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Awaiting him was the Republican Party which had quoted a challenging phrase from Lincoln in its platform: "We must think anew and act anew."
In the hall for the first time since the convention opened, Tom Dewey declared: "I come to you unfettered by a single obligation or promise to any living person." He referred to the convention as "an honorable contest" and warmly praised his adversaries. "We are a united party," he said. "Our nation stands tragically in need of that same unity."
* Dewey is a comeback man. He was beaten for governor in 1938, won in 1942 and 1946. He was beaten for the presidential nomination in 1940, won it in 1944. He was beaten in the presidential election in 1944. Coming up: 1948.