Word: deweyitis
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After reading about Governor Jimmie Davis of Louisiana riding into office on the wave of his hillbilly songs, it occurred to me that Governor Dewey might well use the same tactics. We all know that he has a well-trained baritone voice, but few have heard it. Not that his speeches aren't good. They are over the heads of the average American voter. . . . The great American public does not want thought-provoking logic. It wants entertainment...
...suggest that Governor Dewey open a meeting with God Bless America, resounding in true Tibbett style. Then he could follow with a few trenchant remarks. Next, Shortenin' Bread. After ten minutes more of speaking in his resonant voice, he could end with Home on the Range, our President's favorite. A three-ring circus? I wager he would have them standing in the aisles...
Senator Pepper is one Congressman not afraid to be wired for sound. He also advocates television (perhaps envisioning the toe-&-fan dance which Representative Dewey Short of Missouri performed on the House floor in the process of defeating a bill to establish a Bureau of Fine Arts). Says Senator Pepper in support of his bill...
...Harold Ickes lit into Dewey in characteristic vein. "Four years ago,"he cracked, "I observed that Mr. Dewey had thrown his diaper into the ring. At Los Angeles on Friday night, when he upbraided the New Deal for not being New Dealish enough, he threw the sponge after his diaper...
...Missouri's Dewey Short: "It seems to me it renders rank commonplace. We set up a five-star general and they [the British] will create a super-dooper field marshal...