senator robert a. taft of ohio represented the wing of the party that continued to oppose new deal reforms and continued to champion non-interventionism. governor thomas e. dewey of new york, represented the northeastern wing of the party. dewey did not reject the new deal programs, but demanded more efficiency, more support for economic growth and less corruption. he was more willing than taft to support britain in 1939–1940. after the war the isolationists wing strenuously opposed the united nations and was half-hearted in opposition to world communism.