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Emphatic Approval. Others quickly chimed in. New York's Governor Thomas E. Dewey issued a statement backing the full appropriation. So did California's Governor Earl Warren. Presidential candidate Harold Stassen rushed to Washington to plead with Congress not to "tarnish the national honor of our country." Secretary of State Acme Marshall declared that "the crux of the whole affair [is] confidence in the integrity of leadership of this country...
There were some splinter groups-and some who still hoped to heal the breach. Oilman Joe Pew, once a real power but now a political has-been, privately favored Bob Taft. Philadelphia's ex-City Chairman Jay Cooke had a small handful of delegates lined up for Harold Stassen. National Committeewoman Mrs. Worthington Scranton was working feverishly for unity behind U.S. Senator Edward Martin-who would be the delegation's favorite-son choice on the first ballot...
...election day Ed Martin ran third, behind both Harold Stassen and Tom Dewey, as a presidential favorite. Duff's man Taylor squeaked by with a 1,199-vote majority. Throughout the state the returns put Duff more securely in the saddle than ever...
...route to Baltimore, he was asked about his Oregon debate with Harold Stassen. Said Dewey: "You know, one man told me that debate was just like a truck driver running over a baby, then deliberately driving forward and backward over the body." Then he added: "Of course, that's a little exaggerated...
...group of Virginia's Democratic bigwigs turned up with greetings from rebel Governor William M. Tuck. All grace, Dewey replied: "Please give my best regards to Governor Tuck who is a Republican at heart." Then he renewed his courtship of the state's G.O.P. delegation. Harold Stassen blew into town a few hours later on the same errand; Dewey lit out for North Carolina without crossing his path...