Dewey v. Dewey

U.S. politicos got a shock: Tom Dewey, a cool politician, appeared to have outsmarted himself. He had played coy a little too long. Six months ago, he was first told of plans to enter a slate of Dewey-pledged delegates in Wisconsin's Presidential primary. Last week, before Wendell Willkie announced that he would stump the state in person, the New York Governor could have withdrawn his name and maintained intact his pose of aloofness to party leadership. But the Dewey delegates, though forewarned of his intentions, had filed their entries last week before Dewey released the news that he had sent each of the 24 a telegram expressing his "strongest disapproval."

Not only to Willkie supporters, but to many lukewarm Deweyites, this tactic now seemed a confession that Dewey really wants the nomination but is afraid his chances will be hurt by a Wisconsin licking.

In Milwaukee, the would-be Dewey delegation held a smoky, six-hour conference, spoke many a harsh word about their hero's 13th-hour repudiation. Seventeen of them--not for love of Dewey but because they cannot bear Willkie--decided to stick it out despite the Governor's "disapproval."

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