Rem a r k s of S o n n to r {t~ ; b e r t H • Hu mph r e y Penn Sque r e Re ad ing , 'Pa . Octobe r 15, 1964

Sena tor Humphrey . Th a nk you very much . Th a nk you . Th a nk you, my friends .

All right . Th a nk yo u . Congr essma n Rh odes , l ad i es a nd gentl e me n, my good young friends, may I suggest th a t you just hold up th 2. t enthusia sm .

Congr e ssma n Rhodus, memb e rs of th o Cou nty Committee, the fin e a nd good peopl e of Reading, Pennsylv a nia -- ( App l a us e ) -­ Sena tor Joseph Cl a rk, who hns boo n her o with you today to s po~ k to you ~ nd my d i s tinguished colloa guo in tho Senate , a nd m ~y I add a n ow member of th e United St a t os Se n a te , if you go to L\J or k on ~JcJ v em b o r 3 r d , Go n o v i o v o 8 l 2 t t • :',J o a r e v o r y ·. ploasod to soo you, Gonevi ov o . ( Ap pla use )

I am pa rticul ~ rly h3ppy to como t o tho District of ono of th o mo s t ,bl o a nd dod icatod mom bors of th o Ho us o of Ropr osonta tiv os . I h ~ v o kn ow n your Congressman for many yea r s in Was hington, Rnd I h3 VO n evo r known him to do a nything o l so but to servo 2 n d servo ~ n d serv o th o constituents of his d i strict with fi de lity , wi th onorgy , with a bility , a nd with r esults .

And I a m ol onsod to be hero on th o pl a tform t oday to a sk th o poop l o of this groat 3 r oa of Pennsy lv a nia to once aga in giv e th eir v ot o of confidence to a f a ithful , honor a bl e , off octivo momb or of Congr ess , your own Congressman George Rh odes . ( ~pp l a uso)

And who n yo~ Rr o do ing tha t, 2nd whe n you a ro do ing tha t, m2 y I a l so suggost th a t you koop in mind the necessity of ha ving in th o Un ited States So n2 t o somoon o tha t will dedica t e he r lifo to the pr ogrossi vo p rinci pl es of govo rnmont, th o s oun d p rinci p l ~s of gov ornm Gn t, of th e Ko nn ody -Joh nson Ad min­ i strati on , a nd I know tha t you a r o going to do tha t by sending to tho Unit ed St3to s Sen3 t o ono of th o most oxp o ri onc od , ono of tho most trusted, a nd on e of tho most t a l ont od pub l ic servants in tho hi s tory of Ponnsylv~ ni n , and tha t i s your own Gonov i ovo Bla tt, demo cra tic c a nd i date for tho Unitod St a t es Senate . ( Apo l a us:J )

Now , . my doar fri e nd s, this is a wonderfu l a udionco a nd I a m e t e rna ll y g r a t Gful to you . I want t o tha nk my young fri on ds t od~ y a nd ask for th e ir cooporat i on . ~o lov o to soe our young pnopl o wi th us . I a m v o ry fon d of them. gft or a ll , I h a vo ~ houseful of thorn, a nd I think I 8 pprociato th e ir cnthusi ~s m 2nd t hoir on orgy . But I think tho timo ha s com o in thi s c?mpnign , may I say quit o hon os tl y , when we ncod to havo somo v e ry ser ious d i sc ussion of issues . Wo a lso nood t o t ake into considor~t i on our groa t rosponsibility as citizens of thi s Republic on o lection d2 y .

So I say t o my youngo r fr i onds how gra t oful wo a r o f o r the ir pr esonc o ond I ask them to do a civic service , not only in thi s ga th oring but in th o wooks ahoad .

I as k th osu young fri e n ds that ~ r o ho r e t o go to th oir r espoctiv o homos a nd to t a lk with their pa r e nts a nd to talk Re a ding , PL:l . - 2 -

with th e ir brothers a nd siste rs who ma y be of voting a ge . And I a sk them to a p point th ems e lves a s a committee of on o , a committe e of 8no , t o s a fegu a r d tho institution of Ame rica n de mocr a cy in tho homo of A mcric ~ which, by tho wa y , is tho ba ckbon e , is tho strength of this gr o3 t Republic .

Now, y our p ~ r o nts m ~ ny times hs v o a dvised a nd couns e led you, just a s I h ~ v o ,dvi sod a nd counse l e d my thr oe sons a nd da ught e r . I would like to s oy tha t this is your cha nce

How ma ny ~ f us r oo liz o tha t in th o l a st election in this country in 1960 , tho pr e si de nti a l ol octi on, less tha n two­ thir ds of th o A m ~ ric a n vot e rs oligiblo to vote took tim e out on e lecti on day to think of their gov e rnm e nt, to think of their country, o nd to a ct ono wa y o r a noth er . Of course, we a ll ha v e our point of vi ew a s to how we woul d lik e th o ol o cti c n t o c omo out but I think it i s e qua lly important th a t wo ha v e a n e xpr e s s i on' not jus t of a f ew of tho Ame rica n peopl e , not just of 60 po rc ont, but tha t wo ha ve a n express i on of every e l igible votor in ~ m e ric a .

So I sa y t o my y oung fri e nds , if tho 1\ o;:J ub li c. ·of Itc.ly coul d c ~ st 93 pe rc e nt of th o t ot a l e l e ctora l vot e on th o pa rt of its od ult citiznns in th o most rece nt e lection in Ita ly, if Fr anc o coul d c c. st 90 pe rc e nt of a ll of its eligible vot e s , if th o S c a n da n a vi ~ n countries c2 n cas t 95 po rc ont of a ll of th e ir oligiblo vot es , if in Be lgium thoy ca n ca st 87 pe rcent of a ll of th oir e lig ibl e vote rs, th e n I a sk my fri ends of tho United St a t es of America , 8nd I ask my young fri e nds in p~ rticul o r , wha t i s wr ong in thi s gr oo t Republic of ours who r e wo e njoy mo r o fr ocdom, whor e wo e nj oy mor o pros pority, whor e wo onjoy mor e of th 2 blessings of lif o , wh a t is wrong with us wh on only 63 pe rce nt of th o tcta l oloctor a t o in 1960 in th a t gr oa t ol o ction botwoon Pr e si de nt Konno dy a n d Vic e­ Pr e si de nt Nixon , whn t was wr ong with Amorica th on wh e n wo wore so sl a ck , whon we wo ro so limited in our politica l expression?

So , my doa r y oung fri e nds, as n fri e nd of young pooplo , a nd I a m ot orno lly gr a t e ful f o r your ho l p e nd your onthusi a sm , your s milos , yc ur idealis m, your pop , wil l you t o ke somo of this homo with yo u new ? Will you c onta ct your mother a nd your f a the r 3n c y our ne ighbor s a nd sa y th ~ t if they ca n do it in It a ly, if th e y c3n do i t in Fr a nc o , a nd I pr edict th a t to day in Gr oa t Brita in wh or o th oy ~ r e ho l d ing a gr eat no tional e l e ction tha t n ot l oss th? n 85 t o 90 po rc ont of tho vot e rs of Brita in will turn out t o th o poll s , if th oy con do it in Norwa y , in Sw ede n, in D8 nm a rk, in Ho lla nd , in Corm any , in Belgium , f o r not in a s ingl e =ountry doos l o s s tha n 85 porc ont of th ~ tota l e l e ctor a t e turn o ut , why ca n ' t we do it in i\mericc ?

Ma k e it your business t o b o a good citiz e n . Got you r pa r e nts, my fri e nds , to sta n d up a n d be count ed one wa y or th o othe r on e l e ction day f or y our futur o . Wha t do you s a y , young mon a nd wom e n? ( ~pp l a uso)

,'\11 ri ght. I th c nk yo u . i\JmtJ l ot mo t:-dk to you a litt l e bit a bout wha t I think 3 r o somo of th o gr oat issue s in this c 2mpa ign . We h ~ v o gotte n to o poi nt in th o e l e ction process wh or e tho ~ meric Q n pe opl e a r o ontitlod to know wh o r o wo stond on foreign policy , fiscal policy , domestic economic po lic y , Reading, Po . - 3 -

wh o r o wo stand in torms of th o futur o of thi s R0 public .

Lot mo start by s~ying thnt we liv o in tho gr ea t est l ond in tho wo rl d a nd o vo rybo dy knows it . That is not 2 parti­ s a n qu o·.'tion. Both c :J ndirJa t os for th o office of Pr esidency know th8 t .

~ n 1 l e t mo s t a rt ~ l so by say ing thot I do not contest tho p~tr :,; .: ' 1 or th o duvo tion t o this country on tho port of either can di dn t o .

1'.J o h ::: v o r.l i f f e r o n c o s o f v i o l'J s , s h 3 r p d i f f or o n c o s o f vi ows , a nd I think ~o ou ght to t 3 lk a bout thorn .

On o of th o things th~t I hove notod is o substnntial number of poop l o w h o call thomso l vos a n d 2ro Republica ns th a t thi s yoa r have indicated they o r o going to voto f or Pr osidont Lyndon Johnson . And I think the question moy bo as ked why .

Th ey a rc n 0 t running away from thoir Party , no t a t a ll . Th ey f oo l their Po.rty h;c;s run mv:Jy from tho rn . .'i ncl may I arid tha t one of tho -- ( ~ppl2 u so ) -- o nd m2 y I odd th :J t this fo oling goes acr oss this l and .

Croat n owsp~p~ r s th~t have l ong s u ppor t orl ~opublican c o n d i d~ to s f or Pr osidon t nr o thi s year sup~o rting a Democratic ca ndi da t e . Th e NoQ York Herald Tribun o , Lif o m~ga zin o , tho Satur day ~voning Post , just to mention throe , but m ~ny mo r e , a ll across thi s l 2nd , in your o~n s t ate of Ponnsy lv nnia , nowsn?po r a th ~ t tr~diti~n~lly , consistently h:J v o s uppo rtej Ropubl icon candidates t his yo~r sny no . Thi s yoor thoy say " L'le aro going to support President J oh nson . "

A n ~ I think the nns~o r is q uit e sim~ l c . The standard be a r e r of tho Republ ican Pa rty in this campaign has not f ollowed t he Rep ubl ican po licy .

Tho 1980 pl 2 tf orm had 25 specific commitme nt s on th o p~ rt of the Ropublicnn pl 2 tf orm, 25 i ssues , 25 c om mitments , 25 points th, t wo r e l ~id d~w n in th8 Rooublicon pl a tform, and oach of thorn brought up for ~t v oto in th o Congress of th e United St a t es , a nd on nll 25 , tho Senator from Arizon a v otod no .

On a ll 25 tho :Son~tor f r om Illinois , So n ~ tor Dirkse n , th e R~pub li c~n l oado r in tho Sena to, ho votod 18 time s y es .

On th~s o 25 the Sonot or from M2ssnch usotts, tho distingui sh­ ed So nator So ltonsta ll, on o Jf tho truly groa t mon of tho S0 na t o , tho l oado r of th o RcJutlica n Confe r e nce, ho vot ed 2 0 times yos •

Tho So n, tor from ~r izon o voted 25 times no .

Th o s~ n oto r from Californi~ , th o seco nd mon in comm 2 n d of th o Republican Pa rty in tho So no t e , Se na tor Thom as Kuchol , ono of the most o nli~ht o n od a n d ab l e men of o ur coun try, a nd I s a y it i n California to my Jemoc r a t s just as I say it in Ponnsylv~nic bocousc o g~od mon dcso rv os pr Ai se , S= na tor Th omos Kucho l voted 25 times yos for his pl a tform of t he Ropublico n Party . But th o So no tor from ~ rizon o vo t od 25 timos ..

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no .

T h c S c n CJ t o r f r o m ,", r i z o n '1 s G y s t h u t rn r • f< u c h c l , t h o R~pub l ic n n 3u n n t~r fr om C~liforni ~ , is nn ex tr em ist • But whot c nn ho sn y n baut So n ~ tor Di r ksen who nomi n a t ed him? ~ h 2 t con ho s2y about So n ~ tor Hickonloopor who was one of hi s s trong s u ppo rt or s 7

Tho Se na tor from low ~ , cons e rv a tive Republican, Se na tor Hickonloopor , voted 17 timns for hi s norublica n pl atform . Th o Se n ntor fr om ~ rizona vot ed 25 times no .

/\ n d , 1 ::tr.li o s c. n C: go n t 1 n r.1 em , t h i s i s wh y t h o us on cl s , y o o millions , of Ropub li c~ns th ~t l ovo thoir Pnrty, th ~ t '1 r o going to como b~ 1 ck -.nd L'Jor:~ i n the ir P::-.rty , th ;J t most lik r.Jly ag3i n L'J ill no vDr s up port anothor DCJmo cr 3 tic candidate, hut ·;those · Rorublicnn s hcvo loft th o stundn r d bo,r or of th e ir Party , th o Ropub lic ~ n Pa rty ta~ , y, boc~uso th a t stondo r ~ bo a r or docs not r opr osont ro s~ onsiblo, r espon s ible mi ~d l o - of -t ho - ro ad , moder a t o , con structiv G, co nscrvo tiv o f\ opu1J lic2 nis m. llo r op r csonts a new br an~ of ~ mo ric o n r adicalism , nnd it i s being r ep udi o t ed throughout tho l ~ n d bc c o uso tho r o i s no room for it . ( ~pp l o use )

Now lot me give you s om e spe cific e vi denc e . Thi s gr oa t co mmu nity of Rending , Po nn sy lv ~nio , h2s thr oe e l de rly hous ing p r~j c cts t a ho l r g iv e bo tt or docent homos o n~ housing to peopl e that oro our soniar citizons, o l dn rly ho using , 2 prog r ~m spon so r eJ in tho Congr oss , bipn rtison, not jus t Democra tic, bipa rti s a n .

Th oso thr oe ol do rly housing oroj octs of Rosjing which moo n so much to thi s community coulJ hove n nv e r boo n built if you .:c:pondo::i on tho vot o of th e Rep ub lica n St a n da r d Be a r e r to Qay . Ho voted no .

Ho voted no on urb'd.i.i ··. r Gno•.'Ja l . Ho votod n o on issue a fter issuo .

Your ri i stingui s hod R 0 ~ub lic o n Gov e rnor in this St a t e serv ed in Con g r Gss fr om 1960 to 1962, Governor Scra nton , Ro pub lic0n , whn ho~ some v ery , vory t ough things to say o bout Mr . Gold~ o tor. -- bu t I shr ll not r~pc n t wha t ho sa i d because it t•ms 3en c:- tor Golc!~u ::--. tcr L'Jho s::-1 id " By your votes you can jurJg e us , n ot by our t o l k ing . "

5o nator Goldw? t or s~ i d tha t on Ma y 26 , 1964, a n d I a groo with him .

I think th a t vou do judge poorl o by their votos . I think you cJ o ju c!QO th Or.l not o nly by LVOr ds ,nd by the printed ma torin l th2 t they put o ut in , c nm ooign . I think you judgo mo n L'J h o h 2 v o so r v o r' in th o Con g r o s s , L'J h o h 'J v o servo d in go v or n­ munt , by their do;:;ds and ll y their votes , o ne evG ryb ody is entit l ed to t oke his position .

In the Congress we vot e aye or nn y , yos or no .

Now , li s t on to thi s . Cavo rnor Scra nton whon Congressma n from 1960 to 1962 -- t ake th ~t t wo wear period -- Aro a Rode v e lopmo nt, which has me nnt so much to Ponnsylvanio , Rending, Pa. - 5 -

thousands of jobs, Scranton voted yes. Goldwntor voted no .

The Housing Act of 1961, middle income housing, elderly hou,sing, college dornitory housing f or your students, public housing for underprivileged, Scranton voted yes, Goldwater voted no .

The Mnnpmrer Devel oplilent and Training J.ct of 1961 to train the wor kers that \vere the victins of nutotntion or the change of industrial patterns, workers t hat had l ost their jobs through no fnul t of their own, -vrorkers that needed new skills, and the Manpower Training Act has been c. ver y effective Act. It hasn't cost a dine. It has produced revenue. It has produced wealth.

On that issue Scranton as Congressman voted yes. Goldwater voted no.

The Social Security Act . Oh, Mr . Goldwater says those Democrats are trying t o make it l ook like I m:1 against Social Security. You shall know them by their votes said Mr. Goldwater . By our votes you can judge us .

Well, Senator Goldwater in 1961 when we ru ~en ded the Social Security Act, when we increased its benefits, when we increased its coverage, Governor Scranton, Republican of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, voted yes . Senator Goldwater voted no .

This is the record, and it goes down the line. I n recent years the Republican Standard Bearer voted no on higher education, voted no on the Economic Opportunity Act, voted no on the Anti- Poverty Progrru~, voted no on the Pence Corps, listen t o this. Not only did he vot e no on the Pence Corps which is the greatest develop~1ent of our foreign policy since the Marshall Plan which put our young people, the true voice and : -: inage of America, out around this world and every country in the world has praised the Peace Corps, every free country, as one of the gr eatest devel opnents of .ADerican life .

What did ~tr . Goldwater call it? A haven f or beatniks . A haven f or beat- niks.

But 1aore i1.1portantly, I c an forgive a nan for Lnking a phrase, naking soue little statement that gets the headlines, but ho-vr did he vote on the Peace Corps? And how did he vote on the Arus Control Agency? He voted no .

How did he vote on the Alliance f or Progress f or the help of our friends in Latin .Anerican? As he said, the uenace is C01:1!..1unislCI . How does he vote on the ... great progrru.Js t o fight cotJlaunism? He votes no.

I subDit that t he record nust be studied . How did he vote on sustaining the United Nations which is one of the great hopes of 1r1ankind for peace, the United Nations that serves j_n peacekeeping functions thoughout the world. The Senator frou Arizona voted no.

So, ladies and gentlenen, all that I can say is that if you 1.vant an .Alaerica. that repudiates the United Nntions, if you want an .Al;1erica that will cut back or jeopardize SociaJ._ Security, if you want an .Al:terica in which there is no interest in housing f or the elderly, if you want an Ane rica in which you don't care for workers, if you want an .A1:1erico. in -vrhich education is down­ graded, all you have got t o do in thi s election_, if that is the kind of .A.r:1erica you want, is t o vote f or the Senator frou Arizona .

But if you -vrant an Auerica, 1:1Y fellow .Al:J.ericans, where we put a premiun on education, where we are trying t o g ive our young people the best chance in the world to nake sonething out of their lives, if you want an Anerica where we do s61;1ething about the elderly and that we talk about theu and work for then, f or their dignity and their security, if you want an Al:terica -vrhere we care for the afflicted and the sick, if you want an Anerica where we train wor kers f or productive work, if you want an Anerica where j obs o.re increasing, wher e wealth is increasing, if you want an !u:1erico. that pursues relentlessly the path of peace, then I say keep what you have got and you go o.head and back Lyndon B. J ohnson and the Denocratic Party. (Applause )

Now, friends, ny dear friends, uost every canpo.ign ends up in a flurry of .. I '

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vindictive. How unfortu.11o.te. The .fuaerican people want t o know what of the future? It isn 't enough just t o look o.t the yesterdo.ys . It isn't enough even to be concerned with t oday.

I see in this o.udience, this greo.t flow of o.udience o.nd people here, I sec hundreds of young people , o.nd I wo.nt t o say t o the 1:1others o.nd fathers tho.t o.re gather ed here, you ho.d better no.ke sure tho.t in the office of President you have o. nan who is r esponsible o.nd not irr esponsibl e , a u.un who is steady and not i npetuous, o.nd c,bove all you ho.d b etter 1.1ake sure that .Anerica reuo.ins strong, strong f or the purpose of one objective -- peace strong so tho.t we n ight secure the pence .

Mo.ke sure that .Auerico. is just because if J',.nerica stands for anything in this world t oday, it stands f or justice, social justice.

This is the COlJEtitnent of our r eligion. This is the cot:Jnitwent of our country. This is the co1:-1ni tuent of our f or efathers .

.1\.nd this Senator t lmt stands before you todo.y says that it is not weo.lmess t o pursue peace . It to.l ~ es c ouro.ge . It is not cowardice to be f or conpassion . It tak6s ·~ ·stn ength.

And I >-mnt t o so.y that I ho.ve never considered co.re for the unfortunate, the o.fflicted o.nd t he sick o.s s ocialisn. I consider it good decent honest .Al:1erico.ni sn . (.Appl o.use )

And nay I add as one who ho.s gr own up in o. fanily business, and as I l e ok. up and down this street I see one thriving enterprise after another, .Ar.1erico. is not o.s r ich and o.s strong as these r etail establishnents, inportant as they are . .f\..,l:lerica i s as r i ch and a s strong as its people at vTOrk, in the constructive iuportance of euploYJ,lent, as investiilent of our businessuen and nanageuent of our enterprises .

1 We are o.ll in this t ogether. ~-Tc have got a great prosperity. Let s naintain it .

I saw the nonling' s newspaper that t old ue that .1\.ner ica ' s prosperity had increased another $8,soo,ooo,ooo this l ast quarter. Every month it is better, and this is not by o.ccident . It is because a governnent and a people , a friendly go verm:~ent has wor ked with i ndustry. It is because of the tax cut tho.t Mr. Goldwater voted against. It is b ecause of area redevel op­ uent that Mr. Gold-vmter v oted ago.inst. It is because of foreign aid that Mr. Goldwater voted against.

It is b ecause you have in the vlhi te House today a President that encouro.ges .Al:1e rican enterprise and doesn 't discourage it, s oneone that says 1 to .An.erica l e t' s nove f orward, l e t 1 s do our best, let s try to overcone our problens and let's nake possibl e opportunities .

I appeal t o this a udience between now and Novenber 3rd t o study this r ecord. I ask every citizen in this gr eat asse. .1 bly t oday t o be o. good .Al1erican, fulfill your politico.l r e sponsibilities, cast your vote .

I hope and pro.y t hat you will see possible t o cast your vote for Genevieve Blntt for the Senate, f or G eorge Rhodes,for the Congr ess - ­ (Applause ) -- and I hope and pray that you -vrill be able t o see fit to cast your vote for a 1.10.n t ho.t lm.s had 30 years of honor abl e public service i n our governnent, frora congressnan to senator to Vice-President to President.

I hope that you uake this election o. r esounding tribute t o a Dan who is working every hour of t he day f or a better Anerica, o. nore peaceful world, and o. nore just society, Lyndon B. J ohnson, Pre sident of the United States . (Applause )

II=#=#=#=/I# Re~:m.d:s of Senat or Hubert H. Hul:1phrey Central Park J ohnstown, Po. . October 15, 198+

Seno. t or Huuphrey. Thank you. Thank you very, very uuc h.

I u nderstand there nay be a little coupetition her e between St. Vincent 's and St . Francis, is that r ight? (Applause )

Well, I an sinply delighted tC' be here today in this great, wonderful city of .~Johnstown, and I au very honor ed to have been i ntr oduc ed by the gentlenan that is going to be the next Congressraan, the Deuocratic Congr essr:mn, fron t!-lis, the 22nd Di strict of Pennsylvania, Jones McCaffrey. Also >fe have on this platforn a gentlemn I don't believe 1-ms introduced, so let ne be the introducer. He is the Congressional Candidate, that is, the De1.1ocro.tic Congressional Candidate fron the 12th District, fron over in Sonerset County, Paul Stephens . Wher e is Paul? (Applause )

And you have all met befor e Jaany tines your wonderful public servant here in the State of Pennsylvania, a lady that has honor ed her state by service beyond the call of duty, and I ask ny good friend and our candidate on the Deuocratic ticket for the Unit ed States Senate, Genevieve Blatt t o stand and take another bow .

Now, if you will just transl ate all of that enthusiasu into votes, we have r eally got this thing nade .

And with this gr oup today is your distinguished Senator, Denocratic Senator, froL'l Pennsylvania, uy good friend, J oe Clark. J oe,,stand up and take a bow. (Applause )

J.Ed Mayor Thorapkins, nay I again personally tlnnk you f or the rJ.edallion that you were so kind as to gi vc to ne . I shall cherish this as a nemento of this canpaign, but nor e i nportantly, I shall keep it in r enerabrance of the hospitality and the kindness of your Ci ty, the .; c. : ·­ generous reception, the 1mn:1 reception that lns been given to ue as I cone t o this great industrial connunity of J ohnstown, P ennsylvania .

Mayor Thoupkins, I was one e r:1ayor of Minneapolis . I always said it was the best j ob I ever had, the hardest job, and they tell ne that this is your first teru. Are you going to have sone experiences ! (Laughter)

Well, I want t o say hovr honored I was at the airport t o have the privilege of neeting a very dear and f ine lady who has given all to her country . She gave her son, the vrinner of the highest honor of our governnent, the Congressional Medal of Honor. And I want this l ovely lady t o stand and be recognized, Mrs . St!.W.nk of y our own couuunity. (Applause)

And I t old here that she l ooke d just exactly as ny grandr~1other did, who I loved very nuch, and I can't pay a nicer conplir;rent t o any WOIIJD.n tlnn that. (Applause )

I just f eel like I ru:r in northern Minuesoto.. I cone up here and see all these fine vrorker s in the steel nills. I gather there are a fe¥1 Sl ovenio.ns here, a few Sl ovru~s and Czechs and Poles and a few others . It is like in Minnesota, I s ee al uost as ;;mny Denocrats up t here as I see here. Oh, that nukes ne feel good . Do you all feel Denocratic out there today? (Applause)

I understru1d when J ohn Kennedy, our beloved President, when he was here in 196o, he nade quite a speech. I u nderstand that when he wa s here he called it Jolmson City. Well, he was right . H e is a prophet . It is going to be Lyndon J olmson City cone Nove1:1ber 3rd. (Applause )

As I say, I can plainly see you folks know just what to do and you look happy. You l ook healthy. You look like you are just going to vote the straight De1;rocratic ticket fron top t o botton and whenever in doubt, that is the thing to do . (Applause ) Johnstown, Pa. - 2 -

Now, Mr. Mayor, the nedallion that you gave 1ae connenotated the sur­ vivors -- first of all, the 75t\ I should say, ·an:.:.iversary of the great J ohnstown Flood and the survivors of that flood. Hell, l et 1::1e say that J ohnstown bad: in 1889 nay have been in a situation wher e a flood could have destroyed it and token hundreds, yea, thousands of lives, but I wish to say now that J ohnst own is flood free, free fron floods, and one of the r easons it is is because you have had a goverruaent tnnt cared about you, a Federal GovernLlent that worked with your state gover ru1ent, a goverru1ent that cared about you and it cared about you under a Denocratic Adninistration, and today J ohnstown is flood free . (Applause )

I an happy t o say that a telegron that I have been waiting for just came in. You know, you have to be pretty ninbl e on your f eet in this car1paign business because once in awhile a uessage doesn 1 t get through to you on tine . But I have a nessage her e, Washington, D. C., and it t ells us a st ory that I think you w ould like to h~ar ,

This telegran cane in yesterday . I t was supposed to have been given to ne pronptly when I got of f the plm1e. But here it is.

It says, 11 I endorse wholeheartedly and unqualifiedly for the Congress the Honorable J anes E. lVIcCo.ffrey and Paul A. Stephens . I wish t hen the best and they have 1.1y sincere good wishes . Lyndon B. J ohnson . 11 (Applause )

Well, now, boys, you have got that endorsenent . All you have got to do is go to work and all you good voters, all you have to do now is t o e l ect then and I thiruc you ar e .going to do it .

Today in the fevr nonents that we have her e I want to discuss with you seriously the issues in this conpaign.

I n less then three weeks, in f act, in about t wo and a half weeks, t he Anerican people are going to uake a decision, a vital decision, about t heir future.

I have heard nany people taU: about t he gane of politics . Sone people would have you believe that it is sort of like baseball or football . It is not a gane . Politics in a denocracy is the nost serious business of our ti1ae. Politics in a free country requires careful attention by the citi zenry. Pol itics in a denocra y requires an inforned citizenry if that . · •·· politics is to be worthy of a free people .

Every place I have been in these r ecent days I have tried to r enind our people of our civic and public duty as citizens of this, the gr Gatest country on the face of the earth. Anerica is not as strong as its banks or its industries. I t isn 1 t even as strong as its arnies or its defense establish­ nent . Aner ica is as strong as its people. It is people inter est ed in their country, in their gover ru::1ent . I t is people educated and healthy and com1i tted to the proposition of hw:nn dignity and p olitical freedon.

Now, l adies and gentlenen, this country was established on the principle of po:9ular sovereignty. vlhat do we nean by t hat? We nean that ultinately t he powers of goverru:1ent nust co1:1e fron the people . Goverruaent by the consent of the governed.

Li-nc ol n put it 11 Governnent o:l! the p0ople, by the people, and f or the people . 11 I f you want governnent for the people, if you want a goverru:1ent that is interested in the people, if you want a gover m1ent that is concerned a b:mt the people, if you want a goverru:1ent tlnt serves the people, then t he people nust take an interest in that governnent . ( Applause)

And that, ny friends, neans that on el ection day, that you perf or n your duty,- r: . not only your privilege but your duty t o vote .

Isn 1 t i t a pity that in the gr eatest free country in the world we have the 1m-rest voting percentage of eligible voters. No ot her free country in the world has as l ow a percentage of the eligible voters go to t he ballot box as in Anerica, a country that is rich, a countr y tllat God Alnighty has showered his blessine;s upon, a country that has the responsibility f or Johnstown) Po.. - 3 - leadership in the Free \.J'orld) a country that is the hope of the world .

Yet this country) ny f e llm-r Anericans) in the last election) a great election for the future of the 1mrld) this country h::td less than two-thir

Italy) 93 percent in the last election. France) 90 percent. The British l·"ill vote today in their national election) and I will vmger thc.:c over 85 percent of the eligible voters in Britain will go t ·) the ballot box. The Scandana.vian c om1tries) over 90 percent. BclgiwJ) Holland) any co·ili1try that you can think of j_n Europe) about 90 percent of the eligible voters o.g2 21 or over go to vote.

But here '-fe are in JuJerica where 1:1ore people can grjpe about govcnment than any other place) whe:-e uore people couplain at tines about govermJe~t . Yet in this great country, one out of every three voters stays hone o.nd says "I don't care ."

Now) ny friends) i f you don't ca.re) who -vrill care? I think we oughc to nuke this election the greatest outpouring of voters that the vrorld lns ever known . I think ve ought to tell the cmJl.mnist world tho.-: we knm-~ ho•:r to be free) and I tbink 1re o·ught to t ell the Free \Jorld that we kno·.r hm.- to exercise our duties and our p ~ 'ivileges of' citizenshj_p ) and therefore) :r -)j)::. ..L to every boy and girl in this audience to tell their daddy) to tell tlv;;ir uOIJlJY) to tell their granC.fo.therJ to tell their grandnother) to tell their brother and sister 21 yem·s of age o.nd over) I ask every little boy o.nd t;irl) I ask every young nun and >voua.n under 21 to go to their parents and sa.y, "Do ne o. favor) will you? Be a good ci ti7.en on election da.y."

Election do.y ought -:jo be known as Citizenship Day. \rJe ought -l:.n "1 -· , ,~~ its title. \rle ought to deternine then who are tl"):: good citizens .

Oh) I want you to vote for ny ticl<:et, but I think it is nore inporta.nt that you vote. I think t be inporta.nt thing is tlut -vre be good citizens and don't you take anything for granted) you people the.t say that Lyndon J ohnson is going to vin . I think he is going to -vrin. I think President Johnson deserves to win.

I thin.k thnt vrhen John Kennedy selected President J olmson 2.s ~1is ;_rico:; Pre .ident) he 1.1ade the greatest decision of his life . He protected tl' -: -"ut''" _ of Al.'lerica . And I say to you -'-hat if Lyndon B. Johnson -vm.s good enou:sh for John Fitzgerald Kennedy as his strong right o.rn he is good enough for you o.nc~ he is good enough for ne . (Applause) .

This City proved it. This great City voted overwhell:1ingly for John Fitzgerald Kennedy . You loved hiu o.s I did. I worked with hiu. I lmo-;-r hin. I knew bin. I knmr ·.:hat happened in fu:-,erico. on that terrible day when h8 vas tal<: en f'ror:t us, and I know that a strong nan rose up . I lmm-r that the fo.i th tho.t J ohn Kennedy put in Lyndon Johnson, that faith was proven to be sound and true because President Lyndon Johnson who cane into office under th0 nost incredible and terrible circmlStancesJ proved hinself to be a r.nn of hw1ility) proved hinself to be a nan of strength) proved hinself to be a 1:nn of exper · ience) proved hinself to be a ne.n who was responsible) and ladies and gentlc..-­ nenJ .- to be President of this c ountry is the nost difficutt ta.sl<: in the world.

You not onl y have to be President of the United States. You have to lead the world. And LJ'l1don J ohnson) President of the Uni ted States of .Al>Ierica.) has proven to be a great President) a good President) a htman Presi-· dent, a working President) and your President . (Applause)

So let 's not let this thing go by default . Don't let a single person stay hone.

You know) in 1:ty state of Minnesot a >-re had an election in 1962. ·' l) 300, 000 votes were cast and the governor in uy state was elected by a nn~ '"'_;_ .' '-- ­ of 91. 91.

Every vote counts . Your vote counts. Make it an intelligent vote. Johnstown, Pa. - 4 -

Now, let ue ask you sonething. Do you want to see the gains, Mr. Worker? And I cone to a city where t he steel industry represents the backbone of the econonic strength of Anerica. And I cone frm:1 a state where the iron or e cones frorJ, wher e the taconite pellets cone fron . I have been in those iron Dines. I have been vrith those st eel w orkers . I know. I have been there .

I know how inportant this industry is, and I lmow what this industry looked l ike in 196o . This City didn't have the enploynent it novr has . Not on your life . And there was r:Jany a not her and nany a father here who wondered where the paycheck was .

You had unenploynent coupensntion. Why? Because you had a President like Franklin DelanooRoosevelt that thought into the future. (Applause )

And let ne say t o ny friends who are uerchants, ny fanily has been in business for 63 years . We still operate a business. I ru1. the head of that little fan ily corporatilion.

I have never kidded nyself for one uinute. That business i r; no better than the custouer s that vmlk in the door . I don 't care how snart you are, hovr r;m,ny nice goods you have . If your workers that are there have no paychecks, you :b..ave no business, and if the farners that cone in don't have any price f or their cor:n1.odity, you don ' t have business .

There isn 't anybody nor e dependent upon the working nan, upon the far ner, upon the school teacher and the clerk and the secretary and the stenographer and nerchant on Main Street . Every one of theu.

So we are in this together, and t hat is what President J ohnson tenches us . He r eni nds u s that we need t o build this country t ogethe r . And vre have. V.T e built a great systen of socio.l security, and if I w ent around this great o.ssenbly today and ash:ed you how Dany of you wo.nt to l o se socio.l s ecurity, you wouldn ' t get one hand .

We knovr hovr i nportant social security is and we intend to 1:1ake it better, not t o weaken it . We intend to iuprove it, not to downgr ade i t .

And what did Mr . Goldwater do vrhen he had a chance? \tlell, dear friends, I vrill j ust give you one or two exauples . You have got a Governor in this State that s erved i n the Congress . He is a Republican .

You have got a Governor that in 1960 to 1962 voted in the Congress.

On the Social Security anendnent in 1961, this Republican Governor vrho now says you ought to vote for Goldwater -- but he didn't say that a few nontbs. ago, you kna-.r. Oh, no . He said Goldwater was wors e than the plague . (Laughter)

But now he says you have got to do tho.t . You have got t o vote f or Goldwater.

Well, tbat is his privilege. I u nderstand . I an a Party uan nyself . I appreciate that.

I b elieve that r eally what Mr. Nixon and Mr. Scranton are doing is not asking you to vote f or G oldwater. They are just out t o pick up the pieces after Goli!.water has literally wrecke d the Republi can Party. (laughter - cries of hurrah, hurrah, hurrah . )

Senat or Hunphrey . Good . G ood. I guess tlnt nust be part of the University of Pi ttsburgh, J ohnstown Branch. (Applause -- l a ughter)

Now, listen to this . Why is it that so Lnny good R epublicans C(c today are going to vote f or President J ohnson? It isn't nornal. They generally don't switch ballots . But they are goi!1g t o 1. and I will tell you w hy . Because Mr . Goldvmter doesn 't vote the 1-ro.y Republicans are expected t o vote . Mr. Goldwat e r doesn't even vot e for his own Party. He o bviously doesn 't vote for John Kennedy's New Frontier prograu. He obviousl y doesn 't support Franklin Roosevelt' s New Deal or Harry Truuan ' s Fair Deal . He condeLms those Jolmstown, Pn . - 5 - progron s as if they wer e consw:n:mte evil . But everybody i n this audience with few exceptions kno\vS that without theu there wouldn't have been any J ohnstown and you know what would be your l ot. You good friends in the l abor novenent, do you want a rmn in t he White House that is against you? (Cries of no fron the audience .)

You good f ol ks under Social Security, do you want that S ocial Security to be weakened or lost? (Cries of no . )

And I ask uy young friends •rho are students, do you vrant your educational structure t o be weakened or destroyed? (Crie s of no. )

Well, if you feel that way, then you had better rnke up your mind that you can't afford t o have in the White House a uan who is opposed to education assist ance, who is doubtful about Social Security, who voted against Social Security. You can't afford to have· ·e. nan in the White Hous e who voted against D.i nir::n.n:1 wages, w ho is again:?:t your or ganized trade union novement , who vot ed against tax reduction t o help these busine ss places on Main Street.

You tell 1..ae what he vot ed for. I will t ell you what he vot ed for . A billion dollars f or Arizona . (Laughter) Oh, yes . He voted f or a one billion dollar proj ect f or Arizona . But when i t caue to California, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, he said, "oh, no, no, no . We haven ' t got any t i me f or you f olks."

You need a ttesident that thinks of the future and will preserve the gains of the past.

You need a president that t hinks and talks well and knew fianklin Delano Roos evelt .

You need a president that was a friend of and supporter of Harry S. Truoan, and you need a president t hat when he was the Senate Maj ority Leader didn't snipe at and didn't 1:mke difficult t he life of President Eisenhower .

You need a president who was the strong right ar n of J ohn Kennedy, and you need a president who today is doing a big job for you, a j ob for the world, a j ob f or every AL1erican, and tlmt President is none other t~nn Lyndon B. J ohnson, President of t he United States . (Applause )

Now, I l eave you with just t his expression of h ope. I say tl~t every­ thing that we talked about, every econonic gain, everything about Social Security and wages, everything about the gener al prosperity which is ours today, all of this can be lost, all of it, if this w orld gets into a war . And we need in the White House sOiileone that understands that the pursuit of peace is not weakness but is strength.

We need soneone in the White House that understands that the peace1mker is the great 1~n and not the little nan.

We need so1:1eone in the White House that understands the use o f p ower and how to r estr ain its use . We need someone in the White House that will try to stop or slow down this dangerous arms: !Dabc, ' nou,..soneone that will speed it up .

We need soneone in t he Whit e House tffi t wi ll unite AEler icans, not divide us, sorueone tlnt will speak to us as citizens, not as C atho ::~.:ln-n-s and Proteetunts and J ews o r white o r c ol or ed .

We need a president that understands Anerica, that l oves America, and t hat ~sl:s us . t o do better every day . . ·:... ). .:· ' - .. ~ '1.-- .....;) And ladies and gentl enen, I know that raan . I w ork with hi1:1 . I have served with hira 16 years in the Senate of the United States . I know what is in his heart . And l et ne say I knmv- that deep down in the hearts of Dany people who carry a Goldwater sign they are going t o vote f or Lyndon B. J ohnson as President of t he United Stat es . (Applause)

Thank you. Renarks of Senator Hubert H. Hunphrey Street Rally Alliquippa, Pa October 15, l9E4

Senator Hunphrey, Thank you very ;_mcll, Genevieve.

You h:now} uy 1300d friends of Beaver County, Genevieve Blatt introduced ne so quicL_ ly that I di

I an siuply delighted to be here today in this great area of Pennsylvania. I an particularly pleased to be here in the conpnny of one of the finest citizens of our nation, one of the 13reatest Denocrats of all tiues, a great Governor of this State, a great Mayor of Pittsburgh, and your own beloved David Laurence, a great uan for your State.

I also want you to know that I insisted that the Mayor of Pittsburgh cone down here too, so he could see so:Je nighty nice people . (Applause) And we have got Joe Barr with us . (Applause)

And I see ny friend, the Congressuan here. I have been in Frank Clark's District so uany tines they got suspicious People thought I vras running for Congress instead of Clo.rk. But I D.il delighted to see i:lY friend Frank, and I want to say to you that you couldn't do better than to re- elect this fine Con13ressuan to represent you in '\.-lashington in the House of Representatives . Frank, stand up here . (Applause)

As I cone through here, I saw an old friend, and I shook his hand, and I want Scott Thoupson to know how good it was to see hin. And I cone walking down the line and two beautiful girls planted a kiss on ny cheek. I like that. (Laughter) (Applause) This is a great town. Then I see these fine bands. (Applause) And I just want to -- oh, we have tlFee bands, of course. I want to conplinent all three of then. (Applause)

Now, ladies and gentle::ten, we have had a biB day and we have had a very wonderful day. Every place has been a generous warn reception, starting out this norning in Reading, Pennsylvania, and then going to Johnstown, Pennsyl­ vania, coning throuc;l1 Houestead, Pennsylvania, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and now out here in this great area of denocracy where they tell ne they have got the best Deuocrats, the finest people in all of Pennsylvania right out here in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. (Applause)

And I vms so pleased to see so uany of you here waiting for us so that we can talk a little politics .

Today I '.;ant to talk to you about your election. We are coning close to a tiue when we nake a decision . This has been sone election . It has been a difficult canpcign. I think it has been different in nany ways tr-..nn any I have ever participated in

First of all, the candidate of the Republican Party doesn't belj_eve in being too uuch of n Republican. He has his own party divided, because his record, surely not a record of supporting the Denocrats, is alnost equally bad in supporting the Republicans.

I think he is rather confortable, however, because those that do follow hin are very, very zealous. Yes. They are very devoted to his candidacy.

The one thint; that I hope, and you can Lnke this hope cone true, is that he will not have a following big enou3h to take away fron every working nan and wonan and every businessnnn on this uain street the great prograus, the progress, vrhich hns been created and developed and built over the last 30 years in the United States of Auerica. (Applause)

The teu:porary :spokes;:lan of the Republican Party is not uerely running against Lyndon Johnson. He is not uerely attacLing o-nr President. He is attacking Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. He is attacking Harry Trunan and the Fair Deal. He is attacking Dwic;ht Eisenhower. He is attacking John F. Aliquippa, Pa . - 2 -

Kennedy.

He is against everybody that has done sonething for you, and I suggest that you keep that in uind on Novenber 3rd, and that is the tiue you can do souething to hiu

Vote no ,,,;1en that ;;m.n' s nane: is on that ballot, and vote yes for Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Hunphrey and Genevieve Blatt . (Applause)

You know, ;.rhen you tell people these days that they could l ose soue of the gains they have nade, soue people say, "Oh, I don't believe that is t r ue . 11 Well, one thing I want to say for the Lnn that heads up the Republican ticl~et this year. I want t o say that he is deteruined to set this country back. He has prouised you that. He tells us of the yesterdays. He tnlh:s about a,ncient history, He condenns every proc;rnn of social progress

He says: for exanple, that we should have e., ti; 1etable to repeal the laws that relate to public welfare, agriculture, education.

He says we should get the Federal Governnent out of these things, lvhich is ,just a nice way of saying to you, Grand.naw, that we are going to get rid of social security, which is a way of saying to the young student, we are going to get r id of national defense education assistance, which is a way of saying to the vrorl:er we are going to get rid of your union

And let ue say to every trade unionist in this cj.ty that the gentleDan fro1.1 Arizona neans exactly ;,rhat he says wh2n he says !1e believes in those so­ called right to worl~ lmvs He ~.le ans he believes in the right to destroy your union and you had better reneuber it. Do you -vrnnt that? (Cries of "no . ")

And u ny I say to uy friends in business, when President Kennedy asked the ConGress of the United States to pass a tax reduction bill to help that store across the street, to help every one of these business places, whether it is Olil~er's, whether it is Culp 's or whether it is the Vot;ue Shop or whoever it night be, every one of then got so;.:e help and ~ o did you.

Remember, wo r ed uc od t ~xos ulev on ond a h2lf mil li on dolL'.rs . ,Jo had tho tax r educt ion for businoss . ''J 8 huvo a tax ro d uctior1 for consumers .

•Jo ho-::1 , t ux r educ ti on for f om ili os . '"Jo h::J.ve a t <:1x reduction for workors, a n ~ evory workor saw his p~y onvelopo . Your w ith holdin~ t 8x is down .

' I h ;J [I t h ;::', t t 3 X D U S 'l r C t i n b i ll LV 2 S ;J U t. t h r 0 U g h 1 i t IJJ 3 S p U t throu Qh for ono pu r pose , to hcl~ ~mor ic 2n onterpriso to oxpand , to hol'l t~ c r o,to now j obs , to holp to cro,to now p urch ~s ing powo r, to help a businessm2n havo o littl e moro profit, to hel p a worker have a littl o moro tako-homo p,y .

Most members of Congress thought it wos a good idea . Th o AF L - C I [) , t h o uJ "' s t e o 1 c r k e r s 9 n d t h o Un i t ,J d r11 i n e '1! o r k or s c. n d t h c To ams t o rs ond a ll of thom 9 th ey said it is n good ideo .

Th o Chambor of Commerce on do r sod it . Th e Notiona l Mcnuf~cturors ~ssoci2 ti on o n d~ rs e1 it . Mos t Republicans vot. od f or it . Pr a ctica lly a ll th o Democrats voto d for it.

Thoy ~i1 nt ed to soo ~mo ric a mo~c 3hcad . Thoy wantod to ho l n Prosidont Konnudy koop his promiso to got ~mo ric o moving forwa r d .

But the vote como in th o Son2te , nnd I c an still hodr it bocauso thut m2n 1 s n2mo fr~m ~ riz o n n comes boforo tho nam o of Hum ?. 11 11 ph r o y , n .-J I can h c cu i t li.J h on t h o y s" i j , Go 1 d LIJ 2 t e r • Ho sai d " No ; 11 "n o . 11 No to ovory busincssmn n, no to avery workor , Aliquippa , Po . - 3 -

not to ovary f n rm c r , no to every w? gc oarnor 1 no to ovary single citize n in this country .

II II Hu s r1 i :! , ~J O 0

~JnLIJ ho is out c ~ m rs igning fer Pr esident, a nd now h0 says , " You kn ow VJhat? I think wo shoul d roduco t axes ."

·! c 11 1 S e n c t or , Con g r :J s s i s o u t . T hc y c 1 o s o d i t u p a f GL\J wooks ago . Th o time to ha vo r od ucod t a xes wa s when you had a ch a nce to r educe th e m.

~ n d ~n o thing I noticed 2 bout th o Senator from Arizona , ho is a lwa ys l ~to . Ho i s ne ver thoro wh e n you nood him . Ho is a lwa ys ba ckwa r ds . ( App l a use )

Now , we hnv o rlo nc pretty well in this country . ThGro was r time tho t :morico w~s pl2guod by dc~ r os sion a nd recession . Thor c wns a time in :ma rie ~ when young ~oop lo like I soc hero tojcy cnuljn ' t look forw a r d to going t o col l ege, to tho univ e rsity .

•Jo lV2 nt thCJs e c!n y s to bo go ne f orcvor . :uo LVc. nt to h2vo n gnvornmont th:t servos th o ~ooplo . ! '! 0 L'J ::'. n t t 0 b e LV i t h Lin c r; l n LV h o s: i :! t h ::1 t this s h o u L I b o a g ovornmont of th o poop l o , by th o peop l e :em.] f or tho ;JO O;Jl c .

Wo boliovo th ~ t 2 gove rnm e nt shou l j 2ct a s tho pa rtner with business a n d with l ~ bor, with young pooo l o ~ nd with ol j pooplo . :lo want a government th ~ t hos concern f or th o unfortunate, th ~ t has c nmp nssi on for th o n oJ~ y . ~o w:nt ~ government th a t w2nts to he l p th o o l ~o rl y 2 nj wo w2nt a Qnvornmont that wants t o soc th ~ t th oro is opportunity for th o young .

Jr; L'Jc: n t cc go v or n m_: n t t h L1 t so o !< s t c ox;. r: n c! t h c /\ mor i c

Now , Qf cnurso , if you w~ nt t ~ g~ bo ck 1 if you would liko to Q~ ~~ck t o the ~~ys ~f tho ~~vor 8~ waa~ n, if you wont t o

go b: c k t ,J t h o c; :-1 y s of t h o o :J :J n s h r:J" 1 i f y o u tv '7J n t t o g o bock to th o d" y s l': h c n th or o LV e1 s 1 itt 1 o or no soc i , 1 pro gr oss in thi s country, you c n n do it .

Th o So n ~tc r fr om ' rizon , s~ys he h~s a iv on you ~ choice. I ' ll s 2 y . Tho choice of th o 20th Ce ntury or tho 19th.

Y ~ u cc n h ~ v o it . Ho gives you n choicu . You can ho vo minimum WDJD l 1ws or n one . You c~n h2vo , union or none . You co n hovo o ~ ro s~orous e conomy or you c o n go into a dup rossion.

Yo u c a n h2 v c o ) r osi~o nt wh o r ~ ttl cs tho sobor, who talks l ouj , who thr o~ t e n s ~oo~ l o , or y~u c2n hnvo , ;.residen t who works for no2 co, who wo rk s t o savo this wo rl d from nuclea r des­ truction .

Lad i os 'J n d ao ntl omon, l ot me toll you tho stakes <:no high in this e l ec tion . io nood ~ orosi do nt tha t unites this country . f'\1 i q U i I] p L1 ' p [l • - 4 -

' 1c need a pr os i:-Jo nt thc t c! oosn 1 t think in t e rm s of s o c t i rm s o r r o iJ i 'J n s . '· J:J n o o d :~ o r r; s i d o n t t h o t u n i t e s u s r a t h o r th <'1 n ri ivi rJr:;s us . ro n oc:cl one t hc:; t i s pr oud of th o poopl o of ~mo ric 2 , th e1 t doosn 1 t t n lk ~ b o ut min oritios ~ s if thoy wo r o evil gr o u ~s in our societ y .

'·Jo n God 0. rl r o s i so n t t h ,, t L'J 2 n t s to hum ::-: n i z o t h o i mmig r a ­ t i o n 1 a L'J s • ·:J o n o c c ~ u n r o s i d o n t t ll o t r o s p o c t s c o 11 o c t i v o bur ga ining 2> nd th o right s of 1 ;-:~bu r . 'Ju n oad c pr os i c!e nt .th :::' t s~y s t o bus iness , gr ow , oxno nd . Y ~ u hovs tho hol p of this go v c r n mo n t . ~:J o r. ~ r o go ing t o g i v o you c: tJ r o u k . lj a 2 r o go i n g t o e nco urogc y ou .

''!8 ncGci '1 r.' r osi clo nt t h:J t sccys t 'J th o yo un g poo plo, you n oo~ ~ n oduc o ti on ond ~ m c ric n i s g oing t 'J sec th :J t you got it be ca use , mo th e r s ::e nd f nt hn r s , l o t m~ sa y t o this gr oa t 2 udionco of fin e ~mo ric ~ n citi z on s , th o f utur o of thi s no tion i s in th o ho nds of our youn g . Th o pnwo r of t hi s n ~ ti o n c n rl tho woo lth of thi s n2 ti on i s in t ho b r ~ in ~owo r of our poo pl o . An d we no o d our y oun g poop l o od uc ot od .

'lc need bo tt or s choo l s mor e of th e m, be tt or univ e rsiti es a nd c oll egos , ma r o of th om , n n' cl t'Jo a r o going t o n oo cl gov CJ rnm ont a t e v e r y l e v e l, f odo r ~ l, s t ~ t o , ~ n d l o c ~ l, t o de its l e ve l be st to s ee t8 it th a t e v e ry boy ~ n d girl in ~ m o ric c: , r e g8 r dloss of income , r og2 r d l oss of r n c o , n o mn tt or who r e the y como from, th ~ t if the y wa nt t o go t o s ch ool, they wi ll ha ve tha t opportunity . ( ;\pp l o u so )

;Je ll , my fri.o n c ~ s , thi s i s L'Jh ::: t LUD =1 r o g oin g to d o . ~J o a r c n ot going t o bo sati s fi ocl ~ it h whnt wo hn vo .

1'Jo h·~ v o QO t m;~n y gccc:! t hi ng3 n OL'.J . ' 1o 2r o t ho riches t nc ti on on t h o f nco of tho un rth . Of c o ur so ,tho Sena t or fr om ,'\ r i z on ., s 2 y s t h :.1 t i s '" 11 "1 n i 11 u s i on . He say s i t i s a p h on y pr os po r .ity .

Jc 11 , I L'J :-:: n t t " t o 11 y o u ::; o mo t h i n g . 1 t m2 y b o p h o n y , bu t uJh8n you IY:vc oot mo ney i n the b::: nk c n cJ you c;'""l n Lv rit o n ch ock, th o c hock is g'Jod . Th or o i s no thing phony c bout thc t .

It mcy be ~ h o n y , my fr i~ n 0s , but th o c ut nmob ilo in rl ustry i s sc llin ~ mo r e c

Th o t i s o v ~ n a lit t ~ e mo no y, mn y I say, t o th o fo l ks in ~ rizon a . (L o ughtc r -- Ap pl a us e )

··.!o e r e ve ry f or t un2. t o . •!o c::co 2 bl os s erJ ;JC o pl c . Jo o r o o ~oop l o , my dea r fri J n js , t h a t hc v o hcJ th o blessings of u 1 divin o !J r o v i c!o n c c . . , n r:! I soy in c: ll r o v c ron c e , t'JO ou ght to be c t 2rn a lly g r n t oful . Much hns boon g iven t o u s , nnd much c a n be ex pe cted of it .

jo nr c n pooo l o t hc:- t have sh~ r cd i n th e bounty of Co d 1 s g o IJ d n o s s • ! 'i CJ ::> r o -~ ;J c o p l c: t h :J. t c r c l'J e ll f o c! . "'I o 21 r o a p o o p l o tha t or e r easonab ly ~e ll ho u se~ . But we kno w the r e c o n be bette r cia y s • .'\ n d t h :1 t i s LV h ~ t LIJ o ;:: r o t c l ki ng c:- bout • '1c L'J21 n t to ma k c sur o tha t ev e ry ~ mcric a n if ho i s willing to work and wa nts to ,

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LVork CDn h"VO 0 job ::tnd C\ fJOOr-J job . ~o wont to bo suro th o t ovory sonior citizen hus n docent plnco in which to live 8n~ hBs propor hospital and medicol core .

;o wont to bo surn th ~ t ovory chil j that is crippled or disoasod wi ll bo cnrod f or .

~o ~~nt to bo sure th ~ t ovory community con h2 vo modern f<'.cilitics .

f nd, 1 ~~ ios e nd gontlcmon , wo c~n h~vo it . ~o hove go t it if L'JO L'Junt to go to twrk to 'JOt it dono . 'lt""3 have built a greot count r y onrJ for gooc~noss se1kGs s lot ' s h2'10 l oGdors th3 t t:! h c-: v o l c; '"'I c! o r s t h a t t o ll u s wo can d o t h o impossible if wo nne~ to do it .

. Jo c:Jn do ~Jny thin g in this count r y thu t VJO put our mind to . /\ 11 ~·Jo noo ~.~ to :Jo is to got the pco;-:; l o on tho job, to got tho job dono , Gnd I l

3 0 y o a r s i n n u b l i c l i f c • 3 0 y o " r s • Ho s t G r t o rJ out L!J i t h young ~ooplo , n toochor in ~ country school . Th en wi th young po oplo 2t uni vc;rsi ty l uvo l. Then 1 conr:Jr~Jssm::lll , thDn c Uni tod Stotos son2tor , then the Mn j ority L cn~or of tho Unitod St a t es Sonnto . And o gru1t Mnj~ rit y Lo1dor . No R o~ub lic on wi ll deny t h"t ho Lvc.s tho best 1vo have over h,C',J .

~ n d thnn o Vico-Prosidont, so l oc t od by whom ?

Voices . J o h n ~< o n n a d y •

:)ono. tor Hun ph roy . J ohn I< onn o ely . 81 os s your hoo rt . John !< o n n o ::! y s o l o c t c cl L y n c! o n J o h ns o n :J s h i s V i co - ~J r e s i d en t . ( ,\ p fJ l v u s o ) i\ n d I L'J ::m t t c s <- y t o t !1 i s '1 u c i o n c o t h -.: t J o h n l< ~m n o dy t h o u g h t of hi s country nvory mi nut e of his lifo . John Konnody as our President thought of his ~ morico whether h o liv ed or d ia d •

.\ n ci ho knoL'J -·s ;Jrosiclont th1t hi-:: job L'Jcs rbngo rous . Ho knOLu th0 t ho l i voc! con s t <1 nt l y unric r tho t !Ho;-t t of some mocl . m:1 n . t\ n cl t h o n o n t h n t c r u o l cJ2, y o f 1\J o vc mb c r 2 2 n rl .-. n u s s ;:-~ s s i n t o o k t h o lifo of our ~ r es i da nt und th o who l e country wep t .

You Luon t ::Jilcl I crier' . '•Jo L'Jondcnod L'.;h-:1t i s goi ng to h0ppen to us . .Jo wo n dorod if our oovornm ont wou l d surv iv e . ~nrl the n L'J o r o ;1 l i z e c1 h o L'J LV i s u J o h n !< on n e d y h '' c' b e o n b oc c:: u s o t h e r o i n Da ll C\ s , T o ~< c:_ s , a l o n fJ s i •-:! c o f .J P r o s i r! o n t t h :o. t n o l o n Q o r l i v o d , stood~ st r onJ mon , t oll, c2lm, undorst2n~ing, knowl ojgoo blo in government .

HG took his o-:- th of offic e . Ho c;omo to 'hshi noton amJ ho LV on t t o t h c Con g r o s s t1 n d h o s ;o i d t o u s , " 1_\! o m u st n o t h o s i t a t o • ::Jo mus t fini sh tho unfini shed tasi

''Je ll, I Lu ill t ol l you something . If Lyn do n J ohnson, President of th o United St c t os , w~s good e nough for John Konnedy , ho is good e nouQh for mo , ? n ~ he is oood enough for you , a nd he is good enough for ~ m o ric o . ( Ap plause) " . . I

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So my frion~s, lot ' s m~ko this ol oction a roal r onffirma ­ tion of our bolovod Prosidont Konnody . Lot ' s show tho world tha t wo hnvo foith in him .

Lot ' s make it cry s L 1l c l o1r to tho Lvor l d th2t LVO boli ovocl in Konnody and thn t wo boliove in Prosident Johnson .

Lot 1 s m a i< o 1 L. c l cu. r to t h c l'J or 1 cJ t h =. t c'JG IJ o 1 i o v o in stu. to s ­ mon . Lot ' s m2kc it clot:r tG thD L'Jorl::.i thJ t L'Jo boliDvo in proQ re ss . Lot ' s m ~ko it clonr to tho wor l d thnt wo a r o a vital , a c t i v o !l o oI' 1 := , 2 n d y o u k n o "J h o t'J t o d o i t ? E1 o c t G o n o v i o v o Bl 2t t in tho Stato of Donnsy lva nia to tho Unitod Stat os Sonu. to . (.r::J[Jl a uso) . fio-olsct Fr m k Cl:-'rk . ( .ippl u. uso) EL:;c t those county commissionors ~nd thoso Domocratic cu.ndida t os nnd thon cc.p it u. ll off . You go homo , you young fJOOp l o , tonight unc! toll your mother 1nd f 2thor th2t th oy huvo a duty to you and to tho futuro ond, mother and fath or, you might moditato a littl 8 bit about your country . You thin!< ubout its futuro and L'Jhon you a r o a ll through, you romGmbor th ~-:: t f'l ovcmbur 3rcl is your day , not my day , whon tho citizen of ~morica docides tho futuro of his country .

It is on th~t r!2 y tirt you h z. vo mor o IJOI'JDr tha n ony pa rson in tho ~orld . It i s on tha t day thot you wil l chooso tho l oRding pub lic official of th o wor l d . It is on tha t d~y that you wi ll moko tho clocision as to tho futuro of ~~o ric o , ond I suy tha t it is on tha t day th ~ t tho ' morica n oooplo ~ r o going to e l ect for four y ::;

Go homo and havo a goo~ timo and voto Democratic . . - - .. ··... news re ease FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE PUBLICITY DIVISION 1730 K STREET, N. W. WASHINGTON 6, D.C. FEDERAL 3-8750

FOR P.M. 1S P~L~\SE B-3366 'i"H:.JRSDAY , OC'i'OBER 15

TEXT PREPARED FOR DELIVERY BY SENA'!'OR HUBERT HUHPHREY DEHOGRAT IC VICE-PRESIDEl,::'I\1 CAND IDATE TEURSDAY NORNING, CCTOBFR 15 I.JNIVERS I TY GF PITTS:3u'"!\.GH. PITTSBURG:~ , PENN SYLVA.i'HA

Some of my fri ends ask me '"hY I spend so much time talking to

uni versity audiences -- talki ng t o college students t-lho are not eligible

to vote.

Students have a lot to teach politicians -- and sometimes vice-versa.

I find university audiences receptive to ne'v ideas and willing to face

world realities -- but at the same time they ask me probing questions and

give me net-7 perceptions that sharpen my et-m t hinking.

In speaking to you, I knmv that I am not speaking to a group whose

brains have atrophied from discse •- from cerebral unemployment. It's

not like speaking to that collection of Goldwater supporters housed across

the str eet in t he dinosaur section of the Carnegie Uuseum.

Hhen I talk to university audiences, I am not only refreshed by ne"t

ideas I am restored by new zest and energy. Our opponents in this

campaign are going around this country saying that Americans are "sick

and tired" of this, and "sick and tired" of that. After speaking to any

audience, and especially to student audiences, I know once again that

Americans are not sick, and Americans are not tired.

Beware of those who peddle the politics of despair. Choose those

who offer the politics of hope, of enthusiasm, of joy.

Let us always remember that it was the ne\v energy and enthusiasm

which men brought to America that gave new reality to the old dream of

(more) HUMPHREY I old dream of B-38GG -- pane 2

human freedom. The American d~eam was not conceived in the conscience of conservatives but ir. the hope of enthcsiasta.

Yet in place of thz American dren:n, we are notv be:i.v.g offered an

American nigh tm~re by the peddlers of despair.

Some time ago, we heard complaints about the complacent and e~lf- indt:lgent generation of the 1950 'So B 1~t this accuAatj on was ill-directeco

American you!.h has alwe.ys been will:f. :..1g to meet the ch a ll~nge ..... if t.'lcy

are m~de &13re of the shape cf the challenge.

Under the Administr.ation of Presideo.ts Kennedy an:i Johnson the

challenge hao been presented and accepted. The most drau:at!.c evidence

of this acceptance is aeen in the response to the Peace Corps~

President Kennedy lent the full weight of his office to the Feace

Corps, and President Johnson has maintained this strong support. But the people who bear primary credit .for its success are the Peace Corps Volunteers themselves -- those Americans who realize that there is a

moral imperative to service beyond that of mere self-service.

Yet the Peace Corps was only a beginning. Into tl1e older programs

of America's foreign relations, this Admir.istration poured a new vigor

and new excellence. In our recruitment and placement of men and women

abroad, we demanded and obtained a greater kno·vledge of relevant foreign

languages and greater sensitivity to the problems of the new nations.

He re-fashioned the foreign aid program; we created the Alliance for

Progress; we made use of our agricultural abundance by sending Food for

Peace to more than 100 million people.

He have been able to recruit -- and equally important -- to keep

good men in high positions because President Kennedy and President Johnson

brought back to Americen life the spirit described by John Adams as one of

"public happiness." It is this spirit, said Adams, that produces delight

in public discussion and public action -- a joy in citizenship and self-

government.

Historians who write of our turbulent era will note another milestone

in our conduct of foreign affairs: our renewed effort to tame the atom .... (more) . - HUNPHREY /tame the atom B-3866 -- page 3

through the Test Ban Treaty, the "hot line," and the prohibition of

nuclear weapons in outer space -- before it maims us.

Now where do \ole find the nominee of the Goldwater faction on these

vital issues of foreign policy?

He has told us where he stands: he rejects foreign aid; he disdains

negotiation; he dismisses the United Nations; he opposes bridge-building

to the peoples of the Communist nations; and he condemns our efforts to

end the armaments race.

Recall, for instance, the solid bipartisan backing for the nuclear

Test Ban Treaty -- the support of General Eisenhower and 25 of 33 Senate

Republicans. Recall, as well, the moving words of Everett Dirksen, the

Republican Senate leader:

11I want to take a first step, lvfr. President," he said. "I am not a young man ••• one of my age thinks about his destiny a little. I should not like to have it written on my tombstone, he knew what happened at Hiroshima, but he did not take a first step."

Senator Gold\'later knew what happened at Hiroshima. Yet, he refused

to take this first step.

His seeming callousness about this treaty is hardly surprising.

For Senator Goldwater has often talked as if he believed peace could best

be achieved by escalating conflicts that might \o1ell lead to nuclear waro

Senator Goldwater now bemoans the fact that most of the American

people have turned against him because of his recklessnesso He claims

to have been misinterpreted and misquoted.

Senator Goldwater deludes himself. He has acquired his reputation

for recklessness not by misinterpretation, but through his own statementso

Let me quote to you from his book, The Conscience of a Conser-,rat:i.'.'e:

"A shooting \'lar may cause. the death of many millions of people including our own. But we cannot, for that reason, make the avoidan..- e of a shooting war our chief objective."

Or

1 ~ve must -- ourselves -- be prepared to undertake military operations against vulnerable Communist regimes."

And remember what happened when the reporter from the Germa:a

.:aagazine Der Spiegel asked him, "But would you go to the brink of war?" (more) ' 4

HUMPHREY/brink of ,.,ar B-3366 -- page 4

'"ies, 11 Goldwater replied. "Just as your country has used brinkmanship

down through the years and done so very, very successfully. 11

What kind of a statement is that? Hhat kind of man could make such a

statement? You don't have to major in history to know that any man who

offers the disastrous examples of Imperial and Nazi Germany for us to

follm1 is a man who has no understanding of past history or current reality.

In his frantic impatience with the world as it is, Senator Goldwater

wishes to back the Soviet Union into a corner where its only alternatives

would be surrender or nuclear war. Indeed, one of his main goals seems to

be -- and again I quote him -- 11 to invite the Communist leaders to choose

between total destruction of the Soviet Union and accepting local defeat."

Those who have not yet reached the age of 21 realize what Senator

Goldwater never seems to have realized -- that such juvenile games of

nuclear "chicken" will eventually result in the horrendous death of both

players. Senator Goldwater does not yet understand that in our age of

quick and total destruction, there is no such thing as quick and total victory.

Let us reject a candidate and a foreign policy which offer us

nothing better than glib slogans and the risk of nuclear war. Let us

continue our great peaceful plans to tame the atom, to explore the stars,

and to make the benefits of abundance and education open to all men.

All our great plans require creative ideas and willingness of the

spirit. These are the qualities that we must continue to demand of our leaders -- and of ourselves.

He need an America with the wisdom of experience. But ,.,e must not let America grow old in spirit.

Hhen I was in Hashington yesterday, I noticed that the wooden stands

for next January's J.'residentia] Inauguration are now being constructed in

front of the Capitol building. Four years ago, we all watched as our brave

young President accepted the torch of leadership for a new generation of

Americans. Although his own life was brutally extinguished, the torch he

(more) 4 • • ,.

HUliPHREY I the torch he

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bore burns on in the programs and ideals which his successor carries on.

At next January's inaugural, the world must not witness the

extinction of that torch by a man who has never realized that the American

dream is progression and renewal, not stagnation and reaction. And

America must not witness the extinction of the torch of our world. .leadership

by the bitter whirlwind of holocaust.

The time of ·true national . testing is close ·at hand. Remember the

message of the .Scriptures -- without vision, the people perish• .. Let: us

hold fast to our vision. .of America. Let .us preserve that vision. .against

those who would so -casaally destroy it.

If we work wi th diligence this autumn, · this· glorious Ameri..can vision

-.conceived in hope --- forged in battle --- tested in adversity -­

nhall not soon ~erish from this earth.

# If # if Renarks of Senator Hubert H. Hu:aphrey Allegheny County, Pa . , Airport October 15, 1 ~64

Senator Hw...tphrey Than), you. My dear friends, this delegation frou the county of the Pittsburgh area, it is such a joy to be here once again, to be here in the coupany of soue of those disti nguished De11ocrats and the distinguished nost citizens not only of your State but of the Un:i. ted (Applause) States.

You are right. When I can be 1.1et at the airport by the foruer Governor of this State who to uy u ind •rill always be Governor of Pennsylvania and Mayor -- (Applause) -- Mr . Lavrrence, that is a great honor. And then to be greeted by Mayor Joe Barr, one of the fine, good DeLtocratic uayors of a great city, that is second to none, and then to be introduced frou this platfon1 by the lady that is going t o be the next United States Senator fro Pennsylvania, !J Genevieve Blatt -- (Applause)--ladies, I shouldn't do this because I an afraid I au betraying uy sex, but it is just about tiue that you ladies had a senator in the United States Senate t o represent this great area of Pennsylvania (Applause)

It bas been said a nuuber of ti;tes that the wonen control lJost of t lE wealth and franl:ly we ~ nmf you have tl"E uajority of the population which neans you can control the vote, and we also know tlJat you control the men You can elect anybody you 1-rant to, and i.Jay I ua Le a couple of suggestions to you.

Start electing Deuocratic 1.1eubers of Congress. That is very iLtportant. Deuocratic nenbers of the State Asseubly, Denocratic neubers of the City Council, Deuocrats wherever you see them. Just start electing thei:l. Tbat j_s a good idea and then when you get around to the national ticket I would like to just share one or two \fOrds of confidential inforuation. The i nfortJation that I •wuld like to give you is this, that if you want t o preserve the gains that you have Ltade, if you want to build on t hose gains, if you want to have Auerica go ahead, if you workers want to uaL.e sure that you can still have a good strong effective trade union, if you businessuen want to na1:e sure tlJat •re can continue to expand this econouy, increase our national product and our profits, and if you students want to be sure that you have good colleges to go to, and good schools to attend, and if you elderly want to be sure tbat you have soueone that is interested in your well-being; in other •rords, if you good Auericans want to be sure that A. :~ erica will be a better place every year and a greater and a stronger country every year, then uay I suggest that on Novenber 3rd you get out and vote for Lyndon B. Jolmson as President of the United States. (Applause )

Voice . LBJ all the way.

Senator Hunphrey . You have got the idea up there, young lady. You lla.ve got the idea. She says "LBJ all the way."

By the way, before I forget, I vrant to than) ~ this band, this wonderful band that is here with us for their i.lisic. What high school is that? H01.1estead. I want to than\ this sweet little girl dmm here for giving ue that rose That is j ust about the nicest thing that ba.ppened t o ue since uy wife kissed ue the first tin e.

And I want to than ! ~ all of your uany friends here frou the different or ganizations that are b2re, the ueubers of the City Governuent, City Council, uenbers of our trade union uove i .~nt , labor 1.1oveu ent . Let ue say to our friends in labor, we have got a fight on our hands. Don't take it easy , You bad better get out and battle . I ru1 going to give every- thing I have got , I lmow that, too; we don't intend to let this country fall into the hands of those who would take us back . lie intend to have this country uove forward, and nay I say to our friends \fho believe in an expanding econouy, and this great area is one that needs it -­ we need nore jobs. We need a stronger .funerica . '"e need a richer A.lJ.erica. need We a healthier ALterica . \-le need a better educated .Anerica. Allegheny Airport - 2 -

And I rua here t o tell you t bat the wan that is i n the White House, when he was ask.ed ;.rhat he was going to call his Adu inistration -- a reporter said to him, Mr . President, Franklin Roosevelt had the New Deal. Harry Trunan had tbe Fair Deal . John Kennedy had tbe New Frontier . What will you call your Ad!ainistration? And he said, "My aiu in life, uy only purpose, is to have a better deal, a better deal for every fu:1erican, and for all of huuanity . "

Let 1.1e say that is what Pre:lident Lyndon J ohnson is worldng for. He gets plenty of abuse He gets a good deal of cri ticisn . And I have '.nown thi s nan for 16 years i n the Sena.te . I have known of his record for 30 years A man trained to the job, one t hat loves young people, one that believes in the future, one that 1-1as a steadfast ally of our late and beJoved President John Kennedy . Let ne --

Voice Hurray:

Senator HUlitphrey. That is right Anybody that rew.embers the service of President Kennedy in those l , 000 drar1atic days, they reEleuber along side of bin throu~h every one of those days stood this 1:1an fron Texas, this great Amer i can, and ;.rhen tbe hour caue and President Kennedy was taken from us by a cruel assassin' s bullet, there uas the strong Emn, a faithful i,l8.n, a good nan 1 t o r i se up and ta:e control of this governn ent and u anage its affairs .

I think the greatest decision that President Kennedy ever nade was when he selected Lyndon Johnson as his Vice-President . He protected fu rrerica. (Applause)

Ladies and gentleuen, let us protect Au erica. Let us u1ak e sure that we don' t give · away >·rhat we g ained. Let no one take it avray from us . Let us 1a ake sure that we have a President that is responsible, a President that is strong, a President that is understanding, a President that unites us, a President that builds Au erica.

And the way t o do that is t o get out and nake sure that on November 3rd the Auerican people elect for four years in the White House President Lyndon Johnson, your President and mine. (Applause) ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA

1. DON'TS (Subjects to avoid) --The Blatt-Musmano fight. The area is heavily Italian and favored Musmano; Blatt and Clark are not popular just now. --Goldwater and Miller should not be mentioned by name. Around here they think that would be giving free publicity to the enemy. --Avoid references to distressed areas and the poverty program. This area was a distressed one until very re­ cently and they do not like to be reminded that the Federal Government helped them out of it. --Automation. These are mostly steelworkers and they suffer greatly from automation.

2. Politics --Kennedy, 1960. Four years ago today John F. Kennedy spoke from a platform just a few miles away in Beaver Falls. Perhaps some of you were there to hear him. It was the first time a Presidential candidate had ever visited this area.

--Plug votes for the straight Democratic ticket in order to avoid the Blatt-Uusmano question. --Local candidates: 1st State Assembly District -H. Bury! Klein, Robert K. Hamilton 2nd ...... - Charles D. Stone, Ronald G. Lench State Senate Ernest P. Kline Aliquippa, Pa. -2- --Republican promises: When Governor Scranton ran for office two years ago, he promised a modern road sys­ tem to the people of western Pennsylvania. The people of western Pennsylvania held up their end of the bargain they elected him. Now the question is, when is the

Republican Admin~tration going to hold up its end of the bargain? Where are the roads?

3. Audience --95% industrial workers, mostly steel --Heavily Italian --They like to consider themselves industrial pio- neers, the people who stayed behind to pioneer the factories while others ran off to the frontier. Many old workers here.

4. Issues --Immigration. This AdminEtration is committed to a humane revision of our immigration laws. We see nothing wicked in reuniting divided families, nor in bringing to our shores new infusions of that dyuamic spirit which has made our country great. You can choose the Democratic Party that seeks to revise and improve our outdated and inhumane immigration system, or you can choose those who seek to replace the Statue of Liberty with an iron, padlocked gate. Aliquippa ~3- It is not a question of opening the "floodgates." It is a question of opening the "fairgates" to admit 45,000 more immigrants -- one-fortieth of one percent of our present population. I believe we will be a better nation when those 45,000 live among us. --Mass Transit. With the help of the Federdl Govern­ ment there is a good chance that Pittsburgh will soon take a long step toward solving its transportation with the creation of the South Park Monorail.

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KIKXIIKIXKIIK~XXIIIXIXIHXIXII --Social Security and Medicare. Lyndon Johnson has no intention of dumping our senior citizens on the slag heap of society. We were unsuccessful in getting Medi­ care this year -- we will try again next year. We shall not give up until all our workers can retire to the life of proud citizens, not paupers or parasites. ,

Remarks of Senator Hubert H. Htnaphrey University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh> Pa. October 15, 1964

Senator Humphrey . Thank you Thanl( you very much. Thank you very much, Genevieve Blatt, for your gracious introduction, and may I say thalli' you to our band. I haven't heard the "Minnesota Rouser" played so good on the Pittsburgh Campus for EJany, many years,

But it is great to be here today. It is a great privilege to be here in the presence of a disti nguished citizen of your state, former Governor) former Mayor of thi s City, truly one of the remar kt1ble raen of our country, Governor David Lawrence. (Applause)

And I am delighted to be welcome d to this campus, not only by its stud ents but a lso by tho fin o Mayo r of tho City of Pittsburgh, Mayor Josoph B~rr . ( ~pp l auso ) And to bo hor o in tho presonc o of a n d a l ong sido of ono of tho best members of Congress, a mombor tha t knows th~ wor l d that wo livo in, has somo i doas wha t t o do a bout our probl ems , has tho courage to initia t e thos e i deas , a nd has r opr osent ed this groat district in Pennsylv a nia brillia ntly , a nd I r e f e r to your own Congr essm a n Bill Moo rh ead , a n d you know he i s a good man. ( App l a u se )

LVe ll, l ad i os a nd gentl ema n, I hope tha t you Lvill t ake t o hoa rt th o suggestions tha t wo r e mado a m~m o nt ago a bout our fri e nd Gon oviovo Bl a tt who has such a r e ma rkabl e record of public service in this State . Sho will mako a fin o United St a t es Senator, a n d she is t ho kind o f a pe rson -- ( App l a us e ) - - sho is tho kin d of a pa rson th a t understands tho r esponsibilities of pub lic s e rvice.

We ll, no w, just a wo r d or t wo . I un do r stand thi s ca mpus today is not onl y graced by tho presence of th o s tu don ts of tho groat University of Pe nnsylvania , on3 of ou r wonderful institu­ tions -- ( App l ause ) - - but I a l so unders t a nd tha t you po rmi ttod on th o s~cro~ ~rem i ses students from Duquosno a nd Carnegie Tech - - ( App l a us o ) -- a nd Mt . Mo rey a n d Ch a tha m. ( App l a use)

So a ll of those wonderfu l schools a r e ga ther ed t ogothor he ro .

You wou l d bo in t o r ostod t o know that th o l as t scor e I ho a r d , it was tho St . Lou is Cardina l s 5, Yn nk oos nothing . ( App l a use ) .

Now , fri on ds , I only hopo tha t on ol octi on day th o odds ca n be th at good for Lyndo n B. Johnson a n d H u~ or t Humphrey ~ ( App lause )

I a l most l ot it sl i p my mind but f or goo dness sakos , af t e r l ooking into th ose bea utiful oyos of Sylvia Sh3piro a nd he a rin g hor wonde rful v~ico a nd ha ving her s in g to me a nd to you as sho di d , I want to tha nk her v ory , ve r y much for ma king this visit just s little bet t e r, oven as good os you ca n make it . Sy lvia , you di d a wondorfu l j ob . You ha vo go t a l ov e ly v o]co . I know tha t yo u a r c quito a girl . I know you a re going t o vote Democ r a tic . ( App l a us e )

Voic e . Sho ' s trJ o yo un g .

So na tor Humphrey . We ll, if sh e isn ' t old e nough , we will U. of Pittsburgh - 2 - wait . It . is worth waiting for . (L a ught e r)

Now , I a l so un de rsta nd tha t on this Sa tur day tho students of this campus or o be ing askod t o h o l ~ in a voter ca nv a ss . I ca n think of no mor o wo rthy e nd eavor be tw een no w a nd the e lection dato , a nd I hope th a t a ll of you who or o involved in tha t effort will bo on tho job, a nd I might now e ncour age additiona l voluntoors .

Sa tur day tho v ot er ca nv ass .

Wo ll, I a m de lighted t o soc so ma ny wonderfully good, inte llige nt citizons wi th a smile on the ir f a c e . It moans th a t this i s a lm os t a solidly Democra tic a udi onc o . ( App l a use )

Now , I di d soo 2 sign or tw o of tho opposition, but ma y I say tha t tho peopl e tha t were ca rrying thos e signs had a smil e on thei r f ~ ce, so I know tha t deep dow n in the ir heart they a ro going t o vote for Lyn do n Johnson. ( Appla us e )

Thi s i s quit o a day f or ~ m o ric a n s . Las t night as I wa s ge tting th o mi dni ght nows I h oar d tha t our a thl e t es a t Tokyo, our gr oa t Olympic a thle t es , had cap tur oc fiv e gol d medals, a nd America t oday l eads in those Olym pics .

I kind of wonder how th ey f oo l whon thoy hOa r th a t they a r e sick a n d tired old America ns, as the oppos ition says .

Fr a nkly, th ey a r o wo nde rful r op r eso ntivos of our country a n j you kn ow what? Th oy r opr osont ovor y r a c o , cr ood , a nd na tiona lity of Ame rica . Th or o is no color line . Th or o is nc religi o us lino . Th or o i s no ot hnic line . As a ma tte r of f a ct, tw o or thr oo of them wo r o members of wh2t th oy ca ll minorities (L a ught e r) -- a nd they a r o winning f or ~ m o ric a . ( Applause)

Now , I do not com o t o thi s ca mpus t o spea k to you in just a li gh t voin . I como he r e as a r opr osontat i vo of a great politica l pa rty, 2n d I c omo he r o socking a n offic e tha t is a very im po rta nt offic e .

Th or ofor o , it is my vi ew tha t who n D ma n soo ks this office or who n ho as ks oth e r s to support a ca ndi da t o f or Pr osi de mt , tha t he has a n ob ligation to speak r espon s i bly, tha t ho has an obliga ti on t o tho bost of his ab ility, wha t ever tha t moy bo , t o t a lk a bout tho i ss uos , t a lk 3 bout tho gr oa t questions of our day .

I could s it her o 3 n d hurl inv octiv o , but it will do no good . I happen t o disag r oo wi th tho spo l< osman of th o oppos itio~. I fin d ma ny othor poopl o do , too. I fin d th a t ma ny poopl o in tho Rep ublica n Pa rty , r og ul a r Republica ns , a uthentic Rop ublicans , disagroe with tho t empo r a ry spokes ma n of tha t Pa rty .

I fin d , f or oxamp l o , t ha t a t ono timo the groat Gove rnor of this St a t o disag r eed with him not on ly in wo r d but in th e Congross of th o Unit od St a t es . Th ey ha vo a r e cor d , a s I r oca ll , of ne ve r voting the samo on a ny ma j or i ss ue . (L a ught e r)

No t one . Th oy d i dn ' t v ot o th o samo 0 n educa tion, thoy didn ' t v ot o th o samo on a r ea r odo vol opmo nt, thoy di dn't vot o th o samo on th o Poaco Cor ps , thoy di dn ' t vot e th o same on th o Arms Control Agency, 0 n th o ~ lli a nc o for Progress , on a ny ma jor U. of Pittsburgh - 3 - i ssuo boforo tho Congr oss . Whon tho pr osont Cov ornor of thi s State sorvod os Congressma n, ho v oted opposito of Mr . Co l dwa t or a n d Mr . Col dwa t or v ot od oppos ito o f him . But Mr. Co l dwa ter said, and I think I s ho ul d q uote him from hi s ow n r opo r J , ho said , "By our vo t os you ca n judgo us, not by our t a lking . "

Wa ll , I think th a t is a f a ir sta t omont . (L a ught e r)

And my go~d fri o n~s, if you w~ nt t o judgo somoono on tho basis of how ma ny no votes ho c~n c a st , why than I wou l d say tha t ev or ytJody tha t boliov os tha t you s ho ul rl s it undor th o 11 11 N o- ~ 1 o T r G o - - ( La u g h t o r ) - - a n cJ b <1 s k i n t h o s h n rJ o LV s o f y ou r own in rl ifforonco , tha t i f that i s your f oo lin g th a n you ha v o a c a ndi d2to . Ho is the f ollow tha t pl a nted th~ tr oo . (L a ughtor ) Ho i s tho littlo ~ c o rn . ( ~pr l a u sc )

But if y~u shoul d bo li ovo , 2s I think y o u do , a nd a s I ho ra yo u do , tha t we o ught t o l ook a head , th8t wo ought t o look into tho s un s hine , tha t wo ought to l ook into tho 8 tmo sphor o of ho po , th a t we ough t t o ccmo to gri ps with tho probl e ms of toda y a nd tomorr ow , if you boliovo th ~ t l moricn has ovon botto r da ys beforo itself, bottor ~~ ys a ho a~ , th on I hovo got 2 ca nd i da t o f or yo u th or o , too, a nd hi s na me is Lyndon J ohnson, Prosident of tho Unit od Stntos . ( ~pp l o u so )

Now , l os t I bo mi s un do r stood , a n d the r o a r o a l w ~ ys those that a t ti mos try t o ma ko peop l o a little moro, oh, a littlo mor o sa r castic a n rl cryptic tha n th o wo r ds wou l d jus tify, l ot mo ma ko it cloa r I happe n t o kno w th o Ropubl i ca n pret ondo r t o th o Pr os i do ncy . (L a ugh t e r)

I kn ow t his gon tl em~ n, a n d ho i s a go ntl oma n . I kn ow him a s a patri ot, nn d tho t ho i s . I know him as a do cont ma n . I know him ~s a fo ll ow mombo r of th o So n a t a . I kn ow him as a socia bl e h um a n boing .

I wi ll t o ll ycu thi s . I think h3 wo ul d ma ko 2 wo nde rf ul ne i ghbo r, but I s ur o do n ' t wa nt him for my Pros i du nt . ( ~pp l A u so )

~ n d now having m2do th ~ t s t At Gmont , I wan t to t oll yo u why . Do n ' t p~ y a ny Att onti nn t o tho static t o th o ri gh t ba ck th or o . It e l ways com ~s ou t . (L a ughtor)

Lot mo t oll you why . You know, ma ny poopl o ha vo askod mo, thoy s<1y , " So n ~ tor, who n you h c: VO 2 choi co of spoo ches , you 11 a 1 L'J :: y s LV 2 n t t o s :J o n k t o 2 u ni v o r s i t y a u d i e n c o • L'J h y 7 I h a v o some of tho gooc: pr ofassion zc l s o f po litic s th a t say t o mo , "Dnn ' t y ou kno L'J those young f ol ks c:~ r e t oo young tn voto? " But as I saij abo ut Sy lvie Sh~p ir o , sho ma y be too young . But we wi ll wa it . (L a ughtor )

No t only tha t , my fr iends , but I find whon I spoak on univ e r s ity cvmpusos th a t I fin d a l ort, inte llige nt, a ctiv o intor os tin g poopl o . I h ~ppe n to think tha t university a udi e nc es a r e good f or po litici2ns , a nd I think sometimes tha t it mi ght be vico- ve r sa , tha t po l iticia ns can bo goorl for univ orsity a udi e nces. ~o can t a lk a bout the r oa liti os of tho worl d ~s we se o thorn .

I bo li cv o tha t tho uni vo r s ity nu di onc e compels you t o do a littl e fr esh thinking . I a l so think th2 t it gi ves you some fr osh thoughts a n ~ wha t this nation noods to da y a nd in this campa i gn , what it n oods mor a t ha n a nything e l se right now, is a n U. of Pittsburgh - 4 - honest discussi on o f o ur ~os ition on those i ssue s . ~ h ~ t wo noo d tho so f oll rJL\J S do n't knOL'J th a t " Ba rry-pick on" time i s aver out the r e . (L a uoht c r)

Th ey o r o a l ways a little l o to, a l wa ys o little l a to .

fJ 0 L'J ' you bo pa tie nt wi th him. Ho may still bo in mod it e1 tion . Wo will got him into tho 20th Ce ntury yet .

You sao , i t was whe n I mentioned now i doos tha t it s c a r o cl t h c m a l i t t l o b i t • ( La u g h t o r )

But wha t I wa ntod to s ~ y t o you boforo wo wero t e mp or a rily a nd mom en t a rily inte rrupt ed , w h ~ t I moo nt to sa y to you was tha t it ap~oo r s t o me th2 t in 2 ca mpa i gn, tha t it is somewha t of a n ins ult t o th o intolligonc o of tho ~ mo ric a n poopl o to just go a round ca sting o s po r s ions upo n s pa r son' s cha r a cter , jU St t o go a round t e1 lking inruc ndo a nd pe r so na liti es a n d sm ea r s a n d ha lf truths . Don ' t wo ha vo som a othe r thinos to t a lk a bout? Don ' t wo ha ve tho problems of ed uc a tion whore we ha vo to do ublo tho f a cilities of our univ or s iti os in tho nex t 30 t o 40 yoa r s ? Don 't wo h2vo problems r e l a ting t o th o gr ow th of our citios? Shoul dn ' t wo t a lk abo ut thos e things? S houl ~ n ' t wo be t a lking a bout ho w this country is ooing to bo a ble t o com e t o gri ps with a utoma tion to ma ke it a boon inst o~d of a b ~ no?

How are we going to provide 300, 000 new jobs every year? This is what we need to do. Shouldn ' t we be talking about proble1as, even relating to our public health, the pollution of our streams, of our air? The public health facilities of our cities and counties and the health needs of our people?

I think these are sm:J.e of the issues that need to be talked about, and I think other issues that need t o be talked about are our foreign policy, our defense policy, our fiscal policy, and I want to talk to you just a little bit about theEJ. .

When I talk to these university audiences, I co1:1e away refreshed physically as well as spiritually, and a uo.n needs both in this business, I will tell you.

Our opponents in this cruapaign, they are going around the country acting as if son ehow or another they are selling patent nedicines. They say, and I quote then, that Auericans are sick and tired. I have a snealcing suspicion they have an interest in Geritol . (Applause )

Tired blood. It is bud enough to have tired blood but to have tired ideas, that is inexcusable (Applause)

And after speaking t o many audiences, after speaking to many audiences in this country, I find that Americans aren 't sick I find that .Alaericans aren ' t tired. I find that they are just about liLe those chaLlpions we have got over in Tokyo today. I find that they are the kind of people that know the kind of a world they want to live in, that feel they have the spirit and the vitality t o carry on in that world .

Would you excuse De for a minute? I do have an urgent call . Will you stay here until I finish this call? (Applause )

Okay, let's go . (Applause)

Ladies and gentleElen> I hope you will forgive l'le, but I did have a call, and it was a rather iuportant one. I indented that we had a little iuportant weeting, that I would call right back after it was over, and I will tell you his na1.1e after the l!leeting i s over. But it was the President and he wanted to have a little visit, and I need to have a little visit with him. We will tal:r afterwards. U. of Pittsburgh - 5 -

In the neanti11e I told hiEl that I was talking to thousands of good DeElocrats that are going to vote for him. Is that right? (Applause) When I have the privilege of talking to an audience like this, I like very much to be able to converse with you, as I have said, on so1ae of the problems of our day . My fellow Al:J.ericans, this country wasn't built out of pessimism. This great America of yours and 111ine d.idn 't cone out of the "Conscience of a Conservati ve." It came out of the hope an:i the dreruas of an idealist and of people vrho had enthusiasm for the future .

Yet in place of this Alaerican dre an, born out of idealiSl!l, this Al .1erican drerua born out of optiw.iSla, this A11erican dream that told the .AEJ.erican people that we could aster our own destiny, in place of that Alnerican dreru!l I say we are now being offered an Alnerican nightnare by the peddlers of despair and this is not the philosophy of this young "Republic .

Smae tine ago vTe heard co1aplaints about the complacent and self- indulgent generation of the 1950's, but this accusation was ill- directed . Alaerican youth has always be the subject of criticiSLi of every older generation. I thinl'.: it is a fact witllout doubt that this generation of Alaerican young ··Jeople with all of its vitality, with all of its ability, is the best generation that this nation has ever lmown and I ruJ sure that the history books of the future will so record it . (Applause)

What this generation wants is what President Kennedy gave to it, a challenge . I think you retlelaber with ue those days of the early days of the Kennedy Adninistration . I think you reue1:J.ber with me when John Kennedy tool~ that oath of office . I think you recall his clear eye and his c l e a r vision. I think you re1Jeuber when he asked us to have the courage to take responsibil­ ity. He said, "I welcone responsibility. I do not ru...'1 fron it . " He asked us to begin and then he listed the beginnings that he wanted .fuaerica to have, and he asked us to be unselfish.

He asked us to reElelJber that it wasn't what our country could do for us but what we could do for our country, and I believe that no nan in this century has so inspired the young, given then such challenge, offered then such opportunity, given the11 such hope as the late and beloved John Fitzgerald Kennedy during his 1,000 days . (Applause)

I would re1:1ind this audience of the tragic circunstances under which President Johnson took on the 1aantle of l eadership as the President of this Republic .

I re1aind you of Noveuber 22, 1963 . I re11ind you how Lyndon J ohnson had to take on the duties of the Presidencey at a tine when ujllions of people wondered if our constitutional systen could survive the asse.esino.tioo, when the whole world faltered, and 1aake no nistake about it, uy dear friends . As Auericans and as visitors fron other countries that I see here, it is a fact of history that the world wept and the hopes of peace seened to be dashed) but as the world wept and as people prayed for this great world of ours, and for the possibility of keeping the peace, a strong nan, a good nan, an experienced nan, a trusted lieutenant of President Kennedy, the uan he had selected as his Vice- President stood tall, stood strong, and he stood up \vell, and he accepted the responsibilities of leadership under the nost incredible, under tlle Llost unbe lievable of circuustances, and I say to you that any fair- ninded ·Al.1e rican will b o.v~ to aduit that President Lyndon Johnson has done what he said. He has continued the Kennedy- Johnson progrru:1, and he has done •rell by it . (Applause) This Adninistration of which I have been a part, I have b een in on the councils of t his Adninistration, it did not run fron responsibility. It did not act frou fear . We saw unenploYJ.:B nt, and we did souething about it. We saw an econony in stagnation, and we did sOJaething about it. We saw young people needing inspiration and needing challenge, and we did something about it . I rua proud to stand on this platforn and say that I ru:1 the author of the Peace Corps, a great proposal that was sent to the Congress by President Kennedy. (Applause )

I introduced that bill at the request of our President . I handled that bill on the floor of the Senate . I was there when we counted the votes, and I savr the Senator fro1:1 Arizona brand that bill a haven for beatniks. He wasn't for it. He didn't see the hope that it offered . He didn 't see t l1e inspiration U. of Pittsburgh - 6 -

that it provided. He didn't believe in you. He didn't believe in a volunteer corps of trained and dedicated young Anericans .

He said it is a lot of razzle-dazzle . He said it was a baven for beatniks. He said it wouldn't work and he voted against it.

But how wrong he was . (Applause)

This program is one of the greatest successes of our government and it isn ' t a governnent progran only. It represents · the succ.ess of volunteers, thousands of the1a, voluntary agencies. The American people are a good people . They want to do good things, and they want their goverruaent to help theL1 in the achieveuent of these good goals . I re1.1ind the standard bearer of the Republi­ can Party that it was his Party that gave us Abrahrua Lincoln and yet it was Abrahan Lincoln who proclaiiaed the El.nancipation Proclc.L.1.8.tion, and yet today in 1964, 101 years later, the standard bearer of the great Lincoln Republican Party voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . He repudiated Lincoln. (Applause)

And everybody in this audience knows that the only purpose of the Civil Rights Act, its only purpose, was to fulfill the uoral cot:mitnent of this nat ion to the doctrine of hw:1an equo.li ty. \{hat we sought to do was not to give special privilege. What we sought to do was to elil:linate discril:tination and at long last the people's representatives in Congress asser~bled, Bill Moorhead, yes, the senators fron this state, they voted for a Civil Rights bill regardless of party. Republicans and Deuocrats alike. They voted for it because it was right. because it was needed, because it was constitutionally inperative, because if A.l.lerica was going to go to the rest of the world and offer leadership, it had to cone with clean hands .

And uay I say that an overwhelning najority of Republicans and Deuocrats alike supported this neasure, but not Senator Goldwater . He stood alone. He stood over there and said, "Oh, no, oh, no . "

It Dakes hin popular in some areas of the Ku Klux Klnu . (Applause) But it doesn't uake bin right, and deep down in his heart he knows he is wrong. (Applause)

Now, ny friends I say that the AdninistraUon that I an privileged to represent did not rest on the accouplishnents of yesterday. We pioneered. ltle did seek new frontiers, and we went to those new frontiers .

We have tbe Peace Corps We have the Civil Rights progrru.1 vJe passed the Alliance for Progress, the greatest single foreign aid progrru:1 to our brothers and sisters in Latin Anerica vrhic h President Kennedy described as the nost serious area of tlle world, the nost critical area of the world . The Alliance for Progress supported by Catholic, Protestant, and J ewish faiths, supported by the Chru.1ber of Counerce nnd the AFL- CIO, supported by every reasonably intelligent forward looking person in this country, supported overwheluingly in the Congress of the United States, supported as a policy of the good neighbors, Republicans, Deuocrats alike in Congress . Four-fifths of then voted for the Alliance for Progress. But again the Senator frou Arizona would not vote for an alliance and "progress" he can't spell . (Applause - Laughter)

The Food for Pence progran -- a nan that conplains nbout Auerican costs of goverru:1ent, the Food for Peace progran designed to aid the hungry, to carry out scriptural ndnonitions of feeding the poor, feeding the hungry, A.nericn's agricul turnl abundance produced on our fo.n1s, one of the great forward looking prograns of your governnent .

Today, ny fellow A.nericans, we are helping to feed 100 1:1illion children in schools. In other parts of the world these young peopl e are learning that Auerica is a nation of love and of coupnssion, tbat Auericn is a nation of peace and of hope, and they are learning it through the gift of Ane ricnn food, food for peace, supported by Dwight Eisenhovrer, started under his Administra­ tion.

I was one of the authors of the Act . Food for Peace, expanded under John Kennedy Food for Peace, expanded under Lyndon Johnson. Every uerson U. of Pittsburgh - 7 -

in Congress with few exceptions, with the exception of a hard core of reactionary radicals, everyone voted for Food for Peace . Churches, every religious organization in funerica supports it Every business organization. But again the Senator from Arizona said no, no food for peace. No food for people .

What kind of leadership is this? Is it any wonder that people turn fran bin?

Then we go a little bit further , We have tried in our public life, in our government, to add to education, to inplenent our UJ.J.iversities, to help our young people, and vre voted a great prograEl of higher education, the first higher education assistance since the Morrell Act of 1862, and again the vast najority of Deuocrats, the vast uajority of Republicans, voted to put America ' s goverm.1ent on the side of leArning, on the side of education.

But once agu.in· the ·nan froEl Arizona. says no. In fact, at .. Jacksonville ~ .. Florida, this nan nade the unbe.lievable, incredible statement that he did not thinl<:: . it- vras· the- responsibility of governnent to provide education. He . thought that it was only the responsibil.ity of parents, and then he added insult_to injury by saying_some folk s would be better off without it.

It seems unbelievable . ; When I say it people. say, 11 Why .do you · say · ·····these things, Senator? Why- ·are you so unkind? 11

I ar;r not unkind. I . repeat that this is a statenent of the Senator frora ArizDna, just the sane kind of a statenent that he said he reco1:nnends that the governocnt withdraw fran a whole series of progrDLlli of social welfare, . - _of n..griculture, of public health, of educatton. _

I · guess he forgot to read the Preru:1ble to the Constitut~on . The Preru:1ble to the Constitution lays down two uandates, to provide for the coiJL'lon defense - ~nd to pronate the general welfare. And let ne say it again, that the great Abraha.tl. Lincoln ·1:10.de it crystal clear as to the duty of governn.ent. He snid ·- -- governnent 1 s duty is to serve the people, a governr.1ent. . of the people, by the people and for the people . Goverru:rent nust do for the people what the people cannot .do for thenselves or so well for thenselves said Abrahnn Lincoln.

I have· a feeling that if Lincoln were .living today, the Senator from -Arizona. or one of his n.dhe-rents would have to brand hin a socialist because Lincoln thought that goverl11D.ent .ought to serve the people .

Well, . let ne say I think Lincoln was right, nnd I think Goldwater is · ·· ··wrong : (Applause) Historians who will write of our turbulent era will _note another. nilestone in these recent years and that n ilestone is the negotiation of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, our effort to ti1Lle the aton, · this powerful --weapon, this incredible power, for good or evil, and what was the Senator 1 s ·- - reaction on that?

Four-fifths of the senators of the United States, 25 of the 33 - Republicans, General Eisenhower, Christian Herter, Mr . W-"tdsworth, Henry Cabot Lodge, all cane down b efore Congress and testified, asked that the Governnent of the United States negotiate that treaty, asked that the Senate ratify it . The first step in curbing the arus race, t he first real effort, successful effort, to tawe the aton.

And whiit ·happened? The . Senator fran Arizona, the $enator said no.

If his vote ~-d prevailed, the atnosphere today would be polluted with_ nore radioac-tive fallout. The land on which we depend for our food would beco~ corrupted and ~ulterated with radioactive debris ...... ·Thank God that better n inds prevailed. (Applause) I say thank.God· f'or· · · those that put hUL--ranity above prejudi ce, t hat put their country' even above _party.

I renenber the wor ds of Senator Everitt Dirksen. He is no· radical. He is a good Repub1ican and he is a r e sponsible leader . And here is what he said as he _voted for that treaty in a noving speech in the Senate. "I want to take U. of Pittsburgh - 8 -

a first step, Mr . President. I aL"l not a young 1:1an. One of ny age thinks about his destiny a littl e. I should not like to have it written on uy tmabstone that he did not take a first step."

Now, Senator Goldwater knew what happened at Hiroshina just as did Senator Dirksen. Yet he refused to take that first step. His seening callousness to this treaty should not have been unexpected for the Senator fran Arizona bas often talked as if he believed that peace could best be achieved by ulth18. tuns, by being tough, ult inatuns that could l ead to nuclear war .

Senator Goldwater now beuoans the fact that uany Auerican :eople have turned against hiL1 because of what they call his recklessness . He clai:as to be nisinterpr eted, to be nisquoted.

Well, 1nay I say it is l;: ind of hard to keep up to hi1.1. (Laughter). It would be nice -- it is very good, you know, to be able to have a consistency, but one thing I thinl.: this country needs above all other things, it needs a President who neans what he says and says what he means instead of having to reinterpret his statenents every- other day. (Applause)

But the Senator fron Ar izona t;18.kes the point, and I think it needs to be answered, he 1aakes the point that he is being Llisjud.ged.

He uakes the point that he is being accused of being reckl ess.

But 1nay I say that he acquired this reputation not by 1:1isinterpretation of what he said, but through his own state1;1ents .

Let IJe quote to you fran "Tbe Conscience of a Conservative ." "A shooting war nay cause the death of nany n illions of people, including our own . But we cannot, for that reason, naJ<:e the avoidance of a shooting war our chief objective."

Happy landings, boys! (Laughter)

Secor.dly, "vJe nust -- ourselves -- be prepared to undertake uili tary operations against vulnerable Coununist regiues . "

And renenber, novr, friends, what he had t o say to a reporter in that Gerr.mn uagazine, "Der Spiegel," when they asked hin, and I quote the question, "But would you, Senator, go t o the brink of war?"

And listen to the words of the Senator fran Arizona: "Yes." "Yes."

Yes, he says, but that isn't half of it . "Yes, just as your country has used brinl'-..nanship down through the years and done so very, very successfully. " Ye, gods ! Voices. (Chorus of "boos.")

Senator Hunphrey. Gen.1any, that two tines in one century under iuperialisn ani under .: nationalis1;1 brought this world to a bloodbath; Gernany that used under the Kaiser and Hitler brinlm anship, and the Senator fran Arizona says "Just as your countr y has used brinlmanship down through the years and done so very, very successfully "

Hhat success have they had? What !nisery, what unbelievable terror has berobrought to this world because of brinknanship.

I say to you that a senator or a person that can vote a gainst the Civil Rights Act, that can vote against the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and tr.tat can applaud the brinkuanship of I hlperial Gernany and Nazi GenJany, I say to you that that Elan has denonstrated the lacl( of judgnent , the lack of understanding, the lacl<, 1:1ay I say, o f responsibility and he cannot possibly be called upon to serve as President of this country. (Applause )

Now, nay I just conclude with these words. One of the I:tain goals set by the standard bearer of the Goldwater faction of the Republican Party is, and I quote hin, "to invite the conuunist leaders to choose between total destruction of the Soviet Union and accepting local defeat ." U. of Pittsburgh - 9 -

This is why tl~ great Walter Lippr;Jan wrote the article entitled "tlti­ matUia Diplonn.cy." This is why newspapers like the New York Herald Tribune, the New York Tines, the Saturday Evening Post, the Life Magazine, historically Republican papers, this is why they rejected the Senator froEl Arizona.

They don 1 t reject hi1a because he is a 1aan that you couldn't like as an individual. They don't reject hh1 because he is a !Jan that you couldn't like as an individual. They don't reject hiEl because he is a Republican, because he is really not. He has rejected his own Party. He has left his Party. He is nd a Republican. He is a Goldwater radical, and he knows it. (Applause)

To ny young friends, I say this . We IJtust reject any candidate and a foreign policy which offers nothing better than ultinatwas and a risk of nuclear war . Our purpose nust be to continue our great peaceful plans to taue the aton, to explore the stars, and to 1aake the benefits of abundance and education open to all 1aen.

When the Senator fror.1 Arizona was asked about the space progran, he said he wasn 1 t interested in getting to the 1:10on. He wanted to lob a boub in the Kremlin 1 s L1en 1 s roou. (Laughter)

What kind of talk is this for a president

What kind of thiru~ing is it? It would be interesting and it would be a fine joke if our lives weren't at stake.

All great plans require creative ideas and a willingness of the spirit and these are the qualities that we must continue. And added to those qualities of creativeness and willingness of the spirit nust cone the quality of responsibility, responsibility in word, responsibility in deed. We need an Araerica with the wisdon of experience, but we nust not let A1aerica grow old in spirit .

When I was in Washington just yesterday I saw that they are building the stands for the inaugural in Jru1uary, 1965, in front of the Capitol . I rene1aber four years ago as we watched our brave young President accept the torch of leadership for a new generation of Ar1ericans . I was there.

Although his own life was brutally extinguished, that torch that he carried so faithfully burns on in progrnL1S and ideals which his successor carries on, and at next January's inaugural the world nust not witness the extinction of that torch of hope by a nan who has never realized that the Anerican dreru:1 is one of progress, one of renewal, and not of stagnation and reaction.

And Anerica nust not witness the extinction of the torch of world l eadership by the bitter whirlwind of a nuclear holocaust.

The tine of true national testing is here . It will be here Nove11ber 3rd. And I think we should r eueuber the nessage of the scriptures, "Without vision the people perish."

Let us hold fas~ therefore, to the VlSlOn of fuJerica . Let us be like Mrs .. Roosevelt in her final book whe n she said "Tonorrow is Now . "

And anyone that can't thiiL'k in those terns, anyone that can't think in the terns -- it nust be a Goldwater technician in charge of this. (Applause)

\tlell, I guess this is as good a way to tell ne the tine is up anyway. (Laughter)

But as I said to you, Mrs. Roosevelt's final writings are in a book entitled "Touorrow is Now."

My young fellow Ar:1ericans, you know that. You know ~hat anybody that doesn 1 t understand change and how to co1:1e to grips with it is dead and doesn't know it.

It is all right for you to study ancient history. I want you to study it. I hope you do well in it. I hope you learn nll about it. But for goodness sakes, don't vote it. (Laughter and Applause) U. of Pittsburgh - 10 -

So l:Ja.Y I conclude, then, t his nessage, by saying that if we work with diligence this autunn, and this is t he autuLm that is inportant, this glorious .Anerican vision, a world of peace, a world of plenty, and a world in which h~an dignity is uore than a phrase, but indeed is a reality, if we work diligently this k1erican dreru1 conceived in hope, forged in battle, tested in adversity, shall not perish fron this earth.

I ask you, therefore, to consider the questions of public policy. Look at the candidates . Look at the platforms . Look at what trey said. Look at how they voted .

Co1:1e to a decision a nd I hope that when you do, you will cone to the decision that I have cone to, that it would be good for .Anerica to re­ elect or elect for four Elore years in the Presidency Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Hw1phrey, t oo . (.Applause) ###### Background material Pittsburgh, Penna.

University of Pittsburgh is one of centerpieces of the new setting of the city. It is 175 years old. Other important universities there: Carnegie Institute of Technology, Duquesne University. All have extensive improve­ ments with federal assistance. Univ. of Pittsburgh has country's largest college facility proJect with federal help to provide 1855-stude.nt dormitory and 2800-student dining room. Carnegie has new dorms and Duquesne a $3 million student union building. Chancellor Litchfield of Pitt is city sparkplug. City has long been one of nation's leading medical centers, since shortly after Civil War , but is now heading to be leader in research. Pooling resources of all universities and indus­ tries under city planning, with federal assistance, will mean establishment of a mile of laboratories in a once unattractive ravine and railroad cut. Pitt's "Cathedral of Learning," 42 stories, is known as world's tallest schoolhouse. City has two federally assisted apartment projects for elderly, one sponsored by Jewish, one by Baptist organization. Major progress probably started with the smoke abatement program betun in 1939. It has been successful. Then came the Golden Triangle development, which opened ~he point," where Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers form the Ohio. $100 million urban renewal approvals. Freight tonnage moving on the three rivers in Pittsburgh area is greater than through the Panama Canal. All are waterways made possible by federal activity.

Still steel capital of the world, Pittsburgh's blas~ furnaces at night once prompted the description, "Hell with the Lid Off." Free Soilers sponsored big conference in Pittsburgh in Feb., 1856, brought liberal-minded scattered groups together, formally organized the Republican Party with a philosophy 180 degrees out of phase with Goldwaterism. The AFL was also founded at Pittsburgh. Background material Pittsburgh -- page 2

George Washington was one of earliest landowners, expressed confidence in future growth. Today's Pittsburgh spirit is infectious.

March over the Alleghenies thxough knee-deep snow of 8th Penna Volls from Pittsburgh to join Washington's Army was incredible feat, suffering even worse than Valley Forge, equal of any ~ilitary movement in history. Address by

tor Hubert H. Humphrey

University of Pittsburgh

October 15, 1964

Some of my friends ask me why I spend so much time talking to university audiences -- talking to college students who are not eligible to vote.

Students have a .:,ot to teach politicians -- and ''II taPS~ i 4&&J ~ FP1"'([c ..._. sometimes vi~e-~ersa•JI find university audiences 0 ~~., t.:.-. receptive to new ideas and willing to face world ~ realities -- but at the same time they ask me probing questions and give me new perceptions that sharpen my own thinking . - 2 -

in

university audiences, I am not

only refreshed by new ideas -- I am restored by new

zest and ~Y~ Our ~:ponents in this campaign are

going around this country saying that Americans are

"sick and tired" of this, and "sick and tired, ,of that. i_After speaking to any audience, and especially to

student audiences, I know once again that Americans ____---::>

are not sick, and Americans are not tired. ar ~Beware of those who peddle the P.g!!tics of

despair. Choose those who offer the politics of !!Ia- -::;;::=-

hope, of enthusiasm, of joy. L Let us always remember that it was the new energy and enthusiasm which men brought to America"

that gave new reality to the old dream of human

freedom. The American dream was not conceived in - 3 -

the conscience of conservatives but in the hope of enthusiasts~J1.1J~ '

Yet in place of the 4@erican dream, we are now

being offered an American nightmare by the peddlers

of despair.

Sometime ago, we heard complaints about the

complacent and self-indulgent generation of the 1950's.

But this accusation was ill-directed. american youth

has always been willing to meet the challenge -- if

they are made aware of the shape of the challenge.

~Under the Administration of Presidents Kennedy

and Johnson the challenge has been presented and accepted ,

~ The most dramatic evidence of this acceptance is seen in

the response to the Peace Corps.

ZPresident Kennedy~ the full weight of his

office to the veace Corps, and President Johnson has

maintained this strong support~ut the people who - 4 -

bear primary credit for its success are the Peace

Corps Volunteers themselves -- those Americans who

realize that there is a moral imperative to service ~ beyond that of mere self-service.

( Yet the Peace Corps was only a beg inning. r~ I

(Into the older programs of America's foreign relations,

this Administration poured a new vigor and new

excellence~n our recruitment and placement of

men and women abroad, we demanded and obtained a

greater knowledge of relevant foreign languages and

greater sensitivity to the problems of the new nations.

~We re-fashioned the f~ei : n ai~ g ram; we created

the Alliance for Progress; we made use of our

agricultural abundance by sending Food for Peace to

more than 100 million people.

- ~We have been able to recruit -- and-equally

important -- to keep good men in high positions ~ ------~======because Yresident Kennedy and President Johnson - 5 -

brought back to American life the spirit described

by John Adams as one of "public happiness,"!,It is

this spirit, said Adams, that produces delight in c:::::.: -

public discussion, and public action -- a joy in

c~tizenship, and in ~go~.

~ istorians who write of our turbulent

note another milestone in our conduct of foreign

affairs: our renewed effort to tame the atom --

through the Test Ban Treaty, the "hot line", and the

prohibition of nuclear weapons in outer space

before it maims us.

where do we find the nominee of the

Goldwater faction on these vital issues of foreign

policy.

(AI~~e has told us where he stands: he rejects

foreign aid; he disdains negotiation; he dismisses

the United Nations; he opposes bridge-building to - 6 - the peoples of,,,_0...,.. the Communist nations; and he condemns our efforts to =:!\the armaments race.

<' Recall, for instance, the solid bipartisan

backing for the nucle~Test Ban Treaty-- the support

of General Eisenhower and 25 of 33 Senate Republicans,

Recall, as well, the moving words~ Everett Dirksen,

the Republican Senate leader:

"I want to take a first step, Mr. President," he said. "I am not a young man ••• one of my age thinks about his destiny a little. I should not like tomve it written on my tombstone, he knew what happened at Hiroshima , but he did not take a first step."

~ Senator Goldwater knew what happened at Hiroshima.

Yet , he refused to take this first stepe»

His seeming callousness about this treaty is

hardly surprising. For Senator Goldwater has often

talked as if he believed peace could best be achieved by e ~ee=. t7.t ~ .:~::; t:. •o( ; ~ ~ ~-1-D ~·e~~. - 7 -

TP 7 tid! .

~ Senator Goldwater now bemoans the fact that

most of the American people have turned against

him because of his recklessness. He claims to have been misinterpreted,. and misquoted. ~~ Senator Goldwater deludes himself. He has

acquired his reputation for recklessness not by

misinterpretation, but through his own statements.

' b Let me quote to you from his book, The Conscience of

a Conservative:

" A shooting war may cause the death of many millions of people including our own. But we cannot, for that reason, make the avoidance of a shooting war our chief objective. " Or, "We must -- ourselves -- be prepared to undertake military operations against vulnerable Communist regimes. "

and remember what happened when the reporter from

the German ma gazine Der Spiegel asked him, "But would - 8 - you go to the brink of war?"

L"Yes, "G oldwater replied, "Just as your country has used brinkmanship down through the years and done so very, very successfully. "

~hat kind of a statement is that? What kind of man could make such a statement? You don't have to m~ or in history·- to know that any man who offers the disastrous examples of Imperial and Nazi Germany for us to follow is a man who has no understanding of past history or current reality.,

In his frantic impatience with the world as it ~ ~ is, Senator Goldwater ...... to back the Soviet Union into a corner where its only- alternatives would be surrender or nuclear war. / Indeed, one of his main goals seems -to be and 'again I quote him --''"to invite the Communist leaders to choose between total destr- uction of the Soviet Union and accepting local defeat. ~ (JJJ.~ - 9 - ~ '\reject a candidate and a foreign policy

which offe) nothing better than glib slogans ~lllte ;/j,.'* l~...t"'. f.~. great,. ~ the risk of nuclear war. ~~~ont~nue ~ur

peaceful plans to tame the atom, to explore the stars,

and to make the benefits of abundance and education

open to all men.

our great plans require creative . ~ ideas and willingness of the spirit . These are the

qualities that we must continue to demand of our leaders -- and of ourselves. ~e.5PoNSibll iT~~ ~ We need an America with the wisdom of

must not let America grow old experience. But::1 we ....., in spirit. , - -< When I was in Washington yesterday, I noticed

that the wooden stands for next January's Presi-

dential Inauguration are now being constructed in

front of the Capitol building. Four years ago, we - 10 -

all watched as our brave young President accepted the torch of leadership for a =new generation of Americans. Although his own life was brutally extin g uished, ~ the torch= he bore- burns on in the prograws and ideals which his successor carries on.

~ At next January's inaugural , the world must not witness the extinction of that torch by a man v who has never realized that the American dream is I renewal, not stagnation and reaction 41 p~_r~ o~..g!: r:e=ey=s=mi ~Q~ P and • a .. 1 ~ and &nerica must not witness the extinction of the

torch of our world leadership by the bitter whirl-

wind of holocaust.

~ The time of true national testing is close at

hand. Remember the message of the Scriptures -­

&( without vision, the people perish~ Let us hold fast -,_a--. ::. ·-·-- .. to our vision of America. Let us preserve that -11- vision against those who would so casually destroy it. -

- If we work with diligence this autumn, this glorious American vision -- conceived in hope -- forged in battle -- tested in adversity -- shall not ~ perish from this earth.'

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