The Daily Alaska Empire

WHITES BACK HOME AFTER SIX WEEKS TOUR, CONVENTION

Alkert White and wife, Mrs. Margaret E. White, Republican National Committeewoman from Alaska, returned home to Juneau on the Princess Louise after an absence of six weeks in which they visited San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City and spent 10 days in Philadelphia. They returned west via the Canadian Rockies to Vancouver.

White states that as far as the Alaska opposition contest, headed by R. E. Robertson and Cash Cole of Juneau and John Clawson of Anchorage, was concerned, the National Committee required only 10 minutes to dispose of it and the same time was occupied by the Credentials committee in making a decision favorable "to our delegation."

"The regular Republican Party of Alaska," said White, "was composed of a delegation of Henry Benson, of Juneau, J. C. Morris of Anchorage, Mrs. Jane Dorsh of Fairbanks, W. W. Laws of Nome, Senator Gunnar Engelbreath of Anchorage, Hal Johnson of Skagway, E. E. Engstrom and Mrs. L. C. Gill, both of Juneau.

National Committeeman, E. A. Rasmussen and Mrs. White, were also in attendance. All had the pleasure of nearly an hour's visit with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey."

Mrs. White was guest of honor at many social functions including one by Mrs. Worthington Scranton, of Scranton, Pa., at Strawberry Mansion; Joseph Pew, millionaire oil man, Carrol Reece, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Senator Mason Owelett of Philadelphia and Gov. Warren of California and others.

Commenting on the Republican convention, White said: "We are greatly pleased with the nominees and I predict an overwhelming victory. Gov. Dewey will make the greatest house cleaning in the Federal government the country has ever seen.

"I have been honored several times in my life but the best was at Philadelphia. In 1944 I was connected with Dewey's preconvention campaign for his nomination at Chicago and again at Philadelphia I was in the preconvention headquarters with nine others, eight from New York State. I was the only outsider. I consider this a great honor, a representative from Alaska chosen on the managers lineup. Herbert Brownell, Russell Sprague and Edward Jackele were prominent in the campaign work for Dewey. I have never seen such cooperation. Gov. Dewey made a big sweep in New York state and he will do the same in the government when elected.

It is my opinion Dewey will make a great President and he and Gov. Warren will carry every state west of the Mississippi."