Dewey's Cabinet?

I'm working on a TL where Thomas Dewey wins the 1948 election and I was wondering who might be in his cabinet. I've already got John Foster Dulles as the Secretary of State, but who else might be in his cabinet?
 

Wolfpaw

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J. Edgar Hoover was promised Attorney General, while Clyde Tolson would take over as Director of the FBI. Hoover would then be given the first spot to open on the Supreme Court.
 

Japhy

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J. Edgar Hoover was promised Attorney General, while Clyde Tolson would take over as Director of the FBI. Hoover would then be given the first spot to open on the Supreme Court.

You know I hear that thrown around every time this sort of thing comes up, and while it seems completely plausible to me, I've never read it anywhere off this site. You happen to have a source for me to show non-believers?'

Also, its worth mentioning that Dulles would have been Secretary of State, and there was a lot of talk that Forrestal could have stayed on as Secretary of Defense, Dewey wanted it. Of course that requires him not starting his circling of the drain/hospital window.
 

Wolfpaw

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You know I hear that thrown around every time this sort of thing comes up, and while it seems completely plausible to me, I've never read it anywhere off this site. You happen to have a source for me to show non-believers?'

Also, its worth mentioning that Dulles would have been Secretary of State, and there was a lot of talk that Forrestal could have stayed on as Secretary of Defense, Dewey wanted it. Of course that requires him not starting his circling of the drain/hospital window.
Curt Gentry's excellent biography J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets mentions it.

I am frankly skeptical of either Dewey or Dulles' ability to handle the Berlin blockade. Stalin would have no respect whatsoever for either the jumped-up mob-buster or the sanctimonious WASP that once upon a time did business with Hitler (Stalin didn't like it when others did that). Joe may not have iked Truman, but he took him seriously. The D&D Duo? Probably not.
 
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Japhy

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Curt Gentry's excellent biography J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets mentions it.

I am frankly skeptical of either Dewey or Dulles' ability to handle the Berlin blockade.

I would honestly say that the Blockade has to be delayed for Dewey to have much of a chance. The Crisis and Truman's brilliant handling of it did alot to restore his credibility. Of course with those two and Forrestal (Not being exposed as a Dewey partisan in the cabinet delays his eventual breakdown, but doesn't change the underlying problems of Nuclear Apocalyptic Millennialism and Stress-related breakdown) in the Cabinet there's little chance that if a similar crisis happens like IOTL, that they wont respond with some level of military action...

And thanks for the title, I'll have to look into it.
 
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