Evening star., 1936-07-31
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w the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 3l.-The text Of
the address of Col. Frank Knox,
Chicago publisher, accepting last
night the Republican nomination
for Vice President of the United
States, follows:
Senator Steiwer, fellow citizens:
You have heard the eloquent
words Of that stalwart statesman
from our sister State OF Oregon,
Senator Steiwer. You have heard
him convey to me the offlcial noti-
fication of my nomination by the
Republican party for the high
Office Of Vice President Of the
United States. You have heard
his clear call to all citizens to join
in a crusade for sound government
in America. You have heard his
friendly and flattering references
to me.
It becomes my privilege and my
duty to accept this call to service.
I am deeply conscious Of the per-
sonal honor that has been con-
ferred on me by the Republican
party. I am deeply conscious also
of the responsibility that rests on
me to bear this honor worthily.
But I am, above all, conscious Of
the opportunity for service. Even
above and beyond my profound ap.
probation of the honor and the
responsibility that have been
given me is my appreciation of
the opportunity to serve not only
my party but my country.
1t is customary in acknowledge
ments of this kind to avoid per-
sonal reference. Tonight, I am
going to depart briefly from that
custom. I am a working man.
have always worked. I began to
work as a small boy in small
town in Michigan. Throughout
my life I have followed one guild.
ing principle. That principle was
to do as best I could the job that
lay before me. That principle
carried me into life and work in
a fine New England town. It
took me into difficult and respon-
sible work in the great city of New
York. 1t carried me into the serv-
ice of my country in two wars.
1t brought me to my work and my
home in the great city Of Chicago,
the metropolis of a great State In
O great Middle West empire.
And I am moved tonight by o
realization that in this crusade
for the restoration OF sound gov
ernment in our land there is be-
fore me the greatest opportunity
for service that has ever come to
me. Long years ago I learned as
a buck private the lessons Of duty
and of loyalty. In the years that
have passed I have learned the
equally important lesson that the
greatest achievement of any man
is service to his fellow citizens. In
this spirit of service I accept the
call of my party. I pledge my
loyalty to the principles of the Re-
publican party. I pledge my 10y
atty to the policies laid down at the
Cleveland convention. pledge
myself to the principles of sound
and honest government. I pledge
my personal loyalty to that great
Governor of a prairie State, the
next President of the United States,
the honorable ALT Landon.
No Ordinary Political
Choice in November.
1t is no ordinary campaign that
confrontS us. 1t is no ordinary
political choice that the country
must make next November. In
this presidential campaign, as in
every other, it is for the Nation to
decide whether the administration
in Office has performed its duty.
There is always the question
whether the administration in Of
flee has met its responsibilities
honestly and fairly and wisely.
There is always the question
whether it has fulfilled the stew
ardship entrusted to it and earned
thereby renewal of its direction
of government for four more years.
In every election the people must
decide whether they shall say:
well done, thou good and faith
ful servant"
In this first and ordinary issue
the present administration is found
wanting. 1t has failed to meet its
responsibility for the orderly, eco
nomical and impartial admirlistra-
tion of the affairs of the Nation.
More than three years ago the
present administration took COM
mand of the American Govern
ment. No administration in the
history of the Nation has had 80
glorious an opportunity. The
country had already begun to
emerge from the bottom pit of q
grievouS world depression, caused
by a calamitous World War. A
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