POLITICAL NOTES: Back to Albany

After 17 days of golf and rest in Arizona sunshine, Tom Dewey returned last week to his job in Albany. He had gained five pounds and his tanned jowls showed it. Newsmen pressed him with questions about his future. Would he run in 1950 for a third term as governor of New York? Dewey smiled, reminded the reporters that he had answered that question the day after election. He had said then "I have no such plans." Now he added: "I will let you know if I change my mind."

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