Thomas E Dewey murdered

I read that a section of organized crime wanted Dewey dead but were talked out of it. WI either there had been less consultation of the advice had been ignored?

Does this strengthen or weaken JE Hoover?

Who do Republicans run in 1944 and 1948?
 

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If Dewey gets murdered then the police and even the FBI turn on the Mafia. The Mafia didn't kill him because it would bring the Mafia more trouble then it was worth.
 
I read that a section of organized crime wanted Dewey dead but were talked out of it. WI either there had been less consultation of the advice had been ignored?

Does this strengthen or weaken JE Hoover?

Who do Republicans run in 1944 and 1948?

The GOP nominates Robert Taft, who is defeated both times.
 
It wouldn't have been the Mafia that killed Thomas Dewey, it would have been Dutch Schultz, a non-Italian bootlegger who Dewey prosecuted. Schultz wanted to kill Dewey, and was planning to do so, when the Mafia had him killed, to prevent him from killing Dewey, and to take out a major non-Italian crime kingpin. He did convict "Lucky" Luciano, but even then Luciano just moved his operations to Cuba, rather than going back to Sicily.

If Dewey is killed by Schultz, then this is going to bring all kinds of heat. The hunt against La Cosa Nostra might start very early, and could make for some interesting politics during WWII, if the Mafia helped the Allies in Sicily as much as some histories would have us believe.
 
I read that a section of organized crime wanted Dewey dead but were talked out of it. WI either there had been less consultation of the advice had been ignored?

Does this strengthen or weaken JE Hoover?

Who do Republicans run in 1944 and 1948?

Hoover's strengthened a bit. Taft or Stassen in '44 & '48. Dems win both elections.
 
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