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