All week long, Philadelphia felt the big Dewey blitz. The big three of Tom Dewey's strategy board plowed through the city like an armored column, outflanking wavering delegates, riding down opponents' claims. Wherever a delegate turned he found Ed Jaeckle, Russ Sprague or Herb Brownell—talking, arguing, cajoling, hammering home the Dewey line: get on the bandwagon before it's too late.
Twice a day Herb Brownell summoned newsmen into Room 816 of the Bellevue-Stratford to report new gains. One morning it was 25 more first-ballot-votes for Dewey. That afternoon it was the full 16-man...
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