Tom Dewey went to Washington last week. Officially, he was responding to an invitation from Harry Truman to report on his trip through the Far East. After Dewey's car had made two wrong turns finding the entrance, he entered the White House for the second time in his life,* spent 40 minutes with the President, and pronounced it "a very pleasant talk."
His statesman's chore done, it became obvious that Tom Dewey was also on urgent political business. He rushed up to Capitol Hill, got a quick lunch and a round of political handshakes, then headed for the office of Pennsylvania's...