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FOR RELEASE: TUESDAY PM's October 22, 1968

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REMARKS VICE PRESIDENT HUBERT H. HUMPHREY AIRPORT RALLY , October 22, 1968

I say we can win this election ••• and I've come to Texas to prove it.

Texas is great Democrat country.

I am proud to have the support of two great Texas Democrats

Governor and Senator .

We have won a lot ofbattles together in the past ••• and with your help we Democrats are going to win this one.

And I am deeply proud to have another great Texas Democrat in my corner.

You know who I am talking about -- Lyndon Baines Johnson -- a

for it • • • and achieved it. * * * There ar.e two weeks left in this campaign.

It's time we focused on the central issue: Who can the American people trust to lead this country for the next four years.

Can we trust each other as people?

My Republican opponent has made two decisions in this campaign which speak directly to this crucial issue of trust.

First, he decided who shouh.l be his vice presidential running mate -- the man who would be a heart-beat from the Presidency itself in this nuclear age.

And Mr. Nixon chose Spiro T. Agnew -- a so-called "Urban Expert" who says "when you've seen one slum you've seen them all" ••• a man who says he can't wait to try out his "new-found expertise" in foreign policy. Page 2

I think my Republican 9pponent played fast and loose with the security of this nation.

Mr. Nixon then made a second decision. He decided to say nothing else for the rest of the campaign.

He's been on vacation -- and I say the White House is no place for a vacationer. What'll he do? ••• turn off the hot line two days a week while he rests up?

He has refused to speak out on any vital issues.

He has refused to debate -- even though I offered to buy time on national television.

He has stayed in the shadows -- stayed off the issues -- and relied instead on a massive advertising campaign, staged TV shows, balloons and confetti.

I say this is no way to run for President.

The people ••• to trust you ••• have to know where you stand.

I tell you where I stand: M y Presidency will be an Open Pl.-ea.;d P-n..: y

• and Active Presidency:

•-a Presidency that overcomes the gap between Americans living in cities and towns, and government in far-o££ Washington;

--A Presidency that enables each American to feel that he is an important part of the democratic process ••• despite our bigness;

--A Presidency responsive to the people • • • not just at the end of a long chain of bureaucracy ••. but directly.

For the real strength of America is not in Washington. It is in the people ••• in what they can do for themselves.

There is a lot your federal government~ do -- not to you, but with you.

Congressman , when he was Mayor or Dallas, demonstrated how a progressive city can work with the federal government to clean up slums. Page 3

Your transportation facilities ••• your first-class highways and expressways ••• your airport and your plans for an even more modern one -- are a product of that kind of federal-local partnership.

Yes, it has cost half a billion federal dollars. I say it was worth it. is And I say the Trinity River Development Project/worth the investment, too.

I am for it.

It Will mean more jobs ••• more prosperity ••• more gr~h for our private economy ! •• more opportunity.

Now the Republicans are a gainst that sort of thing. They call it government spending.

I call it an investment -- an investment that will be repaid both in dollars and in human dignity and new strength for America.

And that is thf>' cl Hfe1·euce hE'!twcen mysp}f and Mr. Nixon. and

I want to invest directly in the people of this country. Mr. Nixon prefers to let things "trickle down" from whatever profits his fdends in big business are able to make.

And let me tell you: Under the last Republican Administration -- the one M r. Nixon was a part of -- they didn't make many.

The economy was stagnant.

Unemployment was up.

Jobs were down.

Profits were down.

And this nation's needs were ignored.

M r. Nixon does not believe he can trust anyone but his close little g roup of Republican managers.

I trust the people.

And they can trust me: Page 4 divisions --to heal the hatreds and ~l:rb.$ among us;

--to reaffirm the basic decency of spirit which lies within us as people.

--to reassert this nation's moral leadership in a world that desparately seeks that leadership.

--to tell a new generation that what we have is good ••• that it is worth saving • • • that the dream of their parents is IJitill a worthy dream.

I do not have a massive advertising budget. I do not have a multi-million dollar TV blitz. I only have you •

• • • millions of people against millions of dollars.

Let's break through M r. Nixon's smokescreen.

And let's b1·eak thrv ngh to a. N e w D::~y fnr thf'l Ame1·ican people.

I asl, your help .

# # # # # #20 REMARKS OF HUBERT H. HUMPHREY 1 LOVE FIELD I DALLAS I TEXAS october 22, 1968

VICE PRESIDENT HUMPHREY: Thank you. (Cries of "We want Humphrey.") Thank you. Thank yo11. By the way, if you think you want Humphrey, let me tell you, T-·. umphrey wants you. (Applause.) Governor, thank :r ror your welcome once again. Thank you, Senator, all the members . - J. :~e congressional delegation that are here with us today. I r-:· ·· :;Jc> rticularly honored to be in the area, the congressional distr i~t of Earle Cabell and Gra~am Purcell, nice to see my old friend, H~ary Gensales, who is always here with me, always helping me, and, Henry, you know what they say, they say siempre con Homphrey. Is that all right? Arriba, okay? And I am very honored once again to have the privilege of being in the company of and having the generous support of Jim Wright, the great congressman over in Fort Worth. (Applause.) We are so happy with Bob Poage and Olin Teague, with Ray Ho!::e!:t~ .:l.li'.l th~ 0th~ 1"S w.hw [AlT.:·.;; -:d:!. YJ<;;-2 1 ~ ~Ju.ck.i~l'j •.,:i tL ·e,~ ,. f:l':Q J.i:ay } just take a moment to thank. the band, that wonderful band, that just played the Minnesota Rouser (applause) , the Bishop College band. I want to tell them something. I wish that band had been u~ in Minnesota last wee~e ~:J , because the Dallas Cowboys took the Minnesota Vikings (applause) , you took the Minnesota Vikings 20 t:o 7. Now listen, you owe me something. (Laughter). Having defeated us on the football field, I want you to defeat the Republicans by the same score. (Applause.) Well, we have much to talk about here today. By the way, Texas has been mighty good to me today, we have had a great turnout of peGple. I agree with ralph Yarborough, this is one of the finest and one of the largest airport rallies that I have ever seen, and besides that it is one with great enthusiasm. (Sound of plane.) That is just an0ther Democrat coming in wanting to get in o ~ the meeting here. There are quite a few of them coming in. Those are some that the Republicans drove away a while ago. They are former Republicans and now they decided to fly safely and they are going Democratic all the way. (Applause.) Ladies and gentlemen, we have got a great fight on our hanes . I remember when there was once a Democrat who was called the Happy Warrior, and I want you to know that from here on out that for these two weeks that are left in this campaign, that we are going to carry out a campaign of vigor, of vitality, of enthusiasm, of spirit that is going to sweep away these Republican cobwebs, and we are going to send Mr. Nixon back to his law practice up in New York. (Applause.) All over America, all over this country, people are rallying to our banner. I wish you could have been with me just yesterday in New York City, last we~k up in Connecticut, out in , Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio; wherever we have been, the crowds get a little bigger, the enthusiasm is a little more, the attention is a little better, the polls get a little better, but let me tell you -- (applause) -- let me tell you the best Pole of them all. He is a fellow by the rame of Ed Muskie, my running mate . (Ap{Dlause • ) You know, the Republican candidate has made two decisions that you ought to be interested in. The first decision that he made was who would be his running mate,and may I say that is the mos t vital decision that any man makes when he seeks the office of 2

presidency, and he decided to take on a man as his running mate who I believe does not compare with the quality of the man that is on the Democratic ticket. (Applause.) The second decision of the Republican candidate was that he just wasn't going to talk. He was going to have parades, he was going to have parties, he was going to have sort of setup interviews. Whenever the crowd got a little loud, he would go inside. Whenever the cruv:d · nside was a little small, he would come 7 outside, but he won't t c:' :. ' .. :'le won't talk on the issues. I have had to call him Richar6.. ·.·:;, :·Hlent because he just won't talk. (Applause.) I will say this : ·.:nat Mr. Nixon has been mighty good for the balloon business. There never has been quite so many balloons. He has floated more balloons and fewer ideas than any candidate in modern history. (Applause.) He has had more parades and fewer programs than any candidate in modern history. And he has had more television time and more advertising than any candidate in modern history. But I will tell you what is going to happen to him. He is going to have too few votes on November the 5th. (Applause.) I am going to depend on you to see that this comes through. Let me mention just a few things to you. First of all, I want my good friend C0 nry~ e ~s~an Cabell to know that as a former fellow mayor I am very, ver.J much pleased with his accomplishments in Congress, for the wc~dexful t ~ 1ings that he has been able to do here during his service as mayor and as congressman for this great city of Dallas. He was able to start the rebuilding of the city, to make it one of the most modern cities in America. You have here transportatien facilities, first class highways and expressways, your airport, and your plans for an even more modern one are the product, are the product of what I want to see for the future, the product of cooperation, of partnership between a Federal Government that wants to work with you and a local government that wants to be a partner with the Federal Government. Now, I know -- (applause)-- I know that this costs money, and I know this is a sort of thing that the Republican candidates can blink at. But I want to remind you of something, there is a great program here that is authorized, that is going to mean jobs, that is going to mean new prosperity for this area, that is going to mean growth, it is going to mean more private enterprise, it is going to mean more private business, and I refer to the Trinity­ River development project. Now back in 1962, the governor of this state, Governor John Connelly, seeking then the governorship of the State of Texas, came to this city and he said that he was for the Trinity River development project. He stood squarely for it. His Republican opponent, he didn't know. He ~'las like the present Republican nominee, he was kind of for it but, and it ended up he was against it and how die we find out about it? The governor, Governor Connelly, then candidate, was able to debate his Republican opponent, and out of that debate came the truth, and out of that debate came the election of Governor Connelly of Texas and out of that debate, my friends, came a good Democratic victory. (Applause.) So I have been trying to get Mr. Nixon to debate me. I would like to find out what he thinks about some of these projects. I would like to smoke him out, I would like to get him out from under the sagebrush. I would like to get him out from behind the shadows of these hills. I would like Mr. Nixon to come out 3

say what he is for. I know he wants to get elected, but I want to know if he is for the people. I want to know if he is for this Trinity River project. I want to know if he is for the development of our cities. I want to know if he is for these job training programs. I want to knew where Mr. Nixon stands. I know where he sits, but I want to know where he stands. (Applause.) I want to know, for

God and indivisible, it must be, and it must be liberty and it must have justice but it must have liberty and justice for all. That is what we stand for in this nation. Thank you. (Applause.) REMARKS

VICE PRlES I D'ENT

A I RPORT RALLY

DALLAS, TEXAS

OCTOBER 22, 1968

I say we can win this election ... and I've come to Texas to prove it.

Texas is great Democrat country.

I am proud to have the support of two great Texas Democrats ...

Governor John Connally and Senator Ralph Yarborough.

We have won a lot of battles together in the past. .. and with your help we Democrats are going to win this one.

And I am deeply proud to have another great Texas Democrat in my corner. - 2 -

You know who I am talking about-- Lyndon Baines Johnson -- a President who hasn't just talked about progress, but who has worked for it .. and achieved it.

Ca

My Republican opponent has made wo decisions 1n thi which speak directly to this crucial issue of trust.

( ~ e decided who should be his vice Presidential running

.__..... --the man who would be a heart-beat from the Presidency itself in this nuclear age.

And Mr. Nixon chose Spiro T. Agnew-- a so-called "Urban Expertrt who says "when you've seen one slum you've seen them all" •.. a man who says he can't wait to try out his "new-found expertise" in foreign policy. - 3 -

I think my Republican opponent played fast and loose with

the security of this nation.

Mr. Nixon then mad; a second dV?!:e deci~d to sa~-,..- __ noth ing for the rest of the campaign. ~}_.,( S:. .;e

for a vacationer. What'

He has refused to speak out on any vital issues.

He has refused to debate -- even though I offered to buy time on national television.

He has stayed in the shadows --stayed off the issues --and

relied instead on a massive advertising campaign, staged TV shows, baloons

and confetti.

I say this is no way to run for President.

The people ... to trust you ... have to know where you stand. - 4-

I tell you where I stand: My Presidency will be an Open

Presidency ... and Active Presidency:

--a Presidency that overcomes the gap between Americans living in cities and towns, and government in far-off Washington;

--A Presidency that enables each American to feel that he is an important part of the democratic process ... despite our bigness;

--A Presidency responsive to the people ... not just at the end of a long chain of bureaucracy ... but directly.

For the real strength of America is not in Washington. It is in the people ... in what they can do for themselves.

There is a lot your federal government can do -- not~ you, but 1-yo~. ~~ "Congressman Earle Cabell, when he was Mayor of Dallas, demonstrated how a progressive city can work with the federal government to clean u~slums_ ..fa~~~ Ct-1--y t> and expressways ... your airport and your plans for an even more modern

one-- are a product of that kind of federal-local partnership. - L Yes, it Aas cost half a billion federal dg!lars. I say it was worth it. -rP.- And I say the Trinity River Development Project is woe: the investment, too. ( 14 (.),.. _,f ( I am for it. ..._~.. 11[" ~ ...t p hJtwill mean more jobs ... more prosperity ... more growth for our private economy ... more opportunity•

~Now the Republicans are against that sort of t~ing. They call it

government spending v @ ( I call ~ a~nvestm:t-- an investment that will be repaid both m dollars and in human dignity and new strength for America. - 6 -

I want to invest directly in the people of this country•

Mr. Nixon prefers to let things "trickle down'' t*am wgibwor p; ofits tfis

..,.._The economy was stagnant LUnemployment was up.

J...Jebs were down,.

• - 7 -

--to reassert this nation's moral leadership in a world that de spa ratel y seeks that I eadersh ip.

-- to tell a new generation that what we have is good ... that it is worth saving ... that the dream of their parents is still a worthy dream.

I do not have a massive advertising budget I do not have a multi-million dollar TV blitz. I only have you .

. . . millions of people against millions of dollars.

Let's break through Mr. Nixon's smokescreen.

And let's break through to a New Day for the American poople.

I ask your help.

# ' f --·-~ - NJ

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-- c THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

October 20, 1968

FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT

FROM: John Stewart

SUBJECT: DALLAS SPEECH

In deference to this highly conservative area, we have

cut the attacks on Nixon and Wallace and substituted a

section on federal support for local initiative.

Congressman Jim Wright recommended this approach. This text will be release~ Dallas.

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~· · REMARKS

VICE PRES I DENT HUBERT HUMPHREY

AIRPORT RALLY

DALLAS, TEXAS

OCTOBER 22, 1968 •

I say we can win this election ... and I've come to Texas to

prove It. • Texas is great Democrat country. • I am proud to have the support of two great Texas Democrats ...

Governor John Connally and Senator Ralph Yarborough.

We have won a lot of battles together In the past ... and with your help we Democrats are going to win this one.

And I am deeply proud to have another great Texas Democrat in my corner. •

• -2 -

You know who I am talking about -- Lyndon Baines Johnson -­ a President who hasn't just talked about progress, but who has worked for it ... and achieved it.

* * There are two weeks left in this campaign. It's time we focused on the central issue: Who can the American people trust to lead this country for the next four years. Can we trust each other as people? My Republican opponent has made two decisions in this campaign which speak directly to this crucial issue of trust. First, he decided who should be his vice Presidential running mate --the man who would be a heart-beat from the Presidency itself in this nuclear age.

And Mr. Nixon chose Spiro T. Agnew --a so-called ''Urban Expert" who says 'when you've seen one slum you've seen them all" ... a man who says he can't wait to try out his "new-found expertise" in foreign policy. - 3 -

I think my Republ lean opponent played fast and loose with the security of this nation.

Mr. Nixon then made a second decision. He decided to say nothing else for the rest of the campaign.

He's been on vacation -- and I say the White House is no place for a vacationer. What 'II he do? ... turn off the hot line two days a week wh lie he rests up?

He has refused to speak out on any vital issues.

He has refused to debate --even though I offered to buy time on national televls ion.

He has stayed in the shadows --stayed off the Issues --and relied

Instead on a massive advertising campaign, staged TV shows , baloons and confetti.

I say this is no way to run for President.

The people ... to trust you ... have to know where you stand. - 4- ~r Jr..,": My Presidency will be an Open Presi

--a P sidency that Dvercomes the gap between Americans living in cities and to ns, and government in far-off Washington; --A Presid cy that enables each American to feel that he is an important part of e democratic process ... despite our bigness; --A Presidency r ponsive to the people ... not just at the end of

For the real strength of A erica is not in Washington. It is in the people .•. in what they can do r themselves. There is a lot your federal gover ent can do --not to you, but with you. Congressman Earle Cabell, when he wa ayor of Dallas, demonstrated how a progressive city can work with the federal g vernment to clean up slums. - 5 -

Your transportation facilities ... your first-class highways and expressways ... your airport and your plans for an even more modern one --are a product of that kind of federal-local partnership. Yes, it has cost half a billion federal dollars. I say it was worth it. And I jlJ the Trinity Rixer Development Project is worth the t..:;r- -ttt - ~. Investment, too.(!!!Lmean more jobs ... more prosperity ... more growth for our private economy ... more opportunity. Now the Republicans are against that sort of thing. They call it government spending. I call it an investment -- an investment that will be repaid both in dollars and in humcn dignity and new strength for America. " ., 5 ;ts "'- - And say it's worth ev rY penny. is saying behind e scenes In this election. - 6 -

Humphrey wants to give a black man a job. He

wants to ·ve a Span ish-surnamed -American a job.

And it ill be ~r job.

Hu mphr wants to go too fast.

Let me tell ou something:

Yes, I want t give a black man a job.

in this country to have a job.

--black, white, d, green, or yellow --and with a booming

Democratic economy they ill.

Can the recession -ri en Republicans make that statement?

In the 1950's we had thr e job-killing, profit-killing recessions.

And those three Republica recessions were color-blind ... black and white workers were out on th sidewalk.

Let's not fool ourselves: When someone gets a job who didn't have one before ... when somebody ge education or training who didn't have it before -- all of us benefit.

We lift the country. - 7 -

e create new tax-paying citizens. Then, we get real real justice. hat's more, we do what is right. Yes: want to change things. I want to change them for the better. Some Arne leans have been left waiting outside for more than a 100 years. It's t e they had their chance. I say this cou n ry does not have to be torn and divided. We don't have to ate each other. We can build this c untry together --just as we . built the buildings of mortar and ste in our great cities. I say: Now is the timet stand up for .America --because there is no greater country in Now is the time for everyon who cares to join hands in this country ... to stand up against rae sm ... to stand up against suspicion and hate ... to stand up a ainst those who want to stop this country's journey into the futu r . / Mr~ Ni"tlltJ ~s ~,; let,'i!AJ'C- Ac. c:•t -}Jk~ 4115 '"ftnt&- 11ft lu s· Clue. lrt /e. lfl'fllfJI ·" ~lAIIi,._ ltfAit"f_,,, I~~ J . 8 ::z:_ tt~est 1k- ;--.,1.& · 1.!!!-~ c. .,..,,.1114 : say now Is the time to start trusting one ano our journey more than 200 ye s ago.

1th the idea that one man

... that people possesse om and goodness to govern

come to a new moment of crisis in that jo ey.

--to heal the hatreds and divisions among us;

--to reaffirm the basic decency of spirit which lies within us as people.

--to reassert this nation's moral leadership in a world that desparately seeks that leadersh lp.

-- -to tell a new generation that what we have is good ... that it is worth saving ... that the dream of their parents is still a worthy dream. ~ . .. - 9 -

Ti is is work fgc Wi al Ls.

1 seek to wm k thrett~~ u~~ PtaeiteeM

I do not have a massive advertising budget. I do not have a

multi-million dollar TV blitz. I only have you .

. . . millions of people against millions of dollars.

Let's break through Mr. Nixon's smokescreen.

And let's break through to a New Day for the American people.

I ask your help.

# # # - t3ASIC TE)(AS R/-\LLV SPEECH"""

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-- Standard

I say we can win this election ... and I' ve come to Texas to prove it

Texas is great Democrat country. I am proud to have the support of two great Texas Democrats .. . Governor John Conn ally and Senator Ralph Yarborough . We have won a lot of battles together in the past ... and with your help we Democrats are going to win this one. A nd I'm deeply proud to have another great Texas De mocrat in my corner. You know who I am talking about - a President who hasn't ' just talked about progress, but who has wo rked for it. . , (L N · * * * - 2 -

Th ere are two weel's left in this campaign.

It 's ti me we focused on the centra l issue: ho can t11e

Am er ican pe ople trust to lead this country for th e next four ye ars .

Can we trust eac h other as people ?

My Repu blican opponent has made two dec isions in this campaign which spealc di rectly to this cruc ial issue of trust

Fi rst , he dec ided who should be his vi ce Presidential running mate --the man who would be a heart-b eat from the Presiden cy itself in this nucl ear age .

An d Mr. Nixon chose Spi ro T. Agnew -- a so-called "Urban Expert''. who says 'when you 've see n one slum you 've seen th em all" ... a man who says he can 't wait to try out his "n ew-found expertise" in foreign pol icy.

I thin!< my Republican opponent played fast and loose with the security of this nat ion. - 3 -

Mr. Nixon then made a second decision. He dec ided to

say nothing else for the rest of the campaign .

He's been on vacat ion --and I say the White House is no pl ace for a vacationer. What 'll he do ? ... turn off the hot line two

days a week while he rests up ?

He has refused to spea l/ out on any vita l issues . He has refused to debate -- even though I offered to buy ti me

on nationa l televis ion .

He has stayed in tt1e shadows -- st ayed off the issu es -- and reli ed in stead on a mass ive advert ising campa I ign staged TV shows I baloon s an d confett i.

I say this is no way to ru n fo r Pres ide nt. ~tXX enow wi 1y 1~11 . ~~ i x~n wen 't d@bete . H4Y 's af l c~ i d tl1 at ti ·H~ pet)f)1e~ wi f1::ti nEI eut wlter e he stands . -

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I pledge this today• My Pfsidency ldll be an Open Prsidency) '.. ~ fAllk'tw.,"?J :

- - a Presidency that overcomes the 4ner e~~ing gap between in cities ard towns, and g vernmt .... t in l'fashington;--

_ - A Pes idency that enables e~ American to feel that he is an important part of the democ-ratic nflocess ... desp:Lte our bigness;

--a Presidency responsive to the people •.•

not jut at the end of a lo~g chain of bureacucracy •.• but directly.

~ or t t e real strength of America · s not

i s in the people . . • I~HH~~~~~~~~~ what they can do f or themselves.

Tiere i~ a lot y ur federal governrr1ent can but with you ••. 1 Congressman ~ le Cabell- l'lhen h'l€.was Mayor

of Dalfs demonstrated hol'l a progressive city can wo-rk ~d th

the federal govenrment to clean up slums~ Bftrimbu

Your transportation facilities ... your f irst-class high·;-mys anJ e.tpressways ... your airport and y~ " plans for an eve more modern one--are a product of that kind of /federal-local partnersh ip.LYes, it~st half a ,.billion ;# federal dollars. I say it was wo r th it. And I say the Trinity River Development Project is worth the investment, too. It will me an m are jobs .•• more prosperity ... more groKth or our private econorny •.. nore opportuni ty . Now the Repu icans are a~a i ns t that sort of thing. They call it governT!! tnt speutin o- .

I c all it an investment --an investm nt that 1vi 11 bE repaid ~o th in dollars and in Luma1 !. d i r; ni ty and new strength f or Amt r.ica. mmn.:m.n I s :-ty i t 's wnrth Where do you stand on Medi are? You used to call it a soci alist scheme.

Wh at about aid to education? You broke a tie vote in the

Sen ate against federal aid to educ ·ion in 1960. Wtlat about Head Start and t e Bi -I ingual Education Act? What about the Peace Co rps Do you sti II th in!r its a haven fo r draft dodgers?

Wh at about that treaty agai t nuclear testing we no IV have in the books. Is it still the "cru hoax" you used to think it was? Are you against the passage of the treaty to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of tl 1e Nassers a d the Ca stros of the world because you think that's a ''cruel hoax '', t o?

Where do you stand on Vi et am, Mr. Ni xon ? When are you going to rev ea l your secret plan? Or is Mr. Agnew right .. . was the whole thing a'ploy"? • - 5 -

Th ere is another fellow in this race besides Richard the

Silent ... Geo rge the Loud.

George Wallace dishes out some mighty tougl1 talk about law

and ord er ... and then he claims to be the friend of the wo rl'ingman.

If it weren 't so serious, it would be ridiculous.

Law and Order : Geo rge 'all ace couldn't prov ide it in Alabama.

He had the highe st murder r te in the country.

And l1i s program fo r law and order in the country is to run over

people he doesn't I ike with his car.

AL1d as fo r the work in people in George Wallace's Alabama

... th ey make the third low st wages in th e country.

He was a union-busti g Governor ... and you know it.

And mothers, Alaba a doesn ~t spend that six per cent sales

tax on education ... it has tl1e second lowest per pupil expenditures

for education ... bl acl< an white ... of any state in the country. ,-- ,

}'\' w-~ · ; ' - ~ (_ : J./] /(. L # '- I ~ / .' ... ( '- ~ • ~ ' . - I I "' 'J .,- l - ... \.•-...... ~ " - 6 -

Arne riea d~t't 11eetfyeur¥GI Ff!eflieine, MF."'\1\fflllt~t:e. I know what the opposition is saying behind the scenes~4.,~ .

They say "l aw and order" but they re ally mean blacl< and whit e.

Th ey say: Hurnpl rey wants to give a black man a job . He

wants to give a Spanish -surnamed-American a job.

And it will be your job.

Humphrey wants to go too fast.

Let me tell you something:

Ye s, I want to give a black man a job .

I want everybody in this count y to have a job .

-- bl aclc , white , red, green , or yel low .

Let 's not fool ou rse lves : When someone gets a job who didn't

have one before . .. wt1en somebody gets education or tra ining who didn 't have it before -- all of us benet it.

We lift the country. - 7 -

We crea e new tax-paying citizens . Then , we get real

And what's mo re , we do what is rig ITt.

Yes: I want to change things. I want to cl1ange tllem fo r

th e better. So me Americans have been le'ft waiting outside fo r more th an

a 100 years . It's ti me they had their ch ance . I say this country does no · l1ave to be to rn and divid ed .

We don 't have to hate each othe r.

We can buil d this country together -- just as we built the

railroads ... just as we built our highways ... just as we built

the buildings of mortar and stee l in our great cities. to I say: Now is the time/st and up fo r Amer ica .• -~ fA--t.~ k1, A..,

I ~• /( \..-{ Now is the time for everyone who cares to join hands in this

country ... to stand up aga in st racism .. . to stand up aga in st supicion to and hate ... to st and up aga inst those who went /stop thi s co untry 's

jou rney into the futu re .

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We began our journey more than 200 years ago.

We came to this country burning with the idea that one man

was as good as anot11er ... t t1at was was wrong could be made right

. .. that pea le possessed the bas ic wisdom and goodness to govern

t l1 emse lves without conflict.

Now we come to a new moment of cr isis in that jour ney . We are called:

-- to hea l the hatreds and divisions among us;

-- to reaffirm the bas ic decency of spir it wh icll lies with in us as peop le.

-- to re asser( t11i s nation 's mora l leaders hip in a wor ld

that desparate ly see l/s th at leadershi p.

-- to tell a new generation th at what we have is good ... that it

is wo rth sav ing . . . tt1 at tt1 e drea m of th eir pare nts is stil l a worthy drea m. ' ·- 9 -

This is worlc for all of us.

I seek to work through tl1e Presidency of the . I do not have a massive advert ising budget. I do not have a

multi-million dollar TV blitz. I only l1ave you

.. . millions of peop le age~ inst millions of dollars .

Let's break th ough Mr. Nixon's smokescreen.

And let 's breal< through to a New Day for the Amer ican peop le. I as I/ your !1elp.

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