1946, he will be defeated...
...State of New York, long used to pacing the Union in matters of social legislation, this week struck out on what may prove its most ambitious stride. The legislature passed and Governor Dewey signed a bill to outlaw employment discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin...
...providing for a permanent five-man commission to decide cases of individuals who claim to have been unjustly discharged or denied jobs, was enthusiastically backed by the state's churchmen, the C.I.O., A.F. of L. and a host of other organizations. Said Governor Dewey: "Passage of the bill ... is an historic step. I am happy indeed that our state has led the nation...
...becoming a museum piece," he said. "And what if some marines should land on Dewey Boulevard and Manila John isn't among them...