Evening star., 1932-11-08
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, November
8.-The text of Franklin D. Roosevelt S
final speech of the campaign in Colum-
bus Hall here last night follows:
For % years it has been my custom
to end every political campaign with
my friends and neighbors Of all politi-
cal parties here in DutcheSS County.
began my public service here many
years ago.
have learned much of what know
Of human life and of political affairs
in country and In city from you, my
friends I have held to the belief-and
I still hold it firmly-that you whom I
know so well represent in great degree
the ideals. the hopes, the standards and
the problems Of all Americans. This
year 1 continue my custom, although
science and circumstances have widened
the circle of my neighbors. In earlier
years I talked to you alone, then to the
whole State Now the entire country
is within earshot, and my travels and
contacts have made many Americans
everywhere, I hope, my friends and
neighbors.
These many weeks Of campaign have
been crowded with action, motion,
change. They have been marked by a
thousand impressions. The bare facts
do not tell the story. I have Travelled
many miles; 1t doesn't matter exactly
how many. have visited many States
the number isn't significant I have
spoken many times; my hearers will be
kind and not tell me just how many.
And / have seen millions and millions
Of people.
Impressions Of Trip.
Statistics, numbers. percentages, ap-
piled to human beings like these, take
from-they certainly do not add to
their strong, vital importance. The i'm
pressions count The vivid flashes tell
us of the essential unity Of things
Some of them 1 shall never forget. The
great crowd under the lights before the
attention of the KanSanS under the hot
sun at Topeka, the long day through
Wyoming with the strong, direct kind
ness Of the people who came, some of
them hundreds of miles, to bid me well
come; the men and women who made
q great city in the Valley Of Salt Lake;
the stricken but dauntless miners of
Butte: the world consciousness of Seat
tie: the citizens Of Portland, who sus-
tanned me with keen understanding
through long technical discussion of
public utilities. thousand such i'm
preSsions crowd my memory. Farmers
again from the California valleys gath
cred under the sun at Sacramento; the
welcome Of San Francisco, that mag
nificent city where the old East meets
the new West; Los Angeles, the miracle
Of a city built. as history measures
time, in a moment.
I shall never forget the sunset al
McCook Nebr., and the strong, progress
sive farmers. Sioux City and Milwau-
kee. and Chicago and Detroit. Pitts
burgh and Indianapolis and Springfield
and Louisville And then my neigh
bors in my Southern home in Georgia
The children in wheel chairs at Warm
Springs-ako happy in great hope
and north to New England at Portland
and Boston and Providence and Hart
ford.
Universal Friendliness.
Each of these memories and many
others have their individual significance
to me. II l can catch them all to-
gether and give them vitality and mean
ing and life, shall have fulfilled the
purpose Of my travels. These people.
all Of them, these neighbors of each
and every State, have made one thing
clear-they have expressed some hope
in the future, confidence that things
will be better. set out to learn, more
than to teach. All of you, East and