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Philadelphia, Sharon, Farrel, and Erie, Pennsylvania, October 7-10 .. ADDRESS Sharon, Pennsylvania ~{ednesday, October 7, 1964 S E ~" TO~ HU3E~T HUMPHREY SENATOR HUMPHREY: Thank you,thank you very much. Thank you, t h a n k y o u v e r y m u c h , an d a 11 r i g h t , n OLIJ • 8 o y , t h a t " s a 1 o t o f go o d Democratic pep! And you be sure yo~ hold that good Democratic sign up there. Well, I"m just delighted with this marvelous turn-out and by the way, do you always notice that those Goldwater signs are way over to the far right? And if you will notico, you know, my friends, when we were out in California last week, we found a number of young people carrying the Goldwater signs, and one of them came up to me and said, "They just pay me 50 cents for doing this." I LIJa n t y o u t o k n ow t h a t LIJ e De rii o c rat s who s up p or t t he m ir :~.,:n u m wage think it"s worth $1.25 an hour. Governor Lawrence, distinguished leader of this great common­ wealth of Pennsylvania, our next U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania, Genevieve Blatt, and I know one thing for sure, that here in the 24th Congressional District of this great Keystone State, you need a new Congressman, and Joseph Vigorito is the man. This is a man whose background and knowledge of the government can truly give this great Congressional District the wonderful representation it deserves. I am very pleased also to see on this platform today the Demo­ cratic candidate for ~uditor-General of Pennsylvania, Mrs . Grace Sloan. We Democrats have always believed in equal opportunity for women and you will notice we have two of the finest women candidates, finest ladies, of America as candidates right here in the state of Pennsylvania. Tonight, in the few moments that we h2ve together, I want to talk to my fellow Americans in this great valley, these twin cities of Sharon and Far:ell. Now, which ones of you are from Farrell? (Applause.) And which of you are from Sharon? (Applause.) How many of you are Democrats? I see there is some work to do here, a few ·conversions have to be made. Oh --Greenville? (Applause.) Now, let"s talk politics for a few moments. We deeply appreci­ a t e t h e L'J on de r fl"u 1 coo p o r a t i on t h a t come s t o u s f r om our y o u n g p eo p 1e • I think one of the great developments, one of th9 most encouraging signs in this campaign is the f a ct that literally thousands and thousands of the young people cf America aro once again turning to the Demo­ cratic party, and its candidates, and giving our President, Lyndon Johnson, the help that he so richly and justly desorves. We have a Page 1 - Sharon, Pennsylvania - 2 - little less than four weeks to go in this campaign befo r e it is con­ cluded and in those four weeks, we must get our message to millions and millions of people. This campaign is hard fought and this cam­ paign goes to the very heart of the future of our country, and there­ fore, I come to you tonight to talk to you in these few moments about the kind of leadership that American will need and must have in the years ahead. Now, all of us know that our country, above all other countries in the world, bears a heavy responsibility . All of us know that we ar9 living through a period of chang . Right here in this great valley, many industries have suffered from change. Workers have been displaced. Others have been re­ trained . And this Administration, the Kennedy-Johnson Administration, is pledged to a program that sees to it that in every area of America, in every valley, in every city, in every hamlet, in every region of America, that there will be a continuation of and, indeed, a stepping-up of economic growth and economic progress so that the people who live in these areas may enjoy · the benefits of the great prosperity which sweeps across this country . Whan we come to a n election, we have to make choices, · and the choices in this election are as the spokesman of tho Republican party has put it, the choice is clear. It is a choice that the American people, the people of this country must make as to whether or not they want leadership that points to the future or whether or not they want leadership that points to the past; whether or not you want a man in the ~hite House that will view ~merica through a rear-view mirror or whether you have a man in the White H0 uso that will look straight down the road of American progress and steer this great vehicle of American democracy to greater accomplishments in the four years ahead. Four years ago, a ·young man went from one state to another in this great country, speaking to millions of Americans about our America . I think ono of the most · .• dramatic, one of the most exciting periods of American political history was in that campaign of 1960, when John F. Kennedy, a young, brilliant man, laid before the Amer­ ican people the outlinas of his vision of an America that was beginning to move again . He laid before us his vision of the .New Frontier, and when he became our President , he immediately started to implement that vision with one program after another . First of all, to get America in high gear, to get this country off of dead center and in the main . That pledge has been fulfilled . :;Jhi 1 e i t " s p e r f e c t 1 y t r u e t h a t s om e a r e a s , i n dee d y our s , h a v e nat received all of the benefits that it so richly deserves, it"s still a fact that in America today, we have tho highest production, the highest employment, the highest gross national product, that this nation or any nation has ever enjoyed in the history of the world . And this didn••t come about by accident . John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, a great American team -- this grea t team set forth the program to work with tha American people, not to view things for tho Ame rican p3ople, but to work with the American people so tho American peopl e could do things for them­ selves, and we set on the task of improving our education, of expanding our health, of rebuilding our cities, of helping, if you please, .. ! • • < Sharon, Pennsylvania - 3 - and modernizing our transporta tion. P. n d i t 1 s a matter of pub 1 i c r e cor d tha t the !(en ned y- Johnson Administration did more for hea lth, did more for education, did more for the children of America, did more for the a fflict ed of America, did more for the elderly of America, did more f~r the workers of America than any administration in the history of this republic. And it is the prope r rol e of government to be interested in its people . I find tho temporary spokesman of the Republican party telling us that the duty of government is not to serve the people. Well -- may I remind him tha t the greatest Republican of them all, the founder of the Republic8n party, Abraha m Lincoln, said that it is the duty of government to serve the people. It was he who gave to us those immortal words in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, "A government of the people, by the people, and for the people." And any man tha t seeks tho high office of the presidency has an obligation as an American to follow in the footsteps of the great traditions of America, to follow in tho footsteps of the great leaders of America, the leaders who have understood that government is a partner with the community, tha t gov e rnm e nt is a partner with people, a nd that the government a nd the people of Ame rica are as one, a nd they ought to be looked upon that way rather tha n a s many. Now, it is not good enough to recite the past. I s a id to many young students that it is well a nd good to study a ncient history, but don"t vote it -- no, no. Look to the futuro, and I am happy to stand here toda y as a representative of a political party and a President that believes in the future. Our party is the party of hope. Our President is one that embraces the future. He wants to think of the tomorrows, not of the yesterdays. He wants to think, for example, of how we can make automation, which can be a bane, which ca n take a job, how you can make automation a boon, how you ca n make it a n a sset, how you can ma ke it a help, not only for manufacturers but for the workers, and for the community and for the nation, and we are going to do it.
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