AMERICAN POLITICS
FIGHT FOR THE PRESIDENCY CONFIDENCE OF REPUBLICANS CANDIDACY OF MR DEWEY United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Cooyrlght' WASHINGTON, F'eb. 27 “Twenty-one States are unquestionably Republican, and if the party carries New York State in 1940 it will put its candidate in White House,” the Republican National Committee declared in a statement significantly issued th& day after Mr Thomas E. Dewey had secured the conviction of James J. Hines, former Tammany leader, on charges of conspiring with gangsters. There is much speculation here whether the statement represented an advance move toward pressing the presidential candidacy of Mr Dewey, who is virtually assured of the New York delegates’ unanimous support at the convention.
The Republicans claim control of 221 electoral votes, 45 under thd majority needed. New York, which is listed as a “borderline” State, has 47 votes.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20742, 28 February 1939, Page 7
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137AMERICAN POLITICS Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20742, 28 February 1939, Page 7
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