Was That a Hamburg?

Tom Dewey's close friend, New York's Republican National Committeeman J. Russel Sprague, is a man to know a hat before he tosses it.

Last week Sprague introduced Dewey to a luncheon of Nassau County Republicans as "the next President of the United States."

The Governor smiled warmly and waited for the applause to stop. Said he: "That was a charming and over-generous introduction, but I would like to assure Mr. Sprague again in public, as I have in private, that I am happy where I am."

That statement still stood as Governor Dewey filled out his week by: 1) delivering a speech on the Communist threat and the foreign situation; 2) reaffirming faith in America in "the moral battle which engulfs the world"; 3) announcing plans to take his family with him July 4 on a month-long "nonpolitical" trip.

He would swing down to Sapulpa, Okla. to see his in-laws; up to Kansas City for a night's rest; out to Salt Lake City for the Governors' Conference; back to Owosso, Mich, to see his mother and to show his alma mater, the University of Michigan, to Tom Jr. He explained: "We've always wanted the boys to know the West as soon as they were old enough to appreciate it."

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