The Archive · 1940

Mr. Thomas Dewey Backs Isolationist View U.S, Must Mind Her Own Business, Seek Peace

New York, Jan. 21.

The United States must mind her own business but search also for an opportunity to help effect a peace, Mr. Thomas E. Dewey, District Attorney and possible Republican candidate for the Presidential elections this year, said yesterday.

In his first discussion of foreign affairs as a Presidential candidate, Mr. Dewey assailed President Roosevelt's administration, asserting that American citizens are "entitled to remain free from abuse by those temporarily in power."—United Press.

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