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Journal entry November 8th Wednesday



Nov 8 Election rumors-Pauling, Ryan etc. claim Dewey in lead 0900
B.B.C. states that Dewey concedes election to Roosevelt. Hope sad but Gross is downright dejected. Oh well, maybe F.D.won't last for a 5th term. Chopped wood after Hope & Chuck sawed off logs with electric saw.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt


Thomas E. Dewey
The Republicans nominated Thomas E. Dewey, the governor of New York, who had a reputation as a liberal in his party. The opposition accused Roosevelt and his administration of domestic corruption, bureaucratic inefficiency, tolerance of Communism, and military blunders. Labor unions, which had grown rapidly in the war, fully supported Roosevelt. Roosevelt and Truman won the 1944 election by a comfortable margin, defeating Dewey and his running mate John W. Bricker with 53.4% of the popular vote and 432 out of the 531 electoral votes.[325] The president campaigned in favor of a strong United Nations, so his victory symbolized support for the nation's future participation in the international community.

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