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REI·lARKS OF VICE PRESIDENT HULERT E. HUI~IPHREY AIRPORT RALLY EL PASO, TEXAS OCTOBER 23, 1968 People have said we were so far behind in this election that we would have to set a world record to catch up. Hell, Bob Beamon shovTed us that it' s a good year for jumping ahead, and I h.::1ve news for Hr. Nixon. \lle have hit that jumping board and we're flying. There arc two weeks left in this campaign. It's time we focused on the central issue: Whom can the American people trust to lead this country for the next four years? Can we trust ee1ch other as people? Can we trust a candidate who \'lill not debate . • .who \'!ill not speak ou·t on the is su"-!s? The people ... to trust you •.. have to know where you stand. I know why Mr. Nixon won't debate. He' s afraid that the people will remember his record.
~vhere do you stand, ilr. Nixon, on !Vledicare? You used to call it a socialist scheme. vlliat about aid to education? You broke a tie vote in the Senate against federal .::1id t o education in 1960. vJhat about Head Start ant:. the Bi·- lingual I:;duco.tion Act? What about the Jvb Corps?
What about that treaty ~gainst nuclear testing we now
have in the books? Is it still the ~ cruel hoax" you used to think it was? Why are you for de laying thG treaty to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of the Nassers and the Castros cf
the world? Do you think that's a 0 cruel h onx,~ t oo? \'lhere do you stand on Vietnam. llr, Nixon? When a rc you going t o reveal your s e cret plan for pea ce? Or is Hr. Agnew right . . . "ms the whe;le thing a 11 ploy" ? Page 2
Why, Hr. 1\iixon, do ycu talk a good game of civil rights up Ho rth and then whistle Dixie in duet with J. Strom
Thurmond as ycu compete f o r votes with Hr " Wallace in the South? And why, Hr. Nixon, do your advisers tell us a little more unemployment would be a gocd thing for America'? Do they have in mind ti1e sillnt.: kind of Republican economics that brought us three disastrous rece ssions in eight Nixon years -- recessions that killed j obs , killed profits, and left this cvmYtry \·Tithout programs to meet urgent human need?
These arc que stions I \.rant answered il I•ir. Nixon. * * * There is ancther fellow in this race besides Richard the Silent Georg~ the Loud.
Gee;rge \'Vallace dishes out some r.1ighty tough talk about law and order ..• and then he claims t o be the friend of the workingman.
If it weren't s o serious, it would be ridiculous. Lat.-1 and Order : GE:..:orge \val lace couldn 1 t provide it in
Alabama. had the highest murder rate in th ~ country.
His program for law ;:md o rder in the c ountry is t o run over people he doesn't like with his car. l1.nd u.s f or the working pt!ople in George Hallace 1 s Alabamu. .they make the third lowest weges in t he country. He \·las u. union-busting governor . . . and yuu kn0w it.
And mothers, hlabama duesn 1 t spend that reccrd-high six per cent sales tax on education ..• it has the second lowest per pupil expenditures f or education .black and white ...of any state in the c ountry . I·1r. W.::tllace su.ys he 'Vlunts to be our President. But he says nothing about his economic policy. He does no t tell us how he would work with the Congress. And his approach to f o reign po licy is best surn...'TIGd up in his sel..:ction of the bomber gene ral,
Curtis Le!1Iay, as his running mate . Americu. doesn't need your brand c f medicine, either,
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Nm·l, let's put things out in the upen.
I know what the oppositio n is s a ying behind the scenes.
They say " law and order, ·' but they really mean t c feed fear of o no American for another.
They say: Humphrey wants to give a black man a job and a
horne. He wants t :) give a Spanish-surnamed-1\l:nerican a j ob and a hura8.
And it will b e your job and y our home.
Humphrey wants t o go t o0 fast.
Let me tell y ou something.
Yes, I want t c help people get j obs and decent h ousing.
I want everybody in this country to have a j cb .•. and a
homt: .•. anu educa tion .•• and first~rate health care. And I want it fast.
Let's not f ool o urselves: \vhen s omeone g e ts n job vo1ho didn't hav0 c-ne befo re .•• when somebody gets educatiun or
training who didn't have it hcfc re -- all o f us benefit. We lift the country.
We create new tax-paying citize ns. The n , we get real oruer and justice.
1\.nd \'lhat' s more, w~ do what is right .
Yes: I want t o change things. I \..rant to chw.nge them f or the better and I want to do it now.
I challenge Hr. Nixun and 11r . ~'la llace to come o ut in the open on this issue .•• to stop talking vaguely about '· law unll order," as they have been.
I challenge them to offer specific programs -- not slog ~ ns - to create civil peace. I hav8 done that.
And I challenge them t o offer specific progtams, too, f o r justice in America - - justice in every aspect of our natio nal life •.• for e very member o f thefune rican family, no matter what his color, his religio n, or his last name. * * * Lut me say a wcrG ab0ut the special problems f a ced by Hexican-Americans. Page 4 a people's cultural The importance o f pr~sorving with passage of the Bi-lingual trauitioh was rec ogniz e~ o gz1ition of the special the first federal rec E~ucation Act -- s. t o speak twc l a nguage importance of the ability education, major program of bi-lingual Nvw we must launch a curriculum scholarships, t e xt books, including teacher training,
refo rm, and research. in ~mployment d iscriminatory pr2.ctices vJe must enll -- now ·-- Oppo rtunity Commissic the Equal Employment we r,mst adequately fund government will pledge thu t the federal If I am Presiuent, I -- and that means from cf Mexican-Americans be the mo ~el e mplo yer
the Nhi te Huuse o n <10\·Jn. for the Inte r-agency This include s m e r e respcnsibility e cific agenda crican Affairs -- a sp Committee un 1'1cxican-Iun help theCommittee a nd a Secretariat t o or priority items -- on schedule. accomplish its objectiv~s in the planning poor a grea ter vo ice It includes giving the p r ograms, such as liead n uf l o c a l c on~unity an~ implementatio aiu program. the migrant and legal Start, and expa nd ing to support e-bocied men the chance It include s giving abl Chavez told me and. pride . liS Cesar their families with dignity
~ last sumn1er in Los Angeles chance t o build a favo rs - - merely the ;' ~"le want D.c specinl can help theruselves. " union so the members * * * divided. not have t o be torn nnd I sny this cuuntry U.oes beyond race , of trust trust w~ c a n build a country f o r one anotheJ .trust o f free people j or religion, c r regicn
as human beings. each o ther. l He don't have to hate built the tvgether -- just as \ole We can build this c o untry • . just ns we bu J built our highways . railronds • • . just as "'~ cities. an<.l zteel in o ur ryr•: nt the; buildings of mo rtar Page 5 we will And if you will trust Senator Muskie and Myself, do it.
There are only a few days left now. I do not I do not have a massive advertising budget. only have you: have a multi-million dollar TV blintz. I millions of people against millions of dollars.
Let's break through Mr. Nixon's smokescreen. of fear Let's break through t1r. Wallace's campaign and hate. American And let's break through to a New Day for the trust. people -- a new day of hope and faith and
I ask your help. # # # # #26 REMARKS OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT AIRPORT RALLY EL PASO, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1968
VICE-PRESIDENT HUMPHREY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very, very much, Senator Yarborough. And look at my fellow Democrat down here. He is as stubborn as Richard Nixon. Well, let me tell you -- when this man takes a stand, you can't move him, right down here. I am very grateful to you, my friend, for bringing this symbol of our party, this sturdy anmrnal that knows exactly where he stands and is unmovable when he takes his stand. Ladies and gentlemen, let me just for a moment thank all those who have presented these gifts and these symbolic gifts to me. I see out in front of us here two llamas, and I want to say how very beautiful they are. Their heads are high. They look just like Democrats looking to the future, head high, looking right out into the horizon, right out into the Franklin Mountains, unafraid, knowing that they can conquer anything. And here is this good Democratic donkey right here, first class. I'll tell you he looks good, his ears are up, he plans to listen whether Richard Nixon is saying anything, and he hasn't heard anything yet. (Applause) But you know what? I see they have got a sign on him that shows that donkey kicking. And guess where he hit? Yes siree, he hit on a strategic target, on the Republican candidate, according to that sign. Chairman George McAlmon, Congressman White, members of this great congressional delegation from Texas, my dear, good friend Senator Yarborough, the people's Senator, and all of you wonderful people from El Paso -- gee, it's good to be here on this beautiful, beautiful afternoon and evening. The sun is shining bright, it looks like a Democratic day. I tell you, the clouds are away. It looks like victory for the Democrats. (Applause) Lots of wonderful, many wonderful things have happend to me today. First of all, as I carne here, of course, I want to thank Miss Arriba Humphrey, Miss Virginia Jordon, not only for the rose, but for the kiss. I'll tell you, it's wonderful. It does a lot for a candidate to be kissed by a beautiful girl like that. And I just want you to know, Miss Virginia, that I will remember that. Sometime after November -- after January 1969 1 I hope that you will come up to Washington and do it all over again. (Applause) I want to thank those that have presented me with these other symbols of Texas hospitality, western hospitality -~ - that lasso. Listen, I needed that a long time ago. I have been trying to lasso that fellow Nixon for the last month. He is something. He has been hiding out under one of these bushes out here in the Waco Basin. I haven't been able to get him. As we were flying over, I looked out there and I kept saying to my friends in the plane -- do you think that is Nixon under there? And then I would look a little bit another way and I would look there, and there would be another shadow, and I said -- do you think that is Nixon. And then he would run to another bush, and then I said -- I know that's Nixon because he has run away from us, there is no doubt about it. (Applause) . '
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But if I would have had this, if I would have had this lasso, we would have roped him by now, believe me ---we would have had him tied down. I want to thank you very, very much. Now, about this branding iron. That poor fellow -- isn't it going to be a little bit discouraging to him, as he stands in the shower, and finds HHH on himself in certain places. Oh, my goodness. (Shouts of "pour it on") But, my friends, I want you to know -- I want you to know that these, that this branding iron will be in the White House, and it is going to be there because you have presented it to me, and because yoy helped elect me. We are going to have it right there in the White House. (Applause) Oh, boy, I can hardly wait to put the heat to him. Doesn't that look good. Look at over here -- these magnificent spurs, the same as you gave to t hat great President, John Kennedy. And let me tell you - (Applause) These spurs are going to spur me on to victory. And if I can ever get ahold of the Republican candidate to ride him long enough, i t will help put him into action, too. They are beautiful. And again I want to say that all of these wonderful gifts are going to be there for you to look at when you in El Paso decided you were s oing to pay a visit to the White House to see your President, your Democratic President, your own Democratic President, Hubert Humphrey in the White House. (Applause) You know, it's so lovely here today. I wish that all of you could be up here where I am to look out -- of course, you have seen t hem before so many times -- but those mountains, those wonderful, beautiful Franklin Mountains. And we came by the Guadalupe Mountains as well. And we came by that great national park, the Guadalupe National Park -- all of these things, my friends, mean so much to us. And that park, in particular, is again representative of what a Democratic administration can mean to you. Do you _realize that in t hese last five years we have set aside over 2.5 million acres of properties in this country for national parks and national monuments for our people, and one of them is your own, right out here in this great State of Texas. And why do we do these things? Because we care, because we care about people's living conditions, because we want our people ·t o have a heritage, because we want our people to enjoy this America. We don't set them aside because we are interested simply in land values or because we are interested in the number of acres. We set these great parks aside because we know that people need breathing space and living space, space for their leisure time. This is the story of the Democratic Party, a party that cares for people. And that is why this party wins. (Applause) I want to thank your Congressman White for his leadership in these matters. And I want to thank him, and Ralph Yarborough for all of their efforts in the Chamizal settlement and in this great Chamizal Highway, and all that it means to these two great countries, countries of the Republic of Mexico and the Republic of the United States of America -- two friendly nations, two great peoples, peoples that are blended together now in a common culture, peoples that have learned how to live alongside of each other in peace and in harmony. 3 You know, I used to know your mayor here, Ray Taos, who was appointed as you recall by President Kennedy to be our Ambassador to Costa Rica -- a wonderful man and a wonderful family. Once again it tells you that the Democratic Party understands, it understands where the talent is, it understands the vitality 0f people; it understands that every race, every culture, every group of people has something to contribute to this country. Ladies and gentlemen, let me say to you what I said to another group of people in San Antonio. Let me tell you that the Republican Party has forgotten, if it ever remembered, people Spanish of surname. They have forgotten what we call Mexican Americans -- and I only use that term because it identifies for moment a -- because I don't believe in hyphenated citizenship. They forgot Americans who can lend so much to this country. You can read the record of the Republican party for its eight years, in 1953 to 1961, and, my friends, you will never find anything about El Paso -- you will never find anything about a Spanish-speaking American. You will never find anything · that was done for this city, for this part of America. You will find nothing there for you, not a thing. (Applause) And let me tell you how we can repay them ---because I believe in repaying them with equal treatment. We are going to give Mr. Nixon exactly what he gave us -- nothing, on election day. (Applause) You know, this is the home, this is the home of the great u thlete, Bob Beamon. You know -- well, you know what Bob just did -- he jumped two feet further than he ever jumped before. It ~ · ;as amazing, absolutely amazing, set a world record. Do you know what that means? Let me tell you what it means. Mr. Nixon, he thinks he is going to be President; he thinks he is President. He is practicing being President. Listen, he is going to pretend he is President so long that you are going to get so tired of him, that by November fifth you are going to vote for a change and you are going to elect me your President. (Applause) Well, Bob Beamon showed us that it's a good time to start making big jumps, it's a good time, it's a good year for jumping ahead. And I have news for Mr. Nixon we have hit that jumping board right out here in Texas, and we are jumping right into the ~.Vhi te House . (Applause) You bet we are. And we are going to do it. We are going to d o it with you people. We are going to do it with the people. We can't do it with the big money. It is not on our side, and I know it. We don't have all the television time. We don't have a ll the organization that Mr. Nixon has. We don't have Madison Avenue. But you know what we have got -- we have got El Paso - you betcha. You know, you know what else we are going to have? We are going to have Texas -- yes, sir. (Applause) And you know what is going to win this election -- you and millions like you, people who say, and rightly so, that the White H ouse shouldn't go to the man with the biggest advertising 4
budget. The White House should go to the man that cares for the people and the party, that cares for the people, and we are not going to let eh Republicans buy into the White House, are we? (Shouts of "no.") Now, I could just tell you that there is a basic philosophy that I have that impels me to seek office. I have always believed that the real strength of this country was in its people. I have always believed that the real wealth . of this country was in its people. I have always believed that the greatest resource. of this country was its people, and I have not separated people into races, creeds and nationalities. I have talked about the people. I talk about the American people, not black people, not white people, not Mexican-Americans, not Norwegian-Swedish Americans. I talk about the people, the people @f this country, and we have been making an investment in people. We have been making an investment in their educatien, and we have been making an investment in their jobs, and we have been making an investment in their little children; we have been making an invest ment in the people's health, and we have been making an investment in the people's living environment. Ladies and gentlemen, these investments are paying off. America today is the richest, the most powerful, the most well taken care of country on the face of the earth, and why? Because we have cared, because we have cared about the people, because we have recognized that a people educated is a people productive, because we have recognized that when a man has a job, he becomes a self-respecting, productive taxpaying citizen; because we have recognized that we need each other and, my fellow Americans, I appeal to you from this platform not to listen to the demagogues ·that would divide us, not to listen to those that would tell you that you have to be worried about the other man because he may be a little different. I ask you not to listen to the voices of fear and of bigotry, the voices of suspicion and of doubt. I ask you to repudiate those voices of hatred and racism, and I ask you to stand by those of us that believe that there is a great decency in this country, a basic goodness in America, a greatness that can be called forth. I ask you to support your Congressman from this district, Congressman White, who has done so much for you. (Applause.) I ask you to support a great Senator who was the first author of the Bilingual Education Act, who cared, who understood about the people in this area, and I ask you to help us to build on these programs, to give our little children a chance in Project Headstart, to give your young teenagers a chance in job training, to give senior citizens a chance for better medical care, to give our senior citizens better social security benefits, to help make our cities more livable, to help our farmers to be able to earn a decent living. That is what I stand for, and you know it. I have a record of public performance. (Applause.) So, as we leave you here tonight, what a magnificent day, will you remember that it is the people against the Republican organization, it is the people against the Republican money, it is the people against Mr. Nixon, who never in his public life has lifted a finger in your behalf? I ask you to back the party that has helped you, and I ask you to back the ticket of Humphrey and Muskie, because it wants to help you, and if you give us your help, we will help you, and we will build a better America. Now, let me ask you. Are you for Wallace for president? (Cries of "no.") , • 5
Do you want Mr. Nixon for president? {Cries of "no.") All right. {Cries of "We want Humphrey.") Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Wait a minute. Now, let me tell you, you say you want me. Well let me tell you, my dear friends, I want you, and I need you, and I ask you now to go horne to your families and to your friends, and I ask you to appoint your self a committee of one. I ask you to work as you have never worked before, not for me but for yourselves, to work for your country, t o work for your family, to work for the young, to work for the old, to work for everyone. My dear friends, let me tell you something. We can show America that the people's voice will be heard, and we can jump as far as Bob Beamon in this election. We can jump, my friends. So let's go from here today, let's go from here tonight, with a pledge. I ask you to take a pledge with me. Will you stand up now and go to work for Humphrey and Muskie? Give me your answer. {Cries of "yes.") God bless you. Thank you very much. I am going to my lasso, I take it all, and, ladies and gentlemen, we are going to go and we are going to win this election together. Thank you, my friends. {Shouts of "Arriba Humphrey.) ..... ,• '
TRANSCRIPT OF SPEECH BY VICE-PRESIDENT HUBERT H. HUMPHREY
El Paso International Airport El Paso , Texas Wednesday , October 23rd , 1968 . ·. • '
VICE-PRESIDENT HUMPHREY : Well , thank you , thank you very , very much , Senator Yarbrough ; and look at my fellow Democrat down here . He ' s as stubborn as Richard Nixon . But let me tell you -- but let me tell you , this man takes a stand, you can ' t move him. Right down here . I ' m very grateful to you , my friend , for bring- ing this symbol of our party , this sturdy animal that knows exactly where he stands , and is unmovable , takes his stand. Ladies and gentlemen , let me just for a moment thank all those who have presented these gifts , these symbolic gifts , to me . I see , out in front of us here , two llamas , and I want to say how very beautiful they are . Their heads are high ; they look just like Democrats , looking to the future , head high , looking right out into the horizon , right out into the Franklin .Mountains , unafraid, knowing that they can conquer anything ; and here is this good , Democratic donkey , right here , first class . I ' ll tell you , he looks good. His ears are up; he ' s trying to listen whether Richard Nixon ' s saying anything , and he hasn ' t heard anything yet . But you know what? I see they ' ve got a sign on him that shows that donkey kicking , and guess where he hit . Yes , siree , he hit on the strate- gic target on the Republican candidate , according to that sign . Chairman George McAlmon; Congressman White; the members of this great Congressional delegation from Texas ; my dear , good friend , Senator Yarbrough , the people ' s senator ; and all of you wonderful people from El Paso ; gee , it ' s good to be here on this beautiful , beautiful afternoon and evening. The sun is shining bright. It looks like a Democratic day , I ' ll tell you ; the clouds are away ; it looks like victory for the Democrats . Lots of wonderful -- many wonderful things have happened to me today . First of all , as I came here , of course , I want to thank Miss Arriba Humphrey , Miss Virginia Jordan , not only for the rose , but for the kiss . I tell you , it ' s wonderful ; it does a lot for a
candidate to be kissed by a beautiful girl like that; and I just
want you to know , Miss Virginia , that I ' ll remember that. Sometime
after November , after January, 1969 , I hope that you ' ll come down
to Washington and do it all over again .
And I want to thank those that have presented me with these
other symbols of Texas hospitality , western hospitality . That
lasso listen , I needed that a long time ago. I ' ve been trying
to lasso that fellow Nixon for the last month. He is something.
He ' s been hiding out under one of these bushes , out here in the
Hueco Basin . I haven 't been able to get him . I --as we were fly
ing over, I looked out there, and I kept saying to my friends in the
plane , "Do you think that's Nixon under there?" And then I'd look a
little bit another way , and I ' d look over there, and there would be
another shadow . I said , "Do you think that's Nixon?" And then he ' d
run to another bush , and then I said, "I know it ' s Nixon, because
he ' s running away from us ; there's no doubt about it." But if I ' d
had this , if I ' d had this lasso, we ' d have roped him by now .
Believe me , we ' d have had him tied down. I want to thank you very, very much .
Now, about this branding iron. That poor fellow. Isn ' t it -
isn 't it going to be a little bit discouraging to him, as he stands
in the shower and finds "HHH" 'on himself in certain places? Oh, my
goodness . But my friends , I want you to know I want you to know
that these -- that this branding iron will be in the White House, and it ' s going to be there because you presented it to me, and be cause you helped elect me. We ' re going to have it right there in the
White House. Oh, boy, I can hardly wait to put the heat to them. Boy, doesn ' t that look good? ' '
And look over here , these magnificent spurs , the same as you gave to that great President , John Kennedy . Let me tell you , these spurs are going to spur me on to victory ; and if I can ever get hold of the Republican candidate to ride him long enough , it ' ll help put him in the action , too . They ' re beautiful , and again , I want to say that all of these wonderful gifts are going to be there for you to look at when you , in El Paso , decide that you 're going to pay a visit to the White House to see your President , your Democratic President , your own Democratic President , Hubert Humphrey , in the White House .
You know , it ' s so lovely here today . Just -- I wish that all of you could be up here where I am , to look out and see these -- of course , you ' ve seen them before so many times , but those mountains , those wonderful , beautiful Franklin Mountains ; and we came by the Guadalupe Mountains , as well , and we came by that great national park , the Guadalupe National Park . All of these •things , my friends , mean so much to us , and that park , in particular , is again represen tative of what a Democratic administration can mean to you . Do you realize that in these last five years , we have set aside over two and a half. million acres of properties in this country for national parks and national monuments for our people , and one of them is your own , right out here in this great State of Texas . And why do we do these things? Because we care . Because we care about people ' s living conditions . Because we want our people to have a heritage . Because we want our people to enjoy this America . We don ' t set them aside because we ' re interested simply in land values , or because we ' re interested in the number of acres . We set these
great parks asid~ because we know that people need breathing space , and living space , and space for their leisure time . This is the story of the Democratic party : A party that cares for people ; and that ' s why this party wins .
And I want to thank your Congressman White for his leadership in these matters . I want to thank him and Ralph Yarbrough for the all of their efforts in the Chamizal sett lement , and in this great Chamizal highway , all that it means to these two great countries , the countries of the Republic of Mexico and the Republic of the United States of America . Two friendly nations , two great peoples , peoples that are blended together now in a common culture , peoples that have learned how to live alongside of each other in peace and in harmony . You know , I used to know your Mayor here , Ray Telles , who was appointed, as you recall , by President Kennedy to be our Ambassador in Costa Rica -- a wonderful man and a wonderful family . Once again , it tells you that the Democratic party understands . It understands where the talent is . It understands the vitality of people . It understands that every race , every culture , every group of people , has something to contribute to this country . And ladies and gentlemen , let me say to you what I said to another group of people in San Antonio. Let me tell you that the Republican party has forgotten , if it ever remembered , people of Spanish surname . They have forgotten what we call "Mexican-Americans , " and I only use that term because it identifies , for a moment , because I don ' t believe in hyphenated-- hyphenated citizenship. They forgot
~mericans who can lend so much to this country . You can read the record of the Republican party for its eight years , in 1953 to 1961 , and my friends , you ' ll never find anything about El Paso . You ' ll never find anything about a Spanish-speaking American . You ' ll never find anything that was done for this city , for this part of America . You ' ll find nothing there for you , not a thing . And let me tell you how we can repay them , because I believe in repaying them with equal treatment: Ne ' re going to give Mr . Nixon exactly what he gave us
nothing -- on election day .
You know, this is the home -- this is the home of the great
athlete Bob Beeman . You know , well , you know what Bob just did?
He jumped two feet further than he ever jumped before . It was
amazing , absolutely amazing ; set a world ' s record . Now , you know
what that means? Let me tell you what it means . You know , Mr.
Nixon , he thinks he ' s going to be President . He thinks he is
President . He ' s practicing being President . Listen , he ' s going
to pretend he ' s President so long that you ' re going to get so tired
of him that by November 5th , you ' re going to vote for a change, and
you ' re going to elect me your President . Well , Bob Beeman showed
us that it ' s a good time to start making big jumps . It ' s a good
time , it ' s a good year , for jumping ahead ; and I have news for Mr .
Nixon : We have hit that jumping board right out here in Texas , and
we ' re jumping right into the White House . You bet we are , and we ' re
going to do it , we ' re going to do it with you people .
We ' re going to do it with the people . We can ' t do it with the
big money; it ' s not on our side , and I know it. We don ' t have all
the television time . We don ' t have all the organization that Mr .
Nixon has . We don ' t have Madison Avenue . But you know what we ' ve
got? We ' ve got El Paso . You betcha . You know what else -- you know what else we ' re going to have? We ' re going to have Texas . Yes , sir. And you know what ' s going to win this election? You , and millions like you; people who say -- and rightly so -- that the White House shouldn ' t go to the man with the biggest advertising budget . The White House should go to the man that cares for the people, and the party that cares for the people , and we ' re not going
to let the Republicans buy into the White House, are we? Now , I can just tell you that there ' s a basic philosophy that
I have that compels me to seek office . I ' ve always believed that
the real strength of t his country was in its people . I ' ve always
believed that the real wealth of this country was in its people .
I ' ve always believed that t he greatest resource of this country was
its people ; and I haven ' t separated people into races and creeds and
nationalities . I ' ve talked about the people . I talk about the
American people --not black people , not white people , not Mexican
Americans , not Norwegian- Swedish-Americans -- I talk about the people , the people of this country.
And we ' ve been making an investment in people . We ' ve been
making an investment in their education ; we ' ve been making an in
vestment in their jobs ; we ' ve been making an investment in their
little children ; we ' ve been making an investment in the people ' s
health ; and we ' ve been making an investment in the people ' s living environment . Ladies and gentlemen , these investments are paying off . America , today , is the richest , the most powerful , the most well-taken-care-of country on the face of the earth. And why?
Because we cared. Because we cared about the people ; because we recognized that a people educated is a people productive . Because we recognized that when a man has a job , he becomes a self-respecting , productive , tax-paying citizen . Because we recognized that we need each other .
And my fellow Americans , I appeal to you , from this platform , not to listen to the demagogues that would divide us ; not to listen to those that would tell you that you have to be worried about the other man because he may be a little different . I ask you not to listen to the voices of fear and of bigotry, the voices of suspicion and of doubt . I ask you to repudiate those voices of hatred and racism , and I ask you to stand by those of us that believe that •
there ' s a great decency in this country , a basic goodness in America ,
a greatness to be called forth .
I ask you to support your congressman from this district ,
Congressman White , who has done so much for you . I ask -- I ask
you to support a great senator , who was the first author of the
bilingual education act , who cared , who understood about the people
in this area ; and I ask you to help us to build on these programs ,
to give our little children a chance in Project Headstart , to give
our young teen-agers a chance in job training, to give our senior
citizens a · chance for better medical care , to give our senior citi
zens better social security benefits , to help make our cities more
livable , to help our farmers to be able to earn a decent living .
That ' s what I stand for , ahd you know i t. I have a record of public performance .
So , as we leave you here tonight -- what a magnificent day - will you remember that it ' s the people against the Republican organi zation ; it ' s the people against the Republican money ; it ' s the people against Mr . Nixon , who never , in his public life , has lifted a finger in your behalf? I ask you to back the party that has helped you , and
I ask you to back the ticket of Humphrey and Muskie , because it wants to help you ; and if you give us your help , we will help you , and we ' ll build a better America . Now , let me ask you : Are you for
Wallace for President?
SPECTATORS : No !
VICE- PRESIDENT HUMPHREY : Do you want Mr . Nixon for President?
SPECTATORS : No ! We want Humphrey ! (Chanted.)
VICE-PRESIDENT HUMPHREY : Thank you , thank you , thank you , thank you . Wait a minute . Now , let me tell you , you -- you say you want me , but let me tell you , my dear friends , I want you , and I need you , and I ask you now to go horne to your --to your families , • •
and to your friends , and I ask you to appoint yourself a committee of one ; and I ask you to work as you ' ve never worked before -- not for me , but for yourselves ; to work for your country , to work for your family , to work for the young , to work for the old , to work for everyone . My dear friends , let me tell you something : We can show America that the people ' s voice will be heard, and we can jump as far as Bob Beeman in this election . We can jump , my friends . So , so let ' s -- let ' s go from here today , let ' s go from here tonight with a pledge . I ask you to take a pledge with me . Will you stand up , now , and go to work for Humphrey and Muskie? Give me your answer . SPECTATORS : Yes !
VICE-PRESIDENT HUMPHREY: God bless you . Thank you very much . I ' m going to take my lasso, 1 take it all ; and ladies and gentlemen , we ' re going to go , and we ' re going to win this election together . Thank you , my friends . CHAIRMAN McALMON: Arriba ! SPECTATORS : Humphrey ! CHAIRMAN McALMON : Arriba ! SPECTATORS : Humphrey !
CHAIRMAN McALMON : This little girl , Abby Marshall , has saved up her pennies , and she is donating her savings to Hubert Humphrey , the next President of the United States .
VICE-PRESIDENT HUMPHREY : Ladies and gentlemen , this is a five dollar check from a million dollar girl . Isn ' t she nice? • • •
CERTIFICATE
I , Melinda S . Whitley , Court Reporter , do hereby certify that the foregoing eight pages of typewritten matter constitute and is a full , true and correct transcript of the speech by Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey , delivered at the El Paso International Airport , El Paso , Texas , on Wednesday , the 23rd day of October , 1968 , to the best of my knowledge and ability .
Court Reporter REMARKS
VICE PRES I DENT HUBERT H. HUMPHREY
AIR RT RALLY ~~ • EL PASO, TEXAS 't __t;i ::;; ---1·~ '-._,,., CTOBER 23, 1968
People have said we were so far behind in election that we would have to set a world record to - 2 -
There are two weeks left in this campaign.
It's time we focused on the central issue: Whom can the American people trust to lead this country for the next four years?
Can we trust each other as people?
Can we trust a candidate who wi II not debate ... who wi II not speak out on the issues?
The people . . . to trust you . . . have to know where you stand.
I know why Mr. Nixon won't debate. He's afraid that the people wi II remember his record.
Where do you stand, Mr. Nixon, on Medicare? You used to call it a socialist scheme. - 3 -
What about aid to education? You broke a tie vote
in the Senate against federal aid to education in 1960.
What about Head Start and the Bi-lingual Education
Act?
What about the Job Corps?
What about that treaty against nuclear testing we now
have in the books? Is it still the "cruel Hoax" you used
to think it was?
Why are you for delaying the treaty to keep nuclear
weapons out of the hands of the Nassers and the Castros of
the world? Do you think that's a ' 1cruel hoax", too?
Where do you stand on Vietnam, Mr. Nixon? When are you going to reveal your secret plan for peace? Or is
Mr. Agnew right ... was the whole thing a "ploy"? - 4 -
Why, Mr. Nixon, do you talk a good game of civi I rights up North -- and then whistle Dixie in duet with
J. Strom Thurmond as you compete for votes with
Mr. Wallace in the South?
And why, Mr. Nixon, do your advisers tell us a little more unemployment would be a good thing for America?
Do they have in mind the same kind of Republican economics that brought us three disastrous recessions in eight Nixon years --- recessions that ki lied jobs, ki lied profits, and left this country without programs to meet urgent human need?
These are questions I want answered, Mr. Nixon.
* * - 5 -
There is another fellow in this race besides Richard the Silent --- George the Loud.
George Wallace dishes out some mighty tough talk about law and order . . . and then he claims to be the friend of the workingman.
If it weren't so serious, it would be ridiculous.
Law and Order: George Waillace couldn't provide it in
Alabama. He had the highest murder rate in the country.
His program for law and order in the country is to run over people he doesn •t like with :ni s car.
And as for the working people in George Wallace's
Alabama ... they make the third lowest wages in the country.
He was a union-busting governor ... and you know it. - 6 -
And mothers, Alabama doesn't spend that record-high six per cent sales tax on education ... it has the second lowest per pupi I expenditures for education black and white ... of any state in the country.
Mr. Wallace says he wants to be our President. But he says nothing about his economic policy. He does not tell us how he would work with the Congress. And his approach to foreign policy is best summed up in his selection of the bomber general, Curtis LeMay, as his running mate.
America doesn't need your brand of medicine, either,
Mr. Wallace.
... ~· *
Now, let's put things out in the open. - 7 -
know what the opposition is saying behind the scenes.
They say "law and order," but they really mean to feed fear of one American for another.
They say: Humphrey wants to give a black man a job and a home. He wants to give a Spanish-surnamed-American a job and a home.
And it wi II be your job and your home.
Humphrey wants to go too fast.
Let me tell you something:
Yes, I want to help people get jobs and decent housing.
I want everybody in this country to have a job ... and a good home . . . and education . . . and first-rate health care.
And I want it fast. - 8 -
Let's not fool ourselves: When someone gets a job who didn't have one before ... when somebody gets education or training who didn't have it before -- ~ of us benefit.
We lift the country.
We create new tax-paying citizens. Then, we get real order and justice.
And what's more, we do what is right.
Yes: I want to change things. I want to change them for the better and I want to do it now.
I challenge Mr. Nixon and Mr. Wallace to come out in the open on this issue ... to stop talking vaguely about "law and order," as they have been.
I challenge them to offer specific programs --- not slogans --- to create ci vi I peace. I have done that. - 9 -
And I challenge them to offer specific programs, too, for justice in America -- justice in every aspect of our national life ... for every member of the American family, no matter what his color, his religion, or his last name.
Let me say a word about the special problems faced by
Mexican-Americans.--
The importance of preserving a people's cultural tradition was recognized with passage of the Bi-lingual Education Act - the first federal recognition of the special importance of the ability to speak two languages.
Now we must launch a major program of bi-lingual education, including teacher training, scholarships, text books, curriculum reform, and research. - 10 -
We must end -- now --discriminatory practices in employment --- we must adequately fund the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission.
If I am President, I pledge that the federal government wi II be the model employer of Mexican -Americans ---- and that means from the White House on down. !
Committee
It includes giving the poor a greater voice in the planning and implementation of local community programs, such as Head Start and expanding the migrant and legal aid program. - 11 -
It includes giving able-bodied men the chance to support their families with dignity and pride. As Cesar
Chavez told me last summer in Los Angeles:
''We want no special favors -- merely the chance
to build a union so the members can help
themselves."
say this country does not have to be torn and divided.
We can build a country of trust -- trust beyond race, or religion, or region ... trust of free people for one another as human beings.
We don't have to hate each other. - 12 -
We can build this country together --- just as we bui It the rai I roads . . . just as we bui It our highways ... just as we built the buildings of mortar and steel in our great cities.
Ama if you will trust Senator Muskie and myself, we wi II do it.
There are only a few days left now.
I do not have a massive advertising budget. I do not have a multi-million dollar TV blitz. I only have you.
Millions of people against millions of dollars.
Let's break through Mr. Nixon's smokescreen.
Let's break through Mr. Wallace's campaign of fear and hate.
And let's break through to a New Day for the American people --- a new day of hope and faith and trust.
I ask your help.
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,
REMARKS
VIC£ PRES I DENT HUBERT H. HUMPHREY
AIRPORT RALLY
EL PASO, TEXAS
OCTOBER 23, 1968 EL PASO
PAGEl INTRODUCTION (Strike first three lines)
People have said we were so far behind in this election that we would ~ave to set a world record to catch up.~ Bob Beamon showed us that its a good year for jumping ahead, and I have news for Mr. Nixon. We have hit that jumping board and we're flying.
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insert: D 't you think Mr. Agnew could lear ometning about urban development fro what your doing in Armijo? Aar-mee.!yo ) (pq)ular urban renewal project)
PAGE4 ban The word missing in the JD
PAGE 5
nd the bilingual edu
Shd. read:
para., 2nd sentence.
Sp ish surnamed Americans shd. read: Mexican American. - 2 -
deeply proud to have another great T . as Democrat in my corner.
a President who hasn't jus for it.
There are two weeks left in this campaign.
It's time we focused on the central issue: Wh~can the American people trust to lead this country for the next four years? - 3 -
irst, he decided who should be his vice Presidential
te -- the man who would be a heart-beat from the Presidency itself in this
And Mr. N on chose Spiro T. Agnew --a so-called "Urban
Experf' who says "whe you've seen one sl urn you've seen them all''
... a man who says he c 't wait to try out his "new-found expertise'' in foreign policy.
I think my Republican oppo ent played fast and loose with the security of this nation.
Mr. Nixon then made a second deci ·on. He decided to say nothing else for the rest of the campaign.
He's been on vacation -- and I say the Whi place for a vacationer. What' II he do? ... turn off ttl two days a week while he rests up? - 4 -
He has ref used to spea
ws -- stayed off the issues --
I say this is no way to
I know why Mr. Nixon on 't debate. He's afraid that the people will find out where he • Where do you stand o You used to call it a socialist scheme.
What about aid to edu tion? You broke a tie vote in the
Senate against federal aid to ducation in 1960. - 5 -
What about the Peace C Do you still think its a haven for draft dodgers?
What about that treaty ag i nst nuclear testing we now have in the books. Is it still the "cru I hoax" you used to think it was?
Are you against the pass a e of the treaty to keep nuclear weapons out of the hand of the Nassers and the Castros of the world because you think th es a ''cruel hoax", too?
Where do you stand on Vie nam, Mr. Nixon? When are you going to reveal your secret plan? Or is Mr. Agnew right .. . was the whole thing a "ploy''? * * There is another fellow in his race besides Richard the Silent
... George the loud. - 6 -
George Wallace dishes o t some mighty tough talk about law and order ... and then he clai s to be the friend of the workingman.
If it weren't so serious, it ould be ridiculous.
Law and Order: George Wal ace couldn't provide it in
Alabama. He had the highest mur er rate in the country.
And his program for law an order in the country is to run over people he doesn't like with his ar.
And as for the working peopl in George Wallace's Alabama
... they make the third lowest wa sin the country.
He was a union-busting gov rnor ... and you know it. - 7 -
And mothers, Alabama do n't spend that six per cent sales tax on education •.. it has the s cond lowest per pupil expenditures for education ..• black and whit •.. of any state in the country.
America doesn't need your brand of medicine, Mr. Wallace.
* * *
I know what the oppositio is saying behind the scenes.
They say "law and order" ut they really mean black and white.
They say: Humphrey wa s to give a black man a job. He ,.~.~ wants to give a -American a job.
And it will be your job.
Humphrey wants to got o fast. - 8-
Yes, I want to give a bla k man a job.
I want everybody in this ountry to have a job
--black, white, red, gree , or yellow --and with a booming Democratic economy th y will.
Can the recession-ridden Republicans make that statement?
In the 1950's we had thre job-killing, profit-killing recessions.
And those three Republic n recessions were color-blind ••. black and white workers were ou on the sidewalk.
Let's not fool ourselves: hen someone gets a job who didn't have one before ..• when som body gets education or training who didn't have it before --all of u benefit.
We I itt the country.
We create new tax-payi g citizens. Then, we get real order and justice. - 9 -
And what's more, we what is right.
Yes: I want to change things. I want to change them for the better. Some Americans have een left waiting outside for more than a hundred years. It•s t me they had their chance. I say this country doe not have to be torn and divided.
We don't have to hate ach other.
We can build this cou try together --just as we built the railroads . .. just as we bu It our highways ... just as we built the buildings of mortar and tee I in our great cities.
I say: Now is the ti e to stand up for America --the greatest country in the wo ld. - 10 -
Now is the time for eve one who cares to join hands
in this country ... to stand u against racism ... to stand up against suspicion and hate . . . o stand up against those who want to stop this country's journ y into the future. I say: Now is the time for us to trust one another. We began our journey mor than 200 years ago.
We came to this country b rning with the idea that one man was as good as another ... that hat was wrong could be made right ..• that people possessed the bas c wisdom and goodness to govern themselves without conflict.
Now we come to a new mo nt of crisis in that journey. We are called:
--to heal the hatreds and ivisions among us. -II-
-- reaffirm the basic dece y of spirit which lies 1thin us as people.
that desparately seeks that I
it is worth saving .•. tha ir parents is still a worthy dream.
I do not have a
.•. millions of people agai st millions of dollars.
1 Let's break thr~ Mr. Nix n's smokescreen~ltJ /4r· W~tlfttce 1 CIA ..fAifM o/- r • And let's break through to a New Day for the American people. ~ ~ Dtty of A1'c. • I liArllt .... J -lf~JtJt. I ask your help.
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