Remarks of Senator Hubert H. Humphrey ~ shcvillo ~ ir p ort ~ shevillo , North Ca rolina October 17, 1964

~onato r Hum phr e y . Th o nk you vory much. Thank you , Billy . Th ank you very, very much.

My dear friends , I just ca n ' t t oll you how plea sed I a m to bo introduced on this day ho r o in As hovillo, North CArolina, by such a fino a nd good man a nd good Domocr a t a s the gentlema n that ha s just pr osontod mo, Billy We bb, a nd I wa nt to thank you vory , vory much, Bill , for your wonderful presentation .

I a m happy t o bo in North Ca rolina . I ca n sao , however , tha t you must ha ve had a Rep ublica n through her o rocontly because it is sort o f windy . ( ~pp l a us o -- -~ ~~ught e r)

But you f olks just s tick with us Dem ~ cr a ts a nd your good Democrats , a nd wo will ha vo th o sun shining aga in just lik o it a lwa ys docs in North Ca rolina . ( ~pp l a uso) .

You kn ow, I just wont you t o know how bea utiful it is to fly ovor theso mountains a nd thoso hills a nd vollie s, t o com o horo during th o timo when thoro is th o l oa vo cha ngo, when tho colors of tho troos a n d th o l oovos make ono roa lizo if wo ovor had a ny do ubt 2bout it, that a Divino Pr ovi do nco truly contro l s our livos a nd our worl d . It is simply bea utiful .

You will ha vo t~ oa r do n a littlo stato prido, but it is a wfull y nico in Mi nn esota , t oo , aw fully nico . (L a ughter)

Wo hav o lovely troos thor o , a n d th or o is no timo of tho yoa r th2 t is moro beautiful in my s t a t o tha n th o f a ll, a nd thoro is no. timo of tho year tha t I lik o bottor tha n Novombor who n Democra ts win on November 3rd . ( App l a us e )

I wish thDt my Murie l, Mrs. Humrhroy, could be her o with mo to da y boc2 uso s ho l ovos th oso mnuntRins . You ma; not know it , b~t whon sho go t s tired of mo , she oc cas ionally gots in tho ca r ~- somo ye a rs ago -- she has be c ome moro a ccustomed to mo now; I guoss she just figur od tho r o is no uso, you ha ve just to liv o with him . But she us od t o put tho chil dren in tho ca r, a nd sho wo ul d drive dow n into th oso hills in No rth Ca r olina , a nd tho y a ro beautiful hill s , a n ~ she wo ul d toll mo a bout thom . Sh o would como hero during th o s~ rin g whon you had those rh orlo~on~rons , those bo~utiful , beautiful blossoms , a nd you kn ow , you just ca n ' t holp but lik o a part of ~ meric a tha t is blessed with such na tura l beauty, a n d I a m just so happy to como her o a t this timo.

We ll , boforo I go Jny further , ma y I say tha t I have a f ew North Carolinians, Ta rh oo ls , working in my office . I guoss tha t is why wo ha vo a n Jffoctivo o ffico. Thoy sa y back hom o 1 i n Mi n n o s o t a , e v o n t h o f~ o p u b 1 i ca n s sa y , " lVo 11 , LV o r o a 11 y do n t agroo Lv ith his po litics, but ho rJoos got things don o . " (L a ughter) And I ha ve novor lot th em in on tho secret . ( App l a use)

I h ~ v o nove r rea lly l o t th em in on th o socrot . I novor did r ea lly t o ll th om , a nd if a ny of you r eporte rs repo rt it , you a r o throug h; you wi ll have to go ba ck by Ba rry Gol dwa ter's covered wagon . ( ~pp l a uso -- La ught e r) .. .

/\s hovill e - 2 -

I novor rl i ~ toll them tha t ono of tho r onsons tha t wo got thin gs ~o n o is tha t wo hn~ soma No rth Ca rolinia ns , somo goo1 Ta rhoo ls, wo rking for us, a nd ono of th o rn is hor o ri gh t he r o on thi s platform with mo , o n ~ sho has been with me a long timo . Sho C8mo with us as ono of tho 2cting mombors of th e Youn g Domocrc:ts, 8nd sho is very :JrG tty, too . Th a t ho l ps . ~ n d sho i s a wonderful socr ot a ry, o wonderful ass ista nt , a nd I wa nt you t o stand up , now, Boss, a nd l ook a ll th oso good North Carolinia ns ri ght in th o oyo , and yo u look a t her a nd tha t is my B8 s s .'1 u try • B8 s s , stand u p h or o . ( -i p :J 1 a u sa )

~ n d hor husba nd , Ceorgo, works for one of the fin es t mon tha t ovor c amG to the Congr ess of tho United States . Onc e in aw hile wo ha vo a d i sagro omon t, but Domocrats a l ways havo 2 disag r oo ­ mont . My gooj noss , th ~ t is who t koeps us hoalthy . Thi s is why tho Ro~ ublic a n s a r o never in shBpo for 2 campaign; th oy ne vor di~ the ir s~ rin g training . (L a ugh t e r ) ~o De mocra ts , we pr a c .t ico U;J on oach othor . (L

: nd Coo r go ~ utr y works wit h Sona t or Ervinr our good fri on j , S3m Ervin , tho Good Judge, a s wo ca ll him, a nd I am tolling you someth ing . I ~on ' t think I know a fin or ma n in tho So na t a of tho Unito d States tha n that good ma n . ~ n d we ha vo had soma wondo rful days togo thor .

By the way , wo wo r e both commenta tors on ono of tho na tiona l t ol ov ision shows . Ho won t on to bo a commontator, a nd I jus t lo s t out . I wo nt on to bo o candi da t e for Vic o­ ~ rosi do nt . (L a ughter)

Wel l, my doa r fri o n ~s , I know that I a m hore in the hill country . ,'1 ncl I know a l so that I 2. m horG in tho country tha t has such gr oa t promise f or tho futur o . I know tha t I a m a lso in th o country tha t has wo ndo rful poo~ l o , good ha r dy stock, a nd I know that I am horo whero you rooplo look up a nd do not look d oLIJn .

I know tha t I am vary , vory close to whore, if I r e ca ll corr octly from my high school · CJOOgrap hy , tha t you ha vo isn ' t it Mt . Mitchell that i s th e highest poa k east of the ~1ississiiJ :l i? ( ;~pp l a u se )

~e ll , ma y I say tha t wo used to who n I was - - I was bor n in So uth Duko t 2 , ~ n d tho highest Joak a roun d tha t a r ea was Mt . Hino , 2 n ~ it was jus t ~ littlo bit highor tha n Mt . Mitchol l . But of courso , it is flattor out in So uth D2kot n than it is in No rth Ca r olina . But 2 nybod y th2t has a mountain tha t high coul dn ' t vot o Ro;Jublic;::n . (L a ughtor - - .. pp l auso )

Th ey simply coulrln ' t do it becauso whon you look up , you novor find a Rep ublica n . (L aughte r -- ~ pp l n us e )

,"\ nd 1,uhen you lock ahoad , you sol :-! om fin d one • .. nd when you l ook dow n, oll you fin d a re a f ow little old Coldwa torites , t h o t i s 2 11. ( . , p ~J 1 a us o )

Voice . Lay it on , Hubert .

Senator Humphrey . I ' m gonna . • •

;,shev ille - 3 -

I dirln ' t como dow n hero just to visit . I want you to know tha t , oven though that is what I would like to do . I am fra nk to t ell you I would r a ther just t ako some time off today a nd visit , but the y t oll mo I havo got somo work to do .

You know , when I w~s nominated for Vic e- President you may romombor I ma~o a l ittle s~ooch a t tho convention, a nd I t a lked a bout "But not Senn.tor Gol 4 w2tcn !" 11 nd beliovo mo , I coul d givo you one liko that , ~ n d I may be foro we a re through , you ca n 1 t t e 11 • ( :, iJ p 1 a u so )

l'.ncl then Prosi dcm t Johnson took mo over a nd -- Bill y , you rememb e r this - - ho took us ovor tc the .. shovillo c ommittee Lvhon VJO had tha t moetinQ , e~ n d he sai d , "~Jor ,v I l'Ja nt a ll my good Democra ts her e to go homo a nd take a little rest . ~o ha ve worked real hard . We havo had 2 Qreat convention , a nd you a ll 1 noo cJ ? f ow rl:::: ys rest, but not So n2tor Humphrey ." ( Lc ughtor ) .. nd I wil l toll you so me thing: ever since tha t da y , tha t man from Texas has been a fter mo . Ho said go out on the hustings , Hubert .

I want to say my n2me is not only Hubert . That man from ~ rizon 2 ha s done something for me tha t nobody else coul cJ evor do a nd I '1m ex treme ly gr2teful to him . He hns mode everybocly in ~me r ica know tha t my middle namo i s Horatio . (Laughter ) ( ~pp l ause )

~ n rl I wa nt nll tho folks who have middle names tha t they wish they didn ' t ha ve to voto the Democr~tic ticket . ( La ughter) ~ n d if th? t i s tho caso, tha t fol l ow from ~ r izon a wi ll wish he never got in the race .

~e l l, it is just go od to bo hero and have a chance to t a lk to you , and I am going to t a lk a little bit a bout a few of the matters tha t a r e of concorn to us .

Billy, you sai~ something abo ut Cly do Hooy . I don ' t know whether you know that I sorvcd on th o Committee oF Government Opera tion s :J ncl .,g riculture in tho Sonn t e undor Cly ~ !o Hoey for eight years • I ramo mbe r tho cla y tha t he p2 sse ri aLva y • I think I was th e first in the Senate to hear about it .

I still r omombe r him with his morning co2t . I r emembe r that if thoro w ~s ono mnn in tho 3onato th~t looked like , senator , it was So na tor Hooy . How we ll I r omembo r him , a gentleman , a Chri st i 0n ge ntlema n, a wo n jerful man .

:·. nd you montiono rl hur o to c!Py this little story that ho might bo elocted to tho king dom bocause ho had no com petiti on .

I.Jo ll ' l ast Sun-lay L\.'JS Laym••n ' s Su ncJy in th o r•leth o rl ist Church . My f a ther was 2 method i s t l ayma n, a n J he w2s stricken with a cerebral hemorrha~o on tho very ~ny thGt he wRs to make tho l a ym a n ' s sermon in our Me thodist Church .

So that L'Jhen you montionecJ Clyde Hoey to me , :~ n d his lif e , I ca n' t h e l ~ but think of a noth er Democrat a nd a good one , my Dad , L'J h o L'!::. s e v e r '/ bit a s goo r~ :J Dam ocr 3. t , a n rl I mi g h t a ;:-J d as goo c: a Methodist , as Cly de Hooy .

So those a r e sentimentcl f eelings tha t I havo a bout days gono by . .~she vill o - 4 -

I know tha t thi s groa t St a t e of North Ca rolina has given us ma ny ~ oo d ~eop le . I know that thi s is a state of progressive government . I know tha t this i s ~ s t a te of Democrats, too . ~ n d I know tha t North Carolina re pr e sents the new South . ( ~pp lause )

~~ n d I know that No rth Ca rolina doesn ' t have any time to give to ~oo~ l e tha t wa nt to t a ke you back, back , ba ck, ba ck to where you ha ve no chance for a futur e . ' nd I am do lighted to com e here a nd t a lk to p eo~lo th a t know tha t -merica is the l a n d of \ I promis e a n ~ know th ~ t the only way tha t we buil d this country is with l oade rshi r tha t believes in th o pros pects of the future , tha t beliovus tha t we ca n do Rnything we wa nt to do .

Oh , I know thor o a r e soma that will come he re and th ey will t ell you, "Oh , you mustrl' t follow theso new l eaders . You mustn ' t believe in them. You must think of those ol d days . "

Tell me , what was so oood a bout thos e old days? Mr . Farmor , di d you like it when you had to get up a nd pum p the wator by ha nd pum p , or do you lik e it ba tter with rural electrifica tion? I think I know .

Wo rkor , di d you like it batter when you were getting a bout 30 c ents a n hour or do you lik e it better when you a re getting democratic wages7

Le t mo osk you , th e pe o~le of ~ s h e vill o , di d you like it bettor bofore you had these great programs tha t pe rmitted us to rebuil ::-! ou r citi e~) or rJicl you l iko it bat ter vJhon they didn ' t give a hoot what harpe ne cl to our communities?

Did you lik e it bottor in the Hoover da ys or di d you like i t b e t t or wi t h F r a n k 1 i n Ro o s e v o 1 t 7 ( :, p p 1 a us e )

0 h 1 y o u k n QLtJ , I LV i s h t h a t f e 11 OLu f r o m . 1 r i z on a wo u 1 d h a v e spent a little more time studying history . I do n ' t mind tha t ho t a lks a bout tho pas t, but he doesn ' t even remember what ha ppo ne d . (L a ughter )

~ n d you kno w, ho gets ~ r a tty a ngry with me . Oh, yes . He goes c:: roun d sc·ying a ll kin ds of moan things about me . But he isn ' t saying a nything n ew . I heard th em a ll before . (L Rught e r)

.\ n d yo u know what 7 So havo the peopl e in Minnesota, a nd thoy 2 r o ~ r a tty good folks, on~ I will be da rno d if th oy didn ' t el ect mo . ~ n d not only tha t, you know I got a lot of Re publica n vot os • • .~ n d you know something a l so ? lyndon Johnson is going to get a lot of RG:JUb lica n vote s , too . (L aught or ) .i n d you know why? Because 1meric2ns a r o not jus t on rtisans . mericans a r e basica lly for their country first . ~ n d whon they see this Ro publica n s ~ okosman who ca ll s himself a Republican , a nd I will t a lk abo ut that in a momont, when they seo him a n J th e n thoy see thi s ma n from Texas Lu ho i s Pr os i do nt, the y sa y, " Oh , no , I lov e my country more tha n I lov o my Pa rty. I ha vo ne ver maybo vot ed Demo cra tic beforo, but this year, 1964 , I a m going to vote for ~ r os i de nt Lyn o::! on Johnson on Novombor 3rd ." ( ,~,pp l a us o ) Th a t i s what th ey a r o s 2ying .

So now I know you mPy ha ve a few R e~ ublic a ns a roun d hero , an~ I wa nt yo u to wolcomo thorn into our fri ondly f ollowshi p. Just bring them in, invite th em in for coffoe . Invito th em in for lunch . Ta lk things ov or beca us e lot me t oll you , if you • •

,\ shov i 11 e - 5 -

do it , you a re going to find people th a t are thinking like we think .

Now, thoro is cnothor ~rob lom . This m~n from .rizona -- I want to say first of a ll so that you m~y not misundorstand mo, I am 2 mombor of the Unitod Stotes Senat8, and ~s a membor of the Sona t a I bolong to sort of a n oxclusivo club . Wo liko oa ch othor . ,;Je soo mora of oach othor ;JO r c!ay than wo see of our f am ilies po r wook. Wo l earn how to got a long with each other .

So I want to maka it clonr th a t I think Mr . Goldwator is a fin o gontlem3n . Ho is a patriot . Ho loves his country .

Frankly I think ho wau l ~ mako 3 good noighbor, but I don ' t think h3 would mako 2 good or osident, a nd I don ' t want him . ( -. ;J p 1 a u s o )

I havo ho2rd him t a lk so much about homo tha t I think that is where wo ought to send him. ( .. :1fl l a uso -- Laughter)

This is a man tha t aught not to change his addross . He wants to go to 1600 ~o nnsylv a ni a :vonuo, a nd he doesn ' t oven know tha t tho houso is occu pi od . (La ughtor)

He talks to us about his do~a rtmont store, and I think wo o ugh t t o h o 1 p h i m• " Ba c k t o t h e S t or e i n ' 6 4 • " ( :\ p p 1 a u s e - - Laughter)

Now, I sairl just a moment ago tha t this gontloman indica tes that he is ~ Ro pub lican . But I h a~pe n to think tha t there is some do ubt ~b out that . Groat nowsp apo rs tha t ha vo boon mor a Re publican tha n McKinley aro now going to support Prosi dent Johnson . The Now York Ha r a l d Tribuna -- tho l ast time th e y endorsed a Dem~a~hoy forgot his name . (Laughtor )

Th o Cur t i s Pub 1 i s hi n Q Com [l q r ~· ' s 5 a t u r day Even in q Post i t hasn't o n rlorso~ ~ Domocrat since 1797, and they didn ' t havo any than . (L a ughtor )

Lifo Magazino -- it is not generally in tho habit of ondo r sing Democra ts .

Now, why do you think thos o ~ ublic a tion s ~ lus many othors , Tho Clovol ~ n d Pl ai n Deal e r, the Clovola nrl press, Philadolphia nowspaf)e rs .

Co ecross morica a nd you will fin d thom . Why? I will t oll you why tho y a re e ndor s ing ~rosido nt Johnson , a nd I will tell you whoy thoy a re not endorsing Barry Gol dwa ter .

First of a ll, Ba rry Goldwator has r opudi a t od his own Pa rty. On 25 koy i ssu~s in tho Republican pl 2tform of 1960, 25 issues in th at ~latf arm , Mr . Gol rlw~to r voted 25 times no . That follow is r oally a strikoout a rtist . (Laughtor)

25 timos ho ro[lurliotej his own pl a tform, a nd so responsibl o Ropublicons say, "L ook, this f ollO LIJ i sn ' t ono of ours . Ho is o st r ay . Ho doosn ' t belong to our f am ily ."

~ n d suroly ho hasn ' t votod for th o Domocratic pl a tform .

You know whose platform ho has voted for? Goldwator ' s . ..

r , ·, S he V i 11 8 - 0 -

pl a tform . Th a t i s ri ght . Ho ca n hol d his conve ntion for his pl a tform in a tel op hono booth, a n ~ ther e would be room for a nother f c mily to move in . (L a ughte r ) ( ,·, ppl a uso)

So hor o wo ha ve 2 ca n di d2 t o who i s th e t e mpora ry s pok osm2n of

Con so r v~ ti vo ? ~ hy, my ~oc r f r i e nds , ono of th o gr oa t con so rv 3tiv os was th o Chi ef Jus t ice of tho Su pr e mo Court , Chie f Justice mv r s ha ll, a nrl ho s2 i rl s om e things a bout tho Fede r a l Gov ornm ont a n,l Fo:::!or a l Gov e rnm ent r os [J onsibility which Mr . Gol dwa t e r r ep udi a t es .

"; g r 8 a t c on s a r v 2 t i v o L'J o s . , 1 o x a n rl o r Hc: mi 1 to n . But So n a t or Gol dwa t e r , if ho mot ~ l o x a n do r Ha milton, ho woul d ca ll him a n extremist .

~ J r oa t consor vo tivo w2s .braham Lincoln . But my dea r frien ds , Mr . Gol dwa t e r ha s r ep ud i a t ed Mr . Lincoln .

Ho i s not a con s e r v 3 t i v o • He i s not a Re ,J u b 1 i ca n • :, n d I will t oll you wha t ho i s . ~ n d t h is i s why we ought not to ha ve him as Pr osi dtJ nt . Ho i s a r adica l . ( :·.pp l a use ) .. nd we don 1 t Lv a n t him .

~o don ' t need a ny r 3dicol s from tho l eft, a nd we don ' t neo d a ny of thorn fro m tho right . ~o don ' t need a ny Communist sym pa thiz e r s , a nd wo don ' t no ed a ny sym pa thiz e rs of tho Birchite s , none a t a ll . ( ~~p laus e )

Th or o i s ~ l o nty of r oom on th e hi ghway for .morica ns to go right down th e ma in road . You J on ' t need to ge t in th o ditch . :. nd VJh e n you CJO t to th e ditch of th e right or the ditch of the loft , thoy a ro both ~ irty .

Wha t wo nood i s t o s t a y on hi gh gr oun d , a n d l ot me t oll you , my folloLv .. mo rica ns , Rafl ubl.i.cnns a nd De mocr a ts a like , millions of nop ublica n s , ma ny mor e million s of Democr a t s a nd millions of in dopo ndo nt s a r o going to ma rch riQht down the highwa y of :, mo rica n democr a cy ba cking a nd s upporting Lyn don Johnson for Pr esi de nt of the Unit ed St a t e s . ( ~pp l a us o )

~o ll, I will t ell you som ething e l se . This ge ntle ma n tha t i s our o p~ on o nt~ ho i s ha vinQ quit o a time . Thi s is tho only ma n thot ca n m2ko moro s;,oo ch es a bout hi s own spGo che s tha n a ny othe r to pic . ( La ug hte r )

I will t ell you s om e t hing . Ho is ha ving a ball just trying to int o r ~ r e t wh a t ho sa i d . (L a ught or)

Tho nico thing -- you know, :br a h2 m Lincoln onco s a i d nGvor lio a n d the n you novor ha vo to worry a bout wha t you s 2 i d •

.. n o t il e r t h i n (] t o c1o i s s 2 y LV h Q t y o u mo 2 n who n y o u s a y i t a nd thon you don ' t ha va to worry about wha t you s a i d .

I kno w the r e s r o ~o o p l o ~ o w n hor o in No rth Ca rolina tha t di sagr ee with H u m~ hr o y . I kno w t ho r o a r e peopl e he r o tha t disagr oo with P r cs i ~o nt John son . But one thing I ha vo foun d out a bout s outhe rn e r s , in f a ct, a bout a ll :mo rica ns . Th oy don ' t min d so much t ha t you t 2ko a s t a nd tha t th e y di sagr ee with . Th e y a r e willing t o r os~o ct you for th At . But thoy do n ' t wa nt you to t a ke a sta n d on Mond a y a nJ tha n cha ng o it on Tu o s d ay . ( ~pp lauso ) • •

,'\ s h e v i 11 0 - 7 -

Now , e vorybod y in this a udience knows what my stand is on certa in issues s uch as , for oxam~lc , eq ua l rights for a ll of our peojllo . ~J h o n I mention tha t, ;Jo oplo say, "Dh, you 0 ught not to do th c. t. You Lvil l lose a vote , "

Listen, I lost a ll those votes o lo~~ timo ag o . I never kidded myself about thi s . I ha vo t a ken my stand , but I won ' t t ake orusta nd in Georgia or North Ca rolina a nd a nother ono in Maine and C a liforni ~ . ( ~pp l a uso)

I think you people ought to kno w what you ge t whon you vote for it, a n ~ wha t is mor o , I think you ought to know tha t in this great country of ours th e r e i s room for disag reement with­ out be ing dis ngroo2blo . But you know , not long a go thi s gentle­ man from .• rizona , he ca mo d oLvn hor o a n cl , oh, my gr a cious, evG ry time I ho a r abo ut it -- oh, is that the -- every time I hea r a nything wh ining, I know it is soma ~a rt of th o Re publica n Party goinQ c DLvn to rle f oo. t. (L a ughter -- ,',!J,Jl a use) ( :; ir:Jla ne noise )

LGt us hol d up a minute .

1Jo ll, I just Lvant to tell you a little bit a bout this fellow now . Ho s?ys he wou l d liko to be ~rosidont , a nd if you a r e ooing to vot e f or him , I think you ought to know wha t he has got. ( ~ irplane noise )

I will t oll you what tha t i s , folks . Th a t is tho Re publica n candida t e screaming boinJ dr ag ge d into the 20th Cent ury . (L a ughter -- ~pp l a uso)

We maca it . He is in now . (L a ughter )

'·Jell , not lonQ aQ O, I Lvas doliJn in Gcorgio . Dh, overybody had C'J. g r e 2 t t i mo a b o u t t h ::::: t • T h e y s 2 i d "I LV on c! e r i f Hu mph r 8 y will com G out of tho ro a liv e . "

; •J o 11 , I 21. m 11 o r y mu c h o 1 i v c • :·, s a ma t t c r o F f a c t , I n o v or h a d mor o f u n i n my 1 i f o • ~ •J o h 2. v o a f e LV mi s g u i d 8 d so u 1 s d o LV n thor o but we ha ve boon ~ r 2 yinQ for them, a nd thoy will com o ba ck, may I say , to th o homo of their f a thers .

Georgi a has novor voted Ropublicnn, a nd it doesn ' t s t a rt to do -- it is not ~ J in g to do it in 1964 . You can put tha t down right now . ( ~pp l o us J )

l•J o 11 , b o f CJ r o I .'JG n t cJ Ol'Jn t h o r o, I f o u n d o u t t h a t t h a Gol dwa t 8rit os , th ey 1a~ boon publishing a few pamphl 8ts u ~ in ~ashington , a nd wha t de you think they w8 r o publishing? They had some little dea l gcing wher8 th e y wo r e going to pub li sh hun dr orls of thousa nr!s of po m[J hl 8ts to s how tha t tho Senator f r om :, r i z on 2, L'J 21. s a g r c a t cham p i on o f c i v i 1 r i g h t s • T h o y vJB r c going to kGe~ thoso ~amphlots until a bout the last week of Octobe r .

But Hubert Hor a tio found out n bout them in Scp tombor ~ (L a ught er)

.. ncJ thoy had this p2m~ hlot a ll ll eked U;J . Everything Lvas good exc:Jpt thoir timinCJ · • •

,·, s h 0 v i 11 8 - 8 -

This ma n goos down into tho Sou th ~ ~ n d ho says ho i s tho fri e nd of th o South . Ho ho3 ovon got somo poop lo foolo d . Ho has nev or votod for your flood control . Ho has novor votod for an agricultura l progr 2m . Ho n ovor holpo~ you on tobacco . He novor holpod you on cotton . Ho novor holpod you on soil conscHV<:ttion . Ho novor hol:JEJd you on RE .\ . He novor hol pod you on businoss .

Ho votorl aga in s t ~ppa l nch i a . Ho votod ~ga inst tho Economic O p~ ortunitios ~c t . He is jus t aga inst you .

Voico . ~hot di d he vat u for?

Se nGtor Humphroy . L'Jo ll, I Lvi ll t e ll you Luhat he hos lea rn ec.! . Ho has l oo rned hDL\J to tv histlo " Dixio '' Lvi th a southern a ccent, <1 n d he camos r~OL'Jn horo saying "you a ll " or somotiling elso , a n d h o says he i s tho frio nr! of Di xi o •

I sa L'J 3. s i g n u p <-l t Ch a t tan o o iJ a , u. n c. ' i t s 2 i rJ " Bar r y f or Di x i e • '·' We ll , I want to t oll you , my doa r frien ~s , if Ba rry is a frio nd of Di xie , the n Sherman wa s your bost benefactor , be li eve mo . ( .. ;Jp l rl US G)

Thi s man from .rizon a has yot to vot e for 2nything that l-1 as holped North Carolina . This i s a state of education . Ho votod c. ga inst th o Na tiona l Dof onso Education .. ct . Ho votod a gainst tho Hi ghe r Educa tion ~ ct .

Thi s ma n pa r aded down horo as a s t a t es right or . But uP i n tho Di s t r ict of Co l umbi a ho i s th o champion of tho civil rights movomont .

You can ' t ha vo it both ways , my fri onds .

You kno~ whore ~ r esida nt John son s t a nds a nd you know whore I sta nd . '.n rl I think you ought to knoL'J 3nd I think you had better find out Luhore th5- . in- a n d- out follmu stands .

You c~n ' t bo on both s i des of the road a t tho same time a nd live ve ry long .

Horo i s a go ntlom ~ n who only tho othor da y u ~ in Sioux Fa ll s -- I ' ve got a copy of his spoe ch right here . I was up thoro .

By th e ~ay , the da rn dos t thing happono d to me up in Sioux Fa lls , So uth Dakota . Th a t was jus t yostorday . Th ey had tho Cor n fJ i c k i n g Con t o s t up t h e r o • S o ~1 r • Go 1 d L'm t o r , LV h o say s " I k n o L\J n o t h i n CJ 3 b o u t f a r mi n g , " L'J en t up t h or o t o :-. c! v i s o our S o u t h Da k o t a , No bra s k a , a n cJ I ow a f a r me r s on a g r i c u 1 t u r e • ( La ugh t or )

,·, n d t h o y c 2m o mu n y k n'tl L'J i n g n o t on e mor o t h i n g t h a n tho y kn ow whon ho stnrtod to t a lk .

'Jell , I was born in South Dakota . I wo nt to high school a nd grade school in So uth 08kotn . ~ n d I think I know those folks i) r otty L'Joll • .. ncl I think I knoL'J something a bout their needs .

I think I know , for oxam~le , thoir n eeds in ag riculturG . I think I kn ow someth ing abo ut thei r neo ds of ha rn e ssing th o wa t e rs of riv e r s . ;, sh ev ill 0 - 9 -

A n~ horo is a ~ontlem a n tha t wont ur thoro a nd hero is wh a t he s a ys . Ho wa s nretty unhappy with Pr e sident Johnson . I quote fro m tho s pooch . "H o s a i d " -- s po.: king of Prosiclont Johnson n mv -- " Ho , P r o s i cl on t J o h n s on , s a i d t h a t I wo u l d put a n i mmod i a t e on cl to f a rm pric e su pp orts . Now , that i s not truo , and ho knows it."

~o ll, no w, Mr . Gol dwa t e r, you ca n foal somo of tho peo~l o some of tho time , but you ca n ' t fool a ll the peopl e all the timo .

rnr . Gal d vJ c t or, you t e l ·! tho toba cco farmer s of North Ca rolina a n d tho corn f a rm ers of Iowa e nd tho whea t f a rmers of tho Da kotas, you told thorn unequivoca bly th a t you stood for a pr om pt a n rl fin a l de termina tion of f a rm subsidy prico supports . Tha t is what ho s a i d .

You know wh a t that mo a ns to a toba cco producer? Chaos . Ba nkru ptcy .

Now , my dea r fri onds , if you think you woul d rather hoar Barry Gol dwa t e r whistl e "Dixi e " tha n to got a goo d prico for cotton, vote f or him . I don ' t think you want to , do you? (Crios of "n o . ")

Mr • Go 1 d L·r · t o r c a n g o a r o u n ' a n c: o x ;; l a i n c 11 h o LV a n t s to • I wa s i n S i o u x Fa 11 s , a ncl h o sa i d , " Hc , P r o s i con t John s on , sa i d tha t I wa nt to kil l tho rura l e lectrifica tion pr ogram . This i s not true , Dn cl ho knows it ."

Wal l, So na tor Gol dwa t e r, wh a t di d you so y? Ho said wo shoul d d i s s o 1 v e t h o RE ,-, • Ho s o i ~ ! i n mo s t s t a t o s i t i s u s o l e s s • I t i s not needed .

f1J o ,·J , I c 2n f orgiv e him f or t hat boc 2 uso I Lv ill l e t you in on a s e cr e t . Th oy ha vo got seve r a l hundr ed ol d ke r osono l a mps l oft in tho do~a rtm o nt s t oro out ther e in Phoenix , a nd the y no od to ge t ri d of th o rn . (L a ughte r ) ~ n d I be lie ve that any mercha nt ought to ha vo a right to dis pose of his product .

But mayb e wo ca n convince Luthor Ho dgos to b~y tho rn up, you know, in tho Commerc e Do p? rtme nt a n d s on rl the m ov or to the Smithsoni a n In s titute as a sort of living e x a m ~ l o of the Gol dwater progr Qm. (L a ught e r )

r1 y c!D 2. r f r i o n r! s , LiJ h ~ t o i rl h 8 s a y 7 H o s :7. y s ;J r o s i do n t Johnson mi s r ep re s ents hi m. He s a ys tho Pr osidont says tha t he , Mr . Go 1 c L'J8 t or , i s f o r k i 11 in g RE :, • '•Jo 11 , tha t is r ight • Th o trouble i s Mr . Gol dw2 t or hasn 1 t s tu d i o~ onough tho wor ds . Tho t'Jor c.Js "kill'' a nd " diss olv e " moa n 2 bout tho same thing . If y o u 2 r o -~ i s s o 1 v o d , y o u a r o cJ o a c:l • ~- , n :..~ i f y o u a r o k i 11 o d , y o u a r c di ssolved . (L aughtor)

:.n cl the n ho goos on :: little bit me r e . "Ho , ~ r o si do nt John s on , s o i ~ th ~ t I woul rl c ut f a rm inc ome in ha lf . ~ n d this is not truo , a nd ho kno ws it. 11

.Je ll , nOL'J , a ll ;J r os i::lo nt J,.,hn s on s~tf r. ! vJ::,s tha t Ba rry Gol dwa t c r 1 s f a r m nrogra m ~ ccor d in g t o th ~ l ~ n d gra nt collages of ~ m o r ic ~ in P s t u~ y th2 t c 2mo t o tho Unit e~ St a t es So n ~ t o in Oct obor , 1 96 3, th ~ t l 2nrl g r ~ nt c oll ooo s tudy, not by th e Republica n Committee , not by thG D o mocr ~ tic CommittGe but by the • •

Asheville - 10 -

professors, by the econonusts, by the specialists who are neither Republican nor Democratic, said that if you took off prompt and finally - - promptly and finally the price supports, .funerican agricultural income would be reduced fror.1 $12, 600,000,000 to $6 billion.

Now, I didn't know how good Mr . Gol dwater is in ari thrrretic but if 12 to 6 isn't reducine it by 50 percent, my name isn't Hubert Horatio Humphrey. (t.pplause ) So, ladies and Gentlemen, we have got some choices t o make . The choice is very simple . The choice is whether or not you want your .1\merica t o move forward or whether you want it to move backward. The choice is whether North Carolina wants t o repudiate the programs of Franklin Roosevelt and Hurry Truman and John Kennedy or whether you want to go back to Mr . Hoover and Mr . Coolidge and Mr . Harding .

The choice is whether or not you want t o have a president that l ooks ahead, one that understands the needs of our youth .

I said earlier thnt this is a s tate of education.. And, ladies and gentlenen, with our growing young population we are going to need help in our education.

Right here in your community you have a community college, unless I am mistaken, arrl these community oo lleges, mothers and. fathers, mean the difference between college education and no college education for millions of young people .

Senator Goldwater says this is no responsibility of government . He says it would be better if some people didn't get an education•

I hope he didn' t mean that . But when a man says these things, I say t o you that it indicates to me that he hasn't the qualifications to be President of the United States.

I want a man in the Presidency, I want a man in the Presidency who was a teacher, who understands the value of education . I want a man in the Presidency who has had experience in the art and. science of government .

I ask you to name me one bill; one law, that carries the name of Goldwater . I ask you t o name me one single accomplishment in the fielcl of government that has his wnrk.

But I can tell you this, my friends, that the gentleman from Texas who is our President served first as a country school teacher and gave his first paycheck t o the children of his school for books and f or recreational facilities, that he served as a congressman under the tutelage of Sam Rayburn, the wnn who said I am a Democrat without prefix or suffix and without apology .

That is the kind of Democrat Hubert Hunphrey is, too. (npplause)

I speak f or a rm.n who served as n United States Senato r since 19L~9, and I speak for one who had the praise of Republicans and Demo crats alike as a great senator and a great Majority LeaderJ and I speak of a Tilan who was Majority Leaner when Dwight Eisenhower was President and who as Majority Leader never harassed the President of the United States .

He didn't oppose for the sake of opposition. In fact, my fellow Americans, many a Democ rat criticized him because they thought he was too considerate, too helpful, t o Presi dent Eisenhower .

But Lyndo n Johnson as the Majority Leader knew the mem1in~ of responsibility . He di dn't indulge i n pettiness . He di dn't indulge in little nonsense . He thought of his country .

I speak of a Llan who has been the friend of the f ar mer on every r oll cail vote . I speak of a man who has been the friend of independent business, and on this platform today sits a representative of the Small Businessmen for Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey. ' '

:\ sheville - 11 -

I come from a f am ily of bus iness , 63 y ears in the r etai l drug business . I do n ' t n eed a ny l ectures from someone who inhe rited a depa rtme nt s tor e . I know abo ut running a business , and I know what it t a kes to kee p on e going .

I speak of a man who was one of th o QOdf a the rs of tho rura l eloctrification progr am . I come he re to t a lk for a ma n that was cha irman of the Pr epa redness Subcommittee of the United States Sunato, who initia t ed tho l eg isla ti on for our space program so tha t we could be adva nced in space research .

I spea k for a man who thinks of ~me ric a ns as Americans, who doesn't think of you as s outherne r s or northerners, who doesn ' t think of you as Ca tholic or Protes t a nt or J e w, who doesn ' t think of you as white or colored , but who thinks of us a s we tho pe opl e of tho Unit ed States of ~ m e ric a , who think s of us a s one na tion indivisible , one na tion un de r Cod indivisible with libe rty and justice for a ll. ( A ~p l a use)

Th a t is tho kin d of ma n I speak of . ( ;\ p p 1 a u s e )

~ n d I s peak of a Presi~ent and I speak for a President that sees ~me ric a he a lthy a nd strong a nd seos ho po for the future and works for peace .

~ nybo d y can r a ttle th o saber, a nd tho biggest bully in town is generally the weakest .

I speak of a ma n who knows tha t pow e r must be us ed with restra int, one who un de rsta nds th at the s tr enghh of America is not only in its a rm ed might but in its sense of justice, and in its pursuit of peace with honor .

And l adi es a n ~ gentlemen , I am ~ rou d , ve ry proud , to be on tho ticket with 2 ma n who came to th o Pr es i de ncy through tho mo s t unb e li evab l e , incred ible , tragic of circumstances, tho dea th of a Pr es i de nt, a nd who has c a rrioc on , who has fulfille d hi s r e s ponsibilities un der the most adve rs o of circumsta nces , who has pro duc ed tho grea t est l eg i s l at ive program of a ny PrGsiclont in mo de rn times, a nd everybody knows tha t is the truth . ( .ippl a us e )

~ n d I come before thi s gr oa t audi e nce in North Ca rolina and I ask you to s t a nd up 0 nc o aga in f or your c ountry a nd f or your Pa rty a nd f or tho futur o . I ask you not to liste n to these f a l se pro phets. I ask you n ot to listen to thos e who would play upon ou r little inadeq uac i es .

We a ll have some limitations, but I ask you to look t o tho futur o , a nd I ask you t o join wi th the Pres i dent of the United Sta t es . J oin with him in b uild in g a be ttor ~ morica, bettor schools f or our young, bettor h os~ it 3 l s for our sick , bettor bu s in ess for priva t e e nt e r pris e , mo r a jobs for our workers, be tte r strength for tho Froo World , better things for th e e l de rly .

IIJ o h a v o g o t s u c h c P r o s i d on t . I k n o Ll! h i m, a n d I h a v o a fo oling th a t if yo u will go t out a nd go to work between n ow a nd Novembe r 3r d tha t wo wi ll havo tha t ma n as ~ r os i do nt of th e United States f or four mora years, a nd we oo ill ha vo with him Con Qressman -- your ow n Congressman Roy Tay lor, a Congr essman that you can e l ect right hero, l'llr . _Davis , a Congressman tha t c a n back him .

Civo your hands 2nd your hearts a nd giv e your votes t o Lyn do n J ohn son, Pr es i de nt of tho United States on the Democratic tick e t . ( ~p p l a us s ) ( .

;\i shoville - 12 -

(R oma rks following p rese nta tion of gift :)

S0 nntor Hum ~ hr oy . Lot me toll you, I will t oll you right hero isn't tha t bea utiful .

My fri ends , lot mo t ell you something . My good frion d hero has madG mo for a ll ~ r ~c itic a l pur poses a brothor in ono of tho gr oatost Indian tribes of our na tion, one that is known with grent f a ith a nd honor, tho Cherokees .

In Minnosot~ wo ha vo tho Chi ~pewas , a nd I am a me mb e r of the Rod Log Band of tho Chi ~powa In di a ns. My na ma is Chi of Loading Fo 3thor . ~ n d yost o r day I was made a momber of tho Sioux Tribo , a n d you will bo intorostod to know tha t th e first ~ meric a n to ever win tho 10,000 motor r a c e in tho Olym pics sinco 1904 wss 2 chap by tho na me of Lieutena nt Billy Mi lls of tho Sioux In di a ns of the Pino Ri dge In dian Reserv a tion in South Dakota .

So whon a s~nator ca n be both a Chi p~e w a a nd a Sioux a nd a Cherokee , what ch a nce doos Goldwa t e r ha vo? ( ~ pp lause )

Lot mo toll you , this is one of tho joys of ~ ublic lif e , the nicestthing tha t ha~pens to you when po oplo like this lovely f amily com o on up a n d say hello .

I just c a n ' t t oll you ho w much I a~p r o ci a t o th o thoughtful littlo things th at a ro do no a long the way , a nd the [1-Khouris are won do rful poonl o , a nd the y o r e doa r fri ends of one of my closest fri e nds in Ma ine, a nd if I c nn bo of a ny ho l p to you a ll, dea r fri ends , it s ure ly wil l make me happy . ~ n d I a m so glad you a re horo . My gracious , thi s is wonderful . Now , you bring them up in tho right way , bring th em un to bo good ci~iz e ns , to voto the straight Democra tic ticket .

Th a nk you . -!I.1rtr It ,r,IJ.#-'·t tr,, 'J Asheville, North Carolina

Background material

Congressman Roy Taylor represents the 11th Congresssional District of North Carolina in which Asheville is situated. Taylor has suggested that Senator Humphrey stay away from issue in Asheville since that is not a

This is Dan Moore and Ervin country. Judge 1oore called himself the "Mountain MaJl-" in the primary. He was born in Asheville. Now lives in Canton. Senator Smathers born in Asheville. Thomas Wolfe born and lived in Asheville . Cherokee Reservation located nearby. Two girls from North Carolina on Senator Humphrey 's staff. When Kennedy talked to the people of Asheville by telephone in .._ 1960 he mentioned that he hoped he would come back and vi it that · t ~ erson. Might want to mention this. He was never able to ge back.

located in the Western part of North

the Smokey Mountain Park, whose five

visitors annually make it the most visited national park in

the nation. It is also situated close to the Blue Ridge ~- ·-= - Z>

P~which is referred to as the most scenic road in

America , and also has the largest number of visitors of

any road in the country -- over seven million a year travel

it. flRA·/) r II. AEEalachia Program ~f tf~

lluch money from the Appalachia program "ould be spent~

on roads and this area needs many more of them. The Appal 1a

program would provide 142 miles of roadways for Western North

c _~ The people in this section of the country feel that they have the natural and human resources for

tremendous development and all they need are the roads to Asheville -- speech themes -- page 2 make them accessible to the rest of the country.

III. Education

~ - Asheville-Biltmore College is located here. It is a small college with approximately 500 students. It is a junior college which has become a community college

under the North - 3 -

/ This record of contradiction is a ronsistent one. His

words on N A are just an example of his sorry record of

~ talking out of both sides of his mouth.

~ example, take the issue of civil rights.

When the gentleman from Arizona campaigns in the So~ th,

he- whistles "Dixie" and proclaims his devotion to States' ~ Rights.

--:z;ut up North his supporters are ~usy publishin9, civil--- rights pamphlets for distribution in Negro sectors , hailing Barry Goldwater's record as an ardent champion

of civil rights. ~ 2One of% ese "have-it-both-ways" schemes backfired on~oldwater last month in the District ~ of Columbia. Their pro-civil rights pam phlet was hastily

with drawn. Why? Somebody goofed-- the timetable was

wrong. ~ - 4- LThe original plan was to issue this pamphlet just a few days before the election so there couldn't be any backfire in the South.

U can tell yowihis: Hubert Humphrey will never talk out of both sides of his mouth.

And neither wi II our reat President --

Lyndon B. Johnson.

~~ Jo~nson is a President of all the people and he doesn't have a special message for the people of one section and an opposite message for another section.

This apparently is something the Repu~ ican pretender to the Presidency does not comprehend.

~ know the American people comprehend this. They are going to give Lyndon B. Johnson and the Democratic

Party an overwhelming vote of confidence on November 3.

### R8 marks of Senator Hubert H. Humphrey Address to Labor Group ,urport Chattanooga, Tennessee October 17, 1964

Senator Humphrey. First of all I want to thank Mr. Kamin for the wonderful reception he has given to us and seeing to it that we had this little gathering , and I know that I am talking now to many of tho Democratic l eaders from -- how many states do we have here? 50 miles radius. That must bring in a few more, Tennessee~ Georgia, and ~ labama.

Believe me, it is a wonderful , wonderful privilege that I have. I wish all of you could go through the experience that I havo been having in this campaign, trav eling from one part of Ame rica to a nother, and with few e xceptions I find happy people.

Once in a while I find someone that l ooks like he has got a stomach eche , and he is carrying a Goldwater sign. (L a ughter)

Yo u know that is quite an ordeal. But basical ly the people of this country a re looking for he l p a nd they want to do good things, and to t e ll tho truth President Johnson and Hubert Humphrey are trying to appeal to people to do better, to live a better life , build better homes, build better Ame ricans, do better with our schools , do be tter with our children, do better f or our elderly people , to do batter in t erms of emp l oyment . We have ~~ big problems here . This problem of automation , to make a job -- you can't just let these things, you know, go by the board.

But we have got a tough fight on our hands , and we know it. Th e opposition is desperate, to put it frankly . ~ nd they are reaching pretty f a r dow n into the barrel . ~ nd they wi ll say many things and do many things between now a nd November 3rd that are going to be very, very discouraging and distressing .

But I us ed to say when I wes ba ck home in Minnesota when I r a n for e lection, a nd I h ave a l ways had lots of support t her e , I used to s a y to my friends a nd supporters , if you have got to give me a po litica l blood test every day and evory week, then leave me , because I wi ll be politically anemic .

You ha ve to believe . You have to beli eve. You have to have faith , and you have to b3lieve in our Party and its program. You have to beli eve in our present . You have to believe tha t thos e of us who 3r e working our hearts out like we a r e doing , that we a r e in this thing to help our country and to do what we think is ri~ht a nd we want your belief, we want your support ; wo know wo ha ve · tha t . But we want your unbelievable support so tha t no mattor what they say or what they do , we just barge right 0 n through.

There is one thing tha t this crowd needs to learn, that they can't t a ke over thi s country by making a ll kinds of fals e a ccusa ti ons and by trying to divide our country on the basis of regions and economic groups a nd r eligious groups a nd racial gr oups. They won 't get by with it, and we need to tea ch them a little . As my Dad used to tell mo , when you run into one of those youngsters thnt is hard to do business with , there is nothing like a little session in the woodshed . I'll tell you something . Th ore is nothing like a little session in the ballot box on Nov e mb er 3rd. ( ~p plause ) When you got ther e I only want you to vot e once . (L a ughter) Get there early and just vote it straight De moc r at . Thank you very much . ( Applause ) ##### Rell1.arks of Senator Hubert H. Humphrey Chattanooga Airport Chattanooga, Tennessee October 17, 1964

Senator Humphrey . \:Oh boy, oh boy~ · Well, may I say, may I just say that happy days are soon to be here qgoin . (Applause )

Yes, indeed, the Chattanooga Choo-choo is rolling right down the Detnocratic track. (Applause )

This is one of those days when you loosea:~·.:::~.-:. your collar, relax your tie, and you just plain come out and just talk to the people .

You know, I heard a while ago that the Republicans had a little crew around here called the Truth Squad. (Laughter ) Well, my dear friends, to put a Goldwaterite Republican in charge of truth is like putting a fox in charge of the chicken coop . (~pplaus e -- Laugh~~r)

!..;ow, BuforU., if those Republicans will stick around here, we will tell them the truth. (~pplause)

They are slow learners, but if we keep at it,they may catch on. (laughter)

Well, I am simply delighted to be welcomed here, first by your great Mayor who was kind enough to give me a l(ey to the city of Chattanooga, the Dynano of Dixie, this great city, and I wear it proudly in my lapel. I want to thank Mayor Kelly; I want to tbank those of this city who have so graciously and warmly, hospitably welcomed us to this magnificent inter­ national airport, and if I recall, this airport was dedicated in memory of one of the truly great men of our time, a great Tennesseean, a great American, my good friend and yours, the late Estes Kefauver . (~pplause )

Well, I am in good conpany today. I have been escorted here from one of your neighboring cities, at Knoxville, where I came in this morning. I am in the presence of and in the friendly custody of two of your great citizens, one that has been a friend of Mrs. Humphrey's and myself, of Muriel and Hubert, for many years, because ~bert Gore, your United States Senator, and his wife, Pauline·~-- Mbert and Pauline are just about the finest and the best friends that Hubert and Muriel Humphrey have. ~d I know that the people of Tennessee are going to show ~erica how much they appreciate this distinGuished statesman and this excellent, able legislator, Senator ~bert Gore, by re-electing him Senator from Tennessee . (Applause)

And then, too, there is my friend, Congressnnn but soon to be in the United States Senate, a gentleman that has made a wonderful record, who understands that the purpose of America is progress and justice, and I am proud to be on this platform with the next United States Senator from Tennessee, Ross Bass . (Applause )

~d I will tell you this, that if Mbert and Ross will just let Pauline and ~vanell do the campaigninc, they can' t miss . (~pplause)

I know that you good friends are going to see to it that Robert Summitt, a Congressman, your candidate for Congress here, am I correct, the Third District, that here in this area -- and we have 300 district leaders here -- that you people are going to make sure that Robert Summitt is down in Washington to work with ~bert Gore and Ross Bass and your other Democrats. ( ~pplause)

Well, this is a great,- great city, and I know that the City of Chattanooga is represented -- that is one of the Goldwater campaign managers there -- (Laughter) -- I know that the City of Chattanooga represents the spirit of progress . I know that this great city is known as the new spirit of the greater Chattanooga.

I know that this remarkable city has set standards of public conduct and of ciVic progress that can be an inspiration to any .1\merican community, and, Mr . Mayor, Mayor Kelly, and your city officials and you fine citizens of Chattanooga, Hubert Humphrey from Minnesota wants to salute you for the Chattanooga Airport - 2 - good civic service and responsibility of this community. (Applause)

I came here for another purpose or tiD aJ.. ~o; I thought maybe if you didn't mind we would talk a little politics . (Laughter) Is that all right? (Applause )

Of course, I don 't want to forget to thnnk that band for playing that "Minnesota Rouser." You kno~or, I was a student at the University of Minnesota. I was there during the days of Bernie Bierman of the great Minnesota Golden .~phers, and I can remember that there was one team that we used to fear abJve all others, and it is playing up there now, and it is playing f~aba~n. Alabama and Tennessee are having it out today, but as a national candidate you wouldn't expect me to choose up sides too much, I am sure . Can I just say that my favorite baseball team is the Minnesota Twins, and my favorite football team is the Minnesota Gophers, but I have a sneaking suspicion Tennessee is going t o Jo all right. ( ~pplcus e )

Well, I wnnt t o congratulate the good people of Tennessee o~ doing a tremendous servi ce for this country . You have done it with your states­ me~$At Knoxvillp I spoke of some of your great statesmen of the past, three great president~, three creat presidents. who were maligned and abused, but history records that they were great men , and their accusers were nothing .

The great stat~smen that I referred to there were hndrew Jackson and James Polk and nndrew Johnson, three presidents, all of whom -- (Applause) - all of whom have a great record of service to all the people of the United States, and all of their detracmrs, and all of their critics, were puny little peopl e who mean little or nothing in the pnges of history.

hnd l et me say from this platform that the critics of President Lyndon Johnson, those who a ~tack him personally, those who are his accusers, those who malign him, you will never be able to remember their names after November 3rd. (hppl ause )

Now, lest I seem to be personal, which I don't want to be, may I say yesterclay that the most amazing thine happened to me on the way to the Corn PickinG Contest in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I was to speru{ there, and another man who frankly confessed that he knows nothing about agriculture was there to advise the farmers . (Laughter ) That man was the gentleman from 1\rizona. hnd the most amazing thing happened t o me as I was at the Joe Foss International Airport in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

I was there shaking hancls with the good citizens who are going to vote Democratic, some of them Republi cans but like most good Republicans, this ~ time they are putting their country above their Party. They are going to vote for Presi dent Johnson . (Applause )

hs I ~oras there, I met -- I had the chance once again -- because after all, we senators you know are sort of a club do wn there, aren't 1t1e, Albert We had a chnnce t o say hello to the Senator from !rrizona, and I must say ~ that I can' t help but say here so that you may know that I l ook upon this man as a good f~erican , a patriot.-- I truly n~an this . I think that Barry Gol dwat er would make a wonderful neighbor. But I don 't think he would make a good President . (Applause )

It may be true that he needs a change of address, but I don 't want it 1600 Pennsylvania hvenue. Hhat I think -- (Applause) -- what I think we ought to do for this man that likes his t-{Jme so much is "Back to the Store in '64" for Barry. (Applause )

Voice . In your heart you know he is nuts.

Senator Humphrey. Well, I must say that we are getting a little healthier. (Laughter)

But dear frien ds I w~ntad to say what you folks in Tennessee have done for us . I don ' t know of any state that has Chatta nooga ~ ir po rt - 3 -

don e more f or Amo rica . Whe n I ment ion our l a t e a n d bolovod Estes Kefauver, thi s man cf courago a n d o f princi pl e , this ma n tha t f ought so ha r d for tho pooplo, fought so ha rd, my friends , th a t his lifo was e nded f a r, f ar too soon .

Ho r o i s thi s man on this pl at form tha t I am so prouj to call my fri on rl , who on o v o~y occas i on has by conviction a nd by persona l integrity, by intolligenco, 8nd by knowledge, fought for t he poorl o , fought for tho peop l e of Tonnessoo, yos , but mor o im po rta ntly, if you will po r mi t mo to say it, moro 1 mpo rtantly , Albert Gore has boo~ ~ so na tor for tho Uni t ed States of Amorica and thab is tho kind o f ·sen ator we n oed . ( App l ause )

~ n d Ross Bass will be th e samo kind of sonator and everybody in thi s a udie nc e knows it . ( App l a uso )

~e ll, did yo u know that you wore the peopl o tha t first r ovealod that tho Re publica n can didate, tha t i s th e ca nd ida te of a fr ac ti on of a faction -- ( ~p~ lause -- La ught or) -- of th o Re publica n Pa rty, th o temporary spokesman ~ tho Republica n Party, you revo~lod him as n candidate of contradiction . Tho peopl o o ~ ~~nness qp wo r o a mong tho first t o r ea lize tha t th o • ,.• ,:~- f ·/ .' Rep ublica n spoko~m~n w~s not e c onserv a tiv e bocause he has viola t ed ovory consorva tiv o traditi on, tha t ~ a is Got a Republica n a nd bocauso on tho 25 major i ssuos of tho Rep ublican platform of 1960 , a plotform tha t camo from a party tha t had bee n in powB r and had to doal wi th th o t o ugh questions of n a tional and int e~ n ational po lic y, that 0 n 25 major issues of tho Re publica n pl a tform, th o Se na tor from Arizon a voted no 25 ti mes .

Ho can ' t be a Republica n. He i sn ' t a conservative _ So what is he? Ho is A r adica l . ( ~~p l auso ) : nd ho ought to say so . Ame rica ' s number one r adical . ( ~pp l a us e )

~ n d l adies a n d gontl omo n, in ~mo r ica wo do n't nood a ny r adicals from th o l eft, a nd wo do n ' t need a ny from th o right, and we do n!t inte nd t o olect a nybo dy that i s ono . ( App l a us e )

I1Jo do n ' t noed tho rrosG nc o of tho Co mmunists , a nd LilO don ' t nood tho playmot os of t ho Birche r s , a nd we don ' t int e nd to elect a ny one -- ( ~pp l auso )

Rad ica lism h~s no place in ~ mer ic a , a n d tho ma n tha t l oads tho r adical f orc os of ~ morica isn 't going to go very far except dow n to de f eat on November 3rd . (A pp l a us e )

W0 11, you folks surely tJok tho - - s ur oly unm asked this ma n in Te nn essee . You 1earne j his views 0 n TV A.

Dh , wha t A friend of rive r va ll ey de velopme nt . (L a ughte r) Frie nds liko this you no od ?

my de~ r fri enjs , lot mo toll you if th e Se na tor from t\ rizona haci his Lila y sbout Tv ,·. , had he beon the r e when Frankl'in Roo seve lt a nd Georgo Nor ri s a n d other s pu t it through the Congr ess , had ho boon tho r o , tho Tenn essee River wo ul d ha ve been as dry as tho ba rk on a tr eo in Tuc son, 1rizon a . ( ~pp lause )

But lot mo m2 ko it cloRr, thi s man from ~ rizon a , he isn't a ga inst ave ry rive r . He isn't aga inst eve ry proj ect . Oh, no . Chattanooga Airport - 4 -

Ho w ~s for $1 billion for ~ c ontrc l 1rizona proj e ct on the Colorado . $1 billion . But not one living nickel for the Tennessee Va lley •. uthor i ty .

StJ , I smv a s i gn out hor o , a n d it say s "B a rry , Friend of Di xi o • " Ho , h o ! ~1 y g o o d n o s s • 11 8 a r r y , F r i e n d of Di x i e . 11 (L a ughte r) Lo t me t oll you, what this ma n would do to Dixi e would m~ko She rma n l ook l iko a fri end . ( App l ~ us e a nd s t anding ovation ) We ll, my dea r friends, l ot ' s settle down now . (L a ughter)

Thi s frien d of tho TV ~, to tho TV ~ that has brought more progress to tho Tonn ossoo V ~ ll oy thn n nny other a r ea of ~mo rica, tho TV ~ that i s responsible f or tho growth of r rivato e nter­ prise in thi s section of r mo rica f2stor then a ny oth e r section of ~ me ric a , tho TV ~ , it is tho friend of fr oo enterprise . Tho TV \ , it i s th e fri end of tho farmer. Th o TV • tha t has t a me d tho riv e rs, put them to wor k instead of lotting th em destroy tho 1 a nd . Th e TV . ~ t h 8 t mad G r-oss i b 1 e 0:: k Ri d g G a n d tho a t omi c energy pl 2nt . Th o TV ~ th ~ t indeed was on o of the groat un­ hera l ded soldiers of Wo rl d Wa r II . Th o TV A tha t made po ssible electrica l powe r to produce bom be rs a nd a luminum for bombers .

And thi s man from n rizon ~ , thi s dri ve r of tho cov e r ed wagon of th o 19th Century -- (L a ughter) -- this man says wo ought to sell it.

W8 11, n o~ , my goodness mo . Ought to sell it . I wonder just to whom he expe cts to soll it. Lv ha t fri en d:?. Lv h at friend could it be? Dh, I wou l d like to know . Wo a r c goi ng to look into that next wook . I am not going to toll you overy&hing now. You just kee p li stening next wook because I think we know to Lvhom he would .liko to sell it. (Cries of "Mi ller .")

Oh , we c a n ' t lot him do tha t . This plant has to havo some manag omo nt.

We ll, yo u know, th or o w?s a follow hero recently -- l e t mo soc , ho r a n f or some thing a f ew years ago . Dh , yos, Mr . Nixon . I harl just ~bo ut f or gotten him . (L a ughte r) Th e refugee from Ca liforni n , a ma n tha t introduced this new thought into thi s el e ction tha t our Presi dent was soft on Communism . What a -- we ll -- (L a ught e r )

So what di d ho sa y? Th e man from Now York or Ca lifornia -­ I am not sure where -- but !Ylr . Nixon said th a t he came hero to toll you what Ba rry rea lly me a nt . That is ~ui to an a ssignmento (La ughter )

!Ylay I say tha t only a tricky f e llow could do it . (laughter an d app l ause)

But I want to say this: tha t Mr. Nixon has never been interested in this a r ea of Amo rica a nyhow . His r ecord , like that of tho man that he s peaks for, is one that wou l d ha ve loft this groat a r ea impove rishe d , wo uld hnvo loft it to itself, unhel pod . It was only a year ago in October , a nd now I a m quoting Mr . Gol dwa tor -- a nd hero i s what he s a i d , Rich a r d . (L a ughter) Y0 u can explain this and you ca n write books about it. You can ove n t oll abo ut it with a cloth co a t or with checker so It won ' t mak e a ny difference , Ch a tta nooga Air po rt - 5 -

Bu t h o r o i s wh 2 t he s a i d • IYI r • Co 1 d LV a t e r sa i d , 11 I a m q u i t e s e ri ous in my op ini on tha t th e TV /; s houl d be so l d. 11

Now , ono thin g I will say f or IYi r . Co l dwa t e r, he s ort of mea ns wha t ho says . Or somet i mes h o cha nges hi s min d on wha t he s a ys , but he moa ns wha t he says whe n he di d say it.

Nou1 , this vJas n ' t the fir st time t h2t tho So n a t~r fr...o.m Ariz ona had a ttac ked tho TV A. Ho has do n o it e nough a nd l oudly en oug h so tha t e vo ryono , r. t l oas t in thi s ~a rt of th e country , r ealizes th at tho t e mnora ry spoke s ma n of tho Republica n Pa rty is a ma n of r adic a l views .

.-\ nd vJ ho i s a r arJ ic2l

,'\ n d I do n 1 t think th a t the good, so li d, con s tructive peopl e of Tonn essoe a r c going t o l o t a ny Col dwa t e r r ad ic a l destroy a nd ruin a nd sell tho TV ~ . ~ r e you? ( App l a use )

But ho go t hi s l a wye r , IYi r . Ni xo n . Ho c ~ m e through he r e , a nd he e xpl a ined th at Col dwa t e r d i dn ' t r eally mo a n it a nyhow .

llioll , fr a nkly I don ' t think we ou ght t o t a ka it t oo s e ri ously be ca uso trul y ho i s n ' t going t o ha ve a cha nc e t o do a nything a bout it a nyhow. (;;ppl a us o )

But my f o ll o~ Ame rica ns , this r e c or d of contradicti on is classic, a nd it i s a l so a r e c or d th a t i s ty pica l a nd consisten t.

Le t me g iv e yo u ~ n o t ho r on o . I do n't nood t o como be fore a ny a udi e nc e in tho No rt h o r So uth a nd t e ll you wh a t my s t a nd ha s boo n on tho i ssue of cons titutiona l ri g ht s , eq ual ri g hts for ev e ry Ame rica n . ( Ap pl a us e )

~ n d I a m va r y fr 2nk t o t oll you some peopl e do n't lik e my sta n d , a nd tha t i s t he ir ri ght a n d privil ege . But I don ' t try to peddl e t wo s t ories . ( ~ pp l a us e )

~ n d if t her e i s 0 ne t hi ng I have l ea rned as I ha ve tra vel ed thr ough tho South und through t ho bor de r s t a t es, it is they woul d r a the r soo a man tha t i s truthful e ve n though the y di sag r ee with hi m t ha n t o soo a ma n a nd t o hea r a ma n tha t t a lks out of both s i de s of hi s mo uth . ( App l a use )

We ll, now , l ot' s jus t t a l k a l ittle bit a bout wh a t ha s been going on . Ta ke th a t i ssue of c ivil ri gh t s . Whe n th e ge ntle ma n fro m ~ riz o n a campa i gns in tho So uth, oh, ho whi s tl es 1 "Dixi e . " i_.i hy, I LIJill t oll you my f r i onrls , he e ve n trios to ge t a s o u t h e r n a c c en t • ( La ugh t o r ) ,'\ n d .ho p r o c 1 a i ms hi s de v o t i on to s t a t es ri ght s . But u p No rt h , his suppor ter s a r e bu s y publishing civil r ight s pamp hl e t s f or di s tri buti on in a r eas tha t a ro heavily inhabited by our fin o Neg ro resi dent s , hailing Ba rry Col dwa t e r ' s r oc or d as a n a r dent champ ion of civi l rights .

Down Sc:i"u'bh ho says no , no , no . Up north he s a ys cha mpion . bha mpi on . (L a ugh t e r)

Ho i s on o of the se "ha ve it both way s " bo ys . ,~\ n d hD i s on e Chattanooga Airport - 6 - of these"have it both ways" schemers .

But it backfired ~ast month in the District of cctumbin. Their pro­ civil rights pamphlet was hastily withdrawn, and why? Well, first of nll, we discovered it. Secondly, someone goofed . The timetable was wrong.

The original plan was to issue this pamphlet just a few days before the election and, so they said, so there couldn't be any backfire in the South . So that our friends from Georgia, so our friends from South Carolina, and ~orth Carolina, and r\lnbarna and Mississippi and other states in this Union, they would think that Barry was the friend of the so-called states righters. But up N::Jrth, he was n flaming chaippion of civil rights.

But let me tell you, my friends, that kind of nonsense doesn ' t work in American politics anymore. The American people want ns their President a man who says what he means when he says it and means what he says when he says it, and speaks one language to one people for one program . (Applause )

May I add that many people in Ame rica could afford to take a page from the fine history of this city and county. I want t o congratulate you, Mayor, and your commissioners~ and I want to congratulate your bi- racial comrrdttee of lending citizens for setting such n fine example ns to how Americans can work together and live t ogether and play together and plan together for a better United States of Au~ricn. (Applause )

Yes, my friends . America has heavy responsibilities . This beautiful country of ours, and we sing the song) "America the Beautiful," we pledge al legiance to on~ nation under God , indivisible , with liberty and justice for all. May I just say that ~hat we need in America is not someone that divides us, not someone that plays race off against race or religion against religion, not someone that runs down minority ethnic groups as if they were umvanted.

What we need in America is a lender, is n voice, is an educator, is a prophet that calls upon us t~ be'good Americans, just one people.

We need in America someone t o heal our wounds, not to open them.

We need someone in America to speak of us as one people and one country, not North and South, not East and West.

We need somebody in America to think of us not as rural and city, not as farmer and worker, but as Americans. (~pplnuse)

Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you now, ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you the one thing I have learned in this campaign is that wherever I go , whether it is in Georgia or ~exas or Tennessee or Washington or California or riorth Dakota or Maine, wherever I go, I find that most Americans, most Americans, yes, the overwhelming majority, want to learn how to work together, to live t ogether. Most Americans want opportunity for everybody. Most Americans want America to be a better country every day. (~pplause)

Ladies and gentlemen, if that is your view, and I think it is, then let us j oin hands . Let ' s have most Aoericans7 -Republicans and Denocrats, workers and business, farmers and teachers, young and old - - let's unite as n mighty people and let's make up our minds that we are going to rebuke these forces of bigotry, these forces of division, these forces of retreat, these forces of the past, and let us elect as our President someone who loves America, believes in its future, unites us and rrakes us march forward to a better day for all humanity. (~pplnts e)

1/¥Vf!'i'!'¥f!' II fi It/ ~10 news re ease FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE PUBLICITY DIVISION 1730 K STREET, N. w. WASHINGTON 6, D.C . FEDERAL 3-8750

FOR RELE ASE B-3884 SATUPJDA~ P.M. OCTOEER 17, 1964

EXeERPTS OF REMARKS SEtJATOR HUBERT HUMPHREY CHATTMTf.'OGA, TENNESSEE OCTOBER 17, 1964

I'm here to congratulate the people of Tennessee for doing a great

service for our nation. The people of Teennessee were amcng the first to

reveal the Republican presidential candidate -- the temporary spokesman of the

Republican party as the candidate of contradiction.

The people of Te~essee were among the first to realize that the

Republican candidate is an extremist -- a radical who is neither a genuine

conservative nor a genuine Republican.

The temporary Republican spokesman was unmasked when the people of

Tennessee learned his views on T\A. For most Americans, and certainly most

people here, TVA is no longer a matter of political controversy. Almost everyone

agrees TVA is a great regional development program, a model of enlightened

progress throughout the world.

But not Senator Goldwater. The Senator from Arizona not. only repeatedly

calls the TVA a socialist adventure, he is ready to sell it.

He said only one year ago -· in October~ 19-63, that., and I'm quating

Mr. Goldwater, nr am quite serious in my opinion that TVA should be sold .. "

That wasn't the first time the senator had attacked the TVA. He had

done it often enough and loudly enough so that everyone -- at least in this

part of the countr.y -· realized that the gentleman from Arizona was a man of

extreme views. In recent months, the temporary spokesman of the Republican party has

retreated from his extreme ideas about TVA. He has tried to soft pedal this

position by issuing one of those famous clarifying statements. He tried to explai

what he meant in the first place.

(more) B.,.3884, page 2

This record of contradiction is a consistentone. His words on TVA are just an example of his sorry record of talking out of both sides of his mouth.

For ex~mple, take the issue of civil rights, when the gentle~n from

Arizona ca:r~pai grw in the South, he whistles "Dixie" and proclaims his devotion to states' IigGts.

But up North his supporters are busy p 1bli'=>i1iog civU rights pamphlets for di~cribution in Neg,:o sectorn ~h;.Ji.ling L.-:u:ry Golcwatsr' s r ecard as an srclent champion of civil righte .

One of these "have-it-both-ways" schemes bacl~fired on Barry Goldwater last month in theDiotrict of Culumbia. Their pro-civil rights famphlets was hastily withdrawn. Why? Someboyd goofed -- the t:!.metatl e was wronga

The original plan l·ms to issue this p-'!!!lphlct just a fe~-1 days before the election so t here couldn't be a:ty backfire in the Sout!l.

I can tell you this: Hubert Humphrey will never talk out of both sides of his mouth.

And neither w~ll our great President -- Lyndon B. Johnson.

President Johnson is a President of all the people and he doesn't have a special message for the pople on one section and an opposite message for another section.

TI1is apparently is something the Republican pretender to the

Presidency does not comprehend.

I know the American people comprehend this. They are going to give

Lyndon B. Johnson and the Democratic party an overwhelming vote of confidence on November 3.

41 41 41 October 17,1964- SENATOR HUBERT H.HUMPHREY EXCERPTS OF REMARKS CHP,TTANOOGA,TENNESSEE, October 17,1964.

I'm here to congratulate the people of Tennessee for doing a great service

for our nation. The people of Tennessee were among the first to reveal the

Republican Presidential candidate--the temporary spokesman of the

Republican Party--as the candidate of contradiction.

The people of Tennessee were among the first to realize that the Republican

candidate is an extremist--a radical who ·is neither a genuine conservative

nor a genuine Republican.

The temporary Republican spokesman was unmasked when the people of Tennessee

learned his views on TVA. For most Americans, and certainly most people here. /TVA is no longer a matter of political controversy. Almost everyone agrees TVA is a great regional development program, a model of enlightened

progress throughout the world.

But not Senator Goldwater. The senator from Arizona not only repeatedly

calls the TVA a. socialist adventure, he is ready to sell it.

He said only one year ago--In October, 1963, that, and I'm quoting Mr.

Goldwater, "I am quite serious in my opinion that TVA should be sold."

That wasn't the first time the Senator had attacked the TVA. He had done

it often enough and loudly enough so that everyone--at least in this part of

the country--realized that the gentleman from Arizona was a man of extreme

views.

In recent months, the temporary spokesman of the Republican party has

retreated from his e!ltreme ideas about TVA. He has tried to soft pedal this

position by issuing one of those famous clarifying statements. He tried to

explain what he meant in the first place. . ..

Senator Humphrey, Chattanooga 2

This record of contradiction is a consistent one. His words on TVA are

just an example of his sorry record of talking out of both sides of his

mouth.

For example, take the issue of Civil Rights.

When the gentleman from Arizona campaigns in the South, he whistles "Dixie 11

and proclaims his devotion to States' Rights.

But up North his supporters are busy publishing Civil Rights Pamphlets for

distribution in negro sectors hailing Barry Goldwater;s record a.s an ardent

champion of Civil Rights.

One of these "have-it-both-ways 11 schemes backfired on Barry Goldwater last

month in the District of Columbia. Their 9ro-civil rights pamphlet was

hastily withdrawn. Why? Somebody goofed--the time--table was wrong.

The original J?lan was to issue this pamphlet just a few days before the

election so there couldn't be any backfire in the South.

I can tell you this: Hubert Humphrey will never talk out of both sides

of his mouth.

And neither will our great President--Lyndon B.Johnson.

President Johnson is a president of all the people and he doesn't have a

special message for the people of one section and an opposite message for

another section.

This apparently is something the Republican pretender to the Presidency

does not comprehend.

I know the American people comprehend this. They are going to give

Lyndon B.Johnson and the Democratic Par·i:y and overwhelming vote of

confidence on November 3. -end.. 10/13/64 FOLLOWING IS AN ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH BASED ON NIXON,S SPEECH IN CHATTANOOGA ON OCTOBER 10 ••

"FORMER VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON SAID LAST NIGHT THAT BARRY GOLDWATER HAS MADE CLEAR THAT HE WILL SUPPORT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY IF ELECTED PRESIDENT.

NIXON TOLD A REPUBLICAN NXKKKX RALLY HERE THAT GOLDWATER,S POSITION ON TVA HAS BEEN DISTORTED BY THE OPPOSITION.

THE ARIZONA SENATOR "WILL SEE TO IT THAT TVA HAS ADEQUATE APPROPRIA­ TIONS, BUT HE DOESN,T WANT IT TO EXPAND INTO AREAS WHERE FREE ENTERPRISE CAN DO THE JOB," NIXON SAID.

NIXON CRITICIZED THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION FOR WHAT HE CALLED "MORE FOREIGN POLICY FAILURES THAN ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY."

UNLESS THERE IS NEW LEADERSHIP DURING THE NEXT FOUR YEARS~ NIXON SAID, THE U.S. WILL LOSE ALL OF SOUTHEAST ASIA AND WILL HAVE TO ENGAGE IN A WAR TO SAVE THE PHILLIPINES.

NIXON SAID HIS VISIT TO VIET NAM THIS YEAR CONVINCED HIM THAT THE U.S. IS ._.. LOSING THE WAR EFFORT THERE. HE SAID LAOS "WENT DOWN THE DRAIN BECAUSE WE BROKE OUR WORD."

NIXON SAID PRESIDENT JOHNSON REFUSES TO DEBATE GOLDWATER ON FOREIGN POLICY AND THAT JOHNSON "HAS YET TO MAKE ONE SUGGESTION IN FOREIGN POLICY .. "

SOME 6,000 ATTENDED THE RALLY, POLICE OFFICERS ESTIMATED." OCTOBER 17, 1964

~ here to congratulate the people of Tennessee

for doing a great service for our nation. The people

of Tennessee were among the first to reveal the Republican

Presidential candidate --the temporary spokesman

of the Republican party-- as the Candidate of Contradiction.

The people of Tennessee were among the first to

realize that the Republican candidate is~~t -- ~ 4.__­ radical who is neither a genuine conservative nor a

genuine Republican.

< he temporary Republican spokesman was unmasked when the people of Tennessee learned his views on N A. For ~ . most Americans, and certainly most people here, N A is no

longer a matter of political contro rsy. AI most everyone

agrees N A is a great regional development program, a model

of enlightened progress th roug :bout the world. - 2-

But not Senator Goldwater. The Senator from Arizona not only repeatedly calls the TV A a socialist adventure, he is ready to sell it.

He said only one year ago-- in Octorer, 1963, that, and

11m quoting Mr. Goldwater, 11 1 am quite serious in my opinion that TV A should be sold. 11

A hat wasn't the fi rst time the Sen at or had attacked

enough and loudly enough so the TV A. He had done it often . . that everyone ~ - at least in this part of the countr -- realized that the entleman from Arizona was a man LJJ4L4.'4 Chattanooga

It is wonderful to be in Chattanooga -- in the

state of the Volunteers -- where people have been willing

to step forward and ~ist for progress since the days of

Andrew Jackson.

I come in this campaign to ask your help -- to ask

you to volunteer again to insure that America makes the

right choice this November 3rd.

What is the nature of this choice?

First, Americans must choose between the commitment of Lyndon B. Johnson and the Democratic Party to maintain and extend opportunity for all Americans for a better way of life -- or the express intention of the Goldwater Party to repudiate the social and economic gains of the past generation.

Second, Americans must choose between the commitment of Lyndon B. Johnson and the Democratic Party to policies of strength and Lesponsibility at home and abroad -- or -2- the irresponsible and impetuous policies of the Gold- waterites which divide us from our allies and invite recklessness from our foes.

Third, Americans must choose between Lyndon Johnson -- a man of unquestioned competence in the art and science of government, or Barry Goldwater -- a part-time, stop- and-go, erratic and inexperienced novice.

There is no question where the temporary spokesman of the Republican Party stands on proposals to extend opportunity in America.

When it was a program to combat poverty -- Senator

Goldwater voted "No".

When it was a program to support education

Senator Goldwater voted "No".

When it was a program to provide for retraining of men in an obsolete trade -- Senator Goldwater voted "No".

When it was a proposal to expand vocation training -3- or to establish a Youth Conservation Corps or to combat juvenile delinquency yes, in spite of his pretensions to morality and concern about crime -- Senator Goldwater voted "No".

Even when the issue was to grant money for polio vaccination to children and expectant mothers -- Senator

Goldwater voted "No".

Where progress is concerned -- where opportunity for people is concerned -- there is a fantastic and fatalistic record of negation.

An outstanding example of Senator Goldwater's doctrine of "full-speed in reverse" is his proposal to "sell the

TVA." He has said this not once, but again and again and again. No one has distorted his remarks. The only dis- tortion that comes into the picture is when Richard Nixon comes down here to try to deodorize the Goldwater position.

Of course the TVA is here to stay. It is no -4- variety of socialism -- either creeping or crawling.

You know it has stimulated private industry and economic growth. TVA has been good for you. It has been good for business. TVA has been good for the United States.

TVA is not for sale -- not even to finance the Cen- tral Arizona Project.

KnO\'i ing this, some people have s aad: "No President could sell the TVA, so we don't have to worry about

Senator Goldwater on that score."

Don't you believe that.

I remember helping Senator Lister Hill defend TVA in the Republican Congress of 1953. The non-power pro- grams are included in the Federal Budget, and the President can choke them to death in short order. A President can cripple the TVA if he thinks that way. The President recommends appropriations. He appoints the Budget Director.

The President influences legislation. The President can -5- reorganize the TVA out of existence.

Senator Goldwater has tried to get out from under the devastation of his remarks by saying that Congress would never permit him to sell the TVA . That is like the embezzler telling the bank president not to worry because the auditor is expected any day.

Tennessee has known progress -- a lot of progress -- in recent years.

Per capita income has increased from 45% of the national average in 1933, to 67% of the national average at present. The people of this region have three and one half billion dollars more to spend each year, or an average of $2000 more per family.

These figures tell of real economic progress. But they also indicate that much more needs to be done.

There must be increased economic activity to lift your average income still higher. There must be new industry. There must be continued development of the -6-

enormous recreational potentials of this region. Regret-

tably, pockets of poverty exist in Tennessee -- as well

as elsewhere in the nation. Your local initiative and

resources are vital to this progress. But they must also be met by a national concern and a continuation of the partnership of Federal-state-and-local governments with the people.

Lyndon Johnson cares about opportunity for all the people in all the States of this great nation. Lyndon

Johnson intends the accept the responsibilities of the office of the Presidency as a means of increasing oppor- tunity for all Americans. He is also committed to responsibility in protecting this nation and the peace of the world.

Senator Goldwater says that the issue here is "Peace through Strength." Lyndon Johnson and the Democratic

Party say the issue is "Peace through the Responsible Use of Strength." -7-

If the issue were military strength alone, then

nobody need have any concern. Today, the United States

has overwhelming strength. Moreover, it is maintained

at a razor's edge of sharpness and efficiency. No squirrel

rifle in these mountains ever had better care.

Before a man is entrusted with a rifle, however, he

ought to know when to use it, and equally, when not to.

Senator Goldwater says he is for peace, and I do

not doubt it. We are not questioning his motives, or

his desires and dreams. We are questioning hts judgment

and the implications of the policies he advocates.

Senator Goldwater advocates horse-opera diplomacy.

Threaten to shoot and the other fellow will always fold

up. To him, the bad guys are not only bad, they are

cowards. But this is not always true -- even on TV.

No one has distorted Senator Goldwater's words, when he advocates using nuclear task forces to back up -8- ultimatums in Eastern Europe, or to delegate responsi- bility for use of nuclear weapons to field command not only in NATO, but elsewhere. No one put words in his mouth when he advocated practicing brinkmanship after the manner of Imperial and Nazi Germany. He has suggested not once, but various times, the inevitability of war-- nuclear war.

We do not question his intentions. We do, however, question his casual, offhand, and belligerently romantic notions of how to settle affairs between men and nations.

This is not an area where ignorance is bliss.

This points up the underlying, fundamental choice this year for the Presidency.

Lyndon Johnson comes to the Presidency with more experience in government -- more than thirty years than any President since Thomas Jefferson. He has been an administrator and a legislator in both houses of -9-

Congress. He was the protege of great teachers --Franklin

Roosevelt and Sam Rayburn -- and he learned well. Repub- licans and Democrats alike acknowledge him to have been the greatest majority leader in the Senate in modern times.

By contrast, Senator Goldwater seems to be running against the office of the Presidency instead of for it.

But this is only similar to h~ record in the Senate. He can oppose all constructive legislation with monotonous regularity, but never proposes alternatives or even works hard to achieve the "choice".his supporters cheer for.

In 12 years on the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Com- mittee, Senator Goldwater was absent 5~fo of the time.

For a year, this committee held hearings on the important

National Defense Education Act. Senator Goldwater never appeared once, but, as you might guess, sent in a ''no" vote.

These are surely poor credentials for the biggest, most demanding job in this world. -10-

Shall we choose a leader who has faith in America -- who has faith in her people? Shall we choose a leader of proven competence? Then our choice is clear. Let us

choose Lyndon Johnson for President of the United States. Rema rk s of Sena t or Hub ort H. Hum ph r e y ~ ir ~o rt, Sky Chi a f Ro om Knoxvill e , Te nn . Octobe r 17 , 1964 Sena t or Hu mp hr e y . Be f or e wo go , I jus t wa nt t o say a wor d t o you . It i s a little difficu lt t o c ond uct po litica l r a lli es o ut a t a irpo rt s , I f oun d t hi s mo rni ng f or t he ump t eenth time , but wo t ho ugh t t ha t s inc e we ha ve a ve ry heavy da y , we coul d ma ybe save a littl o ti me i n light of t he f a ct tha t you ha vo so mu.c.h tra ffic down t ow n .

I wa nt t o thank oAch a n rl eve r y one of yo u as individua l s a nd t ho or ganiz a t ions t ha t you r o~ r osent f or yo ur gr oa t he l p in t hi s campa i g n . It i s a n ol oc ti on I be li eve tha t is a good dea l r, iff8r ont t ha n mos t e l e cti ons beca use i n t h i s e l e cti on tho o~~osi ti o n i s n ot sa yi ng t ha t he belie ves in t he gains tha t ha v o boon made i n t ho l as t 30 yoars or 4 0 yea r s . He says hi s amb i t i on i s not to pass l aws but to r epeal th e m, a ~ d I c a n ' t h e l ~ but wo n de r wh ich l aws he is t a lking about tha t he wa nt s to r e~oa l .

I t hi nk that t ho comme nts t hat have been made on So cia l Security, the Se na t or ' s vi QWS on or ganized l ~bo r , his a ttitu de on ~ r og r ams of ojucat i on , I t ~ in k that t hi s is a diffe r e nt e l ecti on tha n any we h3vo over had . I ha ve ne ve r y e t s inc e 1936 hoar d of a Ro~ub li ca n c a n di da t e t ha t f e lt tha t ed uc a ti on was not tho r es~o n sib il i t y oF gove rn men t . Th i s ca n di da t e says t ha t educati on is not the r osDon s i bility of a ny gove rnm e nt , l oco l , s t a t e , or f edo r a l . It i s t ho r espons ibility of the p21 r e nt .

~ n rl I havo yot t o haa r of a can di da t e t ha t bo lioves tha t tho Fodo r a l Cov orn mo nt has n0 r ight t o be in pr og r ams of soci a l we lfare , ag ri cul t ur e , ed uca t ion , j us t to me nti on a f ow , e xc ep t thi s one or. tho Rep u bli can s i de .

~ha t wo r ries mo mo r e t han any t hing ol sc about t hi s Rep ublican ca n d i ~ato -- and ho i s no t mu c h of a Rep ublica n, I wa nt to ma ke i t c l ea r . - s I sa i ~ out he r e , ho is a r ad i ca l . He is just i s as r ad i ca l t o th e ri gh t as so me other s ha ve bee n to t ho l oft.

Wo do n ' t nood e it he r on o of t hose .

Th i s r :1 d i c a l h "1 s a v i o llJ o f t h e wo r 1 d LV h i c h d o o s n o t f 2 c o up t o r eality , and I t h i nk tha t if h8 wo r e ol oc t od Pr esi dent of th e Unitod St ates , t ha t our who l e f ore i gn po licy woul d bo in s hamb l os , and tha t tho na ti on wo ul d ha ve some very un s t eady a nd ne rv e wr c.ck ing days a head .

That i s why I thin k it is importa nt t ha t Pr osi do nt J ohn son be s ustained and ma i nt 2inod i n that ~h i to Ho uso . He i s a ma n of ex~o ri onco , ho is a ma n of cal m t emoo r ame nt , pa tie nce , an d of s tr e ngt h . He is a va ry r espons i bl e man . Be lie v e me , whe ne ve r it i s 811 sai d 2nd done , i t wo n ' t do muc h good t o ha ve good wagos or good homos or good ci t i es i f yo u a r e go ing t o ha vo a nucl ear wa r . Wha t we n ocd i s a Pr os i do nt tha t can c onduct the a ff a i rs of thi ~ co unt r y i n such ~ m2 nn e r as t o a voi d tha t un ­ be li evab l e ca t as tr o;J hQ ( ,p;J l a uso )

So I l ook u~o n you not j us t as ro~ r oso nt a tiv os of t he gr oa t ~mo ri ca n l abor mo v omo nt wh i ch i s a n ho n or wi t hin itselF , but I l ook u~o n you as i n t o r os t c~ ~a r t i os , i nt or os t od citiz e ns , abo u t what is goi ng to hapro n , and wo suro l y ha v o got a fi ght on o ur h a n ~s . Mako no mi stake abo ut it . We ca n ' t a ff or d t o tak e a nything f or gr a nt od . Sky Chief Room - 2 -

I watched the opposition refusing to discuss issues, reaching down in that ba rrel of dead fish with their attacks upon the President and anybody else . So all I ask you to do is go to work. Fight a good clean fight a nd give them a good licking , and on November 3rd when the votes are counted l ets make sure that both Tennessee and Minnesota vote Democratic. ( App lause) #### ,

Remarks of Son a tor Hub e rt H. Hum phr e y rH r po rt ,"\dd r oss Knoxvill e , Te nn essee October 17, 1964

Se na t or Hump hrey . Thank you v o ry much . Th a nk you v e ry much, ~ l be rt . Th a n k yo u, Se nato r Cor e , Co ngr essma n Ro ss Ba ss, soon to be our Unitou St a t es Sena t or fr om Tonn essoo .

Ma y I giv e a speci a l note of th2nks to your County Ju dgo , Howa r d Posoman, f or hi s r oma r k8b l c wo rk in pr es i ding ove r this ga the ring , o nd I rio wa nt t o say t ha t we a r o l ooking f o r~ a r d in tho n ex t Co ngr ess t o hGving a Ho use of Ropr osonta tivos t o s upport t ho ha nd o f tho fi no Democ r a tic c ongr essme n from this sta t o a nd of Pr es i de nt J 0 hn s on .

Wo a r o l ook ing for wa r d t o ha vi ng Willa r d Ya rbrou gh down thor o , a n d I kn ow you f olks a r c go ing t o s en d him th e r e .

Rov e r ond ~ d kin s , wo t hank you ve ry much f or your bl essing thi s mo rnin g , th e message tha t you hav e given to us.

Ma y I jus t add how pl eased I am t o a ll of th e Pa rty wo rk e r s tha t a r e he r o t oday , t o nll of our fri en ds fr om l a bor, from in dus try , t o o ur young fr iends that a r o he r e fr om tho gr oat colleges a n d univers ities a nd th o hi gh sch ools .

Th ose yo un g fr ionds , Albe rt, r opr osent o ur futur o , a nd th ey ha v e s ho wn a gr oa t inter est in th o De mocra tic Pa rty a nd in th e Democra tic c a ndi da t os . I can t hink of no hi gh er com plime nt tha t c a n be made t o a man in public o ff ice tha n t o ha ve tho a ffection, tho r ospoct , a n d t ho ent h us i as tic s upport of our teona gors a nd of th ose of c ollege a ge . ( ~ pp l a u so )

Ma y I jus t add o wo r d of tha nks t o o ur c olleag ue in the Son a to, He rba rt Wa lte r s , f or h is pr osonc o he r o toda y . He has boo n a dea r fri e nd t o a ll of us , a n d ho has bo on a fin o serva nt for tho pe opl e of thi s St 3 t o . ( ~pp l a u so )

It ma kes me exc eeding ly happy to soo him hor o , t o ha ve him g r e e t us as wo c.~ off t h o p 1 a n o •

~ lb e rt a nd Pa ul i n o Co r e a r o t wo of tho fri e n ds tha t tho Hum phr e ys ha v e , a nd t he ir da ughte r Na nc y i s ve ry doa r to us, a nd who n wc a r o g r oo t r; rJ a n rJ L\J h on I a m i n tr od u c od by " 1 b or t Cor o , I fo ol like this i s a home coming .

~ n d ma y I say t ha t we a r o l ooking f or wa r d t ~ tha t same won de rful fri ondshi p with Ro ss a nd ~ v a n o ll Bass be ca use we know they a re th e same kin d of po or lo . ( ~pp l a u so )

I cn do rsta n d tha t my wif o was i n Nas hvill e yester day . In f a ct , .Hbort t ol d mo , ho sa i d , " LtJo ll, Hub e rt, ~luri e l mado a ~ . l thG votes you c a n go t a round he r o . Don ' t lose too many toda y." ~ nd I tol d him I woul d try to be ha v e .

But I am pr ot t y pr oud of Mr s . Hum phr oy . I am proud of the f a ct tha t s ho i s willing t o do hor p2 rt in thi s c a mp a ign . She i s prima rily a mother . ~ doa r wif e a nd a sweethea rt, but she a l s o ca n go t out th or o a nd do s o me wo rk for he r husba nd a n d for other c a nd i da t es f or tho De mocra tic Pa rty . ( ~ pp l a us o )

I say it t 2kos a l ot of t ea mwo rk those day s . It i s goo d to ha v e f am ilios inv olv ed in po litics . Th or o i s no mor e wholesome a c t i v i t y t h a n to h a v e i t t h a t wa y • It j us t d o p e n m u p on how you conduct your self . Knoxville - 2 -

\-Tell, it is good to be in Knoxville, good to be in East Tennessee. I wish I could s:eay for· the football gaue, I Knovr it is going to be a pip, and I hope that Minnesota wins today, too. (Applause) You see, as a national candidate I have to be a little careful. So I don't choose up sides too often on all of these teans, but I Lno 1 about the Tennessee Volunteers I know that great football tean.

When I attended ISU, Louisiana State University, in 1939 and •4o, I renenber when Tennessee cruae there to play the state university, and I reneuber how I saw then lay low one tean after another, and I said to nyself that Tennessee tean is just lil

So this is the hone of Sau Rayburn . You have r:Ja.ny honors, uany, Erany honors But that is a high honor .

And I cou~ here in the spirit of Sm1 Rayburn. You lmow, San Rayburn said, "I au a Denocrat . " Without prefix or suffix and vrithout an apology. That is Hubert H1~ :1phrey . I au a Denocrat. (Applause)

I coue here not to apologize for our Party but to proclaiEI its achieve­ dents, to say that the De1:1ocratic Party has served the nation well, and has served the nation steadfastly. It is a Party of progress. It is a Party of hope It is a Party that cares. It is a Party with heart, and it is a Party which has given to Anerica sone of the great servants of the Republic

You have one here i.n your own Senator, Albert Gore You have others in the late, beloved Senator Estes Kefauver, one of 11y closest friends, who wi ll go down in the history of this country as one of the truly great Al!lericans. (Applause)

Yes, the Deuocratic Party r..as a de"'ut of gratitude to pay to Tennessee, the Volunteer State. You have produced one of the founders of our Party, too Your present is not only good. Your future is not only pronising, but your past has added a e;loriqus page to the Anerican history The founder that I refer to is none other than that good old fellow I nown as Old Hie <~ ory, Andrew Jac ,~ son .

So I cone here to the State of Andy Jac1 son, and I as1<.: Tennessee to come back to the land of its fathers, to cone back houe where you belong in the Deuocratic Party

I cone not on a typical L1ission, not a typical political lilission, nor a nission of a political candidate, and at about this time in the car:1paign suspect that you have had enou·gn pointing wi t>h'i;pride and viewing with alan.t. At least for a few days and enough pointing with pride and viewing with alana to last you for at least four years I nust -- pay no attention to that static to the right, cw dear friends (Applause )

Those are just the lost souls of the second half of the 20th century. (Applause) (Laughter)

And now that we have dispensed with that noisy"·ninority, let ne go on to say, to point with pride and view vrith alarn is quite a te.nptation Particularly when I read that Dick Nixon was here in Tennessee j ust about a week ago . He is sonewhat, of course, at a disadvantage when he cotles into Tennessee. He CaLle here, of course, to tall< about his Party But what in the world could h~what in the world could he point to with pride in Tennessee that th~ Republicans l~d ever done? (Applause)

Now, did he tell you which political party hnd trn.nsforned a parched, depressed, flood ravaged region into a fertile productive center of industry, science, and agr iculture? Or did he remind you, as if you needed to be reminded, that it was Coolidge who first vetoed the TVA, Hoover who vetoed it again and Goldwater who would sell it if he had a chance? (Applause )

Did he ucntion to you which political party and which adJJinistration had ' .

Knoxville - 3 -

led this nation and the state of Tennessee to 44 months of consecutive unbroken econooic expru1sion to a level of prosperity unequaled in the history of this country? lmd did he talk to you about the tax cut, initiated by John Kennedy, signed by President Johnson, i·Thich put nore dollars into the pockets of the people of this nation, the people of Tennessee, which will provide nore inves t ment, e10 re jobs, as our young people enter the labor narket?

1\nd did he tell you that the temporary spokesman of the Republican Party voted neainst the tax cut, voted against business, voted against the consuoer, voted against the -v1orker, voted against the farner, voted against the nation?

I doubt if he tol d you that . (Applause - Laughter )

/mel did he tell you which party supported the war on poverty, that hunanitarian yet practical oeasure which will lift up those unfortunate citizens by-passed by the march of our economy and put them back on the road to becoming self sustaining, productive citizens? I gather that he didn't tell you about those things . I gather that he was afraid to tell you about those things because the record of the Republican Party when it comes to this great area of TVA is a record of saying no , no, no, to the people of Tennessee and to the people of this great section of /werica . (Applause )

Well, s ince he didn't talk about them, I don ' t s uppose I should, either . So I will just be non-political .

I woul d like to talk about another subject that is dear to my heart and that is the history of this nation, and no better historian do we have than my good friend, your Senator nlbert Gore, who prouclly points to the history of Tennessee and America on every occasion. Jmd I imagine that when Ross Bass gets to the Senate, as the presiding officer of that Senate I will have to listen to t~ Tennesseans; (Jwpl ause )

I want t o talk to you a bit about three presidents that came from Tennessee . :cu have been the home of presidents, the great presidents from Tennesseef.f4Pdrew Jackson, James Polk, and Andrew Johnson . ~1e y were deter­ ruined to be presidents of the United States of J\merica, of all the people, and all the states .

/mdrew Jackson, first . The hero of the Democratic west; he was father of the nation, of governnent f or the goc,Q of the small man , the man that r epresented the farmer, the artisan, the l aborer .

His actions were dictated by wha t he saw as the greatest good f or the eptiDe~~ati o n, f or the greatest good f or the greatest number . A firm suppor ter of our constitutional principle of the sovereignty of the individual state . He nevertheles s saw that the concept of federalism required that every state recognize this union of all of the states .

He f ought Calhoun on the nullification issue and modern ~erica is eternally in his debt.

Let's talk about James K. Polk. By they 1-1ay, I am sorry, you know, that we don ' t have more Goldwateri tes when I talk about history because they know so little about it. (Applause )

If they will just tarry with us, the few tnat are here, they will get a passing grade in the next test .

Nov, James Pol k settled the Oregon Boundary eli spute . He reduced. the tariff and he re-established the independent Treasury system. He provided great l eader ship, firm leadership in the expansi on of the United States into the Southwest .

Andrew Johnson was uncloubteclly,indisputably a nnn of the South; as United States representative and as senator from Tennessee, he voted with other Southern l egisl ators on questions concerning the South and sl avery. But when he became President, he knew that the national interests demanded that his outlook be na tional and not s ectional, that our Constitution's opentng words, "We the people, " mean all of the people, from all of the ' .

KnoxYille - 4 -

states. Andrew Johnson was president for all of the people .

Now, if your presidents were similar in their deter minati on to be president for all of the people, they were al so similar in another curious respect . They were all abused. They were all ~~ligned . They were the targets of vicious personal abuse .

Andrew Jackson 1 s personal ordeal is well kno'm . The firm, unflinching manner in which he refused t o allow it to al ter his conception of his role as PTesident is a page in the annals of courage of the American presidency. (Applause )

As Jackson ,.,as the only presic.1ent ever to be censured by the Senate because he refused to let the Bank of America at Philadelphia strangl e the economic life of the country, so Andrew Johnson was the only presi dent whom the House of Representatives ever impeached because he refused to liquidate the South.

He refused to be vindictive . He would not accept the idea that this nation was fated always to be divi ded and split . He knew that a divided nation could not survive, and he knew that n divided nation could not gr ow .

Therefore, he was determined to resist the spirit of extremism in his day and to embrace reason, and to hold fast for moderation and the middle course .

He r efused t o be a r adical •

May I suggest that the temporary spokesman of the Republican Pat.ty might well take a look at the pages of the history of Andrew Johnson and follow the l essons of those pages . Radicalism has no pl ace in America. (Appl ause )

And then there is your other gr eat president, seldom heard of except in r ecent years, James Polk, a rnn.n whose talents and achievements have only lately been discerned and documented . He, by the way, is one of my favorite characters of hi story. He, t oo, had to stand considerabl e abuse from men whose names you can 1 remember .

I sn' t it interesting that every single president that has been malighed and abused has turned out t o be n great president . And those who we~e his accusers, those who were the ones that maligned him, and those who ~.;]t were the ones that attacked him, you can ' t find their names anywhere . If ever you coul d find it, it would be in the gutter, and they woul d have been washed away . (Applause )

But you know , his attackers, they use some of the same tactics being used now . As a matter of fact, I have n feel ing that thi s may be one peri od of history that has been studied a little bit by the Goldwater public relations men . His opponents circulated a myth that he was simply a politician, raised to a high office by accident . Have you heard that lately?

They sought without much success to spread the phrase, "Who is James K. Polk?" But President .. ol k ignored his critics and his attackers and he became a great president . He became a great lender for the American peopl e . He never waivered in his determination to serve all of the peopl e of all of the states and to make America n better America every day of his administr a ­ tion. (Appl ause )

So my friends , if all of your great Tennesseans who became presi dents were maligned, and they were, they have also been vindicated by hi story . Indeed, the State of Tennessee in a prophetic gesture returned · Andrew Johnson to the United States Senate in 1875 as he has now been returned to his rightful pl ace in the rol e of yo

M,y, I ask, why have the presidents from Tennessee attained such an exnl tec.1 rank o:r 'D l.n.re in our his tory? I think it \Yas for one reason. Each of them had n g1:r=at vi r:;.j on, and as the Scriptures say, a nation >Ti thout vision shall perish. ...

Knoxville - 5 -

But every l eader from this state, Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, Sum Rayburn, Estes Kefauver, J\lbert Gore, you name them, every one of then has vi sion. (npplo.use )

For nndrew Jackson it was a VlSlon of 1rrrerica strong enough to protect the weak f r om the strong, to save the weak f r om oppressi on . For James Pol k, an flrnericq.,. · which could grow and expancl in inner strength as well us outer dimensions . For Johnson, Andrew Johnson, an .1\rrerica i n which each state wo uld r etai n its pr eci ous identity, and yet each state would be a part of a great feder al union, the United Stutes of America.

I submit to you that Tennessee ' s three great pr esi dents exempl ified the qualities of responsibil ity i n their pol icies and deci si ons, competency and exper ience in their exercise of the nation ' s highest office .

These three pr esidents sustained and ma i ntained a commitment to pr ovide all 1\merico.ns with an equo.l opportunity for a better, a happier, and more pr o

1\nd I submit to this fine audience here i n Knoxville, Tennessee, ·' )·f ..~ . K1l~x~i~~~

But if the past is a guide to the future, and it can be, i t is not infallibl e and one shoul d not study history for the purpose of voting it. You should study hi story for the purpose of lear ning l essons . (nppl ause )

I n 1784, my young friends, there was a new state created, the state of Franklin, and it l asted but four years; in 1964 no state can go i ts own way economically; emotional ly, or pol itical ly.

I n the War of 1812 the great J\ndrew Jackson could gai n a great victory in the battl efiel d at New Orleans, even after the peace treaty had been si gned.

But in this nucl ear age wher e comn1unico.tion is instant, i n thi s nucl ear age of 1964, we co.m1ot even contemplate in our wil

I n 1829 it took Jackson 30 days to travel from the Hermitage to Washi ngton. I n 1964 in 15 mi nutes missiles can come f r om the Soviet Union to the heartl an

Therefore, we cannot affurd the luxury of a president who yearns for a si mpl er life at the expense of a temporary history and the pressing demands whi ch a changing world will unceasingly force upon him.

So I ask you) then, to join with President Johnson and with me in the result that while the insights of history shall light our path, the pri de and prejudice of a dead yesterday shall not stand in that path.

Listen, I ask my fellovr 1\merico.ns, with us to those insistent voices whi ch summon us to a brighter tomorrow. The citizens of Tennessee bel ong in that age . ( Laugh~er -- Applause ) Those are noisy l ittle rascal s , aren' t they? Albert Gore just said to rre , "Hubert, that is nothing but Democ r ati c progress that you are hearing . " (nprlause)

My fello~or Democrats never give up .

Now , 1vhen you heur that motor whine out l ike that, that i s the way the Gol dwater campaign is fizzl ing out . (Laughter -- nppl ause )

But, my frien

insistent voices which summon us to a brighter tomorrow, and that age ·.•.:..!: . within itself tells something about that tomorrow.

The citizens of Tennessee bC}ong in the front of those who have heard these voices of a better tomo~row . It vms here in the words of Thonns Jefferson that the most perfect constitution of any state was drafted and ~t was here that the names of Estes Kefauver, Albert Gore, Ross Bass, were added to that honorable role of men who have served their states and their nation faithfully and well .

No state has known war us has Tennessee, from Missionary Ri dge to Oak Ridge, from Sam Ho~ton to Davy Crockett to Sergeant York. You have given the finest flowers of your manhood and the finest products of your hands and minds to keep this nation strong and free.

So I ask this great state, the Vo~unteer State, to give it new meaning, to JOln with Lyndon Johnson unu the Democratic Party in volunteering not for the last great war but for the first great society.

Thank you. (Applause ) ···... ··. news re ease FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE PUBLICITY DIVISION 1730 K STREET, N. w. WASHINGTON 6, D.C. FEDERAL J.8750

FOR A. M. 1 S RELEASE B-336[; SUNDAY, OCTOBER lG

TEXT PP~PARED FOR DELIVERY BY SENATOR HUBERT HUBPHREY KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE OCTOBER 17, 1964

The Democratic Party owes a debt of gratitude to the State of Tenn e ~ ~ c.e ~

It \'l as the Volunteer State which produced one of the founders of our part]

Andret-1 Jackson. So I come today to the home of Andy Jackson -- and I ask

Tennessee to come back home where y.ou belong~

I come not on the typical mission of the political candidate. About t his

time in a campaign I suspect that you've had enough pointing with pride and

viewing with alarm to last you for at least four yearso

I must confess that it was quite a temptation, though -- particularly

when I read that Dick Nixon was in Tennessee a week ago. He is at sometrd.ng

of a disadvantage, of course. t-Jhat in the world can he point to with pride

in Tennessee?

-n Did he tell you which political party had transformed a parched,

depressed and flood-ravaged region into a fertile, productive cente ~ of

industry, science and agriculture?

-- And did he remind you -- as if you needed to be reminded -- that i t

was Coolidge who vetoed the TVA -- and Hoover \vho vetoed it again - - and

Gold'l;later who'd sell it if he had the chance?

- - Did he mention which party has led the nztion and with the nation,

the state of Tennessee, to 44 unbr oken months of economic expansion, to a l evel

of prosperity unparalleled in history?

-- Did he talk about the tax cut initiated by John Kennedy and signed

into law by Lyndon Johnson -- which put more dollars in our pockets, and which

will send more of us back to work , and provi de mor e jobs for our young people

entering the labor marke,t?

(more ) Humphrey/B-3u60 Page 2/tb.e labor market

-- Did he tell you which party sypported the war ou. poverty, ~hat hurr:an::.tadar:. yet practical measure which will lift up those unfortunate citizens bypassed by the march of our economy, and put them back on the road to becoming useful members of our society?

He didn't mention any vf these things? Hell, then, I th:i.nk it cnl.y fair that I too steer clear of partisan politics.

Instead, I 1d like to talk about another subject Hhich i.s dear to my heart: the history of this nation. In particular, I 1d like to talk about the three Presidents whom the State of Tennessee has given to the people of

America.

The great Presidents from Tennessee Andrew Jackson, James K., Polk,

&nd Andrew Johnson ,.,ere determined to be the Presidents of all t!te people and the Presidents of all the States.

Andre'" Jackson, the hero of the democratic Hest, Has the father of the uation of government for the good of the small man the artisan, the fa~e~, the laborer. His actions were dictated by what he saw as the grectest good fo·c the entire nation -- witho•.1t regard to wealth or p.:)~Jero A firm supporter of our constitutional principle of the sovereignty of the individual state, he nevertheless clearly saw that the •1ery concept o£ federalisn: required that every state recognize this union of all the statese He fought Calhoun on the nullification issue -- and mo~ern America is eternally in his debt.

James K.. Polk settled the Oregon boundary q!.lestion, he reduced the ta:df:: r and reestablished the independent treasury systemo He provided firm leacl.ership in the expansion of the United States in the socthv1est.

Andre\-1 Johnson was an it.disputable man of the South. As a Un:l.ted States l:epresentative and as a United Statr..s Senator from Tennessee, he voted with other Scuthern lcgislntorr. on ques!::f.ons concer::ling slavery. B!.::t, when he became President, he ktiew tha t the national inte.rest demand~c that his outlook be national, not sectional; ~hat our Constitution's c~ening words, ''·le, the

People," mean all the people -- from all the states.

If your Presidents were similar in their determination to be the

Presidents of all the people, they were also similar in another, more curious respect: they were all maligned, perhaps more so t~an any other chief exect;1t1:~ · es in our histor~. They were the targeto of foul and viciocs personal abuse -- aimed at thei~ morals, the!r integrity, and ~heir hcnor. Rumphrey/B-3:J6G Page 3/and their honor

Andre"' Jacks•:m es personal ordeal is \>Jell-known; the firm, unfli:1ching manner in which ht'.: refused to allmv it to alter him from his concepti on of his role is worth a p<>.5e in the annals of courage in the Presidency.

As Jackson was the only President whom the Senate ever officially censu=ed because he refused to let t he bank at Philadelphia strangle the economic life of the country; Andrew Johnson was the only President whom the House of

Representatives ever impeached because he refused to liquidate the Soui:ho

He would not accept the idea that this nation was fated always to be split, for he knew that a divided people cannot grow. He '~as determined to resist the spirit of extremism, to embrace reason and to hold fast to the golden mean.

And your other great President, James Polk -- a man whose talents and accomplishments have only lately been discerned and documented -- he, too, had

to \-Jithstand considerable abuse. His attackers used a technique which is, interestingly enough, used occasionally in modern times.

His opponents circulated a myth that he was simply a "politician , " r aised

to high office by accident. They sought, without much success, to spread a phrase, ''·Jho is James K.. Polk?'' But President Polk ignored his critics and

attackers. He never wavered from his determination to serve ~ the people

from all the states.

If all your Presidents were maligned, so were they all vindicated by h~story o

Indeed, the State of Tennessee in a prophetic gesture returned Andre\-7 Johnson

to the United States Senate in 1875 -- as he has now been returned to his

rightful place in the roll of our courageous and faithful Presidents~

t.Jhy? Hhy have the Presidents from Tennessee attained so exalted a rank

in our history?

I think it was because each had a vision -- a glimpse of a greater

America. For Jackson it was the vision of an America in tvhich the strong u:?uld

not be able to opporess the '"eak; for Polk, an American which could grow am.i.

expand in inner strength as well as outer dimensions; for Johnson, an America

in which every state would retain its previous identity -- and none would f ear

the Government of all.

(r..ore) HUHPHREY/ B - 3869 Page 4

l oubmit to you that Tennesoee'o three 8reat Preside~ts exemplified the qualities of responsibili!Y in their policies and decisions -- ancl competency and experi~ in their. exercise of this nation's highest office.. These three precicc.n ta suata:i.:;J._ed n commitment to provide all Americans ~71th an equal .9J?P()i:tauf.:t.Y f or

~ better and more productive life.

And I submit to you that Lyndon Johnson's great society is the p ~oduct of those theee visions which your o~m three Presidents first glimpsed, a centur:;· and more ago! But if the paot is a guide to the future, it is not i nfallilsle --

)( . r.~ Tenn.essee or in the world.

--In 1784, the S~ate of Franklin could be formed, and could

"!.ns t four-. '113ar~ ;. ·; In 1964, no state can go ito Oli!Ll way -- eco:l-:>u:tically o= emotionally. --In the war of 1812, Andrew Jackson could gain a great victory l n the battle of New Orleans --after peace had already been signed~ I rA t l1io nuclear age which is 1964, we cannot even cc;mtemplate the f olly of. allowing a commander in the field to run his GWn war, and choose his

O\·Jn weapons in the absence of clear dir.ection. from the commander··in- ctief3

--In 1829, it took Jackson 30 days to travel from the He~itage to Wa shington. In 1964, it takes only minutes for missiles to be hur tled across the world, for astronauts -- or coAmonauts -- to cir.·cla this ohrunken globe. We cannot afford the luxury of a Presi dent who yearns for that s1_mpler l ife, at the 3xpense of t he pr coning dem;;mds ': ~~1 ic h a chanr;i.n3 world ~dll unceasi ngly £orca upo~ him~ I ask you then, to join with Lyndon Johnson and with me in our resolve that, whil e the inoights of hiotory shall light our path, the pride and prejudice of a dead yesterday shall not stanJ in t hst path Li sten with us to those insistent voiceo which summon us to a b~ighter tomorrow,

more HUMPHREY/brighter tomorrowQ B - 3868 Page 5

The citizens of Tennessee belong in the front rank of those who have heard these voices.

·~- but it was here, in the words of Thomao Jefferson, that the most perfect constitution of any state was drafted and it was here that the names of Estes Kefauver, of Albert Gor€, and of Ross Bass were added to that honorable roll of men who served their states and their nation. It would be a travesty on your proud legacy if the home of the Old Hickory were to become the home of the New Birch. No otate has known war as has Tennessee. From Missionay Ridge to Oak Ridge, from Sam Houston and Dave Crockett to Sergeant York, you have given the finest flowers of your mankind, and the fines products of your hands, to keep this nation strong and free. Keep your name -- the "Volunteer State" -- but give it a new meaning. Join with Lyndon Johnson and the Democratic Party in volunteering -- not for the Last Great War, but for the First Great Society.

########### SENATOR HUMPHREY'S TRIP

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17th, 1964

THE FOLLOWING ARE ATTACHED FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

1. SCHEDULE

Z. PRESS and STAFF INFORMATION SHEET

Lewis A. Rivlin

Advance SCHEDULE

rive McGhee-Tyson Airport .t Senator Humphrey will be greeted b~ · t:tAA Governor Frank Clement ,. \ ",ftP Senator Albert Gore Senator Herbert S. Walters ~ Congressman Ross Bass, Candidate for ~. V Senate and Mrs. Bass ~·. Willard Yarbrough, Candidate for Congress, Znd District Z. D. Adkins, State Public Service Commissioner nd other party dignitaries

10:15 A. M.

Radio -- WNOX, WKGN, WBIR, 1 1ftl WATE, WROL, WGYW,IW WATO (Oak Ridge), WKXV, WSKT

10:55 A. M. Depart for Conferences with TVA and AEG Officials, American Airlines Conference Ro

11:00 - 11:15 A. M. Conference with Mr. Samuel R. Oak Ridge Operations, Oak Ridge, Tennessee SCHEDULE

11:15 - 11:30 A. M. Conference with the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority Hon. Aubrey Wagner Hon. Arnold R. Jones

11:35 A. M. Depart Conference Room area

11:40 A. M. Arrive Sky G hef Room; meet with East Tennessee A rea Labor ofiicials

11:55 A. M. Reboard plane

12:00 Depart for Chattanooga .... I • ..

PRESS and STAFF INFORMATION SHEET

A Press Area is reserved for press use between the TV Platform and the Speaker's platform. Telephone and Western Union services are available in that area. Access may be obtained at the end of the Speaker's platform adjacent to the hangar.

INFORMATION on KNOXVILLE

The Metropolitan Area of Knoxville consists of approximately 386, 000 persons, of whom apporximately 180, 000 live within the corporate limits. Knoxville and Knox County, in which Knoxville is located have traditionally voted Republican. The Knox County vote in 1960 was Nixon 50, 806, Kennedy 32., 009.

The Headquarters for the TV A is located in Knoxville. Hydro­ electric power from the TV A system furnishes the electricity distributed by the area electric systems.

McGhee-Tyson Airport belongs to and services the city of Knoxville. It is, however, located in Blount County.

The Tennessee River flows through Knoxville, but is currently referred to as Loudon Lake and constitutes a part of the TV A. This is the last navigable area on the Tennessee River on the way up from the Gulf of Mexico and down from the Great Lakes.

Knoxville is the home of the University of Tennessee with a student body in excess of 16, 000. It is also the home of Knoxville College, with a student body of 850. Today, Saturday, October 17th, is the day of the traditional football game between the University of Tennessee and its arch rival, the University of Alabama.

The City of Oak Ridge is located Z4 miles west of Knoxville, within the Metropolitan area. This is the home of the Oak Ridge Operations of the Atomic Energy Commission. The AEC operates three plants there, including the Oak Ridge National Laboratories which is devoted to developing peaceful uses of atomic energy and its by­ products. The proximity of TV A was a major factor in the decision to locate the atomic energy facilities at Oak Ridge. An example of cooperation between the two agencies is the Experimental Gas Cooled Reactor, under construction, of which TV A will be the AEC 1 s operating contractor. - ~· ~ ?t~ ~ 3di!tAJ

KEY VOTES IN THE 1963-64 RECORD

)( AGAINST REDUCiNG INCOME TAXES by opposing Revenue Act of 1963 which reduced ~ taxes on income by $11 billion.

AGAINST an amendment to the mass transit bill to protect JOB SECURITY, PEN­ SIONS, FRINGE BENEFITS and BARGAINING RIGHTS of local transit workers.

AGAINST ex ansion of pressed commun1 $455 million for

AGAINST the ucLEAN AIR" bi 11 which authorized state and federal action to .. p'fevent air pollutl"onf)and provid~d matching grants for state and l~ fri'ogdims of' research, prevention and control of air pollution.

X ~AI~Jfe FOOD STAMP BILL which expanded and made permanent a program f \~ftifJr{ neetty f'amilf:ii,cou1d buy for a small fixed amount food stamps larger amount when presented for payment in local food stores.

areas.

AGAINST passage of the FEED GRAINS ACT of 1963 which continued for two years a voluntary feed grains acreage diversion program and offered FARMERS price supports.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o~f~l~9~6~J~which authorized - ~ cons ruction or rehabilitation of medical, dental and related professional schools and a six-year loanyrogram for students of medicine, dentistry and os te opa t hJ. J > :;:::::::z:

· AGAINST the war on poverty by voting to kill bill which calls for jobs and training for u·nemployed youths, educat~on for jobless, poorly­ educated adults to help them toward employment and aid to cities and rural areas to help combat poverty locally.

BROCK VOTED @.A_lfi§l US WE SHOULD VOTE AGAINST BROCK z;;~J( ()e/YYJ-~ ~ For Release Sunday A.M. Knoxville Kd!~w..: ~ ~~ ~ The Democratic Party owes a debt of gratitude to ~~

the State of Tennessee. It was the Volunteer State

which produced one of the founders of our party

Andrew Jackson. So I come today to the home of Andy

Jackson -- and I ask Tennessee to come back home where

you belong!

" ~ come- -not on the typical mission of the political

candidate. About this time in a campaign I suspect that

you've had enough pointing with pride and viewing with

alarm to last you for at least four years .

~ must confess that it was quite a temptation, though-­

particularly when I read that Dick Nixon was in Tennessee

a week ago. .He is at something of a disadvantage of

course. What in the world can he point to with pride

in Tennessee? -2-

~-Did he tell you which political party had transformed a parched, depressed..... and flood-ravaged region into a fertile,...... productive center of industry, science and agriculture?

~ -And did he remind you -- as if you needed to

be reminded -- that it was Coolidge who vetoed the ...... TVA -- and Hoover who vetoed it again -- and Goldwater who'd sell it if he had the chance?

~Did he mention which party has led the nation

and with the nation, the State of Tennessee, to 44

unbroken months of economic expansion, to a level

of prosperity unparalleled in history?

~-Did he talk about the tax cut initiated by

John Kennedy and signed into law by Lyndon Johnson --

which put more dollars in our pockets, and which will

send more of us back to work, and provide more jobs for

our young people entering the labor market? -3-

~--Did he tell you which party supported the war

on poverty, that humanitarian yet practical measure

which will lift up those unfortunate citizens

bypassed by the march of our economy, and put them

back on the road to becoming useful members of our

society? J '/~4-/.J-

--z:::idn't mention any of these things? Well ,

then, I think it only fair that I too steer clear

of partisan politics.

Instead, I'd like to talk about another subject

which is dear to my heart: the history of this

nation. In particular, I'd like to talk about the

three presidents whom the State of Tennessee has

given to the people of America.

The great Presidents from Tennessee -- Andrew

Jackson, James K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson -- were -4-

~determined to be the Presidents of all the people

and the Presidents of all the States.

L andrew Jackson, the hero of the democratic West,

was the father of the nation of government for the

good of the small man -- the artisan , the farmer,

the laborer. His actions were dictated by what he

saw as the ~greates ~r good for the entire nation ~

without regard to wealth or power~ A firm supporter

of our constitutional principle of the sovereignty

of the individual state, he nevertheless clearly

saw that the very concept of federalism required

that every state recognize this union of all the

states. He fought Calhoun on the nullification issue--

and modern America is eternally in his debt.

~James K. Polk settled the Oregon boundary question,

he reduced the tariff, and reestablished the independent -5- treasury system. He provided firm leadership in the expansion of the United States in the southwest.

~drew Johnson was indisputably a man of the -South. as a United States representative and as a - Tennessee, he voted with United States Senator from other Southern legislators on questions concerning slavery ~But, when he became President, he knew that the national interest demanded that his outlook be national, not--= sectional' ~ at our Constitution's opening words, "We, the veople, " mean all the people-- from all the states.

LIf your Presidents were similar in their determi- nation to be the vresidents of all the people, they were also similar in another, more curious respect: -6-

+ vicious personal abuse • - ...... N;t

~ Andrew Jackson's personal ordeal is well-known; the firm) unflinching manner in which he refused to allow it to alter his conception of his role is worth a page in the annals of courage in the Presidency. Jackson..... was the only President whom the Senate ever officially censured -- because he refused to let

the bank at Philadelphia strangle the economic life

of the country Andrew Johnson was the only President

whom the House of Representatives ever impeached --

because he refused to liquidate the South. He would not accept the idea that this nation was --....fated always .. to be split, for he knew that a divided people cannot ••~Ln..- grow. He was determined to resist the spirit- of extremism, to embrace reason and to hold fast to -7-

~ d your other great President, James Polk --

a man whose talents and accomplishments have only

lately been discerned and documented -- he, too,

had to with stand considerable abuse. His attackers

used a technique which is, interestingly enough, used

occasionally in modern times.

~His opponents circulated a myth that he was simply a -"politic ian," raised to h_igh office by accident. They sought, without much success, to

spread a phrase, "Who is James K. Polk?" But

.President Polk ignored his critics and attackers. / He never wavered- from his determination . to serve all the people from all the states.

~ If all your Presidents were maligned, so were

they all vindicated by history. Indeed, the State -8- of Tennessee. in a prophetic gesture returned

Andrew Johnson to the United States Senate in 1875-- as he has now-- been returned to his rightful place in the roll of our courageous and faithful Presidents.

~ ~? ~have the Presidents from Tennessee attained so exalted a rank in our history?

/...; 1h ink it was because each had a vision -- a glimpse of a greater America. For Jackson it was the vision of an America-.. in which the strong would no... t - b.. e.._ a•b•l•e- t•o.. o• p.. p• rliiiies.. s_ t_h_e__ weak ~ or Polk, an 111 -==- America which could grow and expand in inner strength as well as outer dimensions ~ or Jo~n, an America in which every state would retain its precious identity -- and none would fear the Government of all.

~ I submit to you that Tennessee's three great

Presidents exemplified the qualities of responsibility -9- in their policies- and decisions -- and competency and experi~ce in their exercise of this nation's •

highest office. These three Presidents sustained a

commitment to provide all Americans with an equal

opportunity for a better and more productive life.

And I submit to you tha: 1\ Lyndon Johnson's great society is the product of those three visions which your own three Presidents first glimpsed, a century and more ago!

if the past is a guide to the future, it is not infallible in Tennessee or in the world.

~:n 1784, the State of Franklin could be formed, and could last four years. In 1964, no state can go its own way -- economically or emotionally.

~ In the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson could gain a great victory in the battle of New Orleans -- after -10- peace had already been signed. In this nuclear age which is 1964, we cannot even contemplate t~· -=11.. ._ a a --lPtellowing a commander in the field..... to run his own war, and choose his own weapons in the absence of clear direction from the commander-in-chief.

~ --In, 1829, it took Jackson 30 days to travel from the Hermitage to Washington. In 1964, it takes only minutes for missiles to be hurtled across the world, for astronauts -- or cosmonauts -- to circle this shrunken globe.

We cannot afford the luxury of a .President who yearns for that simpler life, at the expense of the pressing demands which a changing world will unceasingly

force upon him.

ask you, then, to join wit~son and with me in our resolve that, while the insights of ~ • C" :::::::===- -11-

history shall light our pat ~ the ~de and prejudice of a dead--- yesterday shall not stand in that path ~ ~Listen with us to those insistent voices which

summon us to a brighter tomorrow.

citizens of Tennessee belong in the front

rank of those who have heard those voices. It was

here, in the words of Thomas Jef ferson, that the most

perfect constitution of any state was drafted -- and

it was here that the names of Estes Kefauver, of

Albert Gore, and of Ross Bass were added to that

honorable roll of men who served their states and

their nation. a "' ~o state has known war as has Tennessee. From

= • Davy Crockett to Sergeant York, you have given the ... u • -12-

~ finest flowers of your manhood, and the finest

products of your hands, to keep this nation strong

and free.

f..::.ep your name -- the "Volunteer State" --

but give it a new meaning . Join with Lyndon Johnson

and the Democratic ~arty in volunteering -- not for

the 1ast Great War, but for the First Great Society. ' • Scf\ ..-4-ot AI ber-1- Co ~ E S,,.4~ ~r~e,.i S. (•llw.L") WALTERS t c-. 1~n~•A R. ss e A s s.--f1 -5~ ( ft'CSttt~ j:J~ E VAN S K ,a_ Y4R8~o~c;.H ,.~ ~ l>. AbktN3 ~ · a,'"'~ ~dy .Uo._,t.,A . 8 OZEMA N - - ~ ~ ~ . - -

,. ~ -- -. -- - Minnesota Historical Society

Copyright in this digital version belongs to the Minnesota Historical Society and its content may not be copied without the copyright holder's express written permis­ sion. Users may print, download, link to, or email content, however, for individual use.

To req uest permission for commercial or ed uca tional use, please contact the Minnesota Hi stori cal Society.

1~ W'W'W. mnhs.org