Word: governors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Between helping the injured, working his camera, and taking his story notes, Mydans found plenty of evidence why the people of Fukui held the American military governor, Lt. Col. James Hyland, in such high regard. In socks and undershorts, Hyland's instant command was "set up a first aid station on the lawn"-where broken and bleeding Japanese flocked even before the second quake hit a few minutes later. Then, when it was discovered that all communication was cut off, he ordered three reconnaissance teams to fight their way out of the city, and not to come back until...
...minutes later, Governor Earl Warren, his wife and their three daughters drove up in two official cars. "Greetings, glad to see you," said Tom Dewey. The wives kissed each other on the cheek. Tom Jr. and twelve-year-old Johnny Dewey shook hands self-consciously with the Warren girls-Virginia, 19, Dorothy, 17, and Nina...
Concluded Pollster Roper: "Governor Dewey is not a surefire bet to win the presidency but he will be a hard candidate for the Democrats to defeat. Perhaps his greatest weakness, from the long-term standpoint of the Republican Party, is his lack of appeal to young voters. His greatest strengths are his record of efficient administration, his own strength in the Middle West and Warren's strength on the West Coast...
...little before noon, Governor Thomas E. Dewey stepped out on to the sunny front terrace of his white-columned farm house at Pawling, casting a gentleman farmer's eye on the thin clouds overhead. "I think it's going to rain," he said...
Next day, Governor Warren got news that sent him rushing back to California by plane, leaving his family to follow by train. Burly, rock-jawed Lieut. Governor Goodwin Knight, 52, who would become governor if Warren is elected* had been suddenly hospitalized, was "seriously ill" with a perforated ulcer. A good-natured, back-slapping politico, Knight is averse to making any decisions in Warren's absence, even when he is well. The Governor thought he had better get back to his state...