October 8th
Hoch took pictures of cabin-
Orders to pack and move to houses-
After supper-order rescinded-
Hope read Dewy's San Fran. speech to Mac, Okie, Grathwol and I
Had usual Feed.
Cliff Hope from his book: I replied to several more letters from my parents. They had sent copies of a number of speeches, including some given by Roosevelt. I shared these with Winsor, Gross, Kahner, and whoever else expressed an interest. There seemed to be a general apathy in the camp about the election back in the States. Most who cared at all favored Dewey, but only a few talked about it.
Thomas_E._Dewey
1944
In the general election campaign, Dewey crusaded against the alleged inefficiencies, corruption and Communist influences in incumbent President Roosevelt's New Deal programs, but mostly avoided military and foreign policy debates. Dewey had considered including the conspiracy theory that Roosevelt knew about the attack on Pearl Harbor beforehand and allowed it to happen and to say: "... and instead of being re-elected he should be impeached."[citation needed] The allegation would have suggested the then-secret fact that the U.S. had broken the Purple code still in use by the Japanese military. Dewey eventually yielded to Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall's urging not to touch this topic.[62] Dewey lost the election on November 7, 1944, to President Roosevelt. He had polled 45.9% of the popular vote compared to Roosevelt's 53.4%, a stronger showing against FDR than any previous Republican opponent. In the Electoral College, Roosevelt defeated Dewey by a margin of 432 to 99.
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