Word: governors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...vote for Franklin D. Roosevelt next Tuesday, maintained that in the face of a return to government by Congress "Mr. Dewey is more likely to be a success in the mid-twentieth century American Presidency." He cited Dewey's ability to organize good executive staffs as District Attorney and Governor of New York...
...current New England tours of President Harry S. Truman and Governor Thomas E. Dewey have not daunted the enthusiasm of minor party backers, who also intend to get in their licks before Election Day next Tuesday...
Four speakers will stump for Governor Dewey, President Truman, Norman Thomas, and Henry Wallace. After that the meeting will be turned over to a general discussion...
...ballots to be distributed today will bear the names of Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Norman Thomas, J. Strom Thurmond, President Harry S. Truman, and Henry Wallace. The ballots will also permit write-in votes and will leave space for those who are uncertain to indicate their indecision...
Texas is another fascinating instance of a South that is "solid" like a hole in the head. In the Democratic primaries, Lyndon Johnson squeaked by former Governor Coke Stevenson. Stevenson promptly yelled "fraud," but his efforts to have Johnson's name lopped off the ballot were foiled by the U.S. Supreme Court. The former Governor then switched his support to the Republican, Porter, and he has undoubtedly taken a passel of old-line Democrats across the tracks with him. This "treachery," plus Democratic uneasiness over the President's civil rights program and the attractions of a straight Republican ticket, makes...