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DRAFT DON NICKLES I AM PROUD TO BE HERE IN CITY TO TALK WITH MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR PARTY HERE IN OKLAHOMA AND ACROSS THE NATION. OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, YOUR STATE AND YOUR PARTY HAVE PRODUCED TWO GREAT SEN- ATORS -- OUR BELOVED FRIEND DEWEY BARLETT WHOSE MEMORY WILL NEVER DIE, AND OKLAHOMA'S CURRENT SENIOR SENATOR, . I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT HENRY. AS THE RANKING REPUB- LICAN SENATOR ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, HENRY HAS PROVEN TO BE ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE LEADERS IN OUR COUNTRY'S STRUGGLE FOR ECONOMIC REJUVENATION. HIS CONSTANT AND STEADY VOICE ON THE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE WAS OF BENEFIT NOT ONLY TO THE OKLAHOMA RANCHER AND FARMER, BUT TO ALL OUR NATION'S CONSUMERS. HENRY'S COMMON-SENSE APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING WILL BE SORELY MISSED IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. HIS FOOTSTEPS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW BUT ONCE AGAIN, YOUR PARTY HAS CHOSEN, AND CHOSEN WISELY, A MAN WITH THE CAPACITY TO BUILD ON HENRY'S RECORD OF SERVICE TO THE NATION AND TO HIS STATE. YOU ALL KNOW DON NICKLES AND YOU ALL KNOW HE IS UP TO THE JOB. THIS YEAR THE DEMOCRATS ARE FRIGHTENED AND FOR THE REPUBLICANS AND FOR ALL AMERICANS IT IS THE YEAR OF OPPORTUNITY. I SAY IT IS THE YEAR OF OPPOR- TUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO RETURN OUR COUNTRY TO THE PRINCIPALS OF FREEDOM AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY WHICH ARE THE CORNERSTONES OF OUR REPUBLIC. THERE ARE MOMENTS IN HISTORY WHICH DO NOT REPEAT THEMSELVES. NOVEMBER 4, 1980, IS SUCH A MOMENT. OUR NATION IS IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. REPUBLICANS ALL OVER THIS NATION ARE POINTING OUT THE DEFICIENCIES OF PRESIDENT CARTER AND HIS DEMOCRAT FRIENDS IN THE CONGRESS - - THE FOREIGN POLICY FAILURES , TH E

n nMFSTTl. HPHEAVAL , THE TOTALLY INADEQUATE ECONOMIC POLICY , INCONSISTENT ENE RGY POLICY AND A FARM POLICY WHICH CONSISTENTLY SINGLES OUT OUR AGRICUL- TURAL COMMUNITY AS THE CAUSE NOT THE VICTIM OF INFLATION. ALL OF THESE AND MORE ARE THE PRODUCT OF THIS NATION'S MAJORITY PARTY. THE CASE AGAINST THE DEMOCRAT PARTY CONTINUING AS THE MAJORITY PARTY IS AN EASY AND JUSTIFIABLE ONE

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TO MAKE. IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AND A CHANGE IN DIRECTION FOR OUR NATION. OUR OPPORTUNITY MUST NOT BE OVERSHADOWED BY RHETORIC DETAILING WHAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BUT RATHER OUR OPPORTUNITY LIES IN TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE AS REPUBLICANS WANT TO DO FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. IN 1980 THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OFFERS AMERICA ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVES TO THE TRADITIONAL DEMOCRAT MORE-OF-THE-SAME POLICIES WHICH HAVE PRODUCED AN ERA OF HIGH TAXATION, HIGH INFLATION, UNREASONABLE GOVERNMENT REGULATION, AND RISING UNEMPLOYMENT. AFTER ALMOST THREE DECADES OF FIGHTING AN UPHILL BATTLE AGAINST THE ENCROACHMENT OF GOVERNMENT, AGAINST INCREASED GOVERNMENT TAXATION AND SPENDING, THE ISSUES OF 1980 ARE OURS. FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS I HAVE TRAVELED ALL ACROSS THE NATION, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT AMERICA'S PROBLEMS ARE THE SAME AS YOURS HERE IN AND ALL ACROSS YOUR STATE. THE VOTERS WANT A FIRM COMMITMENT TO REDUCING GOVERNMENT IN ALL ITS ASPECTS. THEY WANT A COMMITMENT TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND A RETURN TO THE COMMON SENSE POLITICS WHICH PRODUCED OUR GREAT AMERICAN EXPERIMENT. THE REST OF THE WORLD IS BEGINNING TO VIEW US AS A PAPER TIGER. ALL · THE POLLS AND ALL THE DENIALS OF THE ADMINISTRATION CAN'T CHANGE THE FACTS. HOW MANY MORE YEARS DO WE HAVE BEFORE A HOSTILE NATION DICTATES OUR WAY OF LIFE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T THE STRENGTH TO RESIST. IF WE DON'T HAVE STRONG SENATORS LIKE DON NICKLES, IT WILL LITERALLY NOT MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE WHETHER WE ELECT A REALISTIC PRESIDENT. GOVERNOR REAGAN NEEDS DON NICKLES, AND IN A VERY REAL SENSE THE COUNTRY NEEDS HIM AND MORE MEN LIKE HIM. TODAY, COMMON SENSE APPEARS TO BE A CRIME ONLY IN THE VOTING BOOTH. NONETHELESS, I URGE YOU TO CONVINCE YOUR FELLOW OKLAHOMANS TO USE THEIR NATIVE INTELLIGENCE IN DECIDING WHICH LEVERS TO PULL ON NOVEMBER 4. LOOK AT OUR OWN LIVES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. ARE WE BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE IN

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1976? HAS THE TRIPLING OF INFLATION RATES SINCE THEN LEFT US BETTER OR WORSE OFF? ARE WE PAYING MORE OR LESS IN TAXES? ARE OUR JOBS MORE SECURE? HAVE OUR ENERGY PROBLEMS BEEN SOLVED? IF WE COULD BRING ONLY ONE THING INTO THE VOTING BOOTH, IT SHOULD BE OUR GROCERY BILLS FOR SEPTEMBER 1976 AND SEPTEMBER 1980. I THINK COMMON SENSE WILL TELL ALL OF US WHAT HAS TO BE DONE IN THAT BOOTH ON NOVEMBER 4. IT IS TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT BIG GOVERNMENT AND THE OUTRAGEOUS

TAXES WHICH KEEP IT RUNNING. IT IS TIME TO RESTORE COMMON SENSE IN WASHINGTON ~ IT IS TIME TO REDUCE THE STRANGLEHOLD WHICH GOVERNMENT HAS ON US ALL. WE MUST ASK OURSELVES - IS ALL THIS TAXATION NECESSARY? SHOULD OKLAHOMANS BE FORCED TO ENDURE LITTLE OR NO GROWTH IN THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING? SHOULD OKLAHOMA'S RANCHERS AND FARMERS CONTINUE TO SUFFER UNDER THE ILL-ADVISED FARM POLICIES OF THE DEMOCRAT CONGRESS AND CARTER? SHOULD YOUR RETIRED PEOPLE BE FORCED TO SEE THEIR SAVINGS BE DESTROYED BY INFLATION? RATHER THAN YOU OWING AN OBLIGATION TO THE GOVERNMENT, SHOULDN'T THE GOVERNMENT HAVE AN 0£ LIGATION TO GET ITS OWN BUDGET IN BALANCE SO THAT YOU CAN BALANCE YOURS? I THINK SO AND SO DOES DON NICKLES. FOR MO NTHS YOU HAVE BEEN HEA RING THAT IT WO ULD BE A NATIONAL TRAGEDY IF TAXES WERE CUT. YET, 65 % OF AMERICAN TAXPAYERS BELIEVE A RESPONSIBLE TAX t ~ CUT WOULD SPUR PRODUCTIVITY AND HAVE A POSITIVE INPUT ON OUR ECONOMY. WHEN THE DEMOCRATS FOUND OUT THAT THE PEOPLE HAD HAD ENOUGH, THEY PROMISED A TAX CUT, AFTER THE ELECTION. DURING THE LAST MONTHS OF THIS SESSION, BOTH IN THE HOUSE AND IN THE SENATE, REPUBLICANS UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO FORCE THE CONGRESS TO STAY IN SESSION UNTIL THEY FINISHED WORK ON THE BUDGET RESULTION, TAX RELIEF LEGISLATION, AND HAD COMPLETED THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1981. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP IN CONGRESS ACTED ON BEHALF OF THEIR OWN POLITICAL FORTUNES RATHER THAN MEETING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RES - PONSIBILITY HEAD-ON. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LAME DUCK SESSION AFTER THE ELECTION- NOT BECAUSE THERE WAS AN UNREASONABLE WORKLOAD PRIOR TO THE ELECTIONS -

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BUT RATHER TO ADDRESS THOSE POLITICALLY SENSITIVE ISSUES THE DEMOCRATS SOUGHT TO AVOID BEFORE THE PU BLIC WENT TO THE POLLS. WHAT DOES YOUR COMMON SENSE TELL YOU WILL HAPPEN IN THAT SESSION, BASED ON THE LAST FIFTY YEARS? ABE LINCOLN, A GREAT BELIEVER IN COMMON SENSE, SAID THAT YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME. I THINK THAT THIS YEAR YOU WILL NOT BE FOOLED AGAIN. THE 96TH CONGRESS HAS BEEN AN EXERCISE IN FISCAL EXTRAVAGANCE NOT FISCAL RESTRAINT. COUPLED WITH CONTINUAL DELAYS IN THE CONSIDERATION OF MAJOR LEGISLATION THE PUBLIC HAS ALSO BEEN TREATED TO HUGE TAX AND SPENDING INCREASES UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DEMOCRATS. I AM CONVINCED THAT THIS BLATANT DIS - REGARD OF THE PUBLIC TRUST WILL BE REPUDIATED AT THE POLLS. REPUBLICANS HAVE PUT FORWARD POSITIVE PROP OSALS IN THE AREA OF TAXATION, BALANCING THE BUDGET AND REDUCING BUREAUCRATIC RED-TAPE -- PROPOSALS WHICH ADDRESS THE MOST PRESSING CONCERNS OF OUR SOCIETY. REP UBLICANS IN THE SENATE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO EQUALIZE THE PRESIDENT'S UNFAIR WINDFALL TAX, FOUGHT RELENTLESSLY TO ENSURE THAT OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE STRUCTURE IS SECOND TO NONE AND WORKED ASSIDUOUSLY TO BALANCE THE FEDERAL BUDGET WITH EQUITY AND COMPASSION FOR ALL AMERICANS. YOU CAN BE SURE THAT IF DON NICKLES IS SENT TO THE SENATE, HE'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THESE SAME GOALS. HE'LL FIGHT HUGE TAX INCREASES ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, HE'LL OPPOSE UNWARRANTED INCURSION BY THE GOVERNMENT INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND HE'LL WORK TO CLOSE THE BUDGET DEFICIT, TO THROTTLE DOWN INFLATION AND MAKE GOVERNMENT MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE PEOPLE. THE PUBLIC IS DISILLUSIONED -- RESTLESS -- ANGRY AT UNRESPONSIVE GOVERN- MENT. THE CARTER CREDIBILITY GAP IS GETTING BIGGER EVERY DAY, BUT CARTER IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM. DEMOCRATS HAVE CONTROLLED THE CONGRESS FOR ALMOST HALF A CENTURY. HIGH TAXES -- HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT -- HIGH INFLATION RATES ARE THE RESULT. WHAT THIS ALL BOILS DOWN TO IS THAT MR. CARTER AND THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS HAVE NOT TURNED OUT TO BE WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE.

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DON NICKLES IS A BUSINESSMAN WHO HAS HAD TO STURGGLE TO MAKE A GO OF IT DESPITE THE ANTI-BUSINESS, ANTI-FREE ENTERPRISE ATTITUDE PREVAILING IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL. DON, PERHAPS MORE THAN MANY OF US, KNOWS FIRST-HAND THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH UNNECESSARY GOVERNMENT REGULATION, UNREASONABLE TAXES WHICH SERVE MERELY TO DISCOURAGE RATHER THAN ENCOURAGE CAPITAL FORMA- TION AND THE STIFLING EFFECT OF GOVERNMENT RUNNING EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES. THAT'S THE KIND OF THINKING WE NEED IN WASHINGTON. THAT'S WHY WE NEED DON NICKLES IN THE SENATE. WE NEED THIS STRONG VOICE, AND I AM CONFIDENT THE PEOPLE OF OKLAHOMA FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THE NATION WILL AGREE ON NOVMEBER 4TH AND ELECT DON NICKLES AND GOVERNOR REAGAN.

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IN EVERY SESSION OF CONGRESS THERE ARE SEVERAL VOTES WHICH TURN ON THE VOTE OF ONE MAN, BUT THE ONE MAN IDEA GOES BEYOND MERELY VOTING. ONE MAN, THE RIGHT MAN, DOES MORE THAN VOTE. BY CONVICTION, BY CHARACTER, BY LEADERSHIP, HE IS MUCH MORE VALUABLE THAN A MERE NUMERICAL ADVAN- TAGE. I BELIEVE THAT DON NICKLES IS SUCH A MAN. THIS YEAR, THERE IS A REAL CHANCE THAT OUR PARTY WILL BE ABLE TO ORGANIZE THE SENATE. IN ADDITION TO HAVING A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY, THIS WILL MEAN THAT EVERY COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SENATE WILL BE CHAIRED BY A REPUBLICAN. MANY STATES ARE GOING TO BE SENDING STRONG NEW REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO WASHINGTON. I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT DON IS AMONG THEM.

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