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' STP.TEt1F.NT OF VICE PRESIDENT fTUT'1ERT EUTJ TYERJ::Y n r.FORE TilE NATIONP·!j 1\~SOCIJ\TION • OF RETAIL DRUGGISTS
Grand Gallroom Sheraton-Bo ston HotPl r. ostcn, ~ ' assachusetts Yednesday, nct~ he r 9, 1968
Thenak you very nuc ~1 . Thank you very much. Thank you very much, my very dear and rrooC. friend and felloN citizen of the great ¥orth Star State of ~'iinnesota, Georq f'= Pilharl!l, and t.,re C. nn' t mind also salutin<; a q(>ntleman frnrn Texas 1 T~ illard Sim"TTons. So, t-re are v e ry happy to s ee both sic1es reprF>s r:? nted here . (I< pplause) You have a pharmacist from t-.1aine, that ic; crood. Those ar.e ~ n u s kie pharmacists out there. I arrt v ~ ry happy t c s ee you. (P.pplause) And I a m particularly please<1, f; eorry e I to s ee Many of 'f!:IY 0.earest and closest friends that have a l -:.1 ays supportE:!n.rne hut I neve r knew they r,orere so much behind M~· as they are tnday , a ll these ryoo<'! ~ unnesota pharmacists u ~ hereon t his platform u ith me, every one of theiTl. (l:.pplause) Ladie s and gentle-Men, I af"' no ne,,comer t o this 1athering . 1 I just asked Pillard, I saic 1 uhicl·· year is it now of the T'1l\TID Conventi~n and I believe you said t he 70th. ~ · ' e ll, I guess ' ·u~ are ready for Medicare the n. (Lauqhter) ~ y the way, it hasnti worked too badly either, has it, fellows? I will tell you that it has done all riqht. (Applause) It hasn't hurt a pharMacist that I know of y~ t 1 nor a c~ ctor, nor a hospital nor a nursing home, nor any ether :"..me rican. But I want to-talk to you as a participant in the work of t his ~ ssociation. I do take a great deal of ~ride in the fact that we still have our family business. '"hether you knm·l it or not, T keE=>p a ,.,atchful eye over it. Since I last spoke to you, the manaqe r of that little store ttrhich supports s ev e n or e irrht fa!!"llies in our community has passed on, my brothc:r. I lost h im a year aoo tris .1\.uqust to the deadly killer, cancer, wh ich only once aqain remin~s me ~f how much vmrk t~e have to do and r el!' inds me, an I ·.:rant to remind t h is audience and I ~1ant to remind this nation that the retail drunqist, the r e tail pharmacist, the prC'fessional nharmacist, is as much a pa.rt c f the healing arts of the l>~erican coanunity as a doctor or a t herapist or a technicia n or a hospital manage r or a nurs ~ . ~he pharmacist, that profe ssi•:mal pharmacist, trained , operating that store, is an intet}ral #5acctor in the health of the "'.rn "" rica n coiTllT'.uni ty and I shall ever be mindful of it. (Applause) I want to compli~e nt you on your qoo0 jud~me nt in c nhancina the repuhation of the !'Jl\Rn by pick inq a ""?.n from r.,innesota, r ,v qood friend, George 1:!ilharrn, as your President. (;~ pplause) ~nd since you are picking men from ~· innes~ta as y0ur pr€sicent, may I say the re is annther one availa~ l e . (Laughter and applause) I don't expect to
7 a very ~Jasic questicn. T hich ,.,f theSE- c a nr:'ir}a.tes (! as r r·01ll v worke c'l for in h is public life, his .. privcte li~G, t" ~ 2- s J.,~ll husinessmen? And I thin;.;: I Ii'il"!'1t ask ~·!hich f)f tht:sE> :;~r ti .t?s h.c,c; prcvided t~ e g r ~ ~test ec0no~ic opportunit y for t~e ~ Prchant, for the ...,orkcr, f~r the c c rpcr a.t ~~ o•.m e r, f0r the stock o··mP.r, f.:)r t1 1~ Lu s iness wan? So , I ~~ goinq tn talk to ynu fir~t nf a ll, fir s t to~ay, a little ])it aLout my ')tm r-=corrl an(1 t .ry t0 r-ca ~
For Exmrmle, cur r.r0ss ~'a ti ~ n a l r' rt"'cluct 1 '! ~ ich rC'pr -- s c nts - 3 - the production and the ~-Jealth of this n4tion, a.-1 justt?~ fr.r price rises, no\..r, takinq out the so-call~cl inflation factnr, il'j $703 billion a year, up 215 ')illions of dollarfi in the last ~iqht yeers. Ho\'J, this means more capital and it r.eans n ore spendinrr fl")r consu~e rs and it ~eans more sales and it means better health an~ it means >,:ttar things. The average factory ,.,orkf?r 's t· ~ages -- a nd l ) ~r t he oJay, y0u have an interest in them, most of them are your customers -- ~qain adjusted for price increases and taxe s, have risen more t~an 15 per cent from 1960 to this year. The family incorrte of a family of four, adjusted for prices a nd taxl!'s, a.fter taxes, from 1 ~61 to 1968 has risen 32 per cent. In the pr~vious eight years it · · ~nt up ~ine per cent. Those are facts. The t"lholesale price ind~x for goods produce'1 has ryone un 7. 8 per cent the past eight years ancl it t-Tent up 9". 2 per cent frr,:m 1952 to 1961. The consumerprice index has gone up 16 per c ~ nt thn~~ last eight years and it only '"ent up 12 per c~nt in the precE>uinq eight years. So you say, ,.,ell, there you ad~i t it. l 7E> have had a four per cent risE> in consurn er price index, an(~ '"hy? 1 'ell, I \·!ill tell you why. Lay it ri~ht on the lina. First of all, 1,ihC"SE" \•lOrk "'=" rS are better ;.>aid. Launr'lry '"orkers are better pa.i<1 , anc!l t .h <-""Y \1e>re !'JOnrly pai ~~. C'lerical •'lor), ~ r~ are better paid, and thr.?y tlle ·r ~:' ~.l.nc1 s rp a i0. r. nc1 I rfliaht a f~. ~ servic~s have ~one up. F~spital hills ~ave ~~n ~ up, me~ical bills have qone up. 1md ~"e ~v t:> n know t~at druq h ills h.ave qone un. So ladies and qentle!'1e n, •..Yhile •·Je have ha~ to l---,av~ -- ~ · rhile we have had a four per cent ir.cre~ se in the consQ~er price index, we had a 32 per cent increase in family inco~e after tax~ s , after price increases, as CC"mparea to nine, and y0u Qon't have to have a I~arvard degree to figure out '"hat that means .To the ave-r~qe family that means income, it means money foDpa~ent of mortrya0es, f0r vacation, for health, for food, for clothing, for a car, fC"r the thousand and one thinqs that a mother and father 11ant. !'mt, t'lhat did ,.,e pay -- Nhat did •.!t' pay for that 12 per CE'nt -- 16 per cent, that four per cent qap? f·Jhat; ~lid ycu pay in those previous eight years, T·1r. r:.usinessrnan, and I arr tal kine; to ynu now as a 11Usinessman? You pc.id \·dth three recessions. Ycu paie l:T ith an unemployiTtent rate of 7-1/2 per cent. You paid ~ · rith $175 billion of lost income in waq.-: s alone. You paid a mini'[T'.ur't of $50 h illion a year for each of the ei~ht years in lost plant capacity. I submit that that is an aNfully hiq pricP to pay for a four per cent advantage in the cC'nsumer nricE:' index. ! 1-)elieve that the "merican people are "'ore interestec in ~teany ~Mployr'lent in steady profits, in steady in\restMents t..,.an any 0ther a~pPct of the €Conomy, and nm-1 let me lay it on the linE' acrain. '1-)ecause I didn't cor1e hereonly to bE'· a S'~ 'Teet loving fc-:llC'~ \r. I ~iC'n't coMe herP cnly to tell you that I am a felio'l:l pharmacist. I want it perfectly clear that in any one of the last eight Democratic years, Jlme-rican business has mane more net profit after taxes, after price adjustnents, than in all ~f the einht combinen Republican years put tocrc ther. No\-T, hoN a business!'l'lan can iqnC!re that is heycnd m-:-. (Applause) Those are the facts. Some ~eoplc don't like facts. Put I hav"' made up ~y mind in this campai0n that I am qoinq t0 tell it like it is. Let me give you \-that the Lilly r~port tells us. L3.st year according to the Lilly T)iqest -- and the r. ly !.illy C'ompanv is not a laroe contributor to Democratic c ampaicrns (Lauqhter) I am ready, thOU'Jh, ~ay I say, if they are inb.. ·r .2st e c1. (Laughter) I hav~ s c lc hunereds of thousands of dollars ~f their ~~n~?rful products. I consiclsr it one of the finest rh.s-.r.:"ac
i)l the \iorld. t~ ll, the ~illy Dige~t which, by the way~ ~e always had our surveys made, too, b ~· that comT;~any. s:ai~ this, that the avei;Aoe ~f mployed pharmacist's pre-tZl:x income , s-alary and profits t-1 as $23,888, up mo re than $5,200, or C'Ver 31 per cent., from the 1960 figure. 1 ~:o\·! , somebody is ,·ro inq to say, 'les, mt t·rha t ah~"~ut those taxes? Uc:-11, I am happy to stanc before y0u z.nd ~
institution~ cnc1 th'::! ~he sharing <::~f th~ l("'ans betl,,•een th€ private that Sf'A I \\Joule h.:..te to think of •1hat t~~ int(!)rPst rate ~'muld he 1 if E:ome of you are payinq today t ."1 qet a loan if y~u '•Jant to stc.rt, y')U \!l.ckinrr ·nt2rs, g~t some of these choice loc:1tions in suburhan shoppin0cf there will be an expansion C'f the lease c;uarantee program ,,.rhich, by the way, I initiated. ~hat is one cf mypr0qra~s. (l\pplause) I hE·lC. the very first h c·~ rinrrs on the l <:·e.se rruarant ~~ r,> nro('Tram c:> . I pioneerr>d as a me~ber of the Senate Small. ,.. usin2ss C'omrni tte it. I introduced th0 origi~al ~~qi ~ la ti0n • .r.,.lso may I say that to } e sten!Jed up unc .. r th E~ ThlJ"lpr.rey ~. c lp :"l.drninistration \"ill be the z:vail;;:bility ,..f lC"\'·.r cost loans he businesses tha t are force0 to relocate lJecause of urh~n r0new~l prcqrams, and hoN ma ny of you hc.ve b;:_.en . upr~l)t Grl '·rh-::-r- snmet'<'nv an("1 decided to put ·in a hiqhway or you had an urban reneua l proqram you lost your l ~ cation? ~ location is pretty imp0rtant. c; one Anc1 yPt, another ste p t~at I ~r1ant to talk t .<"• vou ~.bout i :te 2 r1rUC'f<1iSt that I think qo~s far '.)eyr:-nd your i r1mediate conce>rns or a pharmacist. I want to talk to Y"U a~J out a nu~bc--r of thin(fs tbat are C"Jf higher importance than just the c~ollar. I have talked t~ pr.?-v Pnt the fro~ the public platform about such matters of hm..r this spraad of nuclear ~.,eap0ns and every mother anc1 father in audienc? has a concern a.)out that. r::ven today as I aM speaking to you the Fon;)irrn ~linister \·lith Tf'oreicrn th~ Federal ~~-: pu :.J lic of Germany is me~tinq ·:,ith the not there ~ ·i inist~r of thf:: f.ovi~t Union to tclk a ~) C'Ut Hhetheror t•·1o 0 reat is any vu:.. y th <..~ y can ease th€" tensions het•.-Jef·n those tnessec~ the tr:IrJ?dy c~Juntries. Or \'rithin the last t\'170 ror-nths •rr.: Hi of the rape of Czechoslovakia. In the last years w2 witnesse~ th~ ~.,e having to rnake trag~dy c-f v1ar in Southeast ! sia. ~ictht nm·.r are to RJ?en.(1 a d~cisi!::·ns z.s to \'7hether or not \'1€: are qoinq ta have of $100 milli0n in a ne\<7 arms race and every .~ ollar T.·Jill carrtt? out it rrives your tax.:s. J,nd after'"~ h2.ve spent it, '·Tr r-- ther 0r not us J.ny more protection. fl il)hly c;:uestionahh:. So yesterday in talking tr: the Unitec nr.?sq Internation::1l C'f ;;.t lea st an s.ttemnt 1 of editors 1 I outlint~c, a program for ther>1 lit least an effort to try to :1al t this arms racP h?fnrc it starts to i:.al t hu:1anity, because as He '1-)uild the spect~r of nuclear pot-ll"r to and as those weapons spread t0 the Castrns and to theN~~s~rs and can sto~ it, the level oth0rs 1 1.o~hich they surely 1.<1ill unless '"e of r.anger in this Norld rises and I know th~. t I e.m talkinq of people that are deeply conc~ rned ahout their country. There are no better citizens, nonp hetter, no more patriotic a n~tz. il d~voted citizens than the nan or the ~i 'Ornan thc:t runs esta )lishment, that m·ms a piece of prnp ~ rty, th2t pays hio or her taxes in the local comMunity, that supp0rts th2 Cnrm-nunitv tha t T•hen ! talk tC' th !i'und anrl. all the other activi ti ~ s 1 ann I knoN iU\RO in convention, that I a,., t a lkinq to a miqhty 11 oor1 eros~ se;;ction of the best that is in !'.merica, and I t11ant to ?ppral to th~ ~est that is in you today. That is why I think that it is prope r for ~e to say that we - 6 -
ne~0 to b~ int e reste~ in many "f the ~ c0nr~ ic nrot ~ cti~ns that w= te..v~ in th~ neu ECon0nicc; th::t kee ps this ·.::: c'::lr'.,...,.\\y m.,vin:-r , =..nd it he..s b .:::e n r..'"'vinq 1 :1.n c~ ne-t a sinry1e thinq that ' ·Je ':YC:c!. nt to .:l.c from h~rE on out cc..n b E; '~on .: unleris ' ·;r:? kez'!) this cc~no ~ · t y r.rro\.Tin0. ;.' ~ cesRi,.,ns -- q .; nesitate to use that ur.rly t.'"r ~1 r.!E:T)r li'- s::::i":'n -- ' ~ ut rec nt bc.ving 3.S his Chief C? C0Tt '"l) '•iC ~J1 vis c r t l-.2 r :an n ;l ~ CC..Ve C. • .Vis.:: durinc; t~os e ~thar e i ght y 2ar s 0f t hree rac ~ ssi 0 ns, I ~ on't think that rE:t;>r e sents anythin~ ~ n. _•u. I .:J't v e ry prf'Jucl t,., s a y th~-t t .he ec0nc-n:ic ac1visc :r ,..,£ ,...,~esi dr-> nt 1: c nne:..~ y, '~ r 0 sio .:m-t Jl'/hnson, c.nC the · an I :')r"mqht t,., ,. ::: .e si - ~ ~nt IC enn e c~y is fr" .,.f• I"Y '"l ~ ·Jr. StC'_te ~f ;··innesota, l')r. n altz r ;:?ll2r, c.ncl IJne of th.:- rr r -:- a.t ~ c,.,no!"'istn ~nrl fiscal ~:! xpe>rts cf t .his n3.tic-n, hire C. by t !1~ 0r~z.t .:: st ~"~anks 0f "'·n,-= rica to a.Clvi~ .: c.n(~ cr-unse 1 th ~ '!':', ?_n(l c<"mes tc me fre e 0f char
el•:ovator, he said , lisb:.n 1 clan' t h -_:· 2.frah' tr rr ·:? t <'~Ut thE: r :? and t e ll th.=m -rh=.t is on Y·"'Ur fl'lin0.. Le:t thm · k nm~ ·.1her<:: c r-: rte>.in can(~i (~~t. cs s toot:t on pric:; sta0 ilizatiC1n 1'1 sa sur ~-:- s 1 quality stn: •iliz c:c ti~n 1e<";" islc.tir·n, f a ir trafle l i2n islc:.tiC"n. Li c; t::n, I have takE-n more ~ ~ .s . t ar.~Jun r:" t.his c0untry fr.r ~t elnino y0u ph3.r' 1acists in f3.ir tra<,.e thzm ~mv t e n m2 n o tF;·'ht to takP. (" !)plaus ~ ) I l: • av c~ hz€: n accusec1 ~f ('> V?.rythin'1 in the hl"0k ~ , r e ll, l e t roe t -::. 11 you ' ~ hy I r·ras fC'r it, >~ caus e I run a druc;scorE. I und.E,rs :. .:::.nd nl,c.t g n ~ s on.. I am nnt uritinrr h<"·"''ks. T. 1 den t p\.lt cut a n r:~· rsl E· tb.=: r. I havG t"' l,.,nk at a r.., onthly account 1 c.. n0nthly aud it. I h3Ve to pay salari~s. I p ay t~ ~~ s. I tak~ inv:e-: ntory. I kno~" •·rhat it rne .: ns to fac e? c- •:> c.yr0ll. :r: c~0 i t '?V ~ ry mr~mth, no~''. lmrJ. I h~v E- ~ 1 ::o cn Ccinry it :!V::., ry - · ~"nth sine ~ t ~e deat:1 of r y father. Sn, I knoN tJhat it me?.ns • .: ~ nc1 let :t ~ t :- 11 ynu cliscri:-' .ina tory pric -.-, nractic·:.s ::.r e:: n ~ i ther go\ cl f -::- r '::usin.ess t:'r thra consuMe r 0r t})e country. ."\nc1 ~ thP!l the chips J2re d,.,t,m an .:-~ ycu n €' .: C~~ c ,. , ~ , I ~·! a s th;;r c: . "'·nll ycu t1ic1n 't have tn t ' .r ict ,....y a~. I t~ rist 7: t=~ y0ur::; . (i\!?!?lau~ ? ) 7nd 11y fath2r bs for~ m ~ . ~ c I thnu~ h t WE t~ul ~ just snre~ ~ that out ~n the r~cor~, to ~ , but I g ot a l ~ tter, f copy ~"f a l e tter hcr,z :-"1. at~c ~\u ·-:rust 27, 1960, just ~ i c -;- ht y t:.c.rs lt (:: -~= 0 re my' ·· rothPr <'!. L...: c~, ''H'l the: sam..: '-~~t ~ , , .., be z. ls(" fourV:1 t the no:)r1 finht fl)r in( ·e p ?nn..:.."' nt 'Jt:sinc- ss, an"' by th.;; f·T?.y, if y0u ::.re 0 v ~ r in :"uth ,.\~ J:nta, the ITU! :1phr·2Y C: rur;st':)rG is s:till t:'p:- n. ~ l:: a.rE> t l,l1 lest f) :!: the in ,1. (' pen(~ents P .: are: still t h er 0 an0 ~ _.(= c.r ,"? q ~inq to ;., T~ th e r ~ · ?l. S l"n'" ::l.S I liv ~: . That naJ11 e is •:Cling t o '' :2 on t.hc>t stor·.? . (;\pplc_us:e ) I told ro y hrc the r -:mc e- '.lhen v c ,.,,, r e iP r:th<) r a vicinus price c0:1pzti tion out th ~ re, I s e_ ir1, listen, l :? t 1 ~ ::: t..,p n ivino ('IUr
~~ rchanC.is E: "E.t·r z"y. It i::; iPsul tine; t o the r ' .... rchan "L.· ':!> . (Le-u c:h t ~ r) I sa.ic. , if you h.?.Ve 'J'"lt tr- have -- if '. . 2' 1--,av(:: '10t to l<"SE', l e t's r:to do•·•n in rr10ry. l.:?t 1 ~ ~ ati s fv SOMC p 20nh.• • !,:;- t 'S ':_)Ut a SiCin in th:: ,,.,.in.'ct;J anr~ say 1Jrin{'! in$ · ~ a nd 1:-.. •·,ill qive vf"u fi.V·"' · ":'h.::.t - 7 - way at l~ast ~ -' "" c3.n s a y that ~ · ' € dir1 it t:Jit.h ':T'='r> rl "'lc:' "'!"1.,:-·ric:-n. cur~..,~· ncy. r ut ~7 -:.. .::' i c"~ n 't JO clo~m. ,-~ c·:anqr:c; sr-··' c: r:-f 0ur !"e rc ~!a n(lis .~ , ,,.a 1 up1!."at" r:C: the c:;u2 lity 1 T• (' c;avc-.. thc·'i t :'l ,_kin
W O:~!)On. '5'. b.ility. Hh~ t ~lh~t you na~d i!l. :: Pr~sid ,.n t above 311 is st r:> of m::.tur.ity, you ne~ d i~ ~ Pr s si rl · ~ :-.t .::. bov~ 2ll is ~ s '"' ns a sens-? of r~ str ~ int , confid~nc~ . St=.t~s Y ·OU C.o not nf'e d i~ ::. Prt'! sl.rb•nt of t.he U!1itrcl :: nsw-.rs to th ~" most s~m::oon ~ wh ,:, £!"'-=> ls th~+ th .... r~ ~ r "' simplistic diffi,cult ques::- i.,ns th~.t "'V""r f~c ..,d c. soci ~ ty.- - 10 -
and it contained a st~teme nt on crime · L=!st t'ITeek r·1r. Nixon m~d~ to think I should n::>t.e th~t prior major r e commAnd!:!tions. I four stat~ment, I had released weeks b~ forA !~. Nixon's th~t, ~bout two specified 80 and justic,- in AmPric-a that our r eport on order e r~l, state could b~ carried out at fed r~ comm~nda tions th~t specifit en t. improv~ our law ~ nforcem ~nd local l ~ ve ls to that out of advisors forgot to tell you ~-Jell, Hr. Nixon's in effect. A three of them !Ire =!lready four r ecommendations, ~ r th~se We hav~ h~d that for bett l ~ vel council re hecommended. Cabin~t fede ral policy on the control ~nd than two ye~rs to coordin~t~ pre v~nti~n of crime. goinq for Center, N~ have had th~t A National Coordinatinq ~mont. ~c~d~my of Law Enforc two y~ars. And a National b~tter then he h:id on~ of tho sf; Hr. Hoov~ r. He thought I b et ·th~ t was !l:>Hs to of ~l innaapo lis In :f~ct, wh _b I w:ls Hayor and I th :)Uql'it he did, too. et man who t~ok his tr~ininq ~s Chie f of Polie~ a I ~ppointed rnor~ th~n tripl~d Ac~d ~my. k~d w~ have th~ FBI L=w Enforc~rnent one.. 1\cc:d?my, and it is ~ qodd the r ·:! sourc ~ s for that fr~M i:m that \'\T .~S n""w, diffor~d Now , the -only r~c~nmertd ;:tt Town Hall suqne st a series 'Jf n.:.tionwid"' existing programs, was to pr~v~ntio~. conf~r ~n c ~ s on crim7 I think that mayors I worriefr e litt.l ~ bit ~bout th~t. Now, i n. th-~ir citi"= s wh-=.t mor~ co·u..rtcils miqht \•7-::nt. +:o ~xplore and city But th~sa Town H ~ ll I h~v~ scm~ suqgestions. can be don~ ~nd f>S or ~ littl; bit ~. thc r c. e~ll for vigil~nt. conferenc-=-s sound lik~ r n ?.cd . Th= is s~me thing t-1~ c1on • t talk shout crime ::nd that mor~ ~ction. And th~t is ov~r. What we rt~ ed is tim~ for talking is . ,..,h=tt. I will giv ~ . you :'ls Pr -.:. sid~nt ~ the Aneric~n only candidats th ~ t can stand b~for I am the of l ~w enf~rc ~ M~nt, ~ ~ action on th~ issue a~d say h~ did giv to p ~ ~~l~ ~ . t hav~ n°V€·. r been askf'd ·'=: S this platform th ::'.:ln I h?.V<> witn~SS on of Min~e~polis, .:s.s th ~ Hayor of the City t o? stify but whs n I serve d eopl ·:"' , c-. ~~ h~d ~h~ ov~ r ~ half million p i n l-tinn=s-Jt~ 1 ~ city of :;.. for l aw ~nd ;>rder, fer m~n. aqing t-Jta l a~d full r c·SPoisibility d isdiplining its for pickinq its offic~rs, f~r polic~ d~p?.rtrnen~, l~.w en forc ~ m..,n t, I .s 2eing to it t.hc.t ":h~re w~s officers, "Jr d it 3.nd no ona h=..s 'lt tl,le City of r .1 i:n. n ~ ~polis h~. qu:=:r:::o. nt e~:: you th of this .:tssoc .i ::tic~ this day. l'tn :-1 the:._ PresiCl.-ent ever doni-"d it to . to it ~ thous~nd times is on~ th~t c ~n t Pstify ack!"'ts. t ·J~ had crime . r · 1~ had :Jrq:=:nizer1 r !1~ he.d orqan:l:zed th~t it c ;:r.. be w~ stop!) .~. d it. I knot'l enc~ in our streets 3'.nd ~ 11; viol ·. r ~ b01t1t it, th~t is I cid:1't get timet~ t-rrit ~ ~ p~pf done . the p l:"' opl~ of my city f ,. lt too busy ::n f~rci nq the. i 7:t'IT, ~nd I "":ls -=- curo ':1-nd we r a proud of our ~ t-r=:.lk hom~- ~t night s th -:.. y coul we did~ 't l at th ~~ w~lk i~ th~ p~rks, an~ p~rks ~nd yJu could e str,.~t; and disput<::;s ~.nd viclrnce on th s~. ttie k ~.b ir- rn='.n=: g ~. m~nt l aw ·:t nd en thf' str-?c- ts. Dut we h::.d we di·'b.' t h~v~ r ~ c~ riots ord?. r. it. I i~. cr e a s od thE' sc.lary - I did some thinqs ~bout Of cours 1 e more. police offic~ , rs. officsrs. I r ·"' Cruitod som of th~ polica officPrs or h~d th~m I tr ~ in~d the p~lic~ I d~m~nuod discinline. ~ thPir he ~d ; to use ~ ~Q~ but how to us tr~in~d, ~~t only inhow ~ n~v-er r e lr.t.ions :~. nd communi.ty re:l~tions -9 ined th-r- M in human v~d i!"t tr . t th ~t-. w;.sn' t ~ppro ·= Police D0pa rtrn~n l ~t a m"l.n qet ~n t~ - 11 -
hi~ n -- ighbort~oc.
t·1e orq~n. iz?d 13 coMrnu.."lity councils in -,ur city ":nd PVery new p .::. trolrn':'.n b~ f ~ r e: h~ c-::luld qet off ~h !". prob ~ tion-=.ry li.sf: to b~ comP. ~ c ·artified polic =- -::>fficer h ~d to b? ~cc c. nt~. bl'? to th =- t n~ icrhb~rnood•
\'1~ had pr ~ cinct steti:>ns. too. Ybuu c1:1n't tlle.chanize 3 p:lic'.'!l: dep :
But. Wh%t 1": ::- np ~ ns is th::-.t MY oppon~nts ir. this c.:::J'I'\p ~ irm f:;rqi?t to t ~ lk ~bout the ~ ddition3l r e sourcFs th ~ t ~r ~ urgent·ly nP~ d~ d by ~t~t~ ~nd loc ~ 1 police . TyPy f~il to sp? ll out _ rp sno ~ sible pr:>crr ~: m to r~. duc~ crime :-.nd violenc~. I think the: s-=- burnp,<">.r stick.::: rs c: . r~ o. K. th ~ t s =: y "Support Your P:>lic,. '· . Th ~. t r.t'!ki'!s !"! qo~d siq~ if you h ~ ve right :~ long sicl~ of it Humphr ~ y ~nd ~l uski .:: it m:: .kes it be tt3r. But I think th~y ~r~ a ll right.
But I s ~y th~t he wh~ r ~ fus ~s to sury~ort y ~ ur loc ~ l police with the ~dditionc::.l r e: sourc=-s, mor... c. y -:::ru~ r qui~m :- !'lt, th~t r "''!!. is c::. fr9.ud, and ~h~t h~ r ~ fus~s to sunport tt ~m ~ t ~ 11.
You c ~n 1 ~ct. ur <:: y -::mr polic" fr0T'1 h .::.nd y ' U C ?.i~ ge>t up h~ r ~ hioh end mighty ~~d rinhtaous ~:d r e cit~ Scriptur ~ ~n~ it still wo~'t g ~ t you l aw P~ f o rc ~ m~r t.
~P. J:Jhn K·:;!'lr..?dy one"' s -::: i d 1 p~:CP "'lnd fre~dom ";~r"" n ~t ch.... L~di t? s ::l.~d g r:nt l ~R:>::t , 1:-:\·1 ~:r:. d ord<=!;r ~ r <=!; not cho ~p. If" you "'"'nt i t. , o ~ y for it. Y~u £ r~ paying f or criMg now t~~ouqh r~hb""ri ~ s ~~~ ~h ? ft ~!l.d burq ~ l ~ ri ~ s ~nd r .:lrF· ~. r..d Muonin.g. Th"" mc·st -=- xp ""~;!, i v ~ +-hi:1.g i .:-1 this land tod·"!Y is crime . And WI? sn., nd V
I h"'pn- f th~ citi"'s =- f th·:c Unite d St :: . t ~. s t h ":n =:..r.. y t en public offici::: ls put t~q e th :! r. It h":s b2"' n my j -~b.
I 1'- ~ve h-~ d ov>P r fifty meetings \'lith mP.y jrs "" cr·oss this C')unt ry. I h "" v .;; mr;. t wi th l ~ qi s l c::. tiv · !>: l e~d-=- rs ~ . nn. \·lith gov:,r r.ors ::;_n(l I kn o\-r \'lh:lt som~ of the ir prohl -m s :>. r ~. . I :-.rn ~ot tryi~g t :- b <:>. crit ic:.l of th~m. Th := y :.r"'. cryL.-. g ~ ut for h ;::' lp. Anc1 I think it. is +:i: ·., :1.~111 th: t \•7"' did s ~ methi :::. , t :~ h ~ lp th
Nh::\t. do you s~ .?.'
tle n~e d m :r~ polic"' offic ~ rs, b e tt ~ r tr 3 i ~~d polic ~ ~ffic ~ rs, hiqh ~ r s ~ lnction of polic ~ offic~rs, ?~d Much b ~ tt e~ tr,inina, ~nd v ~ t '-11 -=: iqvs th ::. se. m~ ::1. th.s most imp ~ rt ~nt j ~ b, -:-'!12 ~ f th'" mos t imp ~ rt-::.nt in our S.Jcie ty, t:h·"' !l. W '-' :p >1>,y thcom below s c ~ l "" , s o t:; sp2~. k, t\'IO-thirds ;,f \'lh ::. t i s n< .. c ;:'! ss: ry ( ~ o sunn:-rt :f!' f tmily.
He m ~ k e th ~ m th? ~gF~ts 'f s~ci~l ord ~ r ~~d riq ~t ly d~ m~nd th::: t ":hey b~h ~ . v<:: pr:)!>-=.... rly :::nd 1 .~. w.fully, r-. VE'n i ::-. th · ~ f ~. c "' . o f ~ xtr ?. me prov~c ~ ti ~ n from l ~wbr - ~kars. Th ~ y ~ r ~ ~ lw~ys b~ ing acc~s~d · of
everythinq, but 't·r r" . r ~ 1y ·.-rive. t h ~ ' m thr- kird of qu =. lity tr : . i ~. i!l.q - 12 - they knov they neeJ to do t h gir j obs cffectiv2ly. 1 ~ ch ':' ol t c• ach · ~ r th?.t train e. socia l '''"rkr-> r, :: li ,r3ria n 1 a · r·:e 1 c- r:~ffic c r, ·mt ~'1he n it c or:e~ tm r~~s in the same n e i ghbo r h o0c~ ;:;,s t he po l ic I t hi qhs , r is c hest, t a. polic e cffic,_: r , ue ·n :-~ c..surc: ~ · ds h iCEr t s his ~ n d h i re ~ i rn . ~ na he ha s t ~k ~ his heart b ~ a t, s ee how s tr0n0 he is is on a j0b a n< ~ he c.~ !') e sn 't all t c:~ littlE; polic0 t r e:". ininq bef.r. re h::: '!..·rant it that '.·ray . ! ·-, ock~ rn t -chnica l r;.:: ~1a nt s tc- be trainz:.:'. . YL G ' l<;l nts .::: n C:: ne e\ls tCl have it. ·?quipn:::mt 1 and he ought ~it h · 2nia l cle rica l ~ · ~ ~ve n ti ~ u ~ our hcst police ~ffic e r s t inq , det e rring and \'JO rJ: unc 'J nnec te •~ Hi t h the ~1 u s ine s s o f ~:rev ~ n d.ct-:?cting cri~~1 (? . If he Do you know ~:~ t a polic e ~ ffic e r has t o do to~ ay? tim? a.' Y ~ . y e.rre '3ts scr:1e:.bcdy en the str;:.ct, he has ~"! ·"t to t akl? his from his family 1 unpai'2 I to •iO te' court. to f0ll m~ nm·.•, uh:.t kind of nons ~ nse is that? If !:1e is qoinr-r the c ourt Mh ~ re he - - the f 0 ll wth r o ug~ . f o r a police office r is in <1 1') 6 S the r e "n Cc.n be there. t o t e stify ~Ju t if he r:ro e s t o court he E:' Ven a t the .. is o~m , eve n t !l ~ U ·7h h c: has ~:r r ::.: st e'! that violat0r, t even r c.y risk 0 f his life , a nd y0u don't c: V0n pay hi M c-.nr, I r1o n' c·l uorJ~ a nc1 the t~stiMony c .h ~ ~1 !) y our tax.-:$ to do t ~.1:2 ll!Ork , t "le cL: ric n. all th ~ t it t ake s far 2ffs c t ive prosdcutiD l e uhos ::-, trainin<1 '1' "' '.:Ja.go ~::(:~ r n crir.1e \'le need prof e s f' i ::ma l ?eop ns professi nnal programs. c r:-r-~ JJ ines the' hi crr-.est r: t~ n . :; a r t'! s , :1n d this y-nea n cri!\1(": prevc nti n, crir. It means t ~1.;: best int <~ r ( i ro: ci p linary tr?.. inin-• i o:rt:tro l a nd th;ap='"'t ..::: cti ...... n of hu;:\an r i r:ht ·:; . and he n 0ed ~ t~ r•c n e ~ J a police o ffic ~ r to know ~ is ri ~hts no ri0ht knc:r,.-! yours. : 7,:;: hc:.s no ri, ;- ht t () J--r ut ~ liz e yr:-u and y0u hav~ n r~ ':rhat your t o harass hi::t . H:-: ne:ox.i.s to knof.' t1h2.t . is rinhts ar ea 1 n e cr.urt r.; and the rig hts c..r 8 and it do r:o- s n't flo a ny rr')o·"': to co n ~r:t th ~o inq is intGr pre tinq wha t ~tto rn ey ~e ne r a l bec 2u se ~ 11 t~ 2 y ~ r a your . citizensh i p r i qhts ar~. hav .:= CJ '1t ~ r·i rr i' ~ li ev .e :na , it is pr ~ tty i nporta nt T·!he r. y0u riqhtc:; 2.re. Ynu rrc-v crnll e nt like '~e have c;ot n r:m tc knn,·r ~ · · ha t y0ur you. v0.u l"' ett2r he.d t hese: inv:<:• s tigz,tors come in your stor e~, ST:le of. knot·J T:Ihat your ri(; hts ar e . e ;- n l 00k('r1 ew e r I hc.v 2 be::::n a round l nng ~ n ouqh . ~· <:= have all p "-"' 0nl c to u n~e r st2n : ~ on .:-, ~ .r :2 y or an:::>t!'le r. J\nd it is i mportant for c.~ r. o it is i mrort ent t hc.. t a •Jov e rnuent shoulc-:. n0 t hav e unli r : ~ ited pr· -r _l',n ~ citize n's ri gh t ~ ~v 3 n th0 r ~ f o r e , f o r p0opl Q to und e r s t~nd thzt f .::- d that those rir; hts uh-: n he i s .accus.:;; •.;1 , or ev ,'-" n t'lhen h<;: is c:p~ r E>h en . 1 fnr thc:tr>c- rf;on t:hat rloes ar-: ? rot ~ ct e ( '\ , l.>ut it is 2l s0 i nr:>o rt3. nt t his rirrhts ar 2 t h .z apprehending c.nd th-e l a~ v c nf 0 :rc .~rn:: nt to 1:nou l"fha and then you start t o qc: t a ba l c:n.c e in this country . (:l.pplause ) 1 !"2.V£ t-, have I hc.v ~:: sam<; i ( \.~ as. I think u.;:: a r e goinrr t o la•.·r e nforct='!MG nt a.nc. crimin.?J at -:- ur univ ..? r ~ iti cs rnuch ~ or a trzinin ::. ccuncil 0f civil p~a c e r urrht t '1 b;;: in ev~~ ry sts.te. Go hor.a ~nd a sk your Gc vc rncr to s e: t one up. It v .~o ulf~. J1r !"'vicc a ,_rc.y and a r;~ ·"-ns f or those ~l!h(: ~rc uld >~: t i1e innoc :nt vic t i ~· s of viC> l e nce to hc.VG an opportunity t 0 for2stall th.at tracr ::: dy a nd tl"' ')rina to :1car the ir knmJle,.:.:r; .s , thPir ~nformation, and the ir s rcmse of ci tize:n- shi p . ~ ~ ycu s e e , ~~ frie nd s, t her e a r e t ~ inq s that c a n h~ ao n ~ . ~he r e i s the is s u ~ , f or : xcnple , ~f fire a~~ s, and ~o st think 0 f t !:E- hundr eds f polic-s tha t have lz~ e n kille(~ in the p ,.;>r f ormanc ,_; o f the ir duty b ~ C i:.US~ o f t h e pr'1r.-tiscuous usc of fire arms. r t !1 ink t h3.t fir2 arm control, particularly in thes ~ urb an c 2nte rs, is of vitz: l i !·~po rtanc -.7. . P ~ Eo yNl ar~ gcinq to h2ar a l 0t 0f c :=:;!li ~ai g n orc: ~ tc ry . I zM h":'re to tell ycu that it is ·1oinq t o take: 1: · 0n ~1Y. 1: 2:-"n hc: r t: to t e ll y"")u t.~1'-t it is qoing to t.£:.ke> c~ .,~:c no ination, c:.n c_, the neY-t Presic.? nt of t lt.c Unite 1 St :=.. t -2 s is ry oing to hav ::. to <:"~Y to tht' Congrr;c:;s and t0 y0u that it is ch2apar anC ~? tter t " pay tha police , t ~ train the p~lice, to give: th:::om tha 8qtlip1:?nt, to ~:1 o 1 .~ iliz -=: the resource s t~at ar,'2 nc ce ssaryp than it is to just tal!:, tzlk, talk. ~·c don' t n G.:: c"; any r.~ orz r ep"Jrts. Liste nt l(lt i .;: s 3.nd q .::- ntl~r ~c- n, T:!2 c 0uld fill U:? this stas-2 ~ -.ri t.!1 th.:; r ep("'rts nn cri:"' "'' that ,,,e: tav~. ~ e have qot all ~ 1a s tatistical e vi e~ nc 2 that the corputcrs can constr ·~~: f<:-r t h$ next t e n ye2.rs. ~yh at P2 nee:-1 is z,c t ion. -~~ 0'; 1, T;f2 sta:ct ~ ( ~ ·1 ith the Faf.c - Str2t:ts 11.ct last y e 2.r and s,::.:.: c f the l o u~s st v"ice s f or la'J and crdar vnts e aqainst it, ~r voteA to cut c 0t·m its fur.. -.::1s . I ct:'ulc"' give y0u ficrur€:S to ~~r!"lV (O, , if you t,n:nt. c. little. politics --- and I hav-e :::<.:!en 0 ivinq yau a li ttl2, I u ill g i v;;: youson-::o more -- that t he t0p s·:.' V2n crir.t.c stat.ss in. the countr ~' Lav ~ n.-~p u~Jlican GQv -::- rnors. I·· ut I t1 Cln' t think it prcv2:s a t !1ing. I don 't think it prove-R a nyth inq t o say that t he Uice I?r<.:siCc:nt ie.l nor.,i.n2:;; --.f the P -s-~Jublican tick:-: t, t.h.a.t h i s st2.te: has the f ourth hi ghest crim2 r .:.t e in th?. n2tir-n. y ~ ~- tall~ s c. l0t a_::- ,out l ~r and ~rJ ~ r. '1V Vied ~ resi ~2 nti a l no~ in 0e has t~a fifth l~uest . s-, , if yon ·1,.;ant to v oi:~ on uhr- has th~· br~ ~t rz. tin<;, you haV·2 0""t to vote f or hir>1. (:;,p p l.::.US € ) a:r.~ happy t t"~ t .311 ~7 f (-" llo•y "'innesot a n.s t'1at ~-u;_, (:re in the t :- n ~-· ~JQ ara in th \0~ 1':lu -~ .r 20 1-,e r c ~: nt. 1 f3 o t". h c: n it cor< c: s -:." criF .::. 1 y0u t2.k2 a look at L,~, -· '!0rk, 1 Cc..lifornia, . c ~rylz.n :\ ' :::, n ci :' l ~ : .n:..r~ ·a I .;... n r\ i.:h<::!n take a l c:-.:>k at · ~ inn .::s:"""t. a an(l ·:ainc . C:: c- , .,,,2 c oroe: ou·i: c;r:t2: llinq like ::. r('Se . (Laughte r) ~ u t I ~on°t think that means a thing. ? 11 I think it means is it is just .: st~tistics that y::-u can use if you •7:!.nt to 1)<.:: ~-:c;a n a n ·:·". n asty and h~ve a little dc::r-: a:;o()'n"" ry, ~x-, c c. us €; I c"C' n't thinJ:: t he- Gn v~ rnc-L"s Fant cri !"~~ a nc: r. l~ Cn • t think mc.y'!rs r'1o and the-v cbn°t c o~~ it it. nnd I ~on't think nttorney Go n ~ rals ~ant ctime . Crir~ inals C:J!T ' i t cri· ~; . Tn t.; those a r ..:? t~~ ~ on~s that •,,,-;-, ~C\V · ?. t o d o som.='i:hing a bout. CCJar>air;n oratory has nevr:- r caurr ht a tr i e f nr s t0pn~~-d c. riot. 7.h~ :J nly C.! U.::~tion 2 1 ~:. 0u t civil T) , ~~a c t- in ·rnt:rica is ~("~! t0 •.-.'e :) ~" <::t <;;<::t i t . J.m c~ I hav s 0ivc- n Y""U :t f:=tl! tl-. iiq s = n ,- ~ a f c-ttJ sunqr,s tinns. =-' '-~~· pl c: !.,.ms t o~) >? Y th'-:: l au r:.n C: t h e la ~J must ·y:: ? n~ o rc C>-::1 • .T't t hr. sz.m::: time p-:-ople rr.usi: f: e(o l ·that t he s~ci :::- ty o f l s:-J i!'l •-rh ich th.:: y liv.;: cff (~ r s th:=::-:' justic.:' in t.:·1 c;; true; s c- n c; n0ving on both tr"m ts o A g ~ ntl ~m ~ n han & ~ ~ n e _ n ot~ . I ~ av ~ n~ t a l 0 t of notes this spe2c h, I ~ ?ill t .,; ll you. n lot nf p ~onle t ol ~ rn~ \ ~at t o say up h2r e anC 1 ~e c i~2~ I ~ o ul : sc.y · ir:a t I ~ · '- nt ~ .:~ to say. ( ~np l3us ~ an~ l au0ht~ r) ·~ n ,"- of th.;;; thinqs t!;at .Jas e;u.wre: ste ·-" , 2nd it '":a]::. (' S snme ~ .:: ns e 7 u :::. a ·tha_t ynu couliJ can:m1.c t . ~ su l, jcct -- thi s i ~j the U?.. ~. ' ~ E> put it:i s~;,y in c:r \:hi-; - ~ la ~ r l'l.n :~ 0r·l,;;r u it ~1o ut justice is 1.iJ.:e faith ant hop.:: ·. .'i. thaut ch.::ri ty. ' :'-Y.J , thc r .s i s :.nnth:::!r •,Jz.y t.0 pnt it. ··:: ne ·2:-~1 t0. >uilti. coi?.r.:uni tie ; an(:'. n .:.: i qi",b ~r l'~ r. n.s ~"'if la'.·Y . ~ !Js :c- rva ncc: . C: :_.- ·us·t ~unn'"lrt our polic:a t>J i t ...., c --.l lar s ::-. s u:,ll c.s • ~ i th sloqc.n£. · ·c }-o2ve ;,0"": clu · _~ s ~nc"' y')uth ::.ctivi t i :=:~ . '10st r::f th:; cri···:-: in thi s c~ untr~ -· i~ C :J~'': 't H:t2c~ b y jnve nil2s . _- s 2. :-:ca tt.=- r n f f a ct 9 ·:ty cl " <:-_r fri e n c~~ , t her E: hsn' t L -, "'n .?.ny incr :;c:~ .s in zf nH: c ::-:- i ~ ' :? in t hG l o. st t~ "r.C:E- •r:-:-a::::-fi . ~ ut t ~ ~ ~ G ha3 ~ ~ 2 n a traaic i ~cr · a s: in juva nil ~ cri~~ . o v ~; r t:~ O ~) ·:'!r cent ,...f 2. 11 th2 cri ' r'l •2: in ,0u ::;:cic:. is c orrc!litt.::-,'l b y youn0 ?aopl 3 un~ ~ r t he 2JZ 0f l G, most 0~ i t un ~ a r tha aq ~ of 15 1 large ar.~ o unts of it ~•:br::- .c= n t h e- ~'_1 :, n r.::: s i ~ .::. nc1 11. "'nr~ I ar·~ nnt tal!dnq a>oui: -~~ i t~ : ~ .:::-'1 :--,;;mtJrs . I " t :·_ l !d .nq c.lJ 'jl_:t sc-:ri'ms c r ir' 1~ . no.:::sn' t ;: ~! 2.t '::.. .:dl v 0u £::!~~ ::. t) in··1 e_l ""lUt • >::.t is r7 -:; in'1 '"~n? ~ · ::v' -' e ~ ~ n ~ ~ ( ta t ak2 a ln0k a t our sc h nn l ~ . ~" · ~ h~ve t~ cl0s2 t h e~ u~ - 15 - 2~ 4:00 'cl~ck? Tha~~ are play7roun~ s ~n~ f aciliti2s. ~~ ay~e N c. to P.nd I 1;7c_nt t !lG c hanc~ in this country t o inspire ~mc ric its C)re .::.tness, to ~P'D~al ·to t 1~;9 1Jcs ic goo ·. ~ n. Pss t hat is in thi'3 I t.nerican community, :·)ecauce I think u~ ar c l:·cttGr thr..n r:J~ a ct. ·dnk tha t our lJest think ~ -J E: c c..n ..l o 'Jetter th.::.n ~.. m hz,ve <.J.one . I t: !7: V ~· n t ouchec, the days 2. r~ y :.:. t t b:-:: lived . I t hink • 12 h.:lve n't 1 here for ~ood . ~ r cz.t avc.ila Jility o f hu"7l an resources tha t =:. r e. ~h from 11y f 2ll0u l'P.lc rica ns, if ~ ·re uork t ogeth~r anc:\ if t\re ha ni and C:'1 ubt, if ·~:•e our h ~, ;;:. rts hatr ·9d a n11 suspicion anc1 b itterness liste n not to those that 2pp<2al tt' the passi0ns ·~ut rathe r t o th os~ hat appeal t o t~'l.t. t c.ppcal toour hcp Release for Wednesday PMs For Further Information: October 9,. 1968 Ev Munsey, ext. 201 D.C-589 HUMPHREY PROPOSES SPECIFIC, STRAIGHTFORWARD PRffiRAM TO COMBAT CRIME, CALLS ON RIVAL TO TALK SENSE ON THE ISSUE Boston, Mass., October 9 --Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey said today that he has offered a specific, straightforward program to combat crime while h ~ s rivals have relied en talk and slogans and have failed to propose the actions needed to give real support to local police. Noting that police forces have been "neglected," "overlooked", "shortchanged," "undermanned," "underpaid" and "often undertrained", Humphrey declared "that he who refuses to support your local police with additional money, that man refuses to support them at all." "And so when Mr. Nixon forgets in his statement to talk about the additional resources urgently needed by state and local police, he fails totally to spell out a responsible program to reduce crime and violence in this country." Three points in Nixon's anti-crime program are already contained in existing programs while the fourth and only new point seems to call either for 'vigilantes or for more talk about crime," Humphrey said. Wallace likewise has no positive program and "I don't accept his oft-repeated solution of running people over with his automobile as an adequate answer." Speaking to the National Association of Retail Druggists, Humphrey said small businesses benefit from Democratic policies of prosperity. The Democratic nominee said "I stand ready to reexamine the problem of price discrimination and update the Robinson-Patman Act for the protection of small business." The text of his remarks is attached. • • • more } I REMARKS For Release: Wednesday PM6 U TIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RETAIL DRUGGIS! S October 9, 1968 BOSTON , MASSACHUSETTS OCTOBER 9, 1968 my It is a special pleasure to be here today with men and women who are both l ong-time friends and leaders in their communities. And the pleasure is even greater because the National Association of Retail choose a man Druggists has shown the wisd~--and the sense of sound precedent--to from Minnesota, my good friend George Wilharm, as president. a poll With so many friends in this audience, I was a little surprised to read pharmacist1 the other day which said that Richard Nixon has the edge among the nation's Don't worry. It's just a temporary indisposition, and I have a remedy which works pretty well. businesslM First, just ask yourself what Richard Nixon has ever done for the small Then think about those three job-killing, profit-cutting Republican recessions the in the 1950's. You and I know that the people--the workers and housewives, i n a recess i on. pharmacists and small busin~smen--are the ones who feel tl!e. pinch h By now you're beginning to feel a lot better about the Democrats--well enoug year. to start asking some questions about what Mr. Nixon is prescribing this I've been trying to find that out myself- -without much success. He won't debate the issues •••• He won't even discuss them in public. the Where does he stand on that treaty to keep atom bombs out of the hands of Nassers and Castros of this world? local Where does he stand on fiscal reform to ease some of the burdens of the taxpayer and the middle income taxpayer? Where does he stand on small bus iness? Take the Robinson-Patman Act, for example. That law seeks to protect the small businessman against abuses of economic power by the big chains ••• but it needs revision and modernization. the I stand ready to reexamine the problem of price discrimination and update Robinson-Patman Act for the protection of small business. What about Mr. Nixon? Have you received one of his private letters? I think Mr. Nixon has an obligation to speak out--publicly, and not in secret of small letters slipped under the door--especially when the interests of millions investors are involved. I'm beginning to think Mr. Nixon is taking the American people f or granted--and I say that is no way to run for President of t he United States. * * * • • • more PAGE TWO Today I want to talk to you about a problem of real concern to the small businessmen ••• to all of us--the problem of crime. And I want to talk about it soberly ••• constructively ••• and I want to tell you how we can get results. Crime is something Mr. Nixon and Mr. Wallace talk about all the time. With considerable skill they appeal to the fears and emotions of the American people ••• and with equal irresponsibility, they neglect to spell out what they intend to do about the serious problem of crime in our society. I understand the growing concern ••• the deep unrest ••• which the American people feel over the rising crime rate in America. I know the dangers which small businessmen like yourselves must face ~ every day ••• the constant worry that perhaps your store will be held up today ••• or that your place of business will be burglarized at night. I know your courage and your determination to stay in your place of business ••• to serve your customers ••• to play your vital role in your respective communities. And I salute you for all of this. As businessmen you have every right to ask: "Okay, what are you going to do about it?" That's what I intend to spell out today. Mr. Wallace says a lot about crime. But he has, to the best of my knowledge, never bothered to say how he would fight crime as President of the United States. I don't accept his oft-repeated solution of running people over with his automobile as an adequate answer. Last week Mr. Nixon made a statement on crime. It contained four major recommendations • Mr. Nixon's advisors forgot to tell him that three of them--a "cabinet-level council" to coordinate Federal policy on the control and prevention of crime, a National Coordinating Center and a National Academy of Law Enforcement--were already part of the Federal government's program to fight crime. The only new ~ecommendations made by Mr. Nixon--the only recommendation he had not copied, from existing programs--was to suggest a series of nationwide town hall conferenc~on crime prevention. This sounds like either a call for the vigilantes or for more talk about crime. America doesn't need either one. The time for talking is over--we need action. And that's what I will give you as President. No, we don't need &ny more studies ••• commission reports ••• conferences ••• seminars •••or bull sessions on how to fight crime. • • • more PAGE THREE And so when Mr. Nixon forgets in his statement to talk about the additional resources urgently needed by state and local police, he fails totally to spell out a responsible program to reduce crime and violence in this country. I think the bumper stickers are right.,.."Support your local police." And I say that he who refuses to support your local police with additional money ••• that man refuses to support them at all. In present circumstances, these additional resources must come primarily from the Federal government. As you know well, our states and municipalities simply lack the tax base to support major increases in their law enforceme~t budgets. When we look at our local police, ~..;rhat do we find? We find that we have neglected and overlooked and shortchanged our policemen for decades • Our police forces are undermanned •••and the men are underpaid and often under- trained. We give these brave men one of the most important jobs in our society. Then we pay them on the average of two-thirds of what is necessary to support a family in moderate circumstances. We make them the agents of social order, and rightly demand that they behave lawfully in the face of extreme provocation from lawbreakers. But we rarely give them the kind of quality training they know they need to do theirjobs effectively. We don't give them modern technical equipment. We even tie them up with clerical work unconnected with the business of pre- venting, deterring, and detecting crime. To wage war on crime in our modern society, we need professional people whose training combines the highest standards and the best interdisciplinary training in crime prevention, crime control, and the protection of human rights. That means professional programs in our colleges and universities. Too few have them today . I believe it also means new federally supported schools of criminal justice-- like schools of law or schools of medicine. As President, I would propose the assistance necessary to bring the vttal work of law enforcement and crime prevention to professional standing. * * * My Republican opponent has also avoided any discussion of one major issue which relates direct ly tc reducing terr.or on our streets, protecting merchants from violence and murder, anJ innocent citizens from brutal attack--the issue of firearms • • more PAGE FOUR We neither protect ourselves nor support our local police by condoning the easy access to these weapons by criminals, assassins, snipers, the mentally disturbed, and narcotics addicts. Congress has finally acted to ban the ~~il order and interstate sales of rifles, shotguns. and ammunition. If the states do not act promptly to pass r~gistration and licensing laws, the next Congress must do so. This has been my position--! now repeat my support for such action. But where doe.s Mr. Nixon stand on this important question? He says ·he has spoken out on 167 major issues. Gun control is evidently not among them. ·Finally, rioting in American cities must stop. ·rf there is looting and burning it must--and it will--be punlshed according to the laws against theft and arson. As Presid<..->nt, I lvould provide additional training for NatiOUDl Guard units in riot control, t~ork and planning. I would ma~ . ntain small, highly-trained National GU:Ilt'-d riot control units on continual alert, for sbort-tcrm se~ice in any c~~~ity. ·And I ·would · sta-:ld rea-:iy to respond to any· ·legltirnate· eall from states or cities for military maurower in the event of massive disorde1.·s. Th~ .are the specific actions I would ·cake as Presi-dent to reduce crime and stop ri.ots .. I could give you figures to prove -that the top seven .crime states in the country have Republican Governors "- and law enforcement in this country is primarily· a -- ~tate · · and local matter. I could give you figures to prove that Governor Agnew's Maryland lMd·s the nationwitb the highest· murder rate in the nation. Btrt Governors .... .or Attorneys General ••• or Presidents do not c-ommit crime. . Crimi.na.ls commit· crime. Campa4o onrtcrry never ee.ught 8 thief m:- stopp~ A riot • . So let's talk sense about this issue. The only question about civil peace in America is this: how do we best get · it? . t have give~ you d specifict straightforward .pt""Ogram. ·People must obey the law. And the law must be enforced • . At the S{ltne time,. people must fe-el that the society of law 1n which. they· Hve offe~ them justice in the true sense. So we have to keep moving on both fronts. We can't ll:lt down on ~ither • • • • more .. PAGE FIVE And so I appeal not to y o~r fears, but to your reason. I ask you to vote your hopes, not your hates. this country- I ask you to join me -- with faith in the essential greatness of and where the in building in America a society where the rule of law is supreme, people live by that law-- because it is just. I ask your help. " ..:- 0 1. :r· ~.... p ._ \SE · '.!':·:t t;,,.:;;_.J, ·: p. ; :' s · o~ c o :Ot::r 10, l.:J b J EASS3\CEUSETTS I;CQNOMIC COMPARISON rhe Voter ~ s choice in November is between progres::; c>.s r epresenteo by ·_ '.ubert F.urrtph::ey and conserwatism and st"lgnation ds repr e sentee.~ 'oy Hicha.rd lJ ixon and George Hallace . L: is a c~oice between a Dc ro0 c ~a tic Administration and Con~re~a wh ich will continue the fortvard 1.nove and a Republican Ad:-::linistration dnd Ccn gress doninated by conservatism which will return the country to the economic stagnation of the 1950's. :S e:twe0n 1 952 and 1960 the Republicans, while Richard ~ 1 i xrn. ,;as Vice President, proved they have learne~ little since tte C~ ol i6ge- H oover days . I 11 t h e Wixon-Republican years, real grcss ~a t iona l product (in 1966 prices) grew only ~l l 3 L il l~o n . Br..:b·een 19E0 and 1968, unc.:. e :c the Democrats, it ;; r:: etrJ ~264 b illion , OJ: 4~> ~> " Du :::- ing the K ixcn - Rep~ blican years t:·l'le r e were ·chrt:e 0nE1r l~· recessions. Since President Kennedy was inaugurated, we ~~ ve ha~ 91 months of uni ~ terr::u?tea growth and prosperity , as r Pflected J.n jobs, reduceu u ~employ r.l'= nt ~ nd in worker 1 s income. Wh at has ha:t-pened to t h e Dation's economy as a whole is reflected in i ndividual states. I n state after stat£ tJe fi n~ t h ~ s ame story. 7he state prospers or stagnates as the country p rosper~ or stagnates. In Massachusetts total personal r eal inc ome !~ n : ~6~ p r i ces) in;::reascd in the Republican years, 1953 l:·~ :L 960, r.,-;· }.e c:s t!lEU! :, 3 .!J illion . In the Deno::ratic years .::: 1or -~ J. ~H) t; -c.l.' I.~S 7 it ~ increased ~~re than $5 billion . Per capi t n. real ' . i n corr.e (a l so i ll 19 ·>' I:::>:ic •. s ) .l.n<..: r eas ~ ·- :;>405 between : :)!12 and l S60 and ir.. c r e asec. ~793 f::m· ··.9 6 d t. c.• 1 9G 7 , Conseque ntly an average ~as sa c husetts farniiy of f out ha~ ahno ..:; t ~ 32 00 rr o r e purchasing po\·Ter in l 3C 7 than a.t t ''"'e s :. 1(: of ·the ~ix o n-Re publican years . That is, while living as we ll as it hat in ~.960, s ucl1 a. family coul Ylas sac:·m setts farmers bl're their full share of Repui;lican policies. Real income per farm rose only $68, or 2 ~, for t he entire pt.=r io Much of the p rosperity of Massachusetts during the Der.10c.rati::: Administrations has derived from better job opportuni ties . N on-agricult~ral jobs increased less than 65,000 b etween 1953 n.~d 1960 . Between 1960 ana 1 967 they s u rg~d ahead 218 ,00C jo~s mo re than 11%. The great industrial centers of r~ assachusetts refle ct the diffP.~e~ c es in Republican and Democratic policies in their l.lne::t:.l:':i .. :_ ymcnt figures. !n 1961 , 7 of the 8 metropolitan l ab-Jr marke1: ar ~a s i n ~ ass achuse tt~ had over 6% unemployment . Three ~f the n~, :? all River , New Bedford and Lm-.rell, had over 9% unerr.ployr".en t. In l'iay 196 , none of the eigh t areas had mo1:.e than 5% unemp loyr:£ ,1t , and three of thta eight were below 4%. Lducation is one of t h e found ations of future p rosperity and future freea om o f Aroerica . The e ducational policies of che United States and the prosperity of i'lassachusetts are reflecteC: in wh. a ·t ha3 :1 a pL G ..1E::d in the field of education here. Page 2 In the i nportant area of vocational education during the Nixon- Republican years 1953 to 1960, enrollment increaseG only 5 , 000 students. Dut since the acadamic year 196 0-61 enrollment in vocational education has increased by 68, 000 to more than double the 1960-61 level . Similarly, college enrollment rose only 41,000 bet\'ieen 195 3 to 1960 but rose more than 100 , 000 between 1960 and 1967 . Only 9 new junior colleges we re established in 4assachusetts in the Nixon-Republican years from 1953 to 1960 but 16 have been establishe~ since 1960. The prosperity of the United States is not an accident . Prosperity is not inevitable . The Repurlicans proved that not only back in the early 30's but they proved it again with Mr . Nixon as Vice President in the 1950 i s. Prosperity, stability and growth are a consequence of implementing sound econorr,ic policies. They are a consequence of a commitment to fulfill t he directive of the Full Employment Act. The Democratic Party has proven in the past t hat it can fulfill its economic responsi bilities . The humphrey-Huskie Administration will not only continue that conunitrr.ent but will expand and broaden it to encompass all of our people. * * * * * * Republic ans Democrats ~·l assachusetts 1S60 1967 Change 1953·- 1960 Total real personal income (1968 prices , +$2954 +$50 EO $ million) $11, 859 14,813 19, 873 + 25% + 34% Real per capita income (1968 + $405 + $793 prices) $2468 $2873 $3666 + 16% + 2 8 % Total .. , , ·:·-Agricultura l emplc:y:;-,._ ~ t (thous.) 1845.0 1909. 9 2128.3 + 64.9 +218. 4 Rate of unemployment NA 5.1% 4 .2% NA -18% Ne t real incorr1e p :.: r farm (1 968 p .i ces) $3771 $3839 $4844 + $68 + $1005 + 2% + 26% (1 953- 54) (19 60-61) (1 966-67) ~nro llnen t in vocational P£ucation (Fiscal year, + 5.0 + £8 . 0 l ~ous ands) 62.6 67 . 6 135 .6 + 8% +101 % College enrollment (Fall of year , +4.1 . 2 + 101. 9 thousands ) 92.9 134 . 1 23 6. 0 +44% + 76% No . of 2- yr. institu tions of h igher learning (fall of year) 10 19 35 +9 +16 * * * * * . . . Page 3 SOCIAl. SECURITY I N NASSACHUSETTS (Exclud i ng M0dicare) Despite t he active opposition of the Republicans, Social Security legislation was passed by the De~ocrats and e xpanded by the Democrat s in the 1 ~4 0's and 1960's . 1953 1960 1. 967 No . of r e tired workers receiving Socia l Security benefits 151..1 293 . 0 414.9 (thousands) Aver age month ly Social Security $54.20 $ 77.25 $99 . 47 payrr.c nt to retired workers No . of beneficiaries receiving 226.0 500.0 692 .7 all types of Social Security benefits (thousands) Total annual payme nts to all $144.1 ~ ~: 12 .6 $674.8 Social Security beneficiaries ( $ million) Hassachusetts . Urban Unemployment Under Republicans and Democrats Unemployment Rates in Labor Harket Areas (Per cent) /!.REA ReEublican 1961 Democratic 5L68 Fall River 9.5% 4.2% New Bedford 9. 2 4 .0 Lowell 9 . 1 4.9 Brockton 7.4 3.6 Lawrc:>: !ce--Haverhill 7. 4 4.5 Springfield-Holyoke 6.7 4.6 vJorcester 6.6 3.5 Boster: 4.8 3.2 ~:urn.b er of Ar~a s Having Unemployment Hates of 6% or more 7 0 9!ti or more 3 5% 0 or less 1 8 REMARKS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RETAIL DRUGGISTS VICE PRES I DENT HUBERT H. HUMPHREY BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS OCTOBER 9, 1968 j_.lt is a special pleasure to be here today wi~n and women who are both my long-time friends and leaders in their communities~ /_,And the pleasure is even greater because the ~ational Association of Retail Druggists has shown the wisdom --and the sense of sound precedent-- to choose a man from Minnesota, my good friend George Wil harm, as president. With so many friends in this audience, I was a little surprised to read a poll the other day which said that Richard Nixon has the edge among the nation's pharmacists. J__ Don't worry. It's just a temporary indisposition, and I have a remedy which works pretty well. -2- LFirst, just ask yourself what Richard Nixon has ever done for the small businessman. Lrhen think about those three job-killing, profit-cutting Republican recessions in the 1950's.(vou and I know that the people --the workers and housewives, the pharmacists and small businessmen --are the ones who feel the pinch in a recession. L By now you're beginning to feel a lot better about the Democrats- well enough to start asking some questions about what Mr. Nixon is prescribing this year. l I've been trying to find that out myself --without much successv L He won't debate the issues .... He won't even discuss them. in public. LWhere does he stand on that treaty to keep atom bombs out of the hands of the Nassers and Castros of this world? c • . i , . , , ... · . ; · ... . ·:.; .... ·· . '·! :·.· . , •• ~ .. 0 : : ~ . . .. , ...... I . . , ... . .·. I , I ' t ' ' I .·::.· ·· .... : ... GI1'JGI or·Till YICI IIIIDM .· · · ~ ,. · ·' ··. . ·, .. . . . ,. . . · . . ·: YAIIIINGTOII · .. · ·· .. . ;· ... •, .. :.:· ·..· .. ' ·. ·... : .. .. .·. :}. i, ·I ~; /·~, 1~,: :' :·:·~ . ; ;l;~'it]~~}· " o •' I ·.· . •} '1 · .•· .:.-: . J. , . 1 ••_.! 1 ~"J l· 1. : ; .. :~: :: 1r1 1. ~ :.:: •}: • ·'.! · ~:;.; .\;., . ~ ...... ; ,· · ... ·. · ·"'· .. , . ·-;:.. · ·· <: · "~ ..~ . · ,;:." · August. 27, 1960 I . ' 1 l .. ' . :.• . , ... , : :~ ,:.. :: " • .' ; . ~ • •• , , : ·~. 0 , • : . : .. .; . • .. ( •. ·.: Doar Hr. rort. •...... ( ... .: , .; . .. .' ... . I I ' . • : Somo time baa elapaocl ainca JOU vrote to • coca• . .. ·. t.: ~ : . camin; ao-callocl fair trado lesialatioo• l WDt . . .. ~ ' . aDd 70'1 to kDov that JOUI" lettu cU.d not ao unnoticecl • . : ··. . . I. ·,·.· . , ..·' .. ·.:: l abare your viev renardina t danger• to our . I . ·. ·.. ·. ·; ~ ...... '·, '· . ·.. · ..... ecooom:,y iavolvad in tbta leaialatton •.,_.&.X.l._,..,y have noted ainCa : . you wrote tba t both the Justice and partmat~ bave ·.. .t :·' .. · .> tutf.fucl apinat auch billa. I • In rq opinion • f ra • or price•ftxina ia incoa• .. .. aiatent 1n a free entorpriaa Certainly at a time W. ·' . we are already greatly htsh pri.cea the paaaage of fair trade legialatton uta notbtDa to r ..aoaabla prioe atabf.lity ol" fu . ! . . ' ·· ." ,r· .. ) .. ' '. ~ . . . •. • I . . . :!:;. I ~: • ·.: •o • ~~:\ ' ..._: . : ... .; ... :·~ ... ,\ .' I ... .: ·· .. •' ·.... .; .. . ··-.' :·:·. ·::-·. ·: .. ~· ..... ·.:~•. ::·;. ' ·,, ·· .. ·... ·.· :.' .· .. ',,·: . : ' ~' :' ~ :• , ' • •' I ) ,. • . . .,_ • • • 0 ' o ~ • I • : ; .. . : .' . ~ : ••••• • · ,J . , • • ' ' I ' ·f'. ' ' ~ - .:·. ·.. . . • ' .. ·.~ ... ..· .. ' .. ; . ., -3- LWhere does he stand on ~reform to ease some of the burdens of the local taxpayer and the middle income taxpayer? Where does he stand on small business'r1i. !Wl.t'J.hwt.t~·~ ~~~ 7Take the Robinson -Patman Act, for example. ~ LThat law seeks to protect the small businessman against .. ~·;J abuses of economic power by the big~~ .. but it needs revision and modernization. L I stand ready to reexamine the problem of price discrimination and update the Robinson-Patman Act for the protection of small business. LWhat about Mr. Nixon? Have you received one of his private letters? -4- L I think Mr. Nixon has an obligation to speak out --publicly, and not in secret letters slipped under the door --especially when the interests of million small investors are involved .• L I'm beginning to think Mr. Nixon is taking the American people for granted --and I say that is no way to run for President of the United States. And I want to talk about it soberly ... constructively ... and I want to tell you how we can get results. (. Crime is something Mr. Nixon and Mr. Wallace talk about all the time. L With considerable skill they appeal to the fears and emotions of the American people ... and with equal irresponsibility, they neglect to spell out what they intend to do about the serious problem of crime in our society. -5- Ll understand the growing concern ... the deep unrest ... which the American people feel over the rising crime rate in America. LI know the dangers which small businessmen like yourselves must face every day ... the constant worry that perhaps your l.J. know your courage and your determination to stay in your place of business ... to serve your customers ... to play your vital role in your respective communities. J, And I salute you for all of this. As businessmen you have every right to ask: "Okay, what u ar¥, you going to do about it?", - L-.!.hat's what I intend to spell out today. -6- Mr. Wallace says a lot about crime. But he has, to the best of my knowledge, never bothered to say how he would fight crime as President of the United States. { I don't accept his oft-repeated sol uti on of running people over with his automobile as an adequate answer. • L Last week Mr. Nixon made a statement on crime. It contained four major recommendations. ~r. Nixon's advisors forgot to tell him that three of them -- 11 a Cabinet-level council 11 to coordinate Federal policy on the control and prevention of criml a National Coordinating Center and a National Academy of Law Enforcement --were already part of the Federal govern ment•s program to fight crime., The only new recommendations made by Mr. Nixon --the only recommendation he had not copied, from existing programs - was to suggest a series of nationwide town hall conferences on crime prevention. -7- t,...This sounds like either a call for the vigilantes or for more talk about crime. L. America doesn't need either one. The time for talking I I, is over -- wg nead actjQQ. - W.t/t\UJ~-And that's what I will give you as President. L No) we don't reed an~e studies ... commission reports ... conferences ... seminars ..• or bull sessions on how to fight crime. 1-... And so when Mr. Nixon forgets in his statement to talk about the additional resources urgently needed by state and- local -police, he fails totally to spell out a responsible program to reduce crime and violence in this country. L I think the bumper stickers are right ... "Support your local police. 11 ----.-..-~ - -8- l.;,.nd I say that he who refuses to support your local police with additional money ... that man refuses to support them at --all. --z: In present circumstance] these additional resources must come primarily from th,e Federal government, As you know wei Jour states and m!Jnicipali.ties simply lack the tax base to support major increases in their law enforcement budgets. 0 /-J;hen we look at our local;olice, what do we find? • ~e find that we have neglected and overlooked and shortchanged our policemen for decades. LOur police forces are undermanned ... and the men are ~ underpaid and often undertrained. '-., We give these brave men one of the most important jobs in ~ ~ __ ...... , our societyt.._!he n we pay them on the ave rage of two-thirds of ~ what is necessary to support a family in mode rate circumstances. () ~ -9- LWe make them the agents of social ordej and rightly demand that they behave lawfully in the face of extreme provocat1on from I awbreake rs. (.But we rarely give them the kind of quality training they know they need to do their jobs effectively., L!f..e don't give them modern technical equipment. L We even tie them up with clerical wor k unconnected with the business of preventing, deterring, and detecting crime, Lro wage war on crime in o-:-modern society, we need professional people whose training combines the highest standards 4 and the .~;estJ,nterdisciplinary training in crime prevention, crime control, and the protection of human rights. 1 L., That means professional pr grams in our colle~s and universiti~s. Too few have them today. - 10 -! I believe it also means new federally supported schools of criminal justice - -- like schools of law or schools of! medicine . As President, I would propose the assistance necessary to bring the vital work of law enforcement and crime prevention to professional standing. ~Councils for Civil Peace should be organized at the state, and where possible the mKOCt metropolitan level. Such a Council could include representation from all racial, religious and economic groups in the state •• • the state attorney! general' s office ••• the National Guard ••• law enforcement agencies and officials of local government. ~ It could provide a state community relations service designed to prevent violence and to gain community cooperation and hear the voices of those who have gone unheard. It could set up a coordinated early warning system so that coming disorders might - 10-A - be detected in advance, and perhaps, be stopped before they begin. It could establish a central communications network -- vital to effective law enforcement. A Council of Civil Peace could provide a way and a means for those who would be the innocent victims of violence to have an opportunity to forestall that tragedy and to bring to bear their knowledge , their information and their sense of citizenship. L. My Republican opponent has also avoided any discussion of one major issue which relates directly to reducing terror on our streets, protecting merchants from violence and murder, and innocent citizens from brutal attack-- the issue of firearms. ~We neither protect ol.f. selv': nor support our local police by condoning the e:;y acce:: to these weapons by criminals] assassins, snipers, the mentally disturbed, and narcotics addicts. - -II- Congress has finally acted to ban the mail order and ,. interstate sales of rifles, shotguns, and ammunition. tThe states pass registration and licensing I awl~ '1 ~~the next Congress must do so. This has been my position • i, But where does Mr. Nixon stand on this important question? 3 Hi~~$?~)M'f.et=;,:I~;I§~S=j~l!lll!flllld'S·l·G~i'i.llti?•m.. fjllli.IJI:I=I=' 1:~~~~~... ~Its we seek basic and high priority solutions to these problems, we cannot tolerate lawlessness and riots. However great the grievance, we must face the fact that every riot is unlawful. This violence must and will be ended. It is harmful to the fundanental l social goals we all seek. The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders made many important recommendations for the operation of the police, courts \ and jails as well as mil:ltary resources in preparing for and dealing with riots. These recommendations must be implemented; -- When a riot occurs, there must be rapid introduction of sufficient manpower into the area for prompt action, including,if necessary, augmentation of the police force by adequate numbers of military -- National Guard or regular Army. The emphasis must be on additional men rather than on guns. -35- Curfews should be established early and then system- atically tapered off when conditions permit. -- Minimum forco should be used, but arrests should be made rapidly and in sufficient number to stem the tide of violence; in other words, arrests rather than shooting. If necessary, tear gas or other nonlethal weapons should be used to contain violence. -- Police and military training for riot control is vital. Advance planning for the integration of local, state and federal forces is essential. There must be central command. -- Adequate communication must be provided for all forces. Access to and prompt evaluation of the necessary data is vital. We must know quickzy what is happening, where, and how many persons are involved. -- Mobilization of business and government facilities for community needs must be swift. The victims. of the riots will need food, housing, clothing and medt cal care. \ Advance planning must be undertaken for the administra- tion of justice, adequate jails, and an adequate number of judges for the courts in order to process the cases. -36- A central headquarters to provide authoritative sources of infcrmation should be planned. Dangerous rumors must be corrected as soon as possible. People must be given accurate and truthful information. This requires the cooperation of radio, television and press. It is absolutely essential that TV, in particular, and radio and press secondarily, accept their responsibility in these riot situations to report the facts but not to inflame the situation further. In the area of direct responsibility, the federal government should: Provide additional training for the National Guard units in each state in riot control, teamwork, and planning. Support small, highly-trained National Guard riot control units on continual alert, for short-term service in any community. These units should be directly con trolled by the individual state governments or, where appropriate, by the community itself. Stand ready to respond to any legitimate call from states or cities for military manpower in the event of massive disorders. -37- See to it that training and proper equipment are avail able to criminal justice personnel responsible for con trolling disorder. Encourage local efforts to bring into the control process the chief victims of riots -- the ghetto dwellers them- selves. Continuously study, update and disseminate to local communities the latest information on control efforts. Delinquency and Youth Crime hope for significantly and continuously is to cut into juvenile d youth crime. arrests for against property arrests against the 70 percent of first offenders were under Recidivism rates for young offenders are Estimates indicate that one referred to juvenile act (excluding traffic 18th birthday. change in any of would result in a substantial, improvement in the national crime problem. -12- massive ~These are the specific actions I would take as President to reduce crime and stop riots. I could give you figures to prove that the top seven crime states in the country have Republican Governors --and law enforcement in this country is primarily a state and local matter. { I could < give you figures to prove , that Governor Agnew's Maryland leads the nation in violent crime --and that George Wallace governed a state with the highest murder rate in the nation. LBut Governors ... or Attorneys General ... or Presidents do not commit crime. Criminals ID mmit crime. ' S PE..ECH -- October 9, 1968 National Assoc. of Retai I Druggists Being here today is a special pleasure for me, because· I am among· men and women who both . . e my long-time friends, and who are leaders in communities across the land. And the pleasure is enhanced because N.A.R.D. has shown the wisdom of picking a man from Minnesota, my goad friend George Wilharm, as president. Four ye~rs ago, in San Francisco, I spoke to you-- as· I had many times before-- as an old friend, and also as a candidate for Vice President of the United States. Today I speak again as an old friend, and as a candidate for the highest office in our land. And I hope you will invite me back again to speak to you as President of the United States~ With so many friends in this audience, I was somewhat surprised to read a poll contending that more of the nation's pharmacists favor Richard Nixon for President than support me. My surprise was not just because I am a pharmacist, and h~ve so long advocated legislation to help them and other small businessmen . My surprise was because I think the pharmacists who are for my o.pponent may have forgotten 11 11 to ask themselves the question-- \Nhat has Dick Nixon eve.r done for the small businessman? -- aside from three recessions while he was Vice President. ....~. ~t's a hard question to answer-- as are most questions about Mr. Nixon's specific positions .on the key issues of this campaign. He's been so silent on so much that a pharmacist friend of mine '1 suggested my opponent has been taking tranquilizers, and that his name should be Richard "Miltown 11 Nixon. L,;;·ow, ask yourse If, what has Hubert Humphrey done for the small bu ~i ne ssman, and -- in fact- for all the American economy. In the four years since I addressed your meeting in San Francisco, our economy has continued the unparalleled expansion that begaJ in 1961. Our Gross National Product-:-- adjusted for price rises-- is $703 billion a year, up $215 ------· ~~ . ~ ~ n the eight years of the Kennedy-Johnson-Humphrey administrations. This means more spending by ...... , nsumers in small businesses. - ~ .. ' ·..; -l- The average factory worker's wages-- again adjusted for price increases -- have risen ethan 15/'o f~om 19"60 to this year. This means a better standard of living for these workers, I . . I . . . . ._ .and more business for you! . . • • And u . ne ~ ployme~t has dropped from the 196Q..E~{"'*:revel or-5"/. to 3.5"/o of the labor force today. -This prosperity has brought more jobs, more customers, better products, greater demand, and .· more profits. And you have shared directly in our economy's growth. Last year, according to the Lilly Digest, the average sejf-employed pharmacist's pre-tax income-- Splary and profits-- was $23,888, up more than $5,200-- or over 31/'o --from the 1960 figure. - - Now, ·these figures may not be very important to a big Wall Street lawyer. But they are to me, and not only because of my many years o~ N.A. R. D.· membership, and the fact that the Humphrey Pharmacy, in Huron, S.D., is in its 65th year as·a family-owned enterprise,The economic progress u have made is important to me because small business is the keystone of America's prosperity. --As-small-business-goes ,so-does--hi g-.business,....and -it's about time-everyone- in this country realized that~ Despite the progress that has been made in recent years, there" is much more your government in Washington must do to help the small businessman. And it's going to be done in the Humphrey Administration! great work of legislation, now 32 years old, the Robinson-Patman Act. ~------~ - .. ------·- - - --·-·- -··------~ j_..t,nd in striving to strengthen this Magna Carta of small business, I will work shoulder-to shoulder with that great American who helped make it a law, Congressman Wright Patman. This law no longer serves fully as a bulwark against vicious price discrimination. While still und in principle and purpose, the Robinson-Patman Act cannot. effectilely cope with the newer,.• more...... v so phi sti cated -- but no less dead I y -- forms of price favoritism. ~ ------....__...... ; . ~ ..:: ~ ·V.. - 3- . i . I 1 have discussed this with Congressman Patman, and he agrees with me on the need to . . modernize the Act to ou."tlaw every form of price discrimination injurious. to small business.· And he d me to call upon the pharmacists to spearhead this legislative campaign just as you did back in • 1936 in passing the original Act. . ~other thing the Humphrey Administration will dci is strengthen ·and expand even further the Small Business Administration. I am proud to say that the number ~f loans made by SBA in the past five years is more than two-and-one-half times the numb~r made in the preceding 10 years. -- 0 • • c:: L,!or those of you who have not had the financial b~cking to get some ·of those choice J.ocati~ns in . suburban shopping centers, there will be ~n _expansion of the lease guarantee program. It pro - -vi"des guarantees ·tn aCenable small druggists and other" businessmen to compete for shopping center sites.~lso to be stepped up under the HumphreY Administration will be the availability of low-cost loans to help businesses forced to relocate beca~of urban renewal programs. . · 4,et anothe·r step tte Humphrey Administration will t_ake that"will aid the small businessman is launching of a unified, non-partisan, national campaign to meet th·e challenge of crime; and the paralyzing fear it produces. Perhaps more than any other small businessman, you druggists must feel that you can safely keep your stores open late at night for both the protection of the public health, and the convenience of your customers. A_ecause this is such a vital question, I am deeply troubled at the wild _rhetoric some candidates l ___are....using when .discussing crime, and their making ita.partisan Lssue. _ Some. candidates are using statistics on crime the way a drunkard uses a lamppost-- more to Jean on than for illumination. ___ __., _._.. - - - - ~- ---~ -.. - .. . I could give you FBI figures that list the top seven crime states-- all with Republican - governors. And figures showing that 23 of the 25 states with .Democratic governors are below the governors, Republican or Democratic • • and not ·V.. . . - 4·- by attorneys general, Republican o·r Democratic. It is time to .stop the double-talk, and instead to talk sense to the American people. I have comprehensive program to strengthen state and local law enforcement agencies. I am solidly I • ~ <:: committed to mae federal funds to be used locally to hire more police, pay them better salaries, and train them more effectively. Mr. Nixon says nothing about money to strengthen locarpolice. This key question of paying the bills for effective law enforcement is separating ·the leaders from the partisan politicians. Let me detail what I, as President, will do about the problem of crime. My public career began as mayor of Minneapolis. When I took office, the city was racket-ridden. 'Mlen 1 left for the Senate four years later, we had driven the rackets out. So I can speak to you with· some authority. LJ.. cleaned up Minneapolis by being fair, being tough, spending enough, and-- above all- knowing the ·enemy •••. knowing who he is, where he is, how he is supplied, his objective and tactics, weak poin ts, and what is needed to beat him. · -- - - -1 · ;-i~~t ~~· ~ · ;g· m-; j ·t·;~ime? It is mostly juveniles and young adul~s. Crime rates for adults have remained relatively staole, and the entire increase in the crime rate since 1960 \\SS caused by persons under 18. This shows that our tactics must be aimed at giving young people positive activities to lead __ _them_away from _crime ·olence . We must develop new programs designed to strengthen family ties. -- -- -~~~we · m~- st change -our welfare system, which often disru-pts 'rather ~han .fosters family life.· .;/t M.ost schools close at 4 p.m. and over the weekend. We need constructive activities after classes-- for parents as well as childr.en. ,... ' **More extensive day-care. ceniers would help working mothers provide a healthy environment : young children. - _:--.. -~ ,. ·V.. - 5- * *For older children we must provide a wide variety of constructive P'Ograms -- .after school, during weekends, and throughout the summer. ~m·:W.s such ·as the police boys clubs know this,· and have actedLT!:,.se programs are just as • important-- even more important-- than courts, police and prisons. LJ. have spent three years as Vice President heading a national project to give our young peogle -- especially fgrgptten ygyths of our slum~-- the chance to hold a job, set to school, ansJ,compete in ·• aas sports. I found that, given an eyeg break, few kids are going to let you down. • - . . 4 the long run, we can only cut crime by getting at its causes: slums, unemployment, rundown schools and houses. This is where crime begins and where. it must end. ~At the same time-- and with equal commitment-- we must press tre battle on crime itself, and with all the resources at our command. A!;at are our forces? First, there are the front-line forces-- the local police who carryt.he burden of our battle against crime. Yet we have shortchanged our pol icemen for decades. Our lice forces are undermanned. Th; men are underpaid an·d often undertr~ined 1 /..iie give these brave men one of the most important jobs in our society. Then we pay them two-thirds of what is necessary to support a family in moderate circumstances . ~We make them the agents of social order, and rightly demand that they behave lawfully in the face of extreme provocation from lawbreakers. But we rarely give them the kind of training they need to do their jobs effective! y . LWe don't give them modern technical equipment. We even tie them up with clerical work unconnect ed with the business of preventing, deterring, and detecting crime . We don't adequately train them in community relations. ~e just don't back t~em up. Is it any wonder that we often don't have the kind of law enforce- ment we want, demand, and deserve? ~m going to do something about it. As President, I will put the resources of tre Fede;al · government~- for the first time on a major scale -- behind our local .police forces. :·. _;.. ·V,. - . - 6- ~ Second~we have our courts. We hear in some quarters today that the courts are causes of /--r...., • ·me ••• that they condone it. Courts are an easy target for anyone who wants to find an easy I . s;apegoat to exp\lain in ~ ction. .. • . .• : ~r courts 're ethical and devoted to justice LWher~ our courts fai I , ihey do so primarily I because they are understaffed, overworked, and overcrowded. The solution is to give the courts . ~ the tools to do their job. And I wi II do just that. 4 Federal government will support training and recruitment of court per~onnel~ and we will make the criminal justice process in the District of Columbia a model for the nation. ~rd, we have our correctional institutions. Wh;nJ2 per cerit of all people arrested are repeaters, these institutions are not providing adequate correction., Too often our prisons provide 1 ' .. L only custody, not,rehabilitation._ - c:z. lsi ai:•·fs· ~ ~They are not :signed to help as many prisoners as poss:ble and to protect society against the They are not institutions to provide work and education ••• but merely schools for crime. This J.,._As President, I would propose that the Federal governmert provide assistance to our state and local correctional institutions--- while also doing a more effective job in Federal penitentiaries, k,e can and will rehabilitate o~nders who can be returiled to society to live productive I ives. And we will protect the pub I ic from those we cannot cure. <""\ ~e private citizen-- and especially you businessmen-- also ca:n pla.ya key r.ole in reducing crime and delinquency, by offering employment opportunities t'o those seeking to return to a law-abiding wcG - life after a criminal conviction. ~educing the number of repeaters is crucial to controlling crime The National Crime Commission has pointed out that inability to get a job-- or the training needed to qual1fy for one-- often makes ·t most difficult, if not impossible, for those released from prison to avoid the pressures leading to a ~ ..... dreer in crime. R_some . ~ommunities, businessmen have s~t up trai~in9 programs in prisons}o help develop - ' .. ~ ·V.: .. skills needed for particular kinds of work on the outside, and have guaranteed jobs in that field wheri the man is released • . We must expand lhese efforts, for only in such ways can the costly cycle of lifetime careers in crim.e be reduced. " Loc~l• police,- courts, ---4Wlc9rrectiona_!_institutions, rehabilitation--- we can radically improve them all. But to cope with crime, we must go farther. LTo wage war on crime, we need professional people whose training combines the highest . standards and the best training in crim; prevention, crime control, and the protection of human rights. LJhat means professional programs in our colleges and universities. Too few have them today. I..J.t also means new federally supported schools of criminal justice-- like schools of law or schools of medicine. As Pre$ident, I would propose the assistance necessary to bring tte vital work of law enforcement and crime prevention to professional standing. ~n the issue of crime in America. there is no substitute for plain talk ••. honest talk •• ·• and responsible talk. Lt.nd .so I put it plainly: rioting, burning, sniping, mugging, traffic in narcotics and disregard the law are the advance guard of anarchy. They must-·- and they will-- be stopped. And so I .put it responsibly:- The answer ·does not lie in attacks on out courts, or our laws, or law enforcement officials: ·z The answers I ie in reasoned, effective action by state, lo~al and f~deral authority-- each bearing its share of the burden .•• each exercising its rightful responsibility to protect the lives and property of all our citizens . 1-»t do not want a poli~ state . But we must have a state of law and justice. I say the time . - .______.._..,. .. 111111.... - . ttas come· to support our local police. L....t say we must support them with action -- not with slofjjns. . - . /»;..must support them with better salaries-- so they can raise their families in security and dignity /,lJ.,e must support them withbetter training -- so they have the skills needed to fight crime ... cess fully. we must support them with better equipment -- so they have the benefit of every· techno- logical advance. :.·.. _. _ __ _ _ ·- -- U"' ---.--:- · · · : ··· ~ -:\· -- -- ... ~. ~-· -:- - .-·.·:: ·-- - --, -· ·V.. ; · ~ · - i · ~ · :' Lwe must support our police with effective gun control legislation -- for we know that the use of guns to murder in cities with weak gun laws is nearly double. that in cities with. strong laws. And know that of the 355 police officers murdered since 1960, 96 per cent were killed with guns •. ~nd we must support our poli~e by"building communities and neighborhoods of law observance-- where citizens otey the law willingly because the law is just and because their lives have meaning and opportunity-- and that means jobs, education, training, and above all, a spirit of true community . and equality among all our people. (And,· in the end, we !11USt sup~ort our police with dollars as well as with sense. Because all these things are not cheap. Finally, I think it is time for moratorium on emotion and lack of reason when .it comes to this issue. The only question about civil peace in America is this: How do we best get it? " I have given some suggestions td[d}y. And I guess my final summing up would be this: Civil peace is made up, in two equal parts, of order and justice. L My viewon this subject can be capsulized in a saying lheard recently. It is this-- "Law agd. Order without Justice, is like Faith and Hope without Charity". /.....Of course we must, and shal~ have law and order, b.ut we can't have it with any degree of permanen ess - it is founded--- fundamental . I upon justice. It is· possible, of course, to have law and order by lining up the Army on the streets of our cities. But what happens when the soldiers leave? Order can be imposed by repression -- it has been at many times.: in many places. Ge.rmany and Italy, under Hitler and Mussolini, had one form of law and order. The streets were safe, or rea~on ably so • .But the means use:i was repression -- a dictatorship, based on secret poli.ce, with no citizen reall safe. ~at wa~ law... and order without justice, and a society without justice is not the kind of a society we can, or will, have in America. "1. Order and justice go together. You can't separate them. People must obey the law. And the law must be enforced. At the .same time, people must feel that the S ·V.. -9- .(' . I . ,. .. offers them justice in the true sense. So we have to keep moving on both fronts. We can't let down on either. And so 1 appeal not to your fears, but to your reason~ I ask yuu to vote your hopes, not your hates. I ask you to join me in building in America a society where the rule of law is supreme, and where the people live by that law-- because it is just. I ask your help. CDAS -- 10/1/68) ~ . . ·-:: ·V.: -13- LCampaign oratory never caught a thief or stopped a riot. So let's talk sense about this issue. L,rhe only question about civil peace in America is this: how do we best get it? I have given you a specific, straightforward program. j__reople must obey the law. And the law must be enforced. At the same time, people must feel that the society of law in which they live offers them justice in the true sense. So we have to keep moving on both fronts. We can't let down on either. And so I appeal not to your fears, but to your reason. I ask you to vote your hopes, not your hates. I as k you to join me --with faith in the essential greatness of this country-- in building in America a society where the -14- rule of law is supreme, and where the people live by that law --because it is just. I ask your help. # # # • f DEM FD R HHH DC ATT NTION : GENE CARLSON REMARKS VICE PRESIDENT HUBERT H . HUMPHREY NATIONAL AS~~ OF RETAIL DRUGGISTS BOSTON, MASS. OCTOBER 9, 1968 IT IS A SPECI.P.L PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY wiTH Iv:IEN At\ID WOMEN Y.HO ARE BOTH MY LONG-TIME FRIENDS .Al.\JD LEADERS IN TtiEIR CO t'1IviUNITIES· AND THE PLEASURE IS EVEN GREATER BECAUSE THE NATIO AL ASSN • OF R TAIL DRUGGISTS HAS SHOwN THE wi SDOM -- AND TH SENSE OF SOUND PRECEDENT -- TO CHOOSE A MAN FRO , MINNESOTA, MY GOOD FRIEND GOERGE WILHARM, AS PRESIDE~T . < GEORGE WILHARM > WITH SO MANY FRIENDS IN THIS EUDIENCE, I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED TO READ A POLL THE OTHER DAY \tH I GH SAID THAT RICHARD NIXON HAS THE EDGE .AMONG THE NAT! ON ' S PHARMACISTS. DON ' T WORRY . IT ' S JUST A TEMPORARY INDISPOSITION, AND I HAVE A REMEDY WHICH WORKS PRETTY WELL . FIRST, JUST ASK YOURSELF wHAT RICHARD NIXON HAS EVER DONE FOR 1HE SMALL BUSINESSMAN . TrlEN THINK ABOUT THOSE THREE JOB- KILLING, PROFI1- CITTING REPUBLICAN RECESSIONS IN TtiE 1950 ' S • YOU AND I N KNOW 1HAT THE PEOPLE -- TtiE \\URKERS AND HOUSEWIVES, THE PHARM.ACI STS AND SMALL BUSINESSMEN -- ARE 1HE ONES \vHO FEEL THE INCH IN .A RECESSION . BY NOW YOU ' RE BEGINNING TO FEEL .A LOT BETTER .ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS WELL ENOUGH TO START .ASKING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT v.HAT MR. NIXON IS PRESCRIBING THIS YER. IVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THAT OUT MYSELF -- WITHOUT MUCH SUCCESS. IN HE v~N'T DEBATE THE ISSUES •••• HE WON ' T EVEN DISCUSS THEM PUBLIc. vJHERE DOES HE ST.Al.\ID ON THAT TREATY TO KEEP ATOM BOMBS OUT 0 F THE HANDSOF THE N.ASSERS AND CASTROSOF THIS vJORLD· ? vJHERE DOES HE STAND ON FISCAL REFORM TO EASE SOME 0 F THE BURDENS OF THE LOCAL TAXPAYER AND THE MIDDLE INCOME TAXPAYER? WHERE DOES HE WTAND ON SMALL BUSINESS? T.AKE THE ROBINSON- PATMAN ACT, FDR EXAMPLE. niAT LAW SEEKS TO PROTECT 1HE SMALL BUSINESSMAN AGAINST ABUSES . ' ECONOMIC POWER BY OF THE BIG CHAINS ••• BUT IT NEEDS REVISION ZATION . A\SD MODERNI I STP~D READY TO REEXAMINE THE PROBL&~ OF PRICE DISCRIMINATION P.ND UPDATE THE ROBINSON - PATMAN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF SMALL BUSINESS. WHAT ABOUT MR . NIXON? HAVE YOU I THINK MR . NIXON HAS AN OBLIGATION TO SPEAK OUT -- PUBLICLY A\JD NOT IN SECRET , LETTERS SLIPPED UNDER THE DOOR -- ESPECIALLY T'rlE INTERESTS wHEN OF MILLION SMALL INVESTORS ARE INVOLVED. I'M BEGINNING TO THINK MR . NIXON IS TAKING THE AMERI C.AN PEOPLE FUR GRANTED -- AND I SAY THAT IS NO WAY TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF U'J I TED STATES. THE * * * TO DAY I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A PROBLEM 0 F REAL CON CERN TO 1HE SMALL BUSINESSMEN • • • TO ALL OF US -- THE PROBLEL\1 OF CRIME. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT SOBERLY ••• CONSTRUCTIVELY ••• AND I WANT TO TELL YOU HO vJ t•JE CAN GET RESULTS. CRII"lE IS SOMETH ING MR · NIXON AND MR . WALLACE TALK TIME. ABOUT ALL 1HE WITH CONSIDERABLE SKILL lliEY APPEAL TO THE FEARS AND EMOTIONS 0 F THE AMERICAN PEOPLE •. • AND WI Tr! EQUPl.. IRRESPONSI BILl TY , 1HEY NECLECT TO SPELL OUT WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO ABOUT THE SERIOUS PROBLEL'1 OF CRIME IN OUR SOCIETY. I UNDERSTAND THE GROWING CONCERN ••• THE DEEP UNREST • •• WHICH THE ArVIERI CAN PEOPLE FEEL 0 VER THE R ISING CRIME RATE IN AMERICA. I KNOW THE DANGERS WHICH SMALL BUSINESSMEN LIKE YOUBSEl.. VES MUST FACE EVERY DAY • • • THE CON STANT \oJORRY TI-IAT PERHAPSYO UR STORE WILL BE HELD UP TODAY •• OR 1HATYOUR PLACE OF BUSINESS \IHLL BE BURGLARIEI AT NI Gl-iT• I KNOW YOUR COURAGE AND YOUR DETERJ."liNATiON TO STAY IN YOUR PLACE OF BUSINESS ••• TO SERVE YOUR CUSTOMERS ••• TO PLAY YOUR VITAL ROLE IN YOUR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES . AND I SALUTE YOU FOR ALL OF THIs. AS BUSINESSMEN YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO ASK: " OKAY, vJHAT ARE YOU GO IN G TO DO ABOUT I T? " THAT ' S WHAT I INTEND TO SPELL OUT TODAY · l ' twlR · WP.LLACE SAYS A LOT .ABOUT I DON ' T ACCEPT HIS OFT- REPEATED SOLUTION OF RUNNING PEOPLE OVER WITH HIS AUTOMOBILE AS AN ADEQUATE ANSWER . LAST WEEK MR . NIXON MADE A STATEMENT ON CRIME· IT CONTAINED FOUR MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS. MR . NIXON ' S ADVISORS FORGOT TO TELL HIM THAT THREE 0 F THEM -- A "CABINET- LEVEL COUNCIL" TO COORDI$TE FEDERAL POLl CY ON THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF CRIME, A NATIONAL COORDINATING CENTER AND NA A NATIONJl.L ACADEMY OF LA\v E.'\JFORCEMENT -- w"ERE ALREADY PART OF THE FEDERP.L GOVERNMENT ' S PRO GRAM TO FIGHT CRHIJE• THE ONLY NEW RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY MR· NIXON -- THE ONLY RECOMMENDATION HE HAD NOT COPIED, FROl"l EXISTING PROGRAMS -- WAS TO SUGGEST A SERIES OF NATIONWIDE TOY.N HALL CONFERENCES ON CRIME PREVENTIOW THIS SOUNDS LIKE EITHER A CALL FOR THE VIGILANTES OR FOR MORE TALK ABOUT CRIME. Ar1ERICA DOESN ' T NEED EITHER ONE. THE TIME FOR TALKING IS OVER WE NEED ACTION • AND THAT ' S w"HAT I wiLL GIVE YOU AS PRESIDENT· NO , WE DON ' T NEED ANY MO R E STUD! E.S • • • COMl"li SSION REPORTS • • • CONFERENCES ••• SEMINARS· · · ORBULL SESSIONS ON HOW TO FIGHT CRIME· AND SO V.lHEN MR . NIXON FORGETS IN HIS STATEMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES URGENTLY NEEDED BY STATE Al\JD LOCAL POLl CE, HE FAILS TOTALLY TO SPELL OUT A RESPONSIBLE PRO GRAI."l TO REDUCE CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY . I THINK THE BUMPER STICKERS ARE RIGHT • •• "SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL POLl CE. " AND I SAY THAT HE WHO REFUSES TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL POLICE WITH ADDITIONAL .MONEY ••• THAT MAN REFUSES TO SUPPORT THEM AT ALL · IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES, THESE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MUST COME PRIMARILY FROM 'ffiE FEDERP.L GOVERNMENT. AS YOU KNOw WELL , OUR STATES A~D MUNICIPJl.LITIES SIMPLY LACK THE TAX BASE TO SUPPORT MAJOR INCREASES IN THEIR LA\tJ ENFORCEMENT BUDGETS· vTrlEN wE LOOK AT OURLOCAL POLl CE, WHAT DO vlE FIND? WE FIND THAT WE HAVE NEGLECTED AND OVERLOOKED AND SHORTCHANGED OURPOLICEMENFOR DECADES . OUR POLl CE FORCES AREUNDERMANNED ••• AND THE MEN ARE U~DERPAI D AND OFTEN liNDERTRAINED. wE GIVE THESE BRAVE ME.I\J ONE OF 1HE MOST SOC! IMPORTANT JOBS IN OUR ETY • THEN WE PAY THEM ON 1HEAVERAGE 0 F TwO - THIRDS 0 F \oJH:.AT IS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT .A F~MILY IN MODERATE CIRCUMSTANCES. \vE MAKE THEM THE .AGENTS OF SOCIAL ORDER, .Al'lD R IGHTLY DEMAND THAT TliEY BEHAVE LAWFULLY IN THE FACE OF EXTREME PROVOCATION FROM L.AWBREAKER.b BUT E RARELY GIVE THEM TilE KIND OF QUALITY TRAIN NEED TO DO I NG THEY KNOW THEY THEIR JOBS EFFE~TIVELY . \<1E DON ' T GIVE THEM MODERN TECHNICAL EQUI PMENT• WE EVEN TIE TEM UP WITH CLERIC~L WORK UNCONNECTED WI TH OF PREVENTING, DETERRING THE BUSINESS , AND DETECTING CRIME. TO WAGE WAR ON CRIME IN OUR MODERN SOCIETY lYE NEED PEOPLE vlliOSE TRAINING PROFESSIONAL COMBINES THE HIGHEST STANDARDS I NTERDISCIPLINA A~D THE BEST RY TRAINING IN CRIME PREvENTION THE , CRIIvJE CONTROL, AND PROTECTION OF HUM~.N R I GHTS• THAT MEANS PROFESSI ONAL PROGR.AlvJS IN OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TOO FEv1 HAVE THEM TODAY · · I BELIEVE IT ALSO MEANS NEW FEDERALLY CRIMINAL SUPPORTED SCHOOLS OF JUSTICE -- LIKE SCHOOLS OF LAW OR SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE. AS PRES! DENT, I \vOULD PROPOSE 1HE ASSISTANCE NECESSARY THE VI TAL WORK OF TO BRING LAW ENFORCEMENT .Ai'JD CRIME PREVENTION STANDING. TO PROFESSIONAL * * * MY REPUBLICAN OPPONENT HAS ALSO AVOIDED ANY MAJOR ISSUE DI SCUSSION OF ONE WH ICH RELATES DIRECTLY TO REDUCING TFRROR ON OUR STREETS, PROTECTING MERCH~.NTS FROM VIOLENCE ~..1.\JD MURDER. ~.ND INNOCENT FROM BRUTAL ATTACK CITIZENS -- THE ISSUE OF FIREARMS . WE NEITiiER PROTECT OURSELVES NOR SUPPORT OUR LOCAL PO LICE BY CONDONING THE EASY ACCESS TO THESE WE.APONSBY CRH1INALS, ASSASSING, SNIPERS, TH:E MENTPLLY DISTURBED , AND NARCOTICS ADDICTS. CONGRESS HAS FINALLY ACTED TO BAN TilE MAIL ORDER SALES OF R I VLES AND INTERSTATE , SHOTGUNS, AND AMMUNITION . PROMPTLY IF TI-iE STATES DO NOT ACT TO PASS REGISTRATION AND LICENSING LAWS, THE NEXT CONGRESS MUST DO SO . THIS HAS BEEN MY POSITION -- I NOW REPEAT MY FOR SUCH ACTION . SUPPORT BUT WRERE DOES MR · NIXON STAND ON THIS I MPORTANT HE SAYSHE HAS QUESTIO N? SPOKEN OUT ON 167 MS£:0- WSY CC IS UES· GUN CONTROL EVIDENTLY NOT ~.MONG THEM • FINALLY, R IOTI NG IN .AMERICAN CITIES MUST STOP· IT THERE IS LOOTING AND BURNING IT MUST -- AI\JD IT wiLL -- BE PUNISHED ACCORDING TO THE LAWS AGAINST 1HEFT ~.ND ARSON . AS PRESIDENT, I viOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR NATIONAL GUARD UN! TS IN RIOT CONTROL , TEAMWORK AND PLANNING· I WOULD MAINTAIN SMALL, HI GHLY:TR.AINED UNITS NATIONAL GUARD RIOT CONTROL ON CONTINUAL ALERT, FOR SHORT- TERM SERVICE IN .ANY COMMUNITY • .AND I vX>ULD STAND READY TO RESPOND TO AY LEG! TIMATE STATES OR Cl CALL FROM Tl ES FOR MILl TARY MANPOWER IN THE EVENT 0 F MASSIVE DISORDERS· THESE SPECIFIC ACTIONS I WOULD TAKE AS @RESIDENT .AND STOP R IOTS. TO REDUCE CRIME I COULD GIVE YOU FIGURES TO PROVE THAT THE TOP SEVEN CRIME IN THE COUNTRY HAVE REPUBLICAN STATES GOVEP.NORS-- .At."'JD LAW ENFORCEt'VlENT COUNTRY IS PRIMARILY IN TI:Il S .A STATE AND LOCAL MATTER. I COULD GIVE YOU FIGURES TO PROVE THAT GOVERNOR AGNEW ' S MARYLAND LEADS THE NATION IN VIOLENT CRIME -- AND lliAT GEORGE WALLACE A STATE WITH THE HIGHEST GOVERNED MURDER RATE IN THE NATION . BUT GO VERNOR$ • • • OR ATTOP.NEY S GENERAL •. OR COMMIT CRIME PRES! DENTS 00 NOT . CR I MINALS COMMIT CRIME. CAMPA! GN ORATORY NEVEP CAUGHT .A THOEF OR STOPPED A RIOT. SO LET'S TALK SENSE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THE ONLY QUESTION ABOUT CIVIL PEACE IN AMERICA ISTHIS: WE BEST GET IT? HOW DO I HAVE GIVEN YOU A SPEC! FI c, STRAI GHTFOR\aJ.ARD PRO GRA~ . PEOPLE MUST OBEY THE LAW. AND THE LAW MUST BE ENFORCED· AT THE SAME TIME, PEOPLE MUST FEEL THAT THE SOCIETY OF LAW 1HEY LIVE OFFERS 1HEM IN WHICH JUST! CE IN 1HE TURE SENSE. SO WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVING ON BOTH FRONTS. WE EITHER. C.AN ' T LET DOV.N ON AND SO I APPEAL NOT TO YOUR FEARS, BUT TO YOUR REASON . I .ASK YOU TO VOTE YO t)R HOPES, NOT YOUR HATES • I ASK YOU TO JOINME -- WITH FAITH IN THE ESSENTIAL GREATNESS OF THIS COuNTRY -- IN BUILDING IN .AMERICA A SOC! ETY YJHERE RULE OF LA\v IS SUPREME THE , AND VJHERE THE PEOPLE LIVE IT IS JUST· BY THAT LAW -- BECAUSE I ASK YOU HELP . # # # END OF TEXT FOR BOSTON . 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. 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