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...political precision: Governor Tom Dewey makes the decisions and keeps a man in Washington to speak for him (ex-Congressman Robert T. Ross). But few states are so well disciplined. In Pennsylvania, appointments need the approval of such feuding bosses as Senator Jim Duff, Governor John Fine, Mason Owlett and Senator Ed Martin...
Fine felt he needed Grundy support at the polls to beat the Democrats, and went to see G. Mason Owlett, Grundy's deputy. "His big worry," recalls Fine, "was whether I would be punitive against the Grundys. He didn't ask for anything and I didn't offer anything. But I said I had no intention of being punitive...
...result, Grundymen urged the election of the straight Republican ticket, and Owlett raised money for Fine's campaign...
PENNSYLVANIA-70. Ikeman Senator Jim Duff has no more than 25. U.S. Senator Edward Martin, National Committeeman G. Mason Owlett and the rest of the Grundy organization are for Taft. State Chairman M. Harvey Taylor will stand pat with Duff for Ike. Taftmen at the moment are counting on only the ten sure Grundy delegates. Half the delegation will go with Governor John S. Fine, originally a Duffman but now friendly to Grundy. So far, Fine has remained coldly neutral. He has one of the biggest piles of chips in the game...
...call on him, telephone him, or write. Grundy's policies became Fine's policies. Soon Fine was in a pitched legislative battle with loyal Duff Republicans over his proposal to saddle Pennsylvania with its first state income tax-a measure loudly endorsed by Grundy's man Owlett...