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...President, immediately made the charge: "Troops overseas will have little chance to hear anything but their Master's Voice . . . the candidate for re-election ruled that his own speech was not political." Republicans grabbed up their own adjectives and leaped in. They demanded that the networks give Tom Dewey equal time; they were refused. The Army's about-face even prompted a protest from Franklin Roosevelt's staunch backer, Florida's Senator Claude Pepper. "Let all the candidates be heard by the troops," said-he. "The President will be able to hold...
Willkie's attitude was virtually the same as it was to Tom Dewey's overtures: he would not let himself be used by either candidate until his mind was made up on their foreign-policy intentions. He made a careful distinction between Candidate Roosevelt and President Roosevelt: "I would much prefer that... no conference occur until after the election. But if the President of the United States wishes to see me sooner, I shall of course comply." With equal impartiality, Willkie had been willing to talk "bipartisan" foreign policy with Tom Dewey's friend, John Foster Dulles...
What will Willkie do? His foreign policy, which he has outlined to 25 G.O.P. leaders in recent weeks, goes much farther than that of either Tom Dewey or Franklin Roosevelt in submitting U.S. sovereignty to the control of an international peace institution. And last week he urged that the President be allowed to call out troops without the prior consent of Congress. so that any military decision by a world society will be prompt and effective...
Spectator. Tom Dewey wasted no time in capitalizing on his success to date. Sunday he told newsmen: "We invited Wendell to join us." But Willkie replied by wire: "I shall be glad to meet Mr. Dulles on his way to the conference . . . since ... the discussions between the Secretary and Mr. Dulles are to be of nonpartisan character." As the debate began, Wendell Willkie-still a man to be counted-was content to watch...
Pollster George Gallup this week completed his first state-by-state poll. His total score, if the election were held now: Roosevelt, 286 electoral votes; Dewey, 245. (Needed to win: 266.) A further Gallup breakdown showed: 157 "safe" for Roosevelt, 129 leaning toward Roosevelt; 141 "safe" for Dewey, 104 leaning toward Dewey. Five big states were in the doubtful column: Pennsylvania (35), California (25) and Massachusetts (16) credited to Roosevelt; and New York (47) and New Jersey (16) credited to Dewey...