MRS T. E. DEWEY

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25638, 29 October 1948, Page 2

MRS T. E. DEWEY

AMERICAN WRITER’S PEN PORTRAIT Mrs Dewey, who has accompanied her husband. Mr Thomas E. Dewey, on his campaign train wherever he has gone in the United States in his campaign for the Presidency, has attracted almost as much attention as her husband. She has appeared at every speaking engagement with him, and has given voters a chance to form their own answer to the question: “As first lady, would she grace the White House,” writes Bert Andrews in the “World Tribune” of October 4. Democrats as well as Republicans in the audience have agreed unanimously that she would frpm the standpoint of graciousness, poise, and attractiveness. “She's a good-looker. I’ll say that, all right,” said one septuagenarian onlooker. Mrs Dewey is a devoted wife and mother; a smart politician in her own right; an interested student of the people of America; a woman who keeps up to date on current literature about the United States and the world; a companion who keeps the hours her husband keeps; a participant in the preparation and editing of many of his speeches; a friendly conversationalist who likes a laugh, but can turn serious when need arises, and an understanding soul who won’t cry: “I was misquoted” even when a reporter accidentally misinterprets something she has said. This was a matter of evidence and not opinion, said the writer. Her husband, he added, regarded her as a “good editor” in her copy reading. She endeavoured to effect a simplicity of style and wanted his speeches to be constructive and informative. She had had considerable influence, as had others, on "keeping the election campaign on a high plane, with no name calling.