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NIXON 1 S KEY CAMPAIGN DECISIONS JUSTIFY PUBLIC 1 S LACK OF TRUST IN HIM, HUMPHREY SAYS
Hartford, October 18 Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey
said today that 11 My Republican opponent has made two decisions in
this campaign which speak directly to this crucial issue of trust ..
-- Nixon•s selection of Spiro Agnew as his running mate and his
decision "to say nothing else for the rest of the campaign."
"It is time to focus on the central issue: Who can the
American people trust to lead this country for the next four years?,"
Humphrey said.
Humphrey recalled that Nixon said his choice of a vice
presidential nominee "would be his most important issue of the
campaign."
"My Republican opponent told the American people that before
making his selection for Vice President he would consult with all
Republican leaders -- such men as Nelson Rockefeller, John Lindsay,
Ed Brooke, and George Romney. But who did Richard Nixon really
consult when it came time to pick his Vice Presidential running
mate -- Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina -- the man who
held the Southern delegates in line for Mr. Nixon at the Republican
National Convention.
In contrast, Humphrey said "I picked the best man I could
find in the Democratic !Jarty -- I picked Ed Muskie of Ma ine."
Humphrey hit again Nixon•s refusal to speak out on the
issues. "He has stayed in the shadows -- stayed off the issues
and relied instead on a massive advertising campaign, staged TV
shows, balloons and confetti."
The text of Humphrey•s speech is attached •
• • • more REMARKS VICE PRESIDENT HUBERT H. HUMPHREY CONSTITUTION PLAZA RALLY HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT OCTOBER 18, 1968
With a little more than two weeks left in the campaign, it is time to focus on the central issue: Who can the American people trust to lead this country for the next four years?
My Republican opponent has made two decisions in this campaign which speak directly to this crucial issue of trust.
First, he decided who should be his Vice Presidential running mate the man who would be a heart-beat from the Presidency itself in this nuclear age.
And Mr. Nixon chose Spiro T. Agnew.
My Republican opponent said this would be his most important issue of the campaign.
My Republican opponent told the American people that before making his selection for Vice Preside nt he would consult with all
Republican leaders -- such men as Nelson Rockefeller, John Lindsay,
Ed Brooke, and George Romney.
But who did Richard Nixon really consult when it came time to pick his Vice Presidential running mate -- Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina -- the man who held the Southern delegates in line for 11r. Nixon atthe Republican National Convention.
In 1948 I drove Strom Thurmond out the back door of the
Democratic Party and he ran for President as candidate of the
Dixiecrats.
In 1968 Richard Nixon welcomedStrom Thurmond in the front door of the Republican Party.
• • 0 And then he let him dictate his choice for Vice
President ..
I agree with Mr. Nixon -- the choice for Vice President is the most important decision a Preside nti a l candidate can make. , ,
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And I picked the best man I could find in the Democratic
Party -- I picked Ed Muskie of Maine.
Mr. Nixon then made a second decision. He decided to say
nothing else for the rest of the campaign.
He's been on vacation -- and I say the White House is no
place for a vacationer.
He has refused to speak out on any vital issues.
He has refused to debate even though I offered to buy
time on national television.
He has stayed in the shadows -- stayed off the issues
and relied instead on a massive advertising campaign, staged TV
shows, balloons and confetti.
I say this is no way to run for President.
And I say the American people agree.
And this is the crucial issue of this election.
You know where I stand on the issues -- on Vietnam, on
civil peace, on hwnan rights in America.
Medicare ••• social security ••• education ••• cities •••
pollution ••• you know where I stand this year.
And you know where the Democratic Party has always stood
on these issues.
I pledge the Humphrey-Muskie Administration to prompt action
on saving the Connecticut River -- Abe Ribicoff and John Dempsey
have a plan to do it. And they will have my full support.
We will act pronptly to keep the New Haven Railroad
operating -- I know the vital passenger and freight service it
provides.
But preservation is not enough. We must act to improve
-- and revitalize Northeast rail service -- and we will do it in
a Humphrey-Muskie Administration. • • •
PAGE THREE
Our journey began more than 200 years ago.
We came to this country burning with the idea that one man
was as good as another ••• that what was wrong could be made right
that people possessed the basic wisdom and goodness to govern
themselves without conflict.
Now we come to a new moment of crisis in that journey.
We are called:
To heal the hatreds and divisions among us~
To reaffirm the basic decency of spirit which
lies within us as a people,
To reassert this Nation 1 s moral leadership in a world
that desperately seeks that leadership;
To tell a new generation that what we have is good •••
that it is worth saving ••• that the dream of their parents is
still a worthy dream.
This is work for all of us.
I seek to work through the Presidency of the United States.
I do not have a massive advertising budget. I do not have
a multi-million dollar TV blitz. I only have you. Millions of
people against millions of dollars. Let's break through Mr. Nixon's
smokescreen. And let's break through to a New Day for the American
people.
I ask your helpo ' • Taylor mbh/1 1
REMARKS OF VICE PRESIDENT'HUBERT H. HUMPHREY RALLY, CONSTITUTION PLA~A HA~TFORD, CONNECTICUT
Frijay~ Octeber 18, 1968
Thank you very, very much, thank you, Governor Dempsey, my ~ood friend, Senator Ribicoff, Congressman Daddario, Congressman Monagan and the Congressman to be, Congressman Sharaf, ladies and gentlemen. What a wonderful Democratic meeting thi1s is. I have never seen quite so many. And may I just express my thanks to my many friends -- the troops that are here today. I see different signs here and I want to thank each and every one of you very, very much for your help, for your support and also for your signs. They look good. Governor and Chairman Bailey, I had a wonderful meeting with your people here in Connecticut at Bloomfield and we have been stopping along the way as we came here to greater Hartford visiting with your friends and your neighbors. Today I want to take just a few minutes of your time before you have to go back to your ,offices. This is the city, the great, city of the great insurance industry of America. May I say that the very best insurance that you can have for an American that will live in prosperity and for an American that will search relentlessly for peace is to vote the Democratic ticket in November. (Applause) I remember so well when John Kennedy told me of his visit to Hartford. He. told me at one time in 1960 that whenever he felt a little discouraged that all he needed to do was to come back to Connecticut and when he came here -- (Applause) -- he went away with new spirit and new strength. Ladies and gentlemen, ! feel exactly the same way. I know that this campaign that was difficult in its beginning, that was hard in its start,· I know 'that this campaign is now on the victory trail and I know that (Applause) -- in November when you have made your decision as to whom you can trust, as to whom youwant as your President and your Vice President, that I think I can see here today that you are going to place your trust in the Democratic nominee and the Democratic ticket. (Applause) Ladies and gentlemen, there is a question. The ultimate question in this election, the ultimate question is not just a simple issue. The ultimate question is one of trust of each other and trust of the leadership of this country, and I know that the people of the United States -- VOICES:WE WANT HUMPHREY: VICE PRESIDENT HUMPHREY: Thank you very much. Thank you. And may I say that Humphrey wants you. (Applause) · But as we meet again, there isn't a single thing that this country can do or hope to do, that we will be able to do unless we can have a nation in which we have a people that are united in ..
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common cause, unless we have a nation in w~ich we can trust ~ach I , other and unless we have a President and a Vice President in whom you can place trust, and ladies and gentlemen, I say to yoJ that one of the great contributions that we have been able to make to this country is in the selection of a man from New England as my running mate and I say to you that the ticket ·of Humphrey and Muskie is good for Connecticut and good for America. I (Applause) I look at this great city and I know that cities of Amfrica need leadership. I know that this great state has long looked forward to the time that you could save the Connecticut River, that you could make it a great national park, and may I say that the distinguished Senator from this State, Senator Abraham Ribicoff~ has singlehandedly (Applause) -- has almost singlehandedly made possible the Connecticut River Park Recreation ~rea and when the Humphrey-Muskie Administration takes over, Senator, we are going to get the funds that are necessary to see that this great national park from the Canaqian border to Long Island Sound becomes a reality. (Applause)' And for you computers that have spent a little time on the New Haven Railroad, I want you to know that I have been told in no uncertain words by Governor Dempsey, by Senator Ribicoff, by Daddar~o and St. Onge and others that the New Haven Railroad, they said, Mr. Vice President, when you become President, we want the ~ailroad not only but we want it modern and we want it operating' and we want a good passenger service. (Applause) But there are other things that are even more important. There are other things, yes, my friend, my firends, the war. There isn't any man that is worthy of seeking this high office that doesn't have as his primary objective, as his ultimate priority, the securing of peace not only in Southeast Asia and Vietnam but the securing of a world prder in which we can live without fear and I, my friends, and ohe of your candidates and one who seeks the highest office of this land, I say out here before- this great full multitude of citizens, that the first priority of the Humphrey-Muskie Administration will be to find a way of peace that has not been obtained by them, to find a way to bring that struggle in Vietnam to an honorable and prompt conclusion and we will get it done. (Applause) And when we have done that, then what? What will we do with the peace dividends? What will we do with the resources that are saved? What will we do with the manpower th~t comes back? , I say that we have a job to do. We have a job to build a better America. We have a job to insure this country and how do we insure America? We insure America, my friends, by better education for our young, by better care for our elderly, by maintaining a growing economy that provides job opportunities for every American, black and white. We insure America, my friends, we insure America by making sure that every American, because he is an American, because he is a citizen, that he shall have an equal opportunity not only to the benefits of this country but also to the right to participate in those benefits and in the processes of our democracy. (Applause) 3
We have work to do. We have work to do and lots of it. And I need your help to get this job done. America represents the great unfinished business of mankind. America represents in each generation a new challenge and a new hope. America repre sents a chance for the young to have a measure of fulfillment of what this country should stand for. America represents a chance for the black man to have his opportunity. It represents a chance for all of us to show that at long last we are civilized enough to be able to live together in harmony. And my friends, in this c~paign dangerous voices have been raised, voices of bitterness and hate, voices of passion and emotion, and you know who they are. I do not think that the people of Hartford and the people of Connecticut will listen to a voice of hate and racism. I do not think that you are going to listen to the voices of George Wallace who wants to take this nation back. And I do not think that a state that is progressive and forward looking is going to want to support a candidate or a program that says we have gone too fast and too far, that all we need to do is stop while the world moves on. I do not think that Connecticut that helped elect John Kennedy is going to cast its vote in 1968 for the Republican nominee, that John Kennedy defeated in 1960. (Applause) But, I do think that this state, that this forwardlooking state and this people, are willing to place their confidence and trust in a political party and in the nominees of that party that has a vision about tomorrow, that believe that the best days of America are yet to be lived, that we believe that the resources of America are yet to be found. I believe that you believe with me that America does not stand for the past. It stands for the future. And I want you to help me build America's future. I want you to help me as your President, to build a country in which every person, regardless of his name, his background, his color or from whence he carne has a chance to make his con tribution to insuring that America is what we have always dreamed that it would be, the last best hope of this earth and that chance is yours. I ask your help. I ask your help. I know that we are out financed in this campaign. I know that we don't have all the tools that we need. I have had to carry my message ten times a day from the public platform. Someone said to me the other day, Mr. Vice President, you sound hoarse. I said, that is right, I am. I haven't had the chance to be cool, you know, confident, you know. I haven't had the chance to take off every other day and sun myself. I Dave had to go to you the people, but I want to say on this platform that I go to the people. I do not take them for granted. I am not afraid of the people and Mr. Nixon, (Applause) -- Mr. Nixon, let me lay it on the line 0nce again. I have said that the American people, the jury of 200 million in this country, is entitled to know where we stand on every issue, not where we stand just a little bit from where we stand out in the open. And I have asked and I ask again for the opportunity of the three Presidential candidates, the one of the third party, the one of the Republican Party and the one of the Democratic Party, to app~ar before the same audience on the same day on the same occasdon, on national television, on national radio, before the press and before you, and let us state our case, and what does the Republican nominee say? He says that is kid stuff. .. . '.
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Weal, let me tell you, I think I know -- I think I know why he says so, "because he doesn't want me to ask him some questions. And I have some questions to ask him. I have questions· to ask him, why it was that he said that a ~uclear Test Ban T~eaty was a cruel hoax and catastrophic nonsense. I have some questions to ask him. I want to know why he didn't stand for education for our young people through Federal aid. I want to know, Mr. Nixon, I want to know, Mr. Nixon VOICES: We want Humphrey. We want Humphrey. VICE PRESIDENT HUMPHREY: Well, will you tell some other folks about that so that I may get a majority who want Humphrey? That would help a great deal. (Applause) My friends, I ask you to substitute for the money that we don't have in this campaign, your enthusiasm. I ask for your commi~ent. I ask for ~our help. I ask for you to stand with me. I ask that you trust each other. I ask that you put your trust in me and if you do, my firends, I will give you every ounce of my life to make this a better country, to make it a better nation for the young, to work for the peace that you have yearned for, to work for the kind of America that you can be proud to say I am a citizen. We can do this, my friends, and let's do it. Thank you very much. By the way, I have a special treat for you, one of the nicest things in running for office is the nicest people you get to know. I have here on your left and my right one of the most gifted and talented stars of the theater, the movies. She is a lovely lady. She is a wonderful person and she has been helping me a great deal and by the way, today is her birthday and I introduce to you, Inger Stevens. Inger. (Applause) MISS STEVENS: First of all, I am very proud to be campaigning for Vice President Humphrey. But, I want to tell you something that happened to me today. It was quite extraordinary as the Vice President just told you it was my birthday and this morning he presented me with a birthday cake. Now, can you imagine any body, any of the candidates, presenting one of their workers with a birthday cake? VICE PRESIDENT HUMPHREY: Yes, I can. MISS STtVENS: Ysu, yes, but certainly not George Wallace. He doesn't want to give the workers anything. And --Mr. Nixon, can you imagine him giving someone a piece of cake when e can't even give us a piece of qis mind? (Applause) I am very proud to be here. Thank you. VICE PRESIDENT HUMPHREY: Boy, isn't it nice to be a Democrat? I tell you. Beautiful, beautiful. Now, my friends, we have another person for you to meet, one of the great stars, one of the great champions of our country, a fine gentleman, a man that has blessed me by the gift of his friendship and a man that I feel very proud to call a friend. He has joined us. He comes with us whenever he can spare the time. He is a great Olympic·· champion and he is your own Rafer Johnson. Rafer, come on up here. MR. JOHNSON: Thank you, Mr. President. We feel victory and we hope that is true in November. It is a real pleasure . ' .
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to have this opportunity to be with the Vice President and I can just say that I know he is concerned. He has faced the problem forthrightly. He has spelled those problems out and I think of all the ~andidates he is the individual who is most concerned about meeting these problems head on, solving those problems and making America the kind of country it should be for all Americans, whether they are black or white, rich or poor. I am very proud to be here and I just hope you cast your vote for the next President, Hubert Humphrey, in November. Thank you very much. VICE PRESIDENT HUMPHREY: Now, I know that you have met Congressman Daddario, but I don't believe you saw Bill St. Onge. Bill, here you are. (Applause) And Bob Sharaf. Where is Bob? Right here. Say, now, listen. I want (Applause) all you good folks here to go back to your respective homes tonight and I want you to spread the good news. We need your help. We have got a big surprise in store for the opposition and I want you to know that this campaign is on the upswing and I want Mr. Nixon to know that when it is all over I will see that he gets both Social Security and Medicare. (Applause) REMARKS VICE PRES I DENT HUBERT H. HUMPHREY Constitution Plaza Rally Hartford, Connecticut October 18, 1968
With a little more than two weeks left in the campaign, it is time to focus on the central issue: Whom can the American people trust to lead this country for the next four years? - 1-A -
My Republican opponent has made two decisions in this campaign which speak directly to this crucial issue of trust.
First, he decided who should be his Vice Presidential running mate-- the man who would be a heart-beat from the
Presidency itself in this nuclear age.
And Mr. Nixon chose Spiro T. Agnew.
My Republican opponent said this would be his most o'ee~ Ji"'"f important is 1 of the campaign. -2-
My Republican opponent told the American people
that before making his selection for Vice President he would
consult with Republican leaders --- Nelson Rockefeller,
John Lindsay, Ed Brooke, and George Romney.
But who did Richard Nixon really consult when it came
time to pick his Vice Presidential running mate?
Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina-- the man
who held the Southern delegates in line for Mr. Nixon at the
Rep ubi ican National Convention.
In 1948, Strom Thurmond went out the back door of
the Democratic Party and ran for President as candidate of the
Dixiecrats.
In 1968 Richard Nixon welcomed Strom Thurmond in the front door of the Republican Party. - 3 -
And then he let him dictate his choice for Vice
President.
I agree with Mr. Nixon --the choice for Vice President
~the most important decision a Presidential candidate can make.
I picked the best man I could find in the Democratic
Party-- Senator Ed Muskie of Maine.
Mr. Nixon then made a second decision. He decided
to say nothing else for the rest of the campaign.
He's been on vacation -- and I say the White House
is no place for a vacationer.
He has refused to speak out on any vital issues.
He has refused to debate -- even though I offered to
buy time on national television. He has stayed in the shadows --stayed off the issues-
and relied instead on a massive adverti · g campaign, staged
TV shows, balloons and confetti.
I say this is no way to run for President.
And I say the American people agree.
You know where I stand on the issues --on Vietnam,
on civil peace, on human rights in America.
Medicare, ... Social Security ... education ... cities ...
pollution ... you know where I stand this year.
And you know where the Democratic Party has always
stood on these issues.
L) pledge the Humphrey-Muskie Administration to
prompt action on saving the Connecticut Rlx.er --- Abe # And they will
.{ - 5-
j_we will act promptly to keep the New Haven Rail road
operating --- I know the vital passenger and freight service
it provides.
J~ut preservation is not enough. We must act to
improve and revitalize Northeast rail service-- and we will do
it in a Humphrey-Muskie Administration.
* * *
Our journey began more than 200 years ago.
We came to this country burning with the idea that one man was as good as another ... that what was wrong could
be made right ... that people possessed the basic wisdom and goodness to govern them selves without conflict. • Now we come to a new moment of crisis in that journey. - 6-
We are called:
To heal the hatreds and divisions among us;
To reaffirm the basic deoency of spirit which lies within us as a people;
-- To reassert this nation's moral I eadersh ip in a world that desperately seeks that leadership;
-- To tell a new generation that what we have is good ... that it is worth saving ... that the dream of their parents is still a worthy dream.
This is work for all of us.
I seek to work through the Presidency of the United
States.
I do not have a massive advertising budget.
I do not have a multi-million dollar lV blitz.
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I only have you.
Millions of people against millions of dollars.
Let's break through Mr. Nixon's silent Madison
Avenue smoke screen.
And let's break through to a New Day for the
American people.
I ask your help.
, # # # NEXT SPEECH:
CONSuLUXXX CONSTITUTION FLAZA RALLY HARTFORD, CONNECT! CUT
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CONVEN1IO~ , OTtfER PEOPLE HAVE TALKED OF SUPPORTING t'1E C UL I NE> UNDER CER TAIN CONDITIONs. LET ME SAY NO\•J THAT T.>-IE PROGRA.i'1S AND COOPS, SORhEE> POLICIES I PROPOSE ARE MY 0~ A\J I Pl1 NOT Al'RAI D TO STf:I.. \JD UP FOR 1HEM. SENPTOR MUSK! E, FUR EXA"'1PLE, \~AS l"iY CHOICE TO BE VICE PRES! DENT A.N D NOT SOMEBODY EL SE ' S CONDITION . A\JD LE1 I'!E SAY FURTHER THAT .Ar\JY Mf:I.N \tJHO BOt·JS TO TtiE COdDITIONS OF OTHERS IS NOT C ULINE> HIS Ot•N t•IA\J .A:.'JD SHOULD NOT BE ELECTED PRES! DEN ~' C S TH ·xx SO THERE> C C ED! TORI .AL NOTE>) • V-A l T JUST A SEC . , I ' LL GET THE Bt•i ME•IO FOR TED. OK ;:EM K~ vi C.i E.::> I H Oi3 En T h • 'U•' · fi E ( C0.\1.::> MAn iF J,.l.J , CJ1 . t.C'l I CU'l CT BEri 16 .. 1168 HA•-.J 1 ;....o v:EEK::> LEI- 1 I. H= CAM AIG~ .. IT IS !l t"'ll!. 0 i Lr.LJ~ i 10 L A . 1tii S COUf"T : FO HE t\l£)( FOU. 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' lri:Urtf- ·0~-JD. 0 .30UTt-i CAR LINA -- HE t•JAi\i ,;-10 rlELD HE SOu HERt\l DEL£ GA'H.~ F On 1 rt • \JI XO~ I.\1 Ll 1 1 A Tri£ rtEr BLICAt 1 A I .AL C ~-\iE\; !0. • • 1\liA ~ AT J.H• ••Er-- 8LICA J A IO AL IN 19L.I 8 I DROVE STI 011 THURr10ND OUT ' 1HE BACK DOOrl OF HE D.CivJOC iA I C PAhTY AND HE M•'J FO!i. RESI ENTXXX .P rlES I DE N1 AS CA:\iD IDA 'E 0 F THE D I 1( IE CR.A IN L968 .niCHARL t\Jl.KO,IJ ·vJELC t"lED SlrtOi"l THUHl'10:\JD L\1 HE RQN1 DOO. OF HE R.E..P BLICAN PAH Y • • Ai'JD THE•\i HE LET HI tv DICTATE HIS CHOICE a ~. VICE PRES! DENT .,. _ HE CHOICE FOR VICE PRESIDE, T IS CuL!t'JE I~) Hi: i•10S n1 ILPOrtTAi:llT DECISION A r>.RESIDE:-J IAL CANDIDATE CAN !"lAKE . A. D I PI CK.iD 'lHE BES 1 1!AN I COULD FIND IN THE DE JOCRATI C ?AR Y -- I PICKED ED i"JUSKI E OF i"lAil\jE . M • NIXON THEN MADE A SECOND DECI~ION . HE DECIDED TO SAY t\JO HI. -G ELSE •Ort HERE::, OF 1Ht.; CA! HE ' ~ BEE~ ON VACA I ~ -- AD I SAY 1H~ ~HI1E HOUSE IS NO PLACE r 0 . VACA1 I Ot\iE..rt . rl~ HAS .nE.FUSEL IO Sr>EAK OUf J,\J A ~.'-Jr VI fAL ISSUE.:> · rtE HAS rlE'USED 10 DEBA1E EVEN THOUGH I 0 FERED TO BUY TIM! ON NA'i I O.vAL ELEVI SI o,· . H~ rtAS S!iWEl.J It-J 1rlE.. ;:,HADOw.:;, -- S'lAYE OFF HE ISSUES -- AND BALLOCJ.\1.::;, AL\IL CO. F£11 I . At -D rHI.;, I!;, HI£ CrtUCIAL IS.;,UE 0 1HI::, ELECTIOt\1 • tJ_;-// g4_~ You K.\iu v 'JH~n.E I ::, A1 D oN 1--i~ r ssu.t:s - - tf N . {__.:.itiv~, /JU/1« 4.# J.J J,L w 4 ,_. 1•£DICA. b. ••• .:>vCIAL S£CUt~I1f ••• E.DUCA IJ, ••• CITIES •. • ?OLLUTIO'J OU M-JOv "r{:• ..->t:. I ::>IA.>J 'IniS r~A.n . 'lrt !:>t. I S;:,UES • 0 Ot" P1 AC I 0 :.J 0 .-J ABE .rl6IC F AND JOHf D."lr'S Y HA. \.lE A ?LA.\J I 0 DO I 1 . A:JD HIE { •. ILL HAVE V.f ULL SUP? HT . ·IE ', ILL ACT R tJ? LY 0 KEE? i Ht. E · 'A. £\j \AIL1WAD 0:-:'E A It\lG -- 'He. TAL vi r- A S...:1 GE • A.\l F ..E.I Gri 1 ;,b. wl CE I ROV IDES . E 'JGH . A~D REv! ALIZE CULl E LH~1 JU vOU. NEY BE GA.-J MO .E THAN 200 EA .S AGO . •JE CAt;£ 10 !HIS COU\J K{ BU.H.f\ll:'JG ,,I'lH HE IDEA HAT 0:\JE MAN 'lAS A GJOD A:> ANO '.nE.H. ••• 'HA L \•,HA1 \.AS \vr.O G C ULD BE MADE RIGHT ••• riAl ?EO~LE JSJESSED lrtE BASIC ~ ISDO M AN GOOL~ESS 0 GO~ER 1HE1- .::>cL ES wI HOU C01 IFLI C • 1J\·1 \vE COr-lE 0 A -~·1 1'1 l•.:!..'l OF Crt!SIS I~ THA1 JOURNEY . ~ E AtE CALLED: 10 h~AL 1HE HA .EDS A!\l DiviSIONS AtJONG US ; '!0 i EAFF!rtfi. HE. BAS IC D~CE.'JCY OF S?!It! IC LIES v!THIN US A.::> A ~£0i'L.t. • 0 . EA~SErtl Trli:;, 1 A' I 0 ' S 1 OH.AL LEADE SHI F IN A HO LD THAT DESPArlATE.LY S~EKS HA1 LEADE ~SHI~ ; J 1ELL A N£1:; GENEl A I Ot THAT vHA ~lE HAVE l.S GOOD • • • THAT HAT lrl~ DREAM OF THE!h AR~"TS IS STILL A lrli ::> I~ ·:J.to{ rt UXXX ALL 0' US . l .;;EEK 0 . JB.K HnO Gri X X 1 HI'i.O UGH Hi PrlE S I DK CY J F THE UNI TED • I do not have a massive advertising budget. I do not have a multi-million dollar TV blitz. I only have you. Millions of people against millions of dollars. Let's break through Mr. Nixon's smokescreen. And let's break through to a New Day for the American people. I ask your help. # # # . - "' nE 'li4..2Ii!::) • f viC£ ~ i£;,I D£1\l'l iUB£f T H . rlU•''FnHEY C Ot\JS T I Tu1 I ON ?LAZA RALLY HARTFORD ~ CO&~ECTICUT OCTOBER lo ~ 1968 UTH A LITLE 1\-:0RE THAN TY10 JE~I\S LE!'T Irv TrlE CAMPAIGN ~ IT IS T I I'1E TO FOCUS ON THE CENT .A.L I SSUE : J::HO CAN ToE AMERI CA T\! PEOPLE 1 RUS 0 LEAD TBI S COUNTR' FOR JHE NEXT FOUR YEARS? v:iY .REPUBLICAN OPPONENT HAS t1ADE THO DEC I S I O.\lS IN THIS CA1•1 AIG1' 1,;l{ICB SPEAK DI RECTLY TO TH I C UC I AL IS.;:)t.JE OF TRUST . FIHSf ~ H£ DECIDED t,.JHO SHOULD BE H I S viCE PrlESIDE TIAL RUNNI NG SwuP ------~ - ~------t:lATE -- 'HE 1·JAi\i ·!HO v:ot.JL~T- BEAT FR0~1 THE PRES I DEt\lCY ITSELF I N THIS NUCLEAr?. AGE . AND t<.:R . NI.'ON CHOSE SPIRO T . AGNEH . MY RE - uBL I CAt\J OP!-'0.\JENT SAI D THIS \·.iOi.JLD BE HIS MOST H1PORTANT I SSt.JE OF HE CAl PAI Gt • t•JY REPUBL I CAi\i OP. ON"ENT TOLD THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT BEFORE l'1AK I t G H I S SELECT I Ot FOH VICE RE S I D~i\]"T HE t-JOULD CONSULT vi i TH ALL r1EPliBLI CArJ LEADERS -- SUCH MEt\J A:J .IJELSOi\J ROCKEFELLER ~ JOHN LINDSAY ~ ED B.t-.OOKE ~ A!-D GEORGE ROMNEY . BUT \v"HO DID ! CHARD tl i XON REALLY CONSu'LT l.JHEN IT CAtv TI ME TO P I CK HIS VICE ?riES I DE.\JT I AL RU:'-JN I NG NA E -- HE MAN WHJ COULD STA'\JD A HEART - BEA FROL THE P.KESI DENCY I N TH I S NUCLEA AGE ? i!.. • NI .AO •..J I GtTORED Nli: L SON ROC!~ FE LLER . HE I GNO ED JOHN LI. .DSAY • HE I GdO?..ED ED BROOKE . AND HE I GNOHED GEORGE rlOMNEY . BUT HE viAS ONE REPUBLI C.A.i\J HE DI DN ' T I G~'J O RE . HE DI DN ' T I Gt'O 'E SENATOR S TROu THURl'10ND OF SOUTH CA-.OLI NA -- HE !"1-t\N v!'"riO HE L D THE SOUTHE:rtl~ D£ LE GATES ~---= - -~ --~- -==------•• :- :-=- ....::..._-_ ~-.... -' -- --=~ ------. .:- - - - -_ ·------~ I t L i t-JE OR l"lli · NI AON AT THE HEPUBLI CAt tA I ONAL COt 1ilENTI ON .) I KNOi.•} S TRDi'1 THURr10ND . I N 19 LJ8 I DROVE S TRO:.vl HURI'1 0 ND OUT THE BACK , ___-- --- 7 .. DOO-=• OF THE DEMO CRAT! C ?A TY AND HE RAN F OR ~ :..-----=-=- - ., PrlES I DENT AS CAND I DATE OF TriE DI X I EC ATS . I 'J L 968 R ICHARD NI .Xor· \·iE LCOdED STRDr~l TH LiRlVIOND I N THE FRONT DOOL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTYI • • • Ar'JD HEi'J HE LE T H I M D I C ATE H I S CHO I CE F OR VIC E PRESI DENT THE dAN HHO lvOUL D STAND Ot-JLY A HEART- BEAT FROM THE PrlE I DENCY I N H I S NUCLE A.t AGE . I AGHEE t,.; I TH 11 • i\l l XON -- HE CHO ICE FOR VICE PRESI DENT I S THE 110S H1PO -~ ANT DEC! SI 0~ A PRES! DENTI AL CAND I DATE CAN r'lAKE • AI-JD I P I CKED THEBES i•1A~ I COULD F I ND I N THE DEtviOCBATI C PARTY -- I P I CKED ED •"USK I E OF I1AI NE . I BELI EVE TH I S SAY.S AL OT ABOUT Krl0 ~1 TrlE Ai'1ERI CAN P.t.OPLE CAN TRUS TO LEAD 'H I S COUNTRY FO. THE . .t.XT FOtJR YEAriS . I'-1R • 1.\JIXO THEt\l J:v.L4DE A SECOND DEC! S I ON . HE DEC! DED TO SAY NOTHI NG E L SE FO. HE REST OF l HE CAi".?AI GN . HE ' S BEL Oi\l VACA'l I Or -- Al-.JD I SAY THE '-iHI TE HOUSE IS i\JO PLACE FOR A VACAT I ON£ • HE H6~ EFUSED TO S EAK OUT 0~ A V I AL I SSUES . HE HB.S .EFU.Sr:.D TO DEBA t!. -- Evi:N THOUGH I OFF£.1ED TO BUY TIME 0 1 NA I 01'1iAL 'i'.t. LEVI ;:, I Oi\1 . HE .rl.A.S S 'l AYED E\J THE SHADQI,,J S -- S A ED OFF THE ISSUES -- AND • !!:L I ED L\I;:)Tt:AD 0.\} f:,_ hASSI VE ADV~ll.'I I SL'JG C.t:'L•J?AI G,-J .. STAGED T\i SHO\·IS .. BALLOONS AND COiJF'E. T I . I SAY THIS IS • 0 L.A T • U.l •OR h.2 ID:C:."'f . I ;;, '! HE IS 'fAXING THE P... .I CA ~ EO LE FO G ~~TED -- AND TH~ .. A;1t:I ICI-1. · PEO. LE: P.!-i.E GE1TL\!G •ED UP ,.,! H THIS Tf:-'E 0 CAr•PAIGtJ • I BELIEvE THIS SAt S AL01 ABOu l.· H0.•1 THE Al"lE. I CAN PEOPLE CAN '1 :.u.s TO L AD HIS COLJl\JTrlY I N TH.!!: NE • OU YEARS . fu~D THIS IS THE CHUCIP.~ ISSUE OF HIS ELEC IO • OU K 0 •: t•iH£ E I S AND Ot>J HE ISSUES • 1 1 I VE St-OKE~- 0 HE AT ION ON VIE NAf'-1 · I VE TOLD YOU HO~oJ I G- 'iiOULD END THE BOMBii"l. • • • t-!0\ol I JOLJLD BRI .G OUR OrS H0.•1E • L \ST SAT!J. DAY I SPELLED OUT d CO •• ?.~HE. I v2 1 OGRAi·1 0 LAH r:.. rlC2.'1E:dT ., COU.. T l.t:. 'O:~~·u A1·D r. I.::,Ov ..EFO. M TO M.4KE OU STREE S SAFE . I LE Vt:L~D UI '1 i YOU . I SA! D IT ,JUL!J COS JO JEY AND THAT I Iv'EA T 0 SPEND 0 .E ' ' 0 GET TH.: Ju.3 D • E . 1• • 1\JI . u. UJ.v 1 T ;;,~-'c.•\JD T -E I•1 tJc.Y ••• AN HE IS • OT GOI dG TO GIvE A. D HE ~·. O.•j 1 T GET THE JOB DO. E . •1EDIC.?k.E ••• SOCIAL .SEC ..-.!1'{ • •• ~ UCA IOt..J ••• CI IES ••. POLLU~IO tli {OU Kt 0 , trlL i I S't A!>JD hiS YEAR . fu\JD OU KNOt.J \olHE1ill THE DEhOCiiATI C PARTY HAS ALt·.AYS STOOD ON I LEJJGE u-lE dU PH E'f - pjtj KIE AD. INI ' TF.A IO, 0 P .0·1 T ACTION ON AVING T r:. 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ONE 1"<1AN HAS AS GOOD AS ANOTHEt • • • TH..AT ~·;HAT HAS HHONG COUL D BE 11ADE RI GH T ••• THAT PEOPLE POSSESSED TnS BAS I C -,.;I SDOf1 AND GOODNESS TO GOVERN THEM- _EL v""ES \H THOU COi-JFLI C • NO"t-1 \•IE C O~£ 0 A NEH f10i£NT OF CR I S I S I N HAT J OURNEY . b"E fcL'"iE CALLED: TO HEAL THE HATREDS N\iD DI V I S I ONS AMONG US ; TO REAFFI ?..tvi HE BASI C DECENCY OF SPi rli T HH ICH L I ES \oJ! THHJ US AS A PEOPLE • TO EASSE .T H I S c'JAT I O ' S l".!OrtAL LEADERSHI P I N A \VORLD 'HA.' DE . A .A ELY SEEKS THA T LEADERSHI .? ; TO TE LL A NEH GENERATI 01 TdA \>JHAT \'.I"E HAVE I S GOOD ••• THAT IT I S \•iO-:. H SAvi NG HA THE D :Efu"1 OF THE I R PA.~ENTS I S STILL A \• OR HY D EA!>J. . H I S I S \vOH.K FOR - AL L OF US • I SEEK TO \.JORK THROUGH HE PnESI D 'NCY OF THE tJN I TED STATES • r1Y • ES I DEN CY HOUL D BE AN OPt!:N PRES! DEN CY • • • AN ACT I VE PRES I DENCY ... A PRESI DENCY CALL I l\IG FORTH PART! CIPATI 0: BY ALL AI"'ERI CANS -- AND ESPECI ALLY THE~Y~O~UN:-:8~·------~~======:: lE CAili B\JILD INTO lliALI TY THE .E£ At lJ OPEN SOC! ETY idE ALL CANE 0 HAT IS THE CriOI 4 CE BE.FOfu: U::.> • •. ~TrlO t CAN YOU T.:1.US TO LEAD AME . I CA FOrt ·/futD? I - IS A CHOICE At10fo.JG NEN •• • A CHOICE At•;O:-JG ?ARTI ES • • • A CHOICE ABOUT OUR BASIC DI~ECTION AS A PEOPLE · "i.JHO SHALL SPEfL-{ FO. THE l.lEO?LE?" CAnL SAI\JDBURG ASKED . A.-JD I A!JS\•iER: I SHALL S?Eill< AND I SH~~L ACT . I ASK YOU HELr' • ### Minnesota Historical Society Copyright in this digital version belongs to the Minnesota Historical Society and its content may not be copied without the copyright holder's express written permis sion. Users may print, download, link to, or email content, however, for individual use. To req uest permission for commercial or ed uca tional use, please contact the Minnesota Hi stori cal Society. 1~ W'W'W. mnhs.org